Michael Roberts

Author's Bio

Double Agents: Marc Laveson

A serious enurance runner who also manages the supply chain for FitBit, a company that develops devices and mobile apps.

Double Agents: Jessica Shambora

The marketing communications manager at Facebook has raced in five half-Ironmans and five marathons.

Food Hacking With Tim Ferriss

Considering that he’s already devised miracle shortcuts for jobs (The 4-Hour Workweek) and fitness (The 4-Hour Body), you might think Tim Ferriss, king of life hacking, would find...

GoPro's New Hero

The action cam company's latest iteration is, in a word, awesome.

Green Days

The most ambitious environmental documentary since An Inconvenient Truth tries to make the case that we just might win.

Rolling Off a Clif

In the Napa Valley, Clif Bar CEOs Gary Erickson and Kit Crawford have built a wine-tasting room that doubles a a refuge for cyclists. To really understand the concept, I figured I had to join...

Gone With the Wind

Bear Grylls is the biggest name in adventure TV. So what does he do now that he doesn't have a show? Launch a multiplatform brand, of course. Michael Roberts sits down with the survival star as he...

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