Hey. I’m Kelly Hardcastle Jones.

I’m an audio producer and editor—right now I work for Slate. Before that, I was the Senior Producer for two series: American Prodigies and Seizing Freedom. I’m currently going to school for a Master’s in Library and Information Science.

I used to be a producer for BackStory, which I joined after a brief and sordid affair with graduate-level philosophy in Guelph, Canada.

In Canada, I started a nationally syndicated radio show and podcast called Pioneer Radio, got some training at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, won a Third Coast Short Doc award for a three-minute piece about poutine, produced a documentary for the BBC about firearm suicide, and started a family.

Before becoming a freelancer, I developed, produced, edited, and hosted a podcast through NPR’s Storytelling Lab called Do Over about regret and the strange terror of the choices we make. I also produced Brand Soundscapes for NPM/Creative.

In my non-audio time, I do kung fu and gymnastics and bake a ton of pastries.