Jeff Wise

Jeff Wise is a New York–based science journalist specializing in aviation, technology, and psychology who contributes frequently to New York magazine. A cohost of the podcast Finding MH370, he was widely seen in the Netflix documentary series MH370: The Plane That Disappeared and executive-produced the Showtime documentary feature Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee. He is the author of Extreme Fear: The Science of Your Mind in Danger as well as of the Kindle Singles The Plane That Wasn’t There: Why We Haven’t Found MH370 (named the Best Kindle Single of 2015) and Fatal Descent: Andreas Lubitz and the Crash of Germanwings 9525. A private pilot, he flies both light airplanes and gliders, and he is a keen cyclist, runner, and kayaker who can often be found navigating the tidal channels of Hudson River marshlands.