David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
World Connections from Roosevelt Island: Steve Barakatt and the DNA of Music
Roosevelt Islander Jonn Nubian isn’t just the most fashionably dressed Roosevelt Islander, he’s also one the best connected to the world of art, fashion, and music. Editor-in-Chief of YRB magazine, he talked about the DNA of music with Award-winning new-classical…
Roosevelt Islander Jonn Nubian’s Conversation with A Martinez
Jonn Nubian’s wide-ranging interview with A Martinez, now starring in the Netflix series Cowboy Bebop, travels from John Wayne to the “space western about bounty hunters,” heading up YRB’s spring issue. Nubian is Editor-in-Chief, snagging one fascinating interview after another….
Bad Bitch Chang, Sophia Tells YRB’s Nubian What Smart Is
Bad Bitch Sophia Chang says, “I call myself the CAO, the Chief Agitation Officer.” The interview with YRB Magazine’s Jonn Nubian leaves no doubt. She’s the cultural spark we’d have to invent if she wasn’t already here. By David Stone…
XY Chelsea Manning, Inside Story Of A Remarkable Transition
About Inside XY Chelsea Manning, a conversation with YRB’s senior editor Jonn Nubian at the Tribeca Film Festival
Birth of the Cool, Miles Davis
Birth of the Cool released anew: YRB’s Jonn Nubian talks to the next Miles Davis generation Before Kind of Blue, the best jazz album of all time, the Miles David Nonet released Birth of the Cool. That groundbreaking album gets…
Kadir Nelson turned to sculpture in Major Taylor tribute
Kadir Nelson turned to sculpture in a tribute to Major Taylor. We learn about it in his talk with YRB Magazine‘s Jonn Nubian… by David Stone for Assorted Ideas, Large & Small Nelson’s best known for paintings that become New…
Of Mics and Men, The Interview
About Of Mics and Men… Twenty-five years ago, Wu Tang Clan changed hip-hop. Their music brought humanity to a raw, turbulent musical/poetic scene. Now, Showtime tells the story.
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor