Writing and criticism
Reporting
Is "Game of Thrones" the end of appointment TV? (San Francisco Chronicle, 2019)
Bars showing "Game of Thrones" hope to dodge HBO's legal dragons (San Francisco Chronicle, 2019)
Escape From New York's owner on the forces that led to closing two of his five SF pizzerias (Hoodline, 2019)
The Bachelor: Vietnam’s unprecedented same-sex love story shocked even its producers (Vulture, 2018)
One of SF's largest neighborhoods has only two laundromats left—that's bad for everyone (December 2017)
Criticism
On the death of David Berman and why we mourn celebrities we've never met (San Francisco Chronicle, 2019)
On "Chernobyl," Trump and our desperation for science to save the day (San Francisco Chronicle, 2019)
On "Deadwood: The Movie" and the right and wrong ways to revive a cancelled show (San Francisco Chronicle, 2019)
On my journey from "Game of Thrones" obsessive to "Game of Thrones" hater (San Francisco Chronicle, 2019)
On "Killing Eve" and the real reason why women are obsessed with true crime (San Francisco Chronicle, 2019)
On "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" and how Peak TV killed being cancelled over low ratings (San Francisco Chronicle, 2019)
On "PEN15," "Derry Girls" and the future of millennial nostalgia (San Francisco Chronicle, 2019)
On "Billions" and the pleasures of "prestige trash" TV (San Francisco Chronicle, 2019 — quoted in the New Yorker)
On the underlying sexism of the lady heist, in "Good Girls" and "Ocean's 8" (San Francisco Chronicle, 2019)
On how the "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" actor switcheroo benefited the show (Vulture, 2019 — cited in the New Yorker)
Select Vulture TV recaps:
Interviews
Scott Michael Foster, actor, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Vulture, 2017)
William Jackson Harper, actor, The Good Place (Vulture, 2017)
Jeff Richmond, composer for 30 Rock & Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Tina Fey's husband (Vulture, 2016)
Andy Samberg, comedian and Brooklyn Nine-Nine star (Vulture, 2015)
Michel Bras, legendary chef of three-Michelin-starred Bras in Laguiole, France (Eater, 2015)
Diego Muñoz, chef of Lima's Astrid y Gastón, former #1 ranked restaurant in Latin America (Eater, 2015)
Lil Bub, celebrity Internet cat, and her owner, Mike Bridavsky (SFist, 2013)
Julie Klausner, comedian, podcaster, and author, I Don't Care About Your Band (SFist, 2013)
Sloane Crosley, author, I Was Told There'd Be Cake (7x7, 2011)
Charles Fracchia, Rolling Stone co-founder and historian (7x7, 2010)
John Hodgman, author, Daily Show correspondent (7x7, 2009)
Jonathan Lethem, author, Motherless Brooklyn (7x7, 2009)
Nick Hornby, author, High Fidelity (7x7, 2009)