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Here are a few pieces I've written recently. Most work is at VICE and Wired Magazine, though I've also done some work for The Guardian, LA Times, Al Jazeera, and others.

If you want to check more, see here for a general portfolio, here for my old work at VICE News.

society and interviews

you might not look at videogames the same after this.
there's an aside about Nintendo in here that I had to include
in which TikTok's PR tries to argue with me mid-interview
you can also watch the full documentary here

art and technology and money

written years before Kanye, well
 you know. To be read in combination with the below.
an exploration of what money did to Kanye West and Japan's best-selling female artist

global business

includes a link to a short minidoc about the guy in the photo.

japanese sports

a wild ride through a history most Americans don't remember, but that changed Japanese sport forever
11 years before Jackie Robinson, Tokyo had a black pitcher. The story gets weirder from there.

music and technology

a three-part series, including a mention of Japan's influence on US hip-hop.
the data doesn't lie.

i'm just glad i got to write this