Matt's Writing

Matt Werner, writer & editor

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Back at Google!

I’m back at Google on a short-term contract with Magnit @ Google. I’m editing the writing of a new AI tool Google is working on. My current writing contract goes from December, 2024-August, 2025.

Oakland Unseen releases Spring 2023 issue

Oakland Unseen is a satirical newspaper in the style of The Onion. It is hyper-local fake journalism that covers Oakland and San Francisco’s real news stories through satire. Our street team of newsies is handing out 10,000 copies of this newspaper for free at San Francisco Sketchfest venues in early 2023, and also at Oakland’s […]

Recent Posts

Matt Porter: A Mic in the Cathedral EP

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DJ Matt Werner is proud to present Matt Porter's first EP: "A Mic in the Cathedral." Recorded live by DJ Matt Werner at 3 churches and cathedrals in Edinburgh and Dundee, Scotland, and remastered in San Francisco, California. This small collection … [Read more]

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mix Tape

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DJ Matt Werner Presents: The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mix Tape. Now available for download! (6 tracks, 40 MB) Features mixes and DJ routines honoring Dr. King's greatest speeches and sermons mixed by DJ Matt Werner to music by Ronald Jenkees, … [Read more]

DJ Matt Werner’s Barack Obama Mix Tape

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DJ Matt Werner Presents: The Barack Obama Mixes. Now available for download! (7 tracks, 80 MB) Features mixes and DJ routines of Barack Obama's speeches mashed up with music by Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Young Jeezy, Rick … [Read more]

Interview with MC Lars

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DJ Matt Werner’s interview and feature with post-punk laptop rapper MC Lars was recorded live at The Cathouse in Glasgow on April 15, 2009, and first aired on Fresh Air: The Alternative on May 5, 2009. In the interview, MC Lars and DJ Matt Werner … [Read more]

Interview with Talib Kweli

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DJ Matt Werner’s interview with the hip hop artist and CEO of the Blacksmith Label Talib Kweli was recorded on March 3, 2009, and originally aired on Fresh Air: The Alternative on March 10, 2009. In the interview, Talib Kweli answers rumors about … [Read more]