María José Maddox

Chilean audio storyteller | researcher | artist 

​Stony Brook University Podcast Fellow.

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I'm the host and producer of "Mouthful of Ghosts," an exploration of grief, ghosts & the things that haunt us. Through open conversations with creatives and experts, I try to dispel some of the discomfort we - as a society - feel around loss & unexplained experiences.  

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I hold a Ph.D. in 20th and 21st Century Latin American Literature from the University of Colorado Boulder.

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Between 2021 and 2024, I was one of the producers for History Colorado's documentary podcast, "Lost Highways: Dispatches from the Shadows of the Rocky Mountains," which was funded by The National Endowment for the Humanities. We shared stories from Colorado and the American West that we couldn't believe we had never heard before, or we looked for new and critical ways to discuss well-known events and historical figures.

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Before audio, I worked as a Literature instructor, a Spanish translator, and a medical interpreter. 

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My drawings and collages have appeared in

"Ethel" "Streetcake Magazine," "Tiny Spoon," "Sassafras Literary Magazine,

"Third Wednesday," "The Flesh Magazine," "Throats to the Sky," "Gravel Magazine," "Revista Yzur," and "491 Magazine."

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My short story "American Flag" was published by 'Collateral Journal,' an online literary journal run by people directly and indirectly impacted by violent conflict and military service. 

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And "Ari, Arizona" found a home at Pile Press, an alternative publishing collective for women and non-binary creatives.

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