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

Le Creuset Cookware Is Up to 56% Off at Sur La Table

There are many cookware deals out there. This is better.

All of OtterBox's Bear-Resistant Coolers Are on Sale

It’s about time you upgraded your beer chest

For a Brief Moment in History, Yuppies Made the Stretch Limousine King

An appreciation of the stretch limo, a status symbol that will never line the block again

Ecotourism Offered a Lifeline to People and Animals. Now It’s Gone.

Can conservation efforts linked to travel survive the pandemic?

The Auto Industry Is on the Verge of a Pickup Shortage

Dealer lots are full of cars, but trucks are still selling like hotcakes

There's Never Been a Better Time to Buy a Stetson

Huckberry’s got a sale and you’ve got appropriately long hair

Longtime Activist Bill McKibben Responds to "Bad Journalist" Michael Moore

The filmmaker's new environmental doc, “Planet of the Humans,” has invited tons of controversy

Georgia Teens Can Skip the Driver’s License Road Test During Pandemic

The one instance where kids these days do have it easier

Yeti Updated Its Classic Cooler With All Your Gripes Addressed

Take a closer look at the ingenious Roadie 24

Elon Musk Is the Ultimate Armchair Epidemiologist

“FREE AMERICA NOW” … from Elon Musk’s tweets

Stop Looking for the Perfect Leather Jacket, We Found It for $270 Off

The Taylor Stitch Moto Jacket is stimulus check worthy

Photographer Chris Burkard Wants You to Travel Differently After Quarantine

A conversation about his new book with writer Matt McDonald, "At Glacier’s End"

Will Gap Be a Casualty of the Pandemic?

The retail icon was in trouble before COVID-19 reached the U.S.

The Consummate Office Chair Is $460 Off

Yes, the Aeron is better than what you're currently sitting in

JetBlue Becomes First Airline to Require Face Masks for Entire Flight

“This is the new flying etiquette,” said president Joanna Geraghty

These Quintessential Chelsea Boots Are $200 Off

You can’t talk Chelsea without R.M. Williams