Libby Denkmann
Host, Soundside
About
Libby Denkmann has covered veterans' issues, homelessness, and local politics during her radio journalism career. She became the host of KUOW's Soundside in November 2021. Previously she was a producer, reporter, anchor, and host for stations KIRO, KFI, and KPCC in Seattle and Los Angeles. During a yearlong hiatus from journalism in 2011, she worked as a congressional staffer in Washington, D.C.. Libby was born in Seattle, grew up on the eastside, and graduated from the University of Washington. Her favorite things include soccer, video games, and her dog, Monty.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, limited Japanese and Portuguese
Pronouns: she/her
Podcasts
Stories
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Seattleites support Ukraine in the 'Marathon No One Wants to Run'
Ukraine, and the rest of the world, are in a waiting game as Russia amasses troops along the country's borders. Here in Seattle, Ukrainians and Ukrainian Americans are trying to raise awareness about what’s happening.
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Wave of book bans strikes U.S. How local librarians and book lovers are responding
Sara Strite says she would rather not stand in front of Kent School District headquarters in the rain at seven a.m. But she'll do it if it means keeping books in school libraries.
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Tacoma Public Libraries are ‘more than brick and mortar’
What happens when the library gets shut down? For one thing, the need for a library does not go away.
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Washington DOL's data was breached. How to protect yourself
On Friday, the Washington State Department of Licensing announced that a possible data breach may have exposed more than a quarter million people’s personal information to scammers. How can you protect yourself from a data breach?
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Algorithms constantly make hard decisions online. Can they ever be truly ethical?
What happens when a search engine runs into a question? Say, is it rude to accept a phone call in a meeting? Is 10% a bad tip? Or is climate change real? Using a lot of computing power, websites like Google give us answers to any question we ask within seconds. But how does an algorithm know where to direct us, especially for our thorniest of questions?
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In Olympia, magic mushrooms are a no-go, and 'missing middle' housing pushes forward
Lawmakers in Olympia are officially halfway through this year's legislative session. What's made it forward?
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Utilities in Washington are tackling the clean energy to-do list
Washington State is making strides on its long to-do list toward clean energy.
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A mystery we couldn't resist: Why is KUOW causing Mazda stereos to glitch?
Starting last week, reports began trickling in, via email, phone calls, and reddit, that when people tuned to our station in their Mazda, things got weird. It's a mystery we couldn't resist -- KUOW's Casey Martin looked into it.
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Re-airing: Crying in H-Mart
Our connections to books can be deeply personal. We cling to the characters that feel like friends, or reflect pieces of ourselves. But how do you translate your reading experience and the connections you feel with a book into music?
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Wahkiakum School District sues WA over its education funding model
Wahkiakum County sits just north of the Columbia River on the Oregon border. It’s Washington’s smallest county, where the medium income sits just around $36,000 a year. If you go to school there, you’re learning in old buildings, oftentimes operating thanks to duct tape and chicken wire solutions.