The Eternal Allure of Personality Testing | The New Yorker
Producer, Editor, Additional Cinematographer
A look at why humans, from Aristotle to Freud, seek to classify, categorize, and understand the self.
What Popcorn and Vaping Have in Common | The New Yorker
Director and Producer
Popcorn has been a quintessential part of the American movie theater experience for decades. But the crunchy, buttery snack has a convoluted history wrapped up in mass marketing, flavor engineering, and even a connection to vaping.
Designing A Book Cover | Penguin Random House
Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
Lynn Buckley, a book cover designer at Penguin Random House, discusses her career, her design process, and gives a look at an upcoming project.
Tables of Contents: A Culinary Reading Series | Penguin Random House
Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
The restaurant Egg in Brooklyn holds a monthly event called
Tables of Contents where authors give readings, and dishes based on
passages from their books are served. Chef Evan Hanczor shares
an inside look at the dinner series, featuring authors
Adam Gopnik, Victor LaValle, and Sarah Gerard.
A Conversation in America's Most Metal Cemetery |
Editor
Step inside America's most metal cemetery. Atlas Obscura's Ella Morton and Caitlin Doughty from The Order of the Good Death discuss the Most Holy Trinity Cemetery, and its attempt to enforce a posthumous equality.
Book Are Magic : Author Emma Straub’s New Bookstore | Penguin Random House
Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
Author Emma Straub gives a tour and inside look at her new bookstore Books Are Magic, which recently opened in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill neighborhood.
How Air Plants Grow Without Soil | The New Yorker
Director and Producer
Air plants have no stems and don’t require soil to grow. They’re also related to . . . pineapples? We explore the ways in which air plants, or the genus Tillandsia, are much more than a millennial hobby—they're one of nature’s continually evolving species, and they’re an obsession that connects people all over the world.
Discovering Mexico's Monarch Butterfly Migration |
Editor
As winter gives way to spring, monarch butterflies leave the safety of their wintering grounds in central Mexico and migrate north. Places like the El Rosario butterfly sanctuary are perfect for marveling at the millions of monarch butterflies, as well as the history behind them.
O Fortuna is Getting Old | Slate
Producer and Editor
Some of Hollywood’s most memorable scenes have been elevated to their iconic statuses by their musical backing. But when so many scenes use the same works, the pieces lose significance, becoming formulaic and clichéd musical choices. We investigate this phenomenon of overusing classical music’s greatest hits, considering the role of the music supervisor and the value of using lesser-known works.