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telling authentic stories, one episode at a time

 

Cereal Made is a creative studio focused exclusively on serialized content — content that viewers will invite into their homes (or onto their phones) over and over again. 

Cereal Made creates podcasts and scripted television. We tell urgent, timely stories driven by characters navigating the way their identities intersect with the world around them. Working either on our own or in partnership with creators, studios, and brands, we develop both original ideas and concepts based on existing IP . For every project, we choose the medium that best fits the story, whether that’s scripted television, narrative fiction podcasts, or fiction and non-fiction companion audio series. 

Our work is guided by the belief that episodic content is powerful stuff, and we take that power seriously, challenging stereotypes, telling fresh stories, and breaking down barriers — all before breakfast.

 
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MEET HEATHER AND HILLARY

We are Cereal Made’s co-founders, experienced creators and producers with credits in television, independent film, podcasts, branded content, and multimedia storytelling.

HEATHER writes and directs TV, film, and audio projects about complicated family relationships. She co-hosts BRAAAINS, a podcast about how film/TV portray mental health and disability, co-created the 2021 Gotham and Tribeca Festival official narrative audio selection ANOMALY, and wrote and directed an episode of iHeart & Overtones Media’s narrative podcast YOU FEELING THIS which premiered at Tribeca Festival 2023.

Heather was an award-nominated story editor on THE HARDY BOYS (Hulu/Disney+) and is currently a co-producer on an upcoming Syfy series. Her second feature film, LETHAL LOVE, is now streaming on Netflix. Heather started as a playwright, authored three poetry collections, and is a former journalist. She strives to destigmatize mental illness, disabilities, and poverty in her work.

In a previous life, Heather was the Director of Creative Strategy at The Economist, creating branded content for companies like Microsoft, RBC Wealth Management, Porsche, & UN Women.

HILLARY is a writer, director, and producer. She is co-creator and director of ANOMALY, an official narrative audio selection of the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and the Gotham Week 2020 Project Forum.

Her background is in television development — she previously worked at the Emmy-winning production company, Lion Television, developing unscripted series for national cable networks like TLC, AMC, and A&E.

Hillary's personal essays have been published both online and in print, most recently in McSweeney's Internet Tendency and Eating Well magazine, and her photos have been published in National Geographic and Sports Illustrated. 

 

OUR WORK

 

FULLY-SCRIPTED AUDIOBOOK: KNOW YOUR NEWLYWED

When two super-fans of a beloved dating gameshow hear that it’s being rebooted, they decide to team up and fake a marriage to compete in the hilarious and swoon-worthy Know Your Newlywed, a full-cast rom-com written by Heather Taylor and Hillary Nussbaum, and executive produced by New York Times bestselling author Elena Armas.

PUBLISHED BY SIMON & SCHUSTER ON DECEMBER 10, 2024

NARRATIVE PODCAST: ANOMALY

After an earth-changing event causes disruption and civil war along the East Coast, 17-year-old Kory Hernandez is sent from her home in Queens to the relative safety of the remote countryside of Illinois. Living with a host family in Keensboro, a small town battling the impact of climate change, Kory feels cut off and powerless, unsure of her place in this new world. This narrative sci-fi podcast follows Kory as she embarks on her new life with the Miller family, and uncovers what happens when you put your trust into the wrong hands.

Official Selection: 2021 Tribeca Film Festival // Gotham Week 2020 Project Forum, Audio Hub

SCRIPTED SERIES: MODERN

On Manhattan's Upper West Side, there’s a thriving Modern Orthodox singles scene where thousands of years of religious tradition — and thousands of years of religious rules — collide with the NYC we’ve seen on Sex and the City, Broad City, and Girls. In Modern, we’re introduced to this scene through a secular twenty-something who moves in with three religious roommates and is plunged right into the center of a culture clash — between the roommates themselves, and with the city at large. The series follows the lives of the four friends as they live the single (and religious) life in NYC.

Proof of concept short film, The Cheeseburger, Official Selection: Boston Jewish Film Festival 2019 // Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival 2019 // San Diego International Jewish Film Festival 2021 // New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival 2021

DOCUMENTARY SERIES: SWATCHED

Swatched is a docu-series that challenges every stereotype that comes to mind when you hear the words, “knit and crochet.” 

Examining knitting and crocheting through both a personal and a creative lens, Swatched will explore the intersection of identity and artistic process. The series will transcend the traditional how-to-content that is aimed at a knitting audience, showcasing the origin stories of the patterns and materials knitters and crocheters crave while giving viewers a deeper understanding of the craft.

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CONTACT US

Contact our agent for work-related podcast queries:

Joy Fowlkes - The Gernert Company
jfowlkes@thegernertco.com

Or email Hillary Nussbaum at hillary@cerealmade.com or via the form below