Lost Patients

NPR, KUOW, The Seattle Times (2024)

Lost Patients investigates why America loses people who experience psychosis to an endless loop between emergency rooms, jails, and the streets. I co-created the podcast, served as host and producer, and reported the series alongside collaborators from The Seattle Times.

Lost Patients was:

• downloaded nearly a million times, making it one of the most listened-to new podcasts of 2024.

• the No. 1 documentary podcast in the U.S. on Apple Podcasts during its run.

• selected by Apple Podcasts for its “Spotlight” feature and “Shows We Love” for 2024.

• adapted into episodes of NPR’s The Sunday Story, WBUR’s On Point, and Reveal.

The Walk Home

NPR, KNKX, The Seattle Times (2022)

The Walk Home investigates the 2020 killing of Manuel Ellis by police in Tacoma, Wash., a case that straddles the line between America’s pre-George Floyd and post-George Floyd eras. I co-created the podcast and served as senior producer, helping lead a cross-organizational team of journalists in reporting and writing the series.

The Walk Home was:

• the winner of a national Edward R. Murrow Award and PMJA Award.

• a finalist for a Scripps Howard Award and Livingston Award.

• one of Vulture’s Best Podcasts of 2022.

• adapted into an episode of NPR’s Up First.

Outsiders

KNKX, The Seattle Times (2020)

Outsiders examines the rise of unsheltered homelessness on the West Coast by chronicling one city’s attempts to manage the crisis for more than a year. I created the podcast, served as host and producer, and reported it alongside collaborators from The Seattle Times.

Outsiders was:

• a “narrative feat” and one of the Best Podcasts of 2020, according to TIME.

• “outstanding” and a “feat of narrative balancing,” according to Vulture.

• a finalist for a Livingston Award in national reporting and Third Coast Award.

• the winner of two PMJA Awards.

Read more about the questions driving Outsiders and reflections on our reporting in Olympia, Wash.