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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

  • Now's your time to yell (questions) at us

    Hey Sound Politics listeners. We're here in your feed because we want to know: what questions do you all have in this kind of bonkers political moment?

  • How Seattle is preparing for potential federal funding cuts

    How much will Seattle change under the Trump administration? And what options does the city have to keep the policies it prioritizes? This week, Seattle city councilmember Alexis Merceredes Rinck will chair the first meeting of the council’s new Select Committee on Federal Administration and Policy Changes, which will attempt to answer those questions.

  • And the winner is... Artificial Intelligence

    This year the red carpet will be full of directors and producers who relied on AI in small ways in their journey to the Oscars. What does this say about the state of the film industry?

  • Firings and bad vibes hit PNW's federal workers

    KUOW investigative reporter Ashley Hiruko joins Sound Politics Scott Greenstone and Libby Denkmann to discuss the potential impact of the firings, and what it’s like inside federal government buildings right now - from Seattle’s VA hospital to the National Labor Relations Board.

  • For your ears only: The politics of privacy

    What do you have a right to? Your data? Your gender presentation? Your child’s health information? We talk through what the implications of privacy policies, and what lawmakers are proposing to do about it, on this week’s episode of Sound Politics.