SELECTED JOURNALISM

TWILIGHT OF A MERRY PRANKSTER

George Walker is one of the last of the infamous cross country, LSD distributing, bus travelers of Tom Wolfe’s classic, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. And he remembers everything.

Published by SPIN.

THE LAST CONQUISTADOR

Matt Thompson explores the violent intrigues of Basilan, a rebel and terrorist-plagued island  in the southern Philippines.

Broadcast by ABC Radio National.

NIGHTSWIMMING IN DUNGOG

Spread over the best part of a decade, this is Matt Thompson's confronting account of life and death in small town Australia.

Published by the Sydney Review of Books.

DOPEY: THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST PODCAST
The heartbreaking, life-affirming story of the people behind the Dopey Podcast, a show about the dark comedy of drug addiction. 

Published by SPIN.

THE CLOSER TO CAESAR, THE GREATER THE FEAR

Americans want a Renaissance for their country. The attempted assassination of Donald Trump suggests that it's already here.

Published by SPIN.

DON'T GO TO JOLO

Matt Thompson goes deep within the Asia Pacific's front-line of the 'War on Terror' and finds that instability and stability can be different words for the same thing.

Published by the Sydney Review of Books.

ERIC AVERY TELLS HOW IT WAS

Jane's Addiction co-founder and bass maestro Eric Avery on growing up in LA and the rise, rush, ruin, and resurrection of his volatile band. Co-written with Matt.

Published by SPIN.

WELCOME TO THE PRODROME

It turns out that America is in a prodromal state, a phase of creeping madness usually only diagnosed retrospectively — after the eruption of full-blown psychosis. 

Published by SPIN.

WIPE MY MIND WITH YOUR HEAVENLY POWERS OR TAKE ME TO EDGE CITY, YOU FRAUDULENT CORPSE-DANDY

Much of Matt's adult life was spent revering New Journalism and pining for such an era. When Tom Wolfe died, Matt faced reality.

Published by Neighbourhood.