“Boomtown is a piece of reporting that is only possible from the intimate vantage of an upbringing in West Texas, of summers riding horses and shooting BB guns at grandma’s ranch, drinking beers by rusty rigs in high school, and of roughnecking for a year before the previous bust hit.”
Jorge Cotte’s thorough and thoughtful review of Boomtown. Read more here.
Variety announces ‘Boomtown,’ a week ahead of its release.
Read more here. Watch the trailer and learn more at Texas Monthly.
Spoke with the fine folks at the Texas Standard about my September 2019 cover story: “The Best Honky-Tonks in Texas.” Listen here.
Spoke with Courtney Collins of KERA’s ‘Think’ about my June 2019 story, “The Price of Oil.” Listen here.
Talking about my article ‘The Wildcatters’ with director Ty Roberts on the National Podcast of Texas. [Jan 2018] Listen here.
Talking about my year learning to roughneck on the Texas Standard. [June 2015] Listen here.