Lauren Williams
Fill-In Producer
About
Lauren Williams is a producer on Soundside, KUOW’s noontime show. She has produced segments on politics, history, and culture for the program. She’s passionate about connecting listeners to the world by exploring global issues in local contexts.
Lauren also produces for Afropop Worldwide, a Peabody Award-winning radio program about music from the African diaspora. She got her start in radio on the arts desk at WBUR, Boston’s NPR station, and Wonder Media Network, a podcast production studio in New York. She has degrees from The American University of Paris and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Location: New York
Languages: English, French
Pronouns: she/her
Stories
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Rep. Adam Smith on the legality of the foreign aid freeze
U.S. foreign aid is in the crosshairs of the Trump administration. It’s left organizations that provide services like HIV treatment, famine relief, and landmine removals scrambling to make sense of what comes next.
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The trade war is off—for now. What would tariffs mean for Washington?
The threat of a trade war against the United States' nearest neighbors is off for now with tariffs on Mexico and Canada paused for 30 days. The saga has rankled the historic friendship between the two countries—one with which Washington has deep ties.
