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
We're living through the Who Cares Era, where completely disposable things are shoddily produced for people to mostly ignore, while the government stomps its uncaring boot on our necks.
Posted on May 23, 2025
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
- good luck boss
Released by Says Who? on May 21, 2025
- the one where dan goes to the friends experience
Released by Says Who? on May 14, 2025
- no no soapy
Released by Says Who? on May 7, 2025
- what a marker
Released by Says Who? on Apr 30, 2025
- deathvance
Released by Says Who? on Apr 23, 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.
Promotion and relegation makes sports so much more interesting. Real stakes and so many stories.
posted at 11:38AM on May 24, 2025
TIL THE END
posted at 11:08AM on May 24, 2025
Me at 9:30: I’m super tired and I’m going to just go to bed, hahahah, fuck yeah!!
Me at 3:30: Well this fucking sucks, what the fuck.
posted at 3:28AM on May 24, 2025
maybe every news org that quick produced a hot take on the Sun-Times AI reading list debacle should have fast-tracked a summer reading list of their own.
posted at 2:38PM on May 22, 2025
Hell yes. It used to be that if you wanted to dye your hair green, you took the train or the bus here, walked up to the second floor, got vibed by the person behind the counter and got a jar of Manic Panic. Now you go to CVS. Deserves landmark status for that alone.
posted at 9:28AM on May 22, 2025
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Updated May 27, 2025. This page is inspired by @nownownow.