Hello!

I’m a staff writer and critic at New York Magazine and Vulture, currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Write me: nicholas.quah (at) voxmedia.com

You can find my published work here, but some personal faves include…

• My on-going series of essays on the evolving state of the podcast ecosystem, like its recent challenges as an industry and its on-going transition into an extension of the traditional radio business.
• An annual survey project where I poll a range of podcasters about their favorite shows of the year and their feelings about the state of the medium.
• A recurring feature where I speak with various people about podcasts and media they’re enjoying lately. Past interviewees have included Seth Meyers and Rachel Maddow.
• This reported 2023 feature on History Channel’s Alone, perhaps the most genuinely perilous reality television ever made.
• This profile on Matt Belloni, the Hollywood insider behind Puck’s What I’m Hearing newsletter and The Town podcast.
• This extensive interview with the actor Benedict Wong.
• This piece where I argued that Hacks is not a good comedy, but potentially a great drama, which earned me more hate mail than I was expecting.
• This overview of Jesse Plemons’ finely developed skill as the most terrifying presence on-screen.
• This critique of *Beckham* and this strange place we’ve arrived at with celebrity docuseries that feel little more than glorified sponcon.
• This critique of The Witch Trials of JK Rowling.

In 2014, I founded a trade newsletter about the podcast industry called Hot Pod, which I sold to Vox Media in 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, I also hosted a podcast about podcasts for LAist Studios, called Servant of Pod.

I’m also a juror for the Peabody Awards.