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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Flooding in WA: Skagit County, Gov. Ferguson's emergency response and more
Catastrophic flooding continues to threaten Washington. We talked to three KUOW reporters about what they're seeing on the ground and what we need to know about this weather event.
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Meet King County's new Executive: Girmay Zahilay
At 38 years old, Girmay Zahilay is King County’s youngest-ever executive. He says he’s ready to “completely change” the office. What will that change look like? And what could it mean for King County?
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'He wasn't resisting' - WA man mauled by immigration enforcement canine
A Vancouver, Washington man was mauled by Customs and Border Protection K9 during an immigration arrest. His attorney says his treatment is part of a pattern of abuse happening in service of expanded immigration enforcement.
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Front Page: ICE K-9 attack, what a new Montana windfarm means for WA, and the ongoing debate over Frank Gehry's MoPop
Every Monday on Soundside we catch you up on the top stories that are fascinating right now – and what they say about the Pacific Northwest.
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"They're trying to reduce the amount of immigrants here" - Understanding state of immigration policy right now
There's been a flurry of changes to our immigration system in the week since the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington D.C - allegedly by an Afghan national. A local immigration attorney helps us sort through it all, and how people here in our region may be affected.
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Producer Picks: Foraging in the PNW and Kennections
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"You don't have to fight me on this" - Gluesenkamp Perez on being booed by her own party
Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is known for bucking her own party's line. Now she's the center of a new fight in DC - over elections ethics.
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From pizza to policy: how Katie Wilson won this year's mayoral race
The inside story of the Wilson campaign – how the team took a newcomer to electoral politics and got her elected mayor.
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Is Rad Power Bikes powering down?
Rad Power Bikes, based in Seattle, was one of the first to popularize e-bikes with the general public, and grew to be the largest electric bike company in North America. Now, the company is on the brink of collapse.
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All politics is national
Let's dig into to what we know on day one after the 2025 general election.