I’m Cate.

I write film criticism, culture essays and produce podcasts. I’m the co-author of the film review newsletter Thirty, Flirty + Film, and a regular guest on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast.

I’ve written for publications like The Cut, Bitch Media and Paper Magazine, and profiled celebrities likeTracee Elliss Ross, Colman Domingo, and Lena Waithe. I spent five years working at the now-defunct podcast studio Wondery, where I producer banger podcasts like Even The Rich and Lemme Say This — now produced by Higher Ground.

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