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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Crime
Rudy Giuliani promised WA berry farmers an anti-Biden documentary. It never got made, now they’re suing
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Arts & Life
Paul Allen's big-money legacy haunts the Seattle arts scene
The specter of Paul Allen's legacy hangs over the Seattle arts scene. Five years after his death, questions remain about the impact of a big-money philanthropist and financier on the Seattle arts scene, including the revived prospects of the downtown theater formerly known as the Cinerama.
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Crime
Why these Washington blueberry farm owners are suing over Rudy Giuliani’s missing movie
If there’s anything we’ve learned in recent years, it’s that big talk gets you a long way in politics. And it’s lucrative - bombastic and false claims about a stolen election were enough to rally donors to shower hundreds of millions of dollars on Donald Trump’s campaign after 2020. But the truth takes a lot longer to catch up.
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Arts & Life
Is Seattle's arts infrastructure crumbling?
The Museum of Museums opened during a global pandemic. And it was like a breath of fresh air. A chance to enter another world - filled with sculptures and paintings lit in neon light. But now, three years after it first opened, the Museum of Museums is shutting down.
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Government
New report outlines changing relationship between Seattle and tribal governments
In May of this year, the City of Seattle held its first Tribal Nations Summit since 1855, when tribal representatives were coerced into signing the Treaty of Point Elliott. On Wednesday, the City of Seattle released a report about what happened at the summit, and laid out the commitments the city is making to better work with tribal governments.
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Arts & Life
Hear It Again: Summer reads from the Soundside team
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Arts & Life
Hear it again: How roller skating and DIY concerts bring generations of Washingtonians together
Soundside is taking a look back at some of our favorite stories about the different ways we build community in the Pacific Northwest.
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Health
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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Arts & Life
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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Crime
How the journey of one gun tells the story of many
Last November, a 14 year old boy shot and killed a fellow student at Ingraham high school in Seattle. The gun that student used traveled through the hands of multiple teenagers before it reached him, starting in an unsecured closet.