JOHN SEMLEY is a freelance writer and researcher based in Philadelphia. His writing has appeared in Wired, the Believer, Harper’s, New Republic, the New York Times Magazine, Esquire, the Guardian, the Baffler, the Philadelphia Inquirer, VICE, Salon, Maclean’s, Eater, SHARP Magazine, the AV Club, The Walrus, the Literary Review of Canada, the Toronto Star, and the Globe & Mail. He has also appeared as a commentator on CBS News, NBC Nightly News, CBC Radio, and Public Radio International.