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, an environmental activist and a Trappist Monk talk about their vows of silence, and host Chion Wolf takes a week off from speaking to explore what it's like. -
Today on Audacious, all four guests are named Pat Smith! What else do they have in common? And what's so different about them? -
In this episode of Audacious, hear about life after a pilot had to jump from his own plan and from one woman who survived a crash that killed 107 lives. -
This Gracie Award-winning episode of Audacious features conversations with people who wholeheartedly, profoundly regret becoming parents. -
This episode of Audacious is tops! Meet the first African-American to summit Everest, a candidate for a body transplant, and members of a UK school who beat the record for the tallest stack of hats! -
On this episode of Audacious, you’ll meet four people who are married to spirits, ancestors, or gods, also known as Spectrosexuals. -
On this episode of Audacious: How we define "forgiveness" often defines us. Hear conversations with a best friend, a pastor, a poet, and a man who lost his face after a crash involving a drunk driver. -
The stories you get from jury duty can be funny, absurd, or, like you’ll hear from a juror from the Derek Chauvin trial, traumatic. That's on the next episode of Audacious. -
On this week's Audacious: Hear from photojournalist, Ron Haviv, and reporter, Nataliya Gumenyuk on what it's like reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine right now. -
You know those tools, utensils, or family heirlooms you have in your kitchen? Well, you'll hear eleven people's stories about them on this episode of Audacious.
