Jessica Severin de Martinez
Producer, AudaciousJessica Severin de Martinez is a producer for Audacious with Chion Wolf.
Growing up in Germany, she lived in several European countries before deciding to call Connecticut her home a decade ago. With a fierce love for words and a background in internal auditing, she found her dream job at Connecticut Public.
Jessica was one of the producers of the Audacious episode ‘I Regret Becoming A Parent,’ which won a Gracie Award in 2022. She played a key role behind the scenes when Chion Wolf received a Gracie for Best Host in 2024. Jessica was also a producer of the episode ‘Intersex advocacy and the fight for bodily autonomy with Pidgeon Pagonis,’ which was honored with a Gracie in 2025, this time in the Portrait/Biography category.
When Jessica is not looking for audacious stories and guests, you might find her writing poetry, trying to perfect the execution of her grandma’s apple cake recipe, or creating moments of calm in this fast-spinning, beautiful world.
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Two very different stories of settling down in places built to move, and what those choices reveal about comfort, logic, loss, reinvention, and the search for home. -
A funny, moving obituary for a mother, a heartfelt goodbye to one very good dog, and a professional obituary writer on making those last words reverberate. -
One guest can sell you a plot on the moon, the other ran a marathon with zero training and a third bought a chance to conduct the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. -
From lifelong skier to adaptive sports leader, Karen Smith shares how staying in motion reshaped her identity, her purpose, and the lives of those around her. -
Come for the kilts and clangs at CT’s Highland Games; stay for the Witches of Scotland, fighting justice for the accused and warning us: patterns repeat. -
What happens after an unexpected death? Three forensic specialists explain how bodies, DNA, and evidence become answers, and why truth can bring peace. -
From a televised dating show to a Disney-themed dating app to a bomb shelter in Israel, three couples reveal how love can begin in the most unlikely places. -
ARFID, an eating disorder that causes food to feel dangerous, is widely misunderstood. Exposure videos capture the struggle, and psilocybin sparks change for one person. -
Nine year-old Lola leaves England for six months in Germany. Then her exchange sister Hanna comes to the UK, and their bond starts to look a lot like real sisters. -
Meet two cancer survivors who rewrote endurance history: a marathon swim that shattered records, and an ultrarunner who ran 104 marathons in 104 consecutive days.
