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 one man who's recovered 200+ stolen vehicles. And the Cart Narc uses humor to shame people when they don’t return their shopping carts. -
For this 100th episode of Audacious, hear good news! An engagement, a new baby, a big compliment, an unexpected expression of acceptance at a funeral, and more. -
On this Audacious rebroadcast, meet professional dumpster divers, including one who takes Chion with her to a dumpster behind an Aldi grocery store. Plus, TikTok's 'Dumpster Diving Mama.' -
On this episode of Audacious, life as a sugar baby and as a sugar daddy. A researcher gives us the lay of the land, and one woman tells the story of life as a platonic sugar baby. -
On this episode of Audacious, follow an American high school student studying in Sarajevo. You’ll hear what she felt, what she learned, and how she changed. Plus, you’ll hear her dad’s reflections on loving her from afar, and from the best friend she made over there, too! -
On this episode of Audacious: Protest art including abortion pills as jewelry, word art amplifying messages of racial justice, and Disney characters in real-life situations. -
On this episode of Audacious, hear from a guy who went viral for throwing plungers onto store signs, a Harlem Globetrotter on his slam dunk from 13,000 feet, and other people's trick shots! -
On today's Audacious, three people talk about living with visible facial differences: Two whose faces were burned, and another who lost her nose to a dog bite. -
Zulynette is a Hartford-based poet whose book, Seeing in the Dark, just came out. On this episode of Audacious, she joins Chion around a fire to talk about poetry, power, and names. -
On this episode of Audacious, ten people talk about why they had an abortion, how they feel about it now, and how they felt when Roe v. Wade was overturned.
