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Currently producing stories for Snap Judgment. Here are some of them:

Audio Stories: Work
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Round Trip

with M.J. Fièvre

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Wartime Cats

with Rasha Elass

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Bring Gloves

with Ray Christian-Dickens

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We Are Not Yellow Pearl

with Nobuko Miyamoto

Other Publications

I've covered music, healthcare equity, tenants' rights, and more for KALW and NPR.

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East Point Peace Academy Paints 14th Street

On East Point Peace Academy’s fifth of gathering in front of Oakland City Hall, the organization's members painted traditional Native American art and a street wide message: Choose Democracy. I spoke to founder Kazu Haga about what art can do for political involvement.

Moms 4 Housing Continues To Gain Ground In East Bay Politics

Pro-tenant group Moms 4 Housing secured two political office positions in the 2020 election. I spoke to one of them - District 3 Councilmember Carroll Fife - on the doors she plans to keep open with her new position.

From Live Shows to Live Streams: A Musician's Pandemic Blues

For KALW's @Work series, I profiled a Bay Area musician who shared what was lost, both profit-wise and personally, when COVID shut down his touring schedule.

Rexx Life Raj Raps About Hope For The Bay And His Future Self

Berkeley rapper & singer Rexx Life Raj talks the music he was raised on, his songwriting process, and how he uses art to give back to the community that raised him. Interviewed & produced by me.

Umoja Health's Pop-Up Clinics Prove That Home Is Where The Healing Is

A profile of Umoja Health: a health network whose "For Us By Us" approach towards engaging with communities has helped ramp up COVID testing rates in the Bay's Black communities.

Songwriter Emily Brown Uses Music And Poetry To Explore What Language Wants

Experimental folk songwriter & poet Emily Brown breaks down her lyrical style and reflects on what's lost by the closure of Mills College.

Producer Chris Keys Talks Honesty, Collaboration, And 'Judas And The Black Messiah'

Producer & beatmaker Chris Keys breaks down his influences, his creative process, and his work on Judas and the Black Messiah.

Meet Oakland's First Poet Laureate: Dr. Ayodele "WordSlanger" Nzinga

A profile of Dr. Ayodele Nzinga: the new Poet Laureate of Oakland, and the first in the city's history. 

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Originally on KALW, a shorter version of this piece aired on NPR's Morning Edition.

Audio Stories: Work
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