Sarah Leibovitz
Supervising Producer, Soundside
About
Sarah is supervising producer on Soundside, KUOW's noontime show. She's produced shows on topics ranging from maritime law to the Ukraine invasion to why people like board games. Prior to working at KUOW, Sarah was lead producer at the Seattle podcast production company Larj Media, and a teaching artist with Path with Art.
Sarah is an alumna of The Evergreen State College and Bard College at Simon’s Rock. You might have heard her DJing on KAOS community radio in Olympia if you were listening at 5 a.m. on Sundays. When she’s not working, Sarah enjoys spending her time attempting various craft projects, hanging out with her cat Angus, or skateboarding around the neighborhood.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her
Podcasts
Stories
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'It's like junk food': Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez on why she won't tackle 'culture wars'
Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez won a surprising victory in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District last fall. She says she did it by listening carefully to her voters’ concerns. She also rejects Democratic and Republican party orthodoxy.
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Soundside goes live: Behind the scenes of 'Ghost Herd'
All six episodes of the series are out now, and Soundside host Libby Denkmann caught up with host Anna King, and producer Matt Martin to talk about reporting on one of the biggest cattle swindles in U.S. history.
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How 2 Seattle productions tackle race, social justice, and the right to just be
“This Bitter Earth” and “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” are both playing this month in Seattle.
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Can Seattle turn underused office towers into apartment buildings?
They’re already doing it in Tacoma. We explore that idea, along with other strategies to get people to move downtown so they can help revive it.
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An expedition to the top of the world is documented in 'Exposure'
At the top of the world sits what feels like a whole other realm. It’s a place built solely of sea ice — of fissures and endless fields of white.
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New plan for tackling homelessness has big goals and a huge price tag
A new proposed five-year plan from the King County Regional Homelessness Authority has big goals and a price tag of up to $8 billion in capital costs, plus $3.5 billion for operations.
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How do you protect kids online... from their own parents?
Tiktok, Youtube, Twitter, Instagram - there are lots of platforms where posting your kids can be a full-time job. And with pays for views and brand deals, a pretty lucrative one. A renewed push in Olympia would protect children against parents who reveal their private lives and growing pains on social media.
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Barriers prevent rural communities from accessing climate funds
Federal grants to help communities prepare for the effects of climate change are a major portion of the 2021 infrastructure law, but requirements like a "local match" can be a big barrier to rural jurisdictions accessing those funds.
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We have the meats, but not the ethics. The 'raw deal' within our meat industry
In her new book, "Raw Deal: Hidden Corruption, Corporate Greed, and the Fight for the Future of Meat," Chloe Sorvino describes how the pandemic helped expose the cracks in our meat and dairy industries.
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Microsoft joins the chorus of tech companies announcing layoffs
Big tech companies are slimming down. Amazon, Salesforce, and Twitter are just some of the companies that have announced thousands of layoffs in recent weeks. Wednesday morning, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirmed that the company would also be making significant layoffs.