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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Hear it Again: Finding hope amidst the dread of climate change
Flip on the news and you'll see it: record flooding in New England, record heat waves around the world. It can be hard in 2023 to look at climate issues and not feel despair. But across the country, communities are persevering through our new climate reality.
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From Civil Rights to campus change: Black student activism in Washington state
Seattle isn't widely recognized as an epicenter of the Civil Rights Movement. But through the mid 20th-century, individuals and organizations were making national waves in a fight for recognition and equality. Those actions percolated to university life in Seattle and Pullman. The foundation of Black Studies came from the efforts of Black Students and Black Student Unions to create a space for talking about history, organizing, and black power.
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What we do and don't know about high gas prices in Washington state
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Rent control in Seattle? Legacy goal for Kshama Sawant faces hurdles
"Soundside" host Libby Denkmann talks with AXIOS reporter Melissa Santos about Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant's rent-control proposal.
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'We can't let them steamroll our democracy': How covering NW white supremacist groups shaped 2 reporters
Long before far-right and white supremacist groups like the Patriot Front and the Washington State Three Percenters became household names, the Pacific Northwest was home to other extremist groups. As a reporter in Portland in the late 1990s, KUOW Morning Edition host Angela King covered far-right extremist organizations like the Aryan Nation.
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This psychiatric hospital shuttered in 1973. But patient descendants and community researchers keep its lore alive
There’s an overgrown cemetery nestled in the farmland of the Cascade foothills of Skagit County. It’s the burial grounds for Northern State Hospital, a long-shuttered state mental institution.
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Idaho's 'abortion trafficking' law faces legal challenge
"Soundside" host Libby Denkmann talks with KFF Health News Senior Correspondent Sarah Varney about the lawsuit filed this week against Idaho's "abortion travel ban."
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How government hurdles and online protesters changed the shape of Arlington Pride
The city of Arlington was scheduled to have a Pride celebration in early June. But organizers say the city has put up new hurdles that forced the 2023 celebration to be delayed.
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A Seattle housing facility has big dreams for residents. But the path forward can be tumultuous
Supportive housing facilities can be a lifeline for people experiencing homelessness, and those searching for mental health services. Last year, the Downtown Emergency Service Center, a non-profit based in Seattle, opened Hobson Place. It’s a supportive housing building with 177 units and a clinic for residents. But some residents and staff at the facility have faced a tumultuous first year.
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Major League Baseball brings a magnifying glass to Seattle
Major League Baseball’s All Star Game has returned to Seattle. On Monday, Mariners prodigy Julio Rodriguez broke the home run derby record for most runs in a single round. And outside the T-Mobile Park, Seattle’s Sodo neighborhood has been transformed into an MLB playground expected to bring in 100,000 people for the festivities. But the makeover hasn’t just meant cleaning sidewalks or a new paint job.