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I am a writer and producer working across audio, podcasts and impact projects.

I love exploring the spaces where creativity, storytelling, science and community meet to create projects that ask us to listen deeply and connect with the world around us.

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a bit about me

I really like seaweed, ocean swims and listening to bugs, birds and the sea. I have a Masters in Marine Science with research in acoustic ecology (singing fish!) and I make an independent podcast called Seaweed People, which dives into big ideas in marine science, art and conservation.

I’ve made documentary podcasts for Sydney Opera House, the Climate Council, Greenpeace, Red Bull, Audible and others. One of my favourites was Laura Nagy’s tender ASMR memoir Pillow Talk (Audible/Easy Tiger), which won a Rose D’Or, was a Third Coast Competition finalist and landed us in Reykjavik for IFC Audiodocs. During Sydney’s lockdowns I worked with the team at The Ethics Centre to create FODI: The In Between, adapting their Festival of Dangerous Ideas into an audio with big names & beautiful sound art.

I also make audio fiction, like Flirties (Audiocraft; BBC Audio Drama Awards nominee) and the independent, tragic alt-country australiana romantic horror musical podcast Slaughterhouse Road (“banger after banger!” according to someone at the pub).

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In 2025 I’m taking part in Documentary Australia’s Impact Producer Program, learning strategy for utilising storytelling as a tool for social impact. I’m applying it all to SOIL - a podcast documentary following the movement of people regenerating the deep webs of life beneath our feet - which will be out in the world late-2025. I’m particularly proud of Heaps Better (Greenpeace/Audiocraft), an impact audio collab with Greenpeace to inspire collective climate action.

Outside of audio, I co-ran a short film festival called Freshflix, where we made pop-up cinemas in warehouses and breweries, secret feasts, collaborations with electronic musicians and experimental films, and two editions of the Freshflix Emerging Filmmakers Conference with Vivid Sydney. I learnt how to turn research into impactful comms projects with Bangkok-based social change communications agency Love Frankie. And I learnt how to realise big, silly dreams with small budgets by designing immersive and interactive spaces for ten years of Secret Garden music and arts festival.

I’m currently hooked on Let's Become Fungal!: Mycelium Teachings and the Arts.

I’d love to hear about your work and ideas - please reach out!

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services

production

Full audio storytelling/podcast production services including R&D, remote & studio recordings, interviews, narrative scripting, edit, mix & sound design, and impact production for film & audio projects.

consulting & strategy

One-off or regular consultation on podcast/audio/impact storytelling strategy, concept development, R&D and workflow processes.

workshops

I offer workshops on writing through sound, starting a podcast, audio fiction and more, tailored to your team or project's needs.

get in touch

If you have an audio or impact storytelling project you’d like to discuss, please get in touch here or at hello[@]jessica-hamilton[dot]com