Austin Metcalf: How One American Became the World’s Favorite Placeholder for Hope
Austin Metcalf and the Great American Talent Vacuum By our Special Correspondent in Existential Airports Somewhere between the duty-free Toblerone and the third watered-down espresso at Gate C12, a name flashed across the departure board: “Austin Metcalf.” Not the man himself—he’s still safely marooned in whichever mid-tier U.S. city currently markets itself as “the next…