I grew up in Colorado, bounced around for a while and landed in New Orleans where I got my start making radio stories at WWOZ. I was a staff reporter at Marketplace and KCRW where I hosted the podcast Welcome to LA which was named one of the best podcasts of 2018 and 2020. My story about an underground french fry maverick won a national Edward R. Murrow for best feature reporting in 2017. After that I made The Superhero Complex which Time Magazine called the second best podcasts of 2022. In 2023 I released Dreamtown: The Story of Adelanto which was optioned by FX. I also make the experimental short form podcast Random Tape and I am the lead instructor for the Transom Traveling Workshops. My print work has been published in The New York Times. I live with my wife and daughter in Los Angeles.