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WHO WE ARE
Charts and Leisure is a collective of internet-native strategists which specializes in working with independent creatives and large brands to create quality content.
We believe that companies and organizations benefit from collaborating with established internet creators — independent writers, producers, performers, directors and makers — and that these distinct voices create quality stories which outperform standard content marketing.
The Team
JASON OBERHOLTZERFOUNDER & President
Jason is a strategist, producer, editor, composer and President of Charts & Leisure.
As a consultant, he develops and manages content ecosystems — building, leading and scaling content production teams. His clients include 2k, Adobe, BBC America, Bloomberg, Colgate-Palmolive, The Economist, FuelCell Energy, IBM, Longreads, Morningstar, SkillSoft and more. He frequently supports agencies within Dentsu, Publicis and WPP, and collaborates with Gather: a collective of independent knowledge workers where he serves as Head Of Content.
Jason is a two-time published author of books related to publishing work on the internet and ran the popular Tumblr account I Love Charts.
Michael SimonelliHead Engineer
Michael is a composer, artist, sound designer, and audio consultant.
He has designed audio branding for brands like Chanel, Future of Storytelling, The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, The Markup, Longreads, and IMDb among others,
Michael leads Charts & Leisure’s audio mixing and sound design disciplines.
Hans BuetowHans is an award winning podcast producer based in St. Paul, MN, who has worked in music and sound for nearly two decades. He has worked as a Senior Audio Producer at The New York Times and American Public Media, where he produced radio and podcast programming which reached millions of listeners.
Hans has launched several shows, including Terrible, Thanks for Asking and 74 Seconds – which won a 2017 Peabody Award and the Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Documentary Gold Award. He has worked on dozens of shows, including Still Processing, Modern Love, Never Post, The Daily, In The Dark, Smash Boom Best, Decomposed, Awesome Etiquette and Wits.
Audrey EvansAudrey is a librarian and researcher based in the Hudson Valley and NYC. Most recently, she led network engagement at Data & Society Research Institute where she built strategies around original, empirical social science research to deepen the public’s understanding of issues arising from data-centric and automated technology and to advance a frame of justice and equity in technology.
She has extensive experience designing impactful, cross-disciplinary programs that bring together academics, computer scientists, civil and human rights advocates, journalists, policy makers, artists, practitioners, and individuals from impacted communities to translate expertise, grapple with the social, political and cultural implications of technology and build more collective, inclusive, and equitable approaches to technology.
Megan Mulholland Megan is a New York City-based illustrator who specializes in brightly colored, highly expressive editorials.
She has collaborated with initiatives and brands including Caviar, Etsy, IBM, Michelle Obama's 'When We All Vote’, The Infatuation and more.
Her work can be found on any and all platforms under the moniker ‘megmulsy’.
MIKE RUGNETTADIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION
Mike is a writer, host, producer and sound designer who has been working in digital media since 2007.
He’s the former host, writer, researcher and co-creator of the five-time Webby award winning YouTube series Idea Channel, co-produced by PBS Digital Studios. He has hosted two Crash Course series and he currently produces the actual-play TTRPG podcast Fun City and the sound-studies podcast Reasonably Sound. He got his start as a member of the original cast of the Know Your Meme web series, produced by Rocketboom.
As a producer, Mike has worked with Adobe, Duolingo, IBM, American Public Media, Future of Storytelling, Chanel and more. He has written for Vanity Fair, The National Conference on Citizenship, Complexly and others.
He has worked as an independent researcher for Vine and YouTube.
Andrew AtkinAndrew is a musician and audio engineer based in Northampton, MA.
As a composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer, he has provided music and audio support for many clients including CBS, Disney, Mattel, Fisher-Price and Paramount, as well as audiobook production for the likes of Penguin Random House, Scholastic, Macmillan, and a host of independent authors.
Andrew has built and operated several music and audio spaces, and works as a senior staff engineer at Northfire Recording Studio in Amherst, MA.
Garrett CroweGarrett is a writer and audio editor. His credits can be found in Love & Radio, Wall Street Journal, WNYC, Men’s Journal, Everything Is Stories and elsewhere.
He has also collaborated with organizations and brands like the United Nations, Microsoft, Tinder, and Chanel to create new podcast series.
Ash Goh HuaAsh is a director and editor from Singapore, now living in New York.
Named one of the 25 New Faces of Film by Filmmaker Magazine in 2022 and a 2024 Berlinale Talent, Ash has been supported by institutions such as Sundance, Jerome Foundation, and ITVS. She has worked with Great Big Story, Skillshare, Asia Society, and more.
Molly OsbergMolly Osberg is a writer and editor based primarily on the East Coast. A former staffer at Jezebel and Gizmodo Media, her reporting has appeared in New York Magazine, GQ, The New Republic, and many other publications.
Her essay "How to Not Die in America" was included in the "Best American Science and Nature Writing" series.
Rick PaulasRick is a content strategist, writer, artist, and bartender based in Brooklyn.
He is the author of three books of fiction, a walking audio ghost story, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, Vice, HuffPost, Defector, and more.
COLE STrYKERDIRECTOR OF EDITORIAL
Cole is an editorial strategist and writer. He helps brands like Microsoft, IBM and AMD build and run editorial ecosystems where they can tell human-centric stories in a holistic, thoughtful way that achieves specific business goals.
He is the author of two books on online history and culture, and his writing has appeared in Newsweek, The Nation, nbcnews.com, Salon, Vice, Boing Boing, The NY Observer, The Huffington Post, Storyboard, Rhizome, Nerve, Popmatters and more.
Taylor BehnkeTaylor is a writer and researcher who has written civics and history education series for clients like PBS Digital Studios, Complexly, and Independent Lens.
She was named a 2023 YouTube Creator in Residence, and a 2022 Vox Media Writers Workshop fellow, where she produced music journalism for Vulture and Vox.
Ingrid BurringtonIngrid is the author of Networks of New York: An Illustrated FIeld Guide to Urban Internet Infrastructure and has freelanced for The Atlantic before it became the absolute worst, Motherboard, Hell Gate, IEEE Annals in the History of Computing, and other publications.
With Brendan C. Byrne she co-wrote The Training Commission, a science fiction newsletter funded by the Mozilla Foundation. Ingrid has also taught at the School for Poetic Computation, RISD, and the Cooper Union.
Georgia HamptonGeorgia is a Chicago-based writer, editor, producer, and culture journalist whose work spans across a wide array of themes. She has been published in the Chicago Reader, Airship, and has most recently worked as a podcast script writer in Spotify’s Parcast Studio.
In addition to writing, Georgia is an award-winning photographer whose work has been published in the Chicago Tribune and F Newsmagazine. She was also the staff photographer at Millennium Park in Chicago.
Meghal JanardanMeghal is an audio & video producer and director. She has developed original food, lifestyle and business history series.
Her work can be seen at Insider, T Magazine (NYT), Condé Nast Entertainment, RGA, Refinery29, and Dotdash.
Chris SousaChris is a versatile audio producer, engineer, and musician who specializes in podcast production.
The Boston native has spent two decades in Los Angeles, delivering high quality audio solutions for a diverse range of clients including artists, story tellers, agencies, brands, labels, and networks. Chances are, you’ve already heard his work on NPR, BBC, Vice Media, Nickelodeon, or The Cracked Podcast.
He lives in the valley, where he enjoys jamming with his band in his home studio and planning his next adventure with his lovely wife, Kat.
