Dan Sinker/now

I always have a lot going on, here's what I'm doing now:

I'm producing the podcast Rebel Spirit, with Akilah Hughes …

while also helping the Chicago Reader revitalize their website …

and helping run the Civic Media Fellowships at USC …

and hosting and producing the weekly podcast Says Who

and shipping the patches I made for you …

and making stickers for the Says Who Sticker Club

and wow that is a lot.

My most recent blog posts

Living History

The thing I love most about doing journalism is you never quite know where you're going to end up once you start digging. That's been especially true with my work on Rebel Spirit, which sits alongside the best reporting I've ever done. Today our second episode is out, and it's all about digging to expose a 70-year-old lie.

Posted on Sep 10, 2024

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes. Punk Planet: Year Four

I wrote about underground art and design, a sacred assembly of men, and the year that changed everything for Punk Planet magazine as part of the fourth entry in my monthly essay series about the 13 year run of Punk Planet.

Posted on Aug 31, 2024

Alone in a Crowd. Punk Planet: Year Three

The third in my monthly essay series about the 13 year run of Punk Planet. This time around, Year Three and the first cover story we ever ran, about the Democratic and Republican National Conventions in 1996, wholly relevant once again.

Posted on Jul 31, 2024

Updated September 11, 2024. This page is inspired by @nownownow.