ABOUT
I'm a freelance journalist with over a decade of experience making podcasts and radio shows. I’ve spent most of my career in daily news, previously as a senior producer/reporter at Vox’s Today, Explained, and now regularly produce for Al Jazeera’s video podcast, The Take.
I cover U.S. and international news, which means everything from beehive thefts and MDMA therapy to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the War on Gaza. If a story helps make sense of the world and how people move through it, I’m probably interested.
CLIPS
WORLD
Ahmed al-Sharaa’s high-stakes bid to remake Syria for Al Jazeera
Why did it take months to free a US teen from Israeli prison? for Al Jazeera
Conned into the Russian Army for Vox
FIFA World Cup in Qatar series for Vox
PSYCHEDELICS
MDMA’s 40-year fight for medical approval continues for Vox
Was it DMT? Or was it heaven? for PRX’s Altered States
Ecstasy Therapy series for Vox
GAZA
Is Israel a settler-colonial state? The debate, explained for Vox
Amid ceasefire, Omar El Akkad on the politics that betrayed Gaza for Al Jazeera
A call from Gaza for Vox
MIGRATION
Why is Donald Trump fixated on South Africa? for Al Jazeera
From Kabul’s airport to Virginia’s burbs for Vox
"Bringing the border to Biden" for Vox
CURIOSITIES
Honey, they stole the bees for Vox
The $5,000 butt for Vox
How the Hawaiian steel guitar changed American music for Smithsonian Magazine
The unexpected history of the air conditioner for Smithsonian Magazine
