Audio

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Audio Story

“The Pequod, or, The Lifeboat”


Playwright Michael Gorman has been writing and rewriting a series of plays about the opioid epidemic for over two decades. Producer Emily Reeves tells the story of his epic artistic quest that spans from theaters to job sites to a recovery center in Augusta, Maine.

I reported, produced, hosted, edited, and mixed/mastered this piece.

Credits: Original music by Alex Mejia. Archival footage courtesy of The La MaMa Archives/Ellen Stewart Private Collection, and The Forty Hour Club. “Welcome to La MaMa” from La MaMa Cantata courtesy of the Elizabeth Swados Estate.

Silver Award for Best Student Documentary at the 2023 New York Festivals Radio Awards








Audio Drama

“Aisha”


Aisha is running from The Woman In The Blue Hijab. What will happen if they reach the water's edge?

I was an Associate Producer on this piece and providing writing and editorial support.
Credits: Creator/Director: Cory Choy, Producer: Cory Choy, Editor: Feyisayo Aluko, Cory Choy, Host: Feyisayo Aluko, Writer: Cory Choy, Associate Producers, Mark Blumberg, Emily Reeves, Harry Bainbridge





An Official Audio Storytelling Selection at the 2023 Tribeca Festival

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︎ Spotify







Audio Story

“Footprints”


In "Footprints," join Tour Guide Dugan on a walk through history and his mind.

I reported, produced, edited, and mixed/mastered this piece.

Music: “In Paler Skies" by Blue Dot Sessions






Audio Story

“The Woodsmen”


The Colby College Woodsmen keep the skills and traditions of lumberjacking alive.

I reported, produced, hosted, edited, and mixed/mastered this piece.






Audio Story

“Does Anybody Like Their Job?


In this two-minute Vox Pop, producer Emily Reeves takes to the streets of Portland, Maine to explore our relationship with work.

I reported, produced, hosted, edited, and mixed/mastered this piece.

Music: Our Only Lark by Blue Dot Sessions and "Overworked, Underpaid" by Zap Pow







Podcast Episode

Queens Memory: Our Major Minor Voices


I produced and hosted this episode for the Queens Memory Podcast, the Queens Museum's Oral History show. This ten-episode season, "Our Major Minor Voices," shares stories from Queens' diverse Asian American communities. Each episode of this season featured a different community of Asian descent and was produced in both English and the native language of that community.

In this bonus episode, I interviewed Elias Ravin, the podcast's composer. We discussed the unique challenges of composing for podcasts, learned about his process as he respectfully incorporated elements of each culture’s music into the score, and asked the most important question of all: why are podcasts so obsessed with marimbas?

Our conversation is interwoven with Elias’s compositions so we can hear what he’s describing moment-to-moment. I assembled and edited the episode specifically so both people with music theory knowledge and those with none could enjoy it.

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Podcast Series

Across the Pod


I produced, cohosted, and edited Across the Pod, a transatlantic pop-culture podcast that ran twice a week during seasons.

I managed all pre- and post-production for the podcast, including creating the show art, theme song (featured on the left), segment stings, and promotional materials. I managed the show’s production schedule, engineered remote recording sessions, and maintained the show’s RSS and social media.

In two seasons, we organically grew the audience to ~1k listens per episode and created connections with so many amazing listeners!

We ended the podcast in 2023 in order to make room for our other professional goals.

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︎ Spotify
︎ Instagram
︎ Website

︎ The Ringer Article that features the podcast









I love sound-rich, expressive stories—ones that challenge our assumptions and explore the complexities of being alive.







Skills

DAWs: Pro Tools, Adobe Audition,
GarageBand, Logic Pro

• Pre-production, field reporting,
remote interviews, and
post-production
for audio storytelling

• Music theory, sound design,
and audio production knowledge

• Voiceover, singing, directing, and script analysis enhanced by a background in professional theater

Graphic Design, Content Creation,and Website Building: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Photoshop (Beginner), Canva, Squarespace, Carrd, and Cargo

Transcription: Descript, Otter, Adobe Premiere

• Audiograms: Headliner

Video Editing: iMovie,
Adobe Premiere (Beginner)

Project Management: Monday.com, Basecamp, Google Tables

• Google Workspace

• Excel (like, I can actually do formulas, not just type in the boxes)

RSS Feed Management:
Megaphone, RedCircle, Spreaker

• Can start and finish projects








Emily Reeves


audio producer + storyteller













Hi, I'm Emily Reeves. I'm an award-winning audio producer, podcaster, and storyteller based in Brooklyn, NY.



I became an audio producer because I'm a true believer in the power of audio stories. I'm drawn to stories that have humor and nuance—ones that give us a window into something universal through a unique, personal narrative.
As a former performer and theatre artist, I spent years studying the art of captivating an audience’s attention and use this experience to create sound-rich and engaging audio pieces.

I'm a recent graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Stories, where I created a documentary about a Moby-Dick-inspired blues opera about heroin addiction. The piece won a Silver Award, the highest award for the category, for Best Student Documentary at the 2023 New York Festivals Radio Awards.







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