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
The first time I went to LA I thought I'd hate it. Instead, I fell in love. In this week of devastating fires, I wrote about that beautiful city, its sunsets, its people, and its dreams.
Posted on Jan 12, 2025
After Mark Zuckerberg's announcement that he was folding to Donald Trump and the far right, I can't stick around on Threads. Leaving Twitter was hard, but this is easy.
Posted on Jan 7, 2025
Looking back on 2024 is like peering through a deep fog. Thankfully there were some things this year that cut through the fog for me.
Posted on Dec 30, 2024
- frannnik
Released by Says Who? on Jan 15, 2025
- 13 days in january
Released by Says Who? on Jan 8, 2025
- welcome to 2025!
Released by Says Who? on Jan 1, 2025
- 2024 in review
Released by Says Who? on Dec 18, 2024
- expanded interviews
Released by Rebel Spirit on Dec 17, 2024
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.
No time for bullshit in my inbox today.
posted at 3:00PM on January 21, 2025
Apple’s Tim Cook might be the smartest of all of the tech oligarchs because he was there but didn’t sit in the lineup and so he’s absent from all the photographs while still just as shitty as the rest.
posted at 10:12AM on January 21, 2025
Greetings from the thermometer on my back porch
posted at 8:26AM on January 21, 2025
I have had many friends work at the USDS—some are still there now—and every single one of them left good jobs in tech to work for the government because they believed that the government should really help people. That all got blown up tonight, but thank you for your service.
posted at 9:53PM on January 20, 2025
just this song on loop until it comes true: www.youtube.com/watch
posted at 9:46PM on January 20, 2025
Read more notes at Mastodon or Bluesky, or check out my notes page.
Updated January 21, 2025. This page is inspired by @nownownow.