The White Whale
The White Whale is an audio zine. A podcast of mixtape journalism, fiction, and sound experimentation.
The podcast is currently on hiatus, but always has the potential to reappear at a moment’s notice. In the meantime, keep on eye on AIR and LinkedIn for updates on current work and check out some of the shows below that I’ve had the pleasure of working on.
Chameleon: Dr. Dante
Dr. Ronald Dante is a talented hypnotist (and not an actual doctor) whose mind-bending schemes span decades. Dante worked the smoke-filled nightclubs of 1960s Hollywood and rode the self-help craze of the 1980s and 90s, hypnotizing women out of their fortunes, taking out hits on his rivals, and opening up one of the biggest fake universities in history. Host Sam Mullins tracks Dante through yacht clubs, prison cells, trailer parks, and theme parks to uncover the unbelievable true story of the greatest con-man you’ve never heard of.
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Ambies’ 2024 Best Production and Sound Design - Garrett Tiedemann (NOMINEE): 2024 Ambies Podcast Nominations Full List
Chameleon: Wild Boys
The latest season of the wildly popular con-themed podcast Chameleon takes place in the summer of 2003 when two half-starved young men turned up in a small Canadian town telling an incredible story. Hosted by Sam Mullins.
The Atlantic’s 35 Best Podcasts of 2022
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Vulture’s Best True-Crime Podcasts of 2022
Vulture’s Best Podcasts of 2022
Paste Magazine’s 10 Best Podcasts of 2022
Ambies’ Podcast of the Year (WINNER)
Go-Boy!
In the mid-century, Canada was home to some of the most inhumane prisons in the world. In order to survive, prisoners had to be tough as rocks. They needed to suffer through terrible living conditions, violent beatings, and ritual humiliation. At just 16 years old, Roger Caron begins his long career in (and out) of the Canadian Penal system. His story is one of daring prison escapes, risky bank robberies, and swift police arrests. The only thing that breaks Roger’s cycle of self-destruction is writing.
With the publication of his first book, Roger Caron is a free man and best-selling author. He becomes the most sought-after speaker, doing press events and lectures across the country. Roger thrives in the limelight, but what happens when his 15 minutes are up?
Noble
In the winter of 2002, police discovered more than 300 bodies on one property in the tiny town of Noble, Georgia. What followed was one of the biggest and most expensive investigations in the history of the American South. To get to the bottom of this forgotten case, journalist Shaun Raviv visits a rural community with plenty of secrets…And in the process, Shaun explores one of the most primal and vexing questions we face as human beings: What do the living owe the dead?
“A gripping, thoughtful, perfectly balanced meditation on death and our relationship to its practicalities.” -The New Yorker’s Best Podcast of 2024
Vulture’s Best Podcast of 2024
Ambies’ Best Scriptwriting Non-Fiction (NOMINEE)
Suspect
Suspect is an investigative series about mislaid justice and the kinds of weighty decisions that detectives, lawyers, and jurors make every day — decisions that, once made, are almost impossible to reverse.
Suspect Season 1
Vulture’s Best Podcasts of 2021
NYU's American Journalism Online Award for Best News-Based Podcast (Winner)
Gold Signal Award Winner in Best Writing Limited Series & Specials
Ambies’ Best True Crime Podcast (WINNER)
Suspect Season 3
Best Serialized Podcast at the True Crime UK Awards (WINNER)
Where is Daniel Morcombe?
On December 7, 2003, Daniel disappeared in broad daylight while waiting for a bus on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. His case sparked one of the largest investigations in Australian history and captured the attention of the nation. Daniel became known nationwide as “The Boy in the Red Shirt”. Police did their best, but kept coming up short and for years the trail remained cold.
Through unprecedented access to the Morcombe family and detectives who worked on the case, Where is Daniel Morcombe? reveals the twists and turns of a decade-long investigation and reveals Daniel’s lasting legacy in protecting children all over the world. Throughout the season, listeners will question – how did this happen? Who is responsible? And how does Daniel’s legacy live on?
Additional shows sound designed, composed, and engineered at Campside Media include Devil in the Ditch, Body Brokers, Gallery of Lies, Eclipsed, We Came to the Forest, Pretty Sure I Can Fly, Owned, The Lost, and Origin Stories.
Also find contributions to shows and companies such as Where Secrets Go To Die, Crimes of the Centuries (Seasons 1 and 2), Darknet Diaries, FT Weekend, CitizenRacecar, Reveal, Here Be Monsters, Long Live the New Sound, Undark, Earlid, Audio Playground, Vanishing Ink, The Moth, Life of the Law, Top Score, and Anxious Machine.
Original Music
Music is a way into telling stories. Whether the medium is radio or film, music is the glue that holds everything together. As a multi-instrumentalist, I’ve pursued storytelling that allows for music and sound design to have a unique voice and distinct influence over how stories are told.
Music currently available via American Residue Records is available for licensing. You can also look to my music page for more examples of music from podcasts as well as film. If you are looking for original music or theme development, please contact to discuss options and rates.