Moonpie Media is the creative home of Shannon McGarvey, a journalist, writer, and executive producer based in Austin, Texas. Her work focuses on women’s issues, children’s advocacy, developmental disabilities, class, and underrepresented voices.
Shannon got her start in the entertainment section of the Austin American-Statesman, then left the newsroom to study creative writing at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. After grad school, she wrote and produced for television, starting with real-life series and later moving into branded content and documentary. In 2019, she transitioned to podcasting with the successful true-crime series LISK: Long Island Serial Killer, which she co-wrote and senior-produced.
All told, she spent a decade researching and reporting on the Gilgo Beach murders and is regarded as an expert on the case. She was also a consulting producer and on-screen subject in Peacock’s two-time Emmy-nominated docuseries The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets and has appeared on multiple podcasts and news programs to discuss the case.
Her next podcast, Yuba County Five (2022), was her first as writer, producer, and host. The series revisits the 1978 disappearance of five men with neuro-differences from Northern California.
At Moonpie, Shannon has developed, written, and produced three seasons of Edge of Reason and two seasons of Sweets Unwrapped for Atlantic Re:think. She has also written for the true-crime podcast Anatomy of Murder. She writes and executive produces The Good-Bye, Moonpie’s flagship independent series, and is currently reporting and developing Pallas Athene, an investigative series supported in part by the Fund for Investigative Journalism.
Meet Shannon McGarvey
About Moonpie Media
Shannon founded Moonpie Media in 2014 as a video production company, built on the belief that careful, honest storytelling can change how people see the world. In 2023, she relaunched Moonpie as an audio-first podcast production company, bringing those same values to investigative series, branded podcasts, and narrative nonfiction.
FLAGSHIP INDEPENDENT SERIES
The Good-Bye
Hosted by Anna Marie Precythe, The Good-Bye explores the line a life-altering loss draws between who we were before and who we become after.
Moonpie also partners with cultural institutions and global brands. Recent branded work includes three seasons of Edge of Reason (2023-2025) with Atlantic Re:think and Hauser & Wirth, and Sweets Unwrapped (2025-2026) with Atlantic Re:think and Ferrero.
Atlantic Re:think
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COMING NEXT
Pallas Athene
A forthcoming investigative series supported by the Fund for Investigative Journalism.
Texas Crew Productions
My Approach
I spent a decade reporting on the Gilgo Beach murders, the Long Island serial killer case, and the questions that stayed with me went beyond who did it. Why were the women at the center of it so quickly reduced to labels? Why did their families wait so long for anyone to see them as people? And what does that tell us about how stigma shapes the way police, the press, and the public decide whose stories matter?
My true-crime podcast Yuba County Five raised a version of the same question. The five men lived with neuro-differences, and many people close to the case wondered whether that affected how it was handled. I don’t always find tidy answers. But asking who gets overlooked, and why, usually leads somewhere worth going.
Those questions follow me into branded podcasts, too. Whether it’s an artist explaining what drives them on Edge of Reason or the people behind the sweets we love on Sweets Unwrapped, both made for Atlantic Re:think, I’m looking for the human story underneath. It’s what drew me to The Good-Bye, a narrative podcast that sits with people in the aftermath of loss, and to Pallas Athene, the investigative podcast I’m reporting now.
Whether it’s a brand with a story to tell or an independent project you can’t let go of, my process is the same: do the reporting, ask the harder questions, and treat the people at the center with care. If that’s what your story needs, I’d love to hear about it.
Recognition
