I always have a lot going on,
here's what I'm doing now:
I'm producing the podcast Rebel Spirit, with Akilah Hughes …
and hosting and producing the weekly podcast Says Who …
while helping run the Civic Media Fellowships at USC …
and shipping the patches and stickers I made for you …
and also making stickers for the Says Who Sticker Club …
and wow that is a lot.
My most recent blog posts
Things Fall Apart: Punk Planet, Year 12
Memory is a real son of a bitch. I thought I remembered the last painful years of Punk Planet vividly. Looking across the wreckage of Year 12, our next-to-last year, it turns out there was a lot I didn't remember.
Posted on Apr 30, 2025
On Independent Bookstore Day, a look at how a bookstore changed my life and why indie bookstores are so vital right now.
Posted on Apr 26, 2025
Taking Things Apart (in three parts)
I wrote about how you can learn by taking things apart, about how geeky electronics were transformed by the global supply chain, and about how nothing happening in in the administration right now is about fixing broken things.
Posted on Apr 11, 2025
- what a marker
Released by Says Who? on Apr 30, 2025
- deathvance
Released by Says Who? on Apr 23, 2025
- soup bucket
Released by Says Who? on Apr 16, 2025
- vote for rebel spirit to win a webby!
Released by Rebel Spirit on Apr 15, 2025
- meat on that rat
Released by Says Who? on Apr 9, 2025
Recent podcast episodes
- Chris Estrada Is the Hardest Working Man in Comedy
Published by Esquire on Jul 28, 2023
- When Everything Happened So Much
Published by Slate on Nov 5, 2022
- Parenting in the Age of School Shootings
Published by Esquire on Jun 3, 2022
- Jeff Tweedy Knows Good Days
Published by Esquire on May 3, 2022
- If We're Back to 'Normal,' Why Am I Still So Exhausted All the Time?
Published by Esquire on Mar 14, 2022
- The Wrestler
Published by Esquire on Feb 28, 2022
Other recent writing
My most recent notes
I write a lot of notes in shortform social apps like Threads, Mastodon, and Bluesky. I also capture them on this site, so the platforms don't control my stuff. Here are a few. You can always look at my notes page for more.
"Girls only need two dolls" and "Sure, baby strollers are more expensive but what about gasoline" are two surefire winner arguments and I hope he really digs in on both.
posted at 9:07PM on May 4, 2025
Happy Free Comic Book Day, one of the best days of the year!
posted at 7:11AM on May 3, 2025
Honestly, 15 friends is an unwieldy number of friends.
posted at 4:49PM on May 1, 2025
Happy May Day, from the city that brought it to you. 
posted at 9:40AM on May 1, 2025
Memory is a real son of a bitch. I thought I remembered the last painful years of Punk Planet vividly. Looking across the wreckage of Year 12, our next-to-last year, it turns out I didn't. Read "Things Fall Apart: Punk Planet, Year 12" dansinker.com/posts/202...
posted at 2:46PM on April 30, 2025
Read more notes at Mastodon or Bluesky, or check out my notes page.
Updated May 6, 2025. This page is inspired by @nownownow.