[6] His 2019 Harper's article on farm murders in South Africa has been frequently cited in academic literature.

[10][11] His work on armed politics frequently intersects with reporting on environmental issues.

Pogue has contributed reporting and opinion pieces to the Los Angeles Times on environmental policy,[12][13] and has written frequently about forestry and fire in California.

"[19] Pogue's work has been supported by the Pulitzer Center and an Alicia Patterson Fellowship,[20] and his 2019 essay about forestry in California was a "notable" selection in the 2020 edition of Best American Science and Nature Writing.

[21] He has appeared on HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher, MSNBC's All In With Chris Hayes, and NPR's Today Explained.