is a public radio reporter & producer seeking out the margins of urban space, music culture, and personal identity.
My pursuit of a good story has lead me to debate the merits capitalism waist-deep in a dumpster, talk street soccer with displaced Palestinians in Brazil, and investigate claims of secret music inside of public transit systems. (Twice.) I also once spent a summer tracking down the Black Elvis of DC.
I work for NPR and 99% Invisible, a tiny radio show about architecture and design.
I live in Baltimore with this artist and this dog.
Resume / CV
The Bathtubs or the Boiler Room (99% Invisible, KALW)
“I have this habit of walking into any door that’s unlocked. And it actually does me well here in the Capitol…”
(Co-producer/Editor: Roman Mars)
Beauty Pill’s Immersive Ideal (99% Invisible, KALW)
“The closest one could ever hope to get to dancing about architecture.”
(Co-producer/Editor: Roman Mars)
The Accidental Music of Imperfect Escalators (99% Invisible, KALW)
“It was like this little trumpeter announcing how awesome it was to live in the city.”
(Co-Producer/Editor: Roman Mars)
Hush (Whisper Cities)
Would you pay for an intimate dining experience with a room full of strangers?
Two Fates of the Old East Portico (99% Invisible). Editor: Roman Mars. Co-Producers: Jess Schreibstein & Melissa Lee.
When the District recovered the old Capitol columns, it banished other fragments that had also once held up the country’s icon of democracy.
The Communist’s Daughter (Whisper Cities)
A Toronto bar becomes a portal to another era.
Corner Store Reflect Neighborhood Change (WAMU)
In Sandtown, a corner store can make all the difference (version 2)
(Editor: Greg Peppers)
Corner Store Reflects Neighborhood Change (WAMU)
In Sandtown, a corner store can make all the difference (version 2)
(Editor: Greg Peppers)
Baltimore Group Creates Local Currency (WAMU)
Want lunch in Hampden or some juggling lessons? Keep those greenbacks in your pocket.
(Editor: Greg Peppers)
More Bikes, More Jobs? (WYPR)
When it comes to job creation, two wheels are better than four.
(Editor: Sunni Khalid)
Natty Boh Back On Tap (WAMU)
You can still see the one-eyed, mistachioed face of Mr. Boh lit up in red neon.
(Editor: Greg Peppers)
MARC Lines Delayed, But Running (WAMU)
The biggest hassle wasn’t getting there—it was getting there, and then realizing it was all for nothing.
(Editor: Greg Peppers)
Digging for Tunes with Emperor X (Weekend Edition, NPR)
If you’re an underground musician and can’t break in to the big leagues, try burying your music underground.
(Editor: Tom Cole)
Faux World Cup Draws Attention to Homelessness (All Things Considered, NPR)
There’s being homeless, and then there’s not having a homeland.
(Editor: Didi Schanche)
Our City, Our Stories: Debra & Rose (Speakeasy StoryCast)
One way to become a housing activist is when developers threaten to make you homeless.
(Co-producer: Amy Saidman. Editor: Shea Shackelford)
Searching for Blelvis (Metro Connection, WAMU)
He doesn’t look like Elvis, he doesn’t dress like Elvis, and he only sort-of sounds like Elvis.
Blelvis is an Elvisologist.
(Editor: David Furst)
1111 Columbia Road’s Got Talent (Metro Connection, WAMU)
New tactic in the fight for fair housing: talent shows.
(Editor: David Furst)
The Welcome Wagon’s InaugurART (Metro Connection, WAMU)
What city has three giant pandas and no votes in Congress?
(Editor: David Furst)
Dumpster Harvest (Sarasota Evening News, WSLR)
A woman named Earthworm subsists off of what so many of us unknowingly waste.
Editor: Alex Newberry
The Nightingale Among Ye (Salt Radio)
“Only a plank between you and eternity.”