Shows I’ve built. Stories I’ve shaped.

Borderland started as a broad show about the Southern border crisis, but the audience made it clear that organized crime was what they wanted more of. After those episodes became clear outliers, I began shifting our editorial strategy toward cartels, organized crime, and the geopolitics surrounding them.

I eventually pitched Narcosis as a mini-series. The idea ultimately became a full rebrand of the show, which I continued to run as Creative Producer. Narcosis is still the franchise today.

Dispatches took the Borderland franchise out of the studio and into the field. Where Narcosis brought the conversation, Dispatches brought the camera.

I creative produced the travel episodes alongside host Katarina Szulc, owning story development, pre-production, talent sourcing, and editorial through post. I used audience insights from Narcosis to identify stories worth taking into the field, then developed the people and angles that could carry them.

For Montana, I pitched the trip based on audience interest around the Northern border and organized crime, then built the episode around a family impacted by the fentanyl crisis and cartel activity in tribal communities. In San Diego, a strong-performing Narcosis conversation became the jumping-off point for taking the story into the field at the U.S.–Mexico border.

Change Agents was IRONCLAD’s flagship show and the production I ran most consistently, producing it weekly from 2023 until I left in 2026. I owned the backbone of the show: host coordination, production lineup, recording logistics, post workflow, sponsor integrations, deliverables, final QC, and publishing.

Over time, my role expanded into guest research, rundowns, recordings, and closer editorial collaboration with host Andy Stumpf. I also oversaw the post-to-publish pipeline for larger productions like the Black Project mini-series and travel episodes, and brought in one of the show’s long-running presenting sponsors.

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DJ Shipley — Produced + EditorialOn this episode, I coordinated directly with the guest team, wrote the interview rundown, and produced on set.

Black Project — Special Production →

Derek Wolfe hired IRONCLAD to launch his podcast, and I was the producer responsible for making it happen. I managed the budget, coordinated the studio build with our engineer and production designer, served as the client POC, and traveled to Denver to oversee setup, training, and the first recordings.

I also supported branded podcast work for Born Primitive across production and editorial.

I was brought onto Unique America during pre-production to find the real-world people and places for stories the creators wanted to tell. I researched locations, sourced and vetted potential talent, handled outreach, and worked with the hosts to make sure each find fit the creative brief.

That included finding a multigenerational wild blueberry farm and a lobsterman in Maine, researching Hardwick, Vermont’s local food ecosystem, and sourcing an Adirondack boat and the people behind it.Episodes coming soon