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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DNA proved James Tillman was innocent after a total of 18½ years incarcerated. He talks about refusing to plead guilty, surviving prison, and learning to live free again. -
Watercolor painting. Quilting. Bowie on guitar. Astronauts take us inside the strange challenges and surprising beauty of making art and music in zero gravity. -
A year in Bigfoot country. Decades at Loch Ness. Two men explain what it’s like to build a life around mysteries that still refuse to be pinned down. -
Guests share stories of prophetic dreams, gut feelings, and premonitions that later proved true, from lottery wins and love to danger, death, and mystery. -
One race offers unmarked trails, hidden books, and brutal climbs in Tennessee. The other is seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. Both turn running into a test of will. -
Two paper trails after death: a wife’s diaries and a father’s lifelong book list, and what they reveal about love, grief, and the private lives people leave behind. -
On this episode of Audacious: Step inside the world of mascots, featuring the Phillie Phanatic, Chompers, and a giant in the world of mascot-making. -
Recorded at Little Red Barn Brewers in Winsted, this Show & Tell episode turns ordinary objects into stories of memory, grief, humor, and love. -
Fewer than 10% of truck drivers are women, and this episode of Audacious, meet three of them: One drives a tow truck, another owns a CDL training school, and another is a trans woman. -
On this episode of Audacious, a woman shares her harrowing experience with delusional infestation, while two experts explain its causes and treatments.
