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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On this episode of Audacious, meet people using groundbreaking assistive tech - AI, smart canes, and mobility robots - to reclaim independence and visibility. -
On this episode of Audacious: Awe explored! From a solar eclipse to music’s power. With psychologist Dacher Keltner, cellist Yumi Kendall, and listeners' stories. -
On this episode of Audacious, a woman shares her harrowing experience with delusional infestation, while two experts explain its causes and treatments. -
On this episode of Audacious, meet tribute artists for Prince and Elvis Presley. Hear about their devotion and precision, while maintaining a sense of self. -
On this episode of Audacious, meet protestors who've thrown soup at a Van Gogh, worn all white with a splotch on the crotch to protest circumcision, and used sex toys to protest gun laws. -
On this episode of Audacious, meet wingsuit BASE jumper, Ellen Brennen Frat, and the first women to ski solo to the South Pole, Liv Arnesen. -
On this episode of Audacious, explore telepathy, intuition, how to live a good life, and read people's minds with mentalist, Dr. Kruti Parekh. -
On this episode of Audacious, meet chef Christine Ha, who became the first blind person to win MasterChef, and poet Edward Hirsch, who finds exhilaration in his blindness. -
On this episode of Audacious, we follow first-time, non-violent offender, Mike West, before, during, and after he spends a year incarcerated. -
On this episode of Audacious, Jackie Bibby set world records with rattlesnakes, and Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes to try to create a universal antivenom.
