Audio Portfolio

Marvel Entertainment:

I have produced podcasts in-house at Marvel Entertainment/The Walt Disney Company since April 2021, creating alternating seasons of the two podcasts focused on representation of marginalized creators and characters: Women of Marvel and Marvel’s Voices. I have also worked on Marvel’s weekly flagship show This Week in Marvel.

In 2023, I pitched, developed, lead-produced, and managed the promotion strategy for a relaunched season of Women of Marvel. This new format was an anthology-style show (in contrast to the standard two-way interview format) with new hosts, higher production value, a world-class guest list, and a new creative energy to draw listeners into the Marvel brand through characters they recognize.

This season was a success by all metrics:

• total plays increased by 88%

• engaged listenership increased by 38%, and

• average consumption increased across the board by five percentage points, or 7.5%.

• the season was critically acclaimed, drawing press attention (The Mary Sue, Comic Book Resources, AIPT Comics) and a nomination for Best Entertainment Podcast by the Podcast Academy Awards (aka The Ambies).

Additional seasons of Women of Marvel that I developed and lead-produced include:

• The Super Power of Mentorship (Winter 2022)

• Our Characters: Then and Now (Summer 2022)

Seasons of Marvel’s Voices that I developed and lead-produced include:

• Building a Better Table: The Power of Inclusive Creative Teams (Spring 2023)

• Global Impact (Fall 2022)

• Marvel’s Evolving Mythos (Spring 2022)

• Authenticity of Voice (Summer 2021)

Evergreen Podcasts:

In November 2019, I launched Burn the Boats for Evergreen. Burn the Boats was nominated for Best Politics/Opinion Podcast by the Podcast Academy Awards (Ambies). Selected episodes include:

• Pete Buttigieg: On Moving Forward

• Fred Guttenberg: Father of Two

• Soledad O’Brien: Journalism’s ‘Tough Love’ Critic

In June 2020, I launched the Medal of Honor Podcast for Evergreen, in partnership with the National Medal of Honor Museum. It is a short-form series, designed to broadcast both on terrestrial radio and in a podcast feed. Selected episodes include:

• Sen. Daniel Inouye

• Milton Olive

• Ernest Childers

In September 2020, I launched Rebuilding America for Evergreen, in partnership with New Politics and Service Year Alliance. It is a 10-part interview series, featuring interviews with thought leaders in the national service space and testimonials from recent service program alumni. This is the trailer.

In January 2021, I launched a reboot of the Honor Project’s podcast Warriors In Their Own Words, an oral history series featuring both archival and contemporary interviews with veterans. This is the trailer.

In January 2021, I launched a companion podcast to CNN journalist David Andelman’s recent book A Red Line in the Sand. The podcast follows the book chapter by chapter in 12 episodes. This is the trailer.

The Evergreen Podcasts staff produces a holiday series every December, for which I contributed this piece about the Gävlebocken.

Wholehearted:

I joined the Wholehearted podcast team as their story editor in December 2019, giving feedback and helping edit the episodes in a narrative sense - streamlining the writing for audio, giving a big-picture perspective, and offering line edit suggestions.

Audio Playground:

Sarah Geis sends out a newsletter called Audio Playground featuring prompts and inspirations for audio exercises and I set a half hour time limit to respond to these prompts and others.

Last Night’s Text was included in a live In The Dark Radio listening event in London in 2023.