Huck 50

Meet the tech entrepreneur helping travellers see the world through locals’ eyes
Culture

Meet the tech entrepreneur helping travellers see the world through locals’ eyes

The Travel Guru — Through travel website triip.me, Ha Lam is changing the way we explore by letting locals show tourists around their city.

Written by: Rob Boffard

How coder Zach Sims realised his dream of never working for anyone
Culture

How coder Zach Sims realised his dream of never working for anyone

The DIY Coder — Zach Sims founded Codecademy so that anyone could learn to code and ended up learning some valuable lessons of his own.

Written by: Rob Boffard

Nupur Joshi Thanks is waking up India to the indie publishing revolution
Culture

Nupur Joshi Thanks is waking up India to the indie publishing revolution

The Magazine Evangelist — Paper Planes Founder Nupur Joshi Thanks is reviving print by introducing India to the joys of boutique magazines.

Written by: Rob Boffard

How filmmaker Rob Brown ignored formal education to perfect his craft
Culture

How filmmaker Rob Brown ignored formal education to perfect his craft

The Indie Filmmaker — Writer-director Rob Brown has walked a twisting path to independent filmmaking.

Written by: Jack Kenyon

Bia Granja, Brazil’s Internet Queen, is using online culture to change the world
Activism

Bia Granja, Brazil’s Internet Queen, is using online culture to change the world

The Internet Expert — São Paulo’s Bia Granja is helping social media fulfil its promise as a revolutionary force by bringing online communities together in real life.

Written by: Russel Slater

Huck’s best portraits of 2015
Photography

Huck’s best portraits of 2015

Faces that shaped our world — Twenty-six of the best portraits from a year of privileged glimpses into extraordinary lives.

Written by: Alex King

Surfer Kassia Meador found herself when she stopped focusing on one thing
Surf

Surfer Kassia Meador found herself when she stopped focusing on one thing

Like spinning plates — As a surfer, photographer, designer and creative entrepreneur, Kassia Meador had too much to juggle in her life - but watching a California desert sunrise helped everything fall into place.

Written by: Alex King

"My first novel was shit, but it taught me how to write."
Culture

"My first novel was shit, but it taught me how to write."

We Don’t Know What We’re Doing — It took Thomas Morris three years to write the book of his dreams. Then he scrapped it, sat down, and wrote the truth.

Written by: Thomas Morris

Amy Goodman on giving voice to the ignored and unheard
Activism

Amy Goodman on giving voice to the ignored and unheard

Truth to power — As the face of Democracy Now!, journalist Amy Goodman helps give voice to perspectives that usually go unheard, exposing the veil of deception dropped by corporations, politicians and their cohorts in the press. But the real battle, she says, has yet to be won.

Written by: Amy Goodman (interview by Andrea Kurland)

How War on Drugs’ Adam Granduciel waged war on his inner demons
Music

How War on Drugs’ Adam Granduciel waged war on his inner demons

Making the majestic Lost in the Dream took Adam Granduciel to some dark places, but the cathartic songwriting process pulled him back from the brink.

Written by: Jack Kenyon

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