Ochenta’s Story

The global audio industry is continuously evolving in a multitude of cultures and languages. And it will continue to do so.

But there’s still a problem. We can’t listen to stories that we can’t understand. 

So our founder, Lory Martínez, decided to do something about it. 

Enter Studio Ochenta, an audio production studio that makes podcasts, audiobooks, and audio series in different languages. 

We offer boutique expertise in multilingual translation and international promotion strategies for audio content worldwide so that every story reaches its full global potential.

Our international team works 100% remotely allowing us to work across timezones and cultures to make the most authentic universal stories for native-speaking listeners no matter where they are.

Since its founding, Ochenta has produced audio content and podcasts in over 20 languages for audiences across the European continent, the MENA region, Asia, and the Americas. Today, Studio Ochenta is the leader in multilingual podcasting around the world recognized by international awards such as the Webbies, the Lovies, the WAN-IFRAs, and the Premios Ondas Globales del Podcast.

 
 

What We Do

Studio Ochenta is made up of: Client Productions, Original Podcasts, and Audiobooks.

Ochenta Productions 

Whether you’re a brand, influencer, institution, passionate indie creator with something to say, we can help you make your podcast come to life in the language of your choosing. We cover 20+ languages.

Learn more about Client Productions.

Original Podcasts  

Our goal with original content is to create unique podcasts in a variety of genres. Ochenta Originals are produced with multicultural and multilingual nuances in mind.

Learn more about Ochenta Originals. 

 

Ochenta’s Team

Lory Martinez

Lory Martinez

Lory Martinez

CEO & Founder

The Colombian-American founder of the award-winning multilingual podcast company Studio Ochenta. Originally from Queens, New York, she moved to Paris, France in 2015 with one goal in mind: to tell global stories. She started Ochenta in 2019 to achieve that goal and famously recorded, voiced, and translated all 3 language versions of Ochenta’s flagship series “Mija” herself. Lory is also the Executive Producer and Creative Director for Ochenta, leading the company to receive its many accolades with a creative vision that reflects her own multicultural upbringing. She speaks English, French, and Spanish fluently and you can follow her on Twitter @lorymart1nez.

Lory Martinez

CEO & Founder

 
Maru Lombardo

Maru Lombardo

Maru Lombardo

Host & Editorial Manager, Ochenta Originals

Maru is an award-winning Argentinian podcast producer based in Bogotá, Colombia. She is the lead producer and editorial manager on Ochenta’s fiction podcasts. Maru hosts and executive produces Ochenta Cuentos and loves literature, poetry and everything related to narrative and innovative formats. She speaks Spanish and English fluently. Follow her on Twitter @marulombarda.

Maru es productora de podcasts nacida en Argentina; actualmente vive en Bogotá, Colombia. Ha recibido premios por su trabajo como productora de ficción y no ficción. Maru es la mánager editorial de las ficciones de Studio Ochenta y se encarga de la producción ejecutiva en Ochenta Cuentos. Ama la literatura, la poesía y todo lo relacionado con narrativa y formatos innovadores. Habla español e inglés. Síguela en Twitter en @marulombarda.

Maru Lombardo

Host & Editorial Manager, Ochenta Originals

Maru Lombardo

Luis López

Luis Raul Lopez Levi

Lead Sound Editor- Ochenta Productions

Luis is the sound editor behind the scenes on Mija Podcast, Azafata en Atacama, Wine School Dropout and a number of other Ochenta programs. He is also the lead Sound Editor on Cultureverse. Luis speaks English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and produces in many other languages. He is based in Monterrey, Mexico.

Luis es editor de sonido en Mija Podcast, Azafata en Atacama, Wine School Dropout, y varias otras producciones de Ochenta. También es el principal editor de sonido en Cultureverse. Luis habla inglés, español y portugués, y produce en muchos otros idiomas. Vive en Monterrey, México.

Luis Raul Lopez Levi

Lead Sound Editor- Ochenta Productions

Maru Lombardo

Chiara Santella

Chiara Santella

Producer - Ochenta Originals

Chiara Santella is an Italian Podcast Producer, Sound Editor and Production Sound Mixer based in Rome. She is a graduate of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, where sound became her tool to experience life and face the world. She speaks English, Italian and Spanish and works on both fiction and documentary projects at Ochenta.

Chiara Santella es una productora de podcasts editora de audio y mixer tialiana. Egresada del Centro Sperimentale de Cinematografia, en donde el sonido se convirtió en su herramienta para la experiencia de vida y el mundo. Habla inglpes, italiano y español y trabaja tanto en los proyectos documentales y de ficción de Ochenta.

Chiara Santella

Producer - Ochenta Originals

Maru Lombardo

Catalina Hoyos Vélez

Catalina Hoyos

Production Manager

Catalina is a literary podcast producer based in Bogotá, Colombia. She speaks Spanish, English and some Italian. She takes care of castings, schedules, English to Spanish translations and other administrative tasks for Studio Ochenta and worked with the Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia in the production of the podcast Estaba la pájara pinta sentada en el verde limón, a novel on Colombian history.

Catalina es una productora de podcasts literarios en Bogotá, Colombia. Habla español e inglés y un poco de italiano. Se encarga de castings, cronogramas, traducciones de inglés a español y otras tareas administrativas para Studio Ochenta y ha trabajado con la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia en la producción del podcast Estaba la pájata pinta sentada en el verde limón, una novela sobre la historia colombiana.

Catalina Hoyos Vélez

Production Manager

 
 
Sofia Rodriguez

Sofía Rodriguez

Sofía Rodríguez

Social Media Manager- Studio Ochenta

Sofía lives in Bogotá, she’s a social communicator and has worked as a reporter and radio producer in Colombia and Spain. She has worked as a marketing expert for Meta platforms and currently creates communication and marketing strategies creating a community around Ochenta through content and promotion.

Sofía vive en Bogotá, es comunicadora social y ha trabajado como reportera de radio y productora en Colombia y España. Ha trabajado como experta en marqueting para plataformas Meta y actualmente diseña estrategias de comunicación y mercadeo para crear una comunidad al rededor de Ochenta por medio de contenido y promoción.

Sofía Rodríguez

Social Media Manager

Maru Lombardo

Tanisha Townsend

Tanisha Townsend

Host & Producer WSD - Ochenta Originals

Tanisha is the host & Senior Producer of Wine School Dropout Podcast. She is based in Paris, France and works in French and English. Her blog and wine tour service: Girl Meet Glass, seeks to make the subject of wine more accessible to all wine lovers around the world.

Tanisha es la presentadora y productora principal de Wine School Dropout Podcast. Vive en París, Francia, y trabaja en francés e inglés. Su blog y servicio de turismo de vinos en Francia, Girl Meet Glass, ofrece clases sobre el tema del vino a todos los amantes del mismo en todo el mundo.

Tanisha Townsend

Host & Producer WSD - Ochenta Originals

Maru Lombardo

Dr. Kiona

Dr. Kiona

Host & Producer, HNNT - Ochenta Productions

Kiona is the Host & Senior Producer of How Not to Travel Podcast and a consulting producer on Cultureverse. She speaks many languages and her project: How Not to Travel Like A Basic Bitch is an educational platform dedicated to inclusivity and diversity in travel and beyond.

Kiona es la presentadora y productora principal de How Not to Travel Podcast y es productora cultural de Cultureverse. Habla muchos idiomas y su proyecto How Not to Travel Like A Basic Bitch es una plataforma educativa dedicada a la inclusión y la diversidad en los viajes.

Dr. Kiona

Host & Producer, HNNT - Ochenta Productions