I’m a writer, reporter, and producer at Politico, helming the Digital Future Daily newsletter and contributing to Politico Magazine.

For the newsletter I cover emerging technology, the metaverse, and the intellectual politics of Silicon Valley; for the magazine I write about the places where politics and culture intersect, film, pop music, and things that generally happen in the Midwest.

I’ve published in The Atlantic, The New Republic, The Ringer, the Washington Examiner, Fanbyte, Indianapolis Monthly, and elsewhere. You can read me on why millennials love Steely Dan, the cultural mind-meld between Barstool Sports and the Republican Party, and why people still won’t drink the water in Flint, Michigan.

I’m a graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit and the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and have taught as an associate faculty member at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. I have one cat; I’m an amateur musician; I am a one-time participant (loser) in the National Spelling Bee.