Ivy Le, Host & Creator
Ivy Le is the host and creator of FOGO: Fear of Going Outside, a nature show by the most reluctant host ever. She was selected to be one of the 10 out of 18,000 applicants to attend Spotify’s first SoundUp podcast accelerator for women of color. She has been published as a reporter, a poet, and advocate on immigration and civil rights issues. Ivy speaks Spanish, German, Vietnamese, and English and lives in Austin, Texas where she mines her children’s lives for standup comedy material.
Myrriah Gossett, Producer and Editor
Myrriah is originally from Vancouver, BC and is an audio and media producer based in Austin, TX and Los Angeles, CA. She holds a BFA in Art History from Savannah College of Art and Design, and MS in Media Management from The New School. Beyond their work on FOGO: Fear of Going Outside, Myrriah also produced on Lemonada Media’s BEING Trans and BEING Golden audio reality series. She has also done work on Raised by Ricki with Ricki Lake and Kalen Allen. They are a part-time outdoor person as she enjoys a good day hike, and when the weather is nice a weekend camping trip. You can hear them talk about Star Trek on the Star Trek Discovery podcast, and in her spare time she writes screenplays.
Michelangelo Rodriguez, Composer
A native of Austin, Texas, Michelangelo Rodriguez is a composer for film, television, and multimedia based in Los Angeles. With a focus on writing film music, he has provided original scores to several award winning film, documentaries, and commercials. Most recently, his music can be heard in BMW's 2022 Super Bowl ad, Zeus & Hera, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Salma Hayek. His music can also be heard in his recent contributions to the PBS American Experience documentary, The Codebreaker. on PBS. In 2021, he joined music house Squeak E. Clean Studios as a Studio Assistant.
Minda Wei, Story Editing
Minda Wei is a queer Chinese-American comedian, screenwriter, journalist, and actor based in Los Angeles, CA. In a past life, she was an engineer building the world's #1 supercomputer. Minda has won the Austin Chronicle’s “Best of Austin” Comedy Critics’ Pick, performed at SF Sketchfest, Del Close Marathon, NYC Sketchfest (and more!), and her writing has been published in Slate, Bon Appetit, and GEN Magazine. They currently serve as creative director for Austin Sketch Fest. Minda is represented by Bryan Brucks at 831 Entertainment (Literary & Talent) and Jessica Ellis & Traci Delaney @ APA Agency.
Robyn Edgar, Engineer
Robyn Edgar is an audio engineer and sound designer based in New York. She's been a fan and listener of narrative radio for as long as she can remember and the second she had the chance, got involved in campus radio. She's since studied Documentary Radio at the SALT Institute in Portland, Maine and worked across a variety of public radio programs. She nerds out on recording the sounds around her to create immersive podcast and radio experiences.
Season 2:
From Spotify our Executive Producers are: Miguel Contreras, Grace Delia, Jane Zumwalt and Natalie Tulloch.
Special thanks for Shirley Ramos and the rest of the Spotify Team.
Production support by Benjamin Grosse-Siestrup.
FOGO’s board of advisors include: Jeff Zhao and Martin Thomas.
Season One:
Story Editing by Aira Juliet and Minda Wei
FOGO’s board of advisors included: Jeff Zhao and Martin Thomas. Development advising by Rekha Murthy.
From Spotify: Our Executive Producers were Gina Delvac, Candace Manriquez Wrenn, Andrea Silenzi, Natalie Tulloch, and Jane Zumwalt.
Special thanks to Brian Marquis, Teal Kratky, Yasmeen Afifi, and Shirley Ramos for production support.