Alex Lauer

Alex Lauer is the features editor at InsideHook. Since joining the company in 2016, he’s covered a wide range of topics, including cars, the environment, books and business. His reporting broke stories on the rise of Bookshop (the anti-Amazon online bookseller), the fall of Best Made Company (and sale to Duluth Trading) and the false promises of a supposedly “environmentally-friendly” NFT initiative. His hands-on methods — driving in a Sherp (of Kanye West fame) in northern Minnesota and idling in the electric Ford Mustang Mach-E for 12 hours in the middle of winter — offer a reliable and unique perspective on popular issues. Previously, he wrote for City Pages in the Twin Cities after graduating from the University of Minnesota. After starting at IH in New York City, he now lives in Minneapolis, MN. Follow him on Instagram: @alexlauer.

All Articles From Alex Lauer

The Official ‘Hamilton’ Mixtape Features Nas, Chance and Jimmy Fallon

Yet another reason to hop aboard the hit musical's hype train

A Year-Round Ice Hotel Just Opened for People Who Like Shivering

They supply the reindeer hides, you supply the long johns

The First Year of Nude-Less Playboy, in Review

Turns out less is more, and we’re not talking clothing

A Meat Tax Could Save Half a Million Lives, the Planet

Don't shoot the vegan! He might be onto something.

Bill Gates’s Latest Venture? Poop Perfume.

It's part of his plan to solve the global sanitation crisis

A Book Full of Beautiful Women You Can Actually Keep on Your Coffee Table

Attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places

The 10 Commandments of Deterring Burglars, According to Burglars

Likes: Your NRA sticker, loneliness. Dislikes: Loud noises.

Your Passwords Can Be Cracked in Approximately 100 Guesses

How it's done — and how you can prevent it

Here Are Some $35 Flights You Will Like

At least three are Canada bound

12 Highly Debated Hygiene Conundrums, Demystified

Must I wash jeans? Can I share soap? How about double dipping?