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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Environment
Transforming nuclear waste to glass: Hanford cleanup plans take a step forward
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Education
Elementary school closures could be on the way for SPS families
Like many school districts across the state and country, Seattle Public Schools is staring down a shaky financial future. The district is projecting a $105 million dollar budget shortfall next school year. Soundside host Libby Denkmann talks with SPS School Board President Liza Rankin about what these potential closures could mean for educators, families, and students.
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Education
Seattle parents call in attorneys over school district's highly capable program changes
In late April, the PTAs at Cascadia and Decatur Elementaries, two Highly Capable cohort schools, retained a lawyer and sent a letter to the district outlining concerns about the changes to the highly capable program.
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Arts & Life
Lily Gladstone chronicles Blackfeet Nation's reunion with buffalo in new SIFF documentary
She’s an Oscar nominee, a Golden Globe winner, and the pride of Mountlake Terrace High School. And now, Lily Gladstone has an executive producer credit for her work with "Bring Them Home" a new documentary screening at SIFF next week.
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Science
Hunting for asteroids with the help of THOR
Soundside host Libby Denkmann sits down with Dr. Joachim Moeyens of UW's DiRAC Institute to talk about the algorithm that has helped discover over 27,000 new asteroids in our solar system.
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Arts & Life
A snowball that became an avalanche. Lessons from the financial struggles of the Bellevue Arts Museum
What started as an art fair made it big in 2001, when the Bellevue Arts Museum opened its brand-new building on the corner of 6th Street and Bellevue Way. But in the decades since opening its doors, BAM has struggled financially, and in recent reporting, the Seattle Times’ Margo Vansynghel found that a recent fundraiser was just one symptom of larger financial struggles.
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Health Care
'Menopause is not a bad word.' New bill aims to increase awareness, reduce stigma
Proposed federal legislation is bringing attention to an understudied and overlooked part of every woman's life — menopause.
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Business
Boeing's Starliner launch delayed by last minute scrub
Soundside host Libby Denkmann speaks with space & science journalist Jonathan O’Callaghan about Boeing's latest scrubbed Starliner mission, and what's next.
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Environment
Low snowpack plus dry summer means tough choices for Eastern Washington farmers
Soundside host Libby Denkmann sits down with NW News Network correspondent Anna King to talk about the impacts drought has on Farmers out in Eastern WA.
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Technology
How tech titans profit off the anxiety of relentless change
In her new book, "Technocapitalism: the Rise of the New Robber Barons and the Fight for the Common Good," investigative reporter and economist Loretta Napoleoni tracks the rise of 'tech titans,' and argues they have used technology to become massively wealthy at a high cost to most of the rest of us.