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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

  • Why a Vietnamese man was deported to South Sudan

    Last month Pierce County resident Tuan Thanh Phan was deported. He wasn’t going to Vietnam, his birth country. Instead, he ended up on a flight to South Sudan. That was redirected to Djibouti.

  • Seattle City Councilmember Cathy Moore resigns

    Cathy Moore is stepping down from the Seattle City Council. Why has Moore decided to step down after such a short tenure, and what does it mean for Seattle’s city council?

  • The new food that has beekeepers "buzzing"

    Bees are an important part of any working farm. But, unlike other livestock, there is one thing farmers haven’t been able to do for their bees: provide nutritious, human-made feed when flowers aren’t blooming. Until now.

  • Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - May 23-26

    Jason Megatron Burrows is out this week, so event finder replacement Shane Mehling rattles through some of the best things to do this Memorial weekend. 

  • Why a gun that's been banned from WA's police academy is still being used by officers

    Several law enforcement agencies across the country have decided to replace a popular model of pistol due to concerns about misfires. In some cases, when agencies choose to replace the guns, they aren’t being sent to a landfill, or a recycling center. Instead, they’re being sold to dealers, who may put them back in circulation to the public.

  • Negotiations stall on Columbia River Treaty

    Rhetoric from the President about making Canada the 51st state and tariffs have put a wedge between the two countries.  And the effects of this split are spiraling to how we manage natural resources that cross the border. 

  • Is Seattle's port empty?

    Social media videos have been popping up claiming that Seattle’s port has no cargo ships docked. And Seattlites are pointing the finger at the continuous threat of new tariffs. But is that actually the case?