The Team

Founders

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Patrick Yurick
Co-Founder
Head of Production

San Diego, CA

Patrick is an MIT instructional designer, comic book educator, graphic design evangelist, and former high school art teacher. He has a passion for exploring the nexus of quality creative work and socially responsible education. 

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Christopher O’Keeffe
Co-Founder
Head of Narrative

Salem, MA

Chris a writer, marketer, musician and occasional instructional designer with a passion for great narrative in all mediums. He\’s also a serial collaborator and is probably working on a project with you…RIGHT NOW!  

 

Administrative Staff

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Allen Finn
Strategic Partnerships

Boston, MA

Allen Finn is a Boston-based content writer and digital marketing consultant. Before embracing buzzwords like \”attribution modeling\” and \”brand lift\” for a living, he taught World Literature and online advertising to high school students in New Hampshire.

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Robert Guerra
Facilities Coordinator

San Diego, CA

Robert Guerra is a musician and recent graduate from Cal Poly SLO. He loves podcasts and has always wanted to learn more about making them. He’s very excited to help make Podcation an amazing experience.

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John Bosselman
K-12 Methodologist

Oakland, CA

John is a longtime teacher and educator who has worked internationally and throughout the state of California. He believes that schools need to radically change the way they educate young people and be built around their potential to be change makers in their community.

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UX Coordinator

Los Angeles, CA

Karyn is a coder, designer, and audiophile. She taught herself to code and designs/develops websites for work while constantly adding “one more” language to her repertoire. A storyteller at heart, Karyn co-founded StoryForge where she produces audiodramas and podcasts.

 Narrative Team

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Jordan Cobb

Brooklyn, NY

Jordan Cobb is a New York City based actress. She writes and stars in the adventure-fantasy audio drama Here Be Dragons. You can also find her on the audio dramas Mythos (Gracie Hart) and RedWing (Merrow & Amari Agrinya).

\"\"Grace Hawkins

Brooklyn, NY

Grace is Brooklyn-based writer and performer. She is an account executive at Gimlet, and an inaugural UCB NY Academy student. She’s studied improv, sketch, film and theater at UCB, Endgames, the Gaiety School of Acting and more.

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Kevin Carranza

Phoenix, AZ

Kevin’s talents, and their limitations, can be summed up easily: if you google the word “koozie” the ninth result is an article he wrote for Birchbox. Think about that. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Urban and Environmental Planning at Arizona State University.

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Rachel Beck

Los Angeles, CA

Rachel Beck is an LA-based author and producer. Her works include The Glitch Logs book series, The Dracula Files audio drama, and The Dark Menagerie collection.

 

Production Team

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Theirry Denis

San Diego, CA

Thierry Denis is a Producer, Director, and the owner of Helium Films USA, a full service commercial video production company based out of San Diego, California. Thierry has spent the last 10 years creating inspiring content for corporations and network, from brand content to commercials. His main focus is crafting impactful stories and visuals to promote brands and services across industries and mediums. 

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Zachary Mack

Los Angeles, CA

Zach Mack is a Senior Podcast Producer at The Ringer; producing developing and overseeing their rich lineup of culture shows. Prior to joining The Ringer, Zach worked on a variety of podcasts, radio shows and audio projects for outlets such as WNYC, The Economist, KQED, and Pandora. Also, he\’s from Oakland California, has a Masters degree in Media Studies from Parsons / The New School and drinks a lot of loose leaf tea.

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Mary Nichols

Waldorf, MD

Mary Nichols (aka DJ Fusion) of the FuseBox Radio is a DJ & radio/podcast personality whose weekly show brings the Balance Back to Black Radio with its focus on interesting commentary & interviews along independent & mainstream Black Music mixes.

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Jeffrey Litzman

San Diego, CA

Jeffrey Litzman is San Diego-based producer and engineer who works in film and music. He is also the drummer in SD indie rock outfit Social Club.

Culinary Magicians

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Alexis Asuncion

Los Angeles, CA

Lex currently resides in Los Angeles and works as a barista by day, a chef at night preparing Filipino food and a full-time dad somewhere in-between. He has eight years of management experience in Quick Service Restaurants throughout San Diego and LA. His most memorable meal was at a restaurant called Noma in Copenhagen but his favorite type of food or cuisine is anything made by mom.

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Devon Rodrigues

Berkeley, CA

Devon is a former San Diego County resident that now lives in Berkeley, CA. He began cooking for friends in college and is seeking to further his cooking knowledge and experience. Recipes from family and friends’ families largely influence his cooking.