STUFF
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I needed somewhere to put my creative stuff, so here we are.
Poke around. If you like something, tell somebody. If you don’t, tell ten people.
RAFF’S BRAIN
Podcast
Short, unscripted detours through everyday absurdity, creative experiments, and whatever’s rattling around in my head.
Newsletter
A monthly-ish dispatch on what I’m making, trying, reading, and occasionally overthinking. Part creative notebook, part accountability device.
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AI EXPERIMENTS
Panic Patrol
A fictional news team investigates the things humanity once panicked about, from bicycles to teddy bears. Real history. AI-assisted recreations. Highly questionable threat assessments.
AI Slop Central
Animated oddities, parody songs, comedy pilots, and other experiments in what happens when I get my hands on generative AI.
ONE HUMAN SHOWS
The Big 5-0!
I turned 50 and made a show about birthdays, strange gifts, and being yourself at midlife. Featuring a deeply uncooperative drone.
What I've All Been Waiting For
A one-human comedy about bucket lists, mortality, and the gap between our noble ambitions and what we actually want. Recorded at the 2019 Capital Fringe Festival.
SHORT FILMS
Retirement
A weary office worker finds an unlikely source of inspiration in D.C.’s Running Backwards Man. A small rebellion against the daily grind.
Game Night
A couples’ game night turns awkward when a practical joke stops being funny. Adapted from a story by Mikael Johnson for the 2014 Speakeasy Shorts challenge.
Hill People
The short that paved the way for Cap South. An early experiment in turning Washington’s absurdities into comedy.
Uncle Sugar
Uncle Sugar’s Auto Mall has a Cash for Clunkers deal for you. Future taxpayers can worry about the bill.
WEBSERIES
Muck
A podcast journalist follows a missing-person cold case into rural West Virginia. The story unfolds across video episodes and fictional podcast dispatches.
Investigative drama. Best Directing (Drama), 2017 Indie Series Awards (opens in a new tab).
Cap South
Constituent complaints, attack ads, office romances, and people who probably shouldn’t have power. A workplace comedy inside one dysfunctional congressional office.
Political comedy. Best Writing (Comedy), 2014 Indie Series Awards (opens in a new tab), shared with Andrew Heaton and Satya Thallam.
Permanent Mistakes
A lawyer, a teacher, and an aspiring novelist walk into a D.C. tattoo shop. Life choices get permanent. Co-produced with Greg Tindale.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
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