Our Team

Brendan Baker specializes in highly-crafted radio and podcast production. With over a decade of experience throughout the public radio and podcast industry—widely regarded as one of its top sound designers—Brendan offers a set of skills rarely found in a single producer. From documentary to fiction, writing to composition, editing to engineering, Brendan takes a holistic approach toward creating narrative audio.

Director for Marvel’s Wolverine: The Long Night and The Lost Trail, and previously a producer for the critically acclaimed podcast, Love + Radio, his work has been featured on numerous radio programs including This American Life and Radiolab. His mix and sound design work can also be heard on The Message podcast and the first season of NPR’s Invisibilia. He has production credits on four of The Atlantic’s “50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2015,” and has received multiple awards from the Third Coast International Audio Festival (the so-called “Oscars for radio”): Best Documentary for “The Wisdom of Jay Thunderbolt” in 2011, an Honorable Mention for “Jack and Ellen” in 2013, and Director’s Choice for “The Living Room” in 2015.

Chloe Prasinos is a reporter, producer and sound designer with a knack for untying narrative knots and a deep love for finding just the right music cue.

As Associate Director for Marvel’s Wolverine: The Long Night and The Lost Trail, Chloe worked in close collaboration with Brendan Baker on all aspects of the show’s direction and sound design. Prior to wading into the world of fiction, Chloe was a producer for Gimlet Media’s Reply All. Her stories have been featured on a variety of radio shows and podcasts including Love + Radio, 99% Invisible, NPR, WBEZ’s Curious City, ESPN’s 30 for 30, 538’s Elections Podcast, On the Media, State of the Re:Union, and more. The Atlantic named Chloe’s work in their compilation of “Slightly More Than 100 Exceptional Works of Journalism,” as well as their list of “50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2015.” Before working in radio, Chloe studied modern dance and wrote lyric essays.

Paulus van Horne (they/them/theirs pronouns) is a producer, sound designer, engineer and field recordist researching the phenomenon of “noise.” Their additional experience includes extensive work in audio restoration and live event production.

As Assistant Audio Editor for Marvel’s Wolverine: The Lost Trail, Paulus contributed sound design and helped Brendan and Chloe identify the best takes amongst 100+ hours of in-studio performances, assembling them into immersive ambisonic scenes. Paulus is a graduate from Oberlin Conservatory’s Technology In Music And Related Technology program and a recipient of the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to record and study the noise of global megacities. More recently, Paulus was the mastering engineer on Radiotopia’s Spacebridge mini-series. Paulus also hosts and produces two radio programs: Noise and the Megacity for WGXC/WaveFarm and Mtn. Queer for WIOX Roxbury.