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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Technology
Lumen (like the field) is pulling out of Russia. What's next?
You probably know the name 'Lumen' because of its connection to one of our major sports stadiums. But it's also one of the largest internet data sources in Russia. Or it was until this week.
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Race & Identity
Visiting the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial
On Bainbridge Island, just across Eagle Harbor from the ferry terminal in Winslow, there sits an idyllic 8-acre site, with water lapping at a small dock and light filtering down through towering trees. But the beauty of the space belies its dark history.
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What do you do when there's no local news source? You make one
Between 2004 and 2019 more than a quarter of the country’s newspapers disappeared. Here in Washington, people are trying to fix that.
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Politics
Executive Dow Constantine answers criticism and questions around King County's hotel housing program
King County Executive Dow Constantine sits down with Soundside guest host Jeannie Yandel to answer listener questions about King County's new Health through Housing purchase, homelessness in the county, rising crime rates, and more.
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Arts & Life
Charting change in the U District through one of its most beloved restaurants
Taso Lagos first immigrated to Seattle with his family from Greece when he was just nine years old. For 40 years, this family constellated around the Continental Restaurant on University Way NE, near the University of Washington.
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Soundside's listener corner: safety in downtown Seattle
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Crime
Seattle business leaders weigh in on reports of crime on the rise
From vandalism to theft, store owners across the city of Seattle say they are worried about a rise in crime. And the reasons for the rise, much like the experiences, vary.
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Politics
'Nobody believed that this would happen.' The war in Ukraine from Seattle
After weeks of signaling and buildup of troops and equipment, Russia has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In other words, Vladimir Putin has ordered likely the largest conventional military action in Europe since World War II. KUOW's Soundside heard from several Seattleites about their view of what's happening in Ukraine.
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Business
Local business says it's ready to say goodbye to mandatory masking
There are a lot of changes coming our way. King County is ending its vaccine mandate, Washington state is ending it's mask one. How are local businesses handling these changes?
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Health
Focus shifts to safety as Washington prepares for the end of its statewide mask mandate
Washington state's mask mandate lifts in less than a month, on March 21st 2022. King County's vaccine mandate will end on March 1st. All of us are dealing with shifting policies around COVID safety. So let's turn to someone who can help us understand what’s changing and why.