Libby Denkmann
Host, Soundside
About
Libby Denkmann has covered veterans' issues, homelessness, and local politics during her radio journalism career. She became the host of KUOW's Soundside in November 2021. Previously she was a producer, reporter, anchor, and host for stations KIRO, KFI, and KPCC in Seattle and Los Angeles. During a yearlong hiatus from journalism in 2011, she worked as a congressional staffer in Washington, D.C.. Libby was born in Seattle, grew up on the eastside, and graduated from the University of Washington. Her favorite things include soccer, video games, and her dog, Monty.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, limited Japanese and Portuguese
Pronouns: she/her
Podcasts
Stories
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Algorithms constantly make hard decisions online. Can they ever be truly ethical?
What happens when a search engine runs into a question? Say, is it rude to accept a phone call in a meeting? Is 10% a bad tip? Or is climate change real? Using a lot of computing power, websites like Google give us answers to any question we ask within seconds. But how does an algorithm know where to direct us, especially for our thorniest of questions?
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In Olympia, magic mushrooms are a no-go, and 'missing middle' housing pushes forward
Lawmakers in Olympia are officially halfway through this year's legislative session. What's made it forward?
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Utilities in Washington are tackling the clean energy to-do list
Washington State is making strides on its long to-do list toward clean energy.
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A mystery we couldn't resist: Why is KUOW causing Mazda stereos to glitch?
Starting last week, reports began trickling in, via email, phone calls, and reddit, that when people tuned to our station in their Mazda, things got weird. It's a mystery we couldn't resist -- KUOW's Casey Martin looked into it.
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Re-airing: Crying in H-Mart
Our connections to books can be deeply personal. We cling to the characters that feel like friends, or reflect pieces of ourselves. But how do you translate your reading experience and the connections you feel with a book into music?
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Wahkiakum School District sues WA over its education funding model
Wahkiakum County sits just north of the Columbia River on the Oregon border. It’s Washington’s smallest county, where the medium income sits just around $36,000 a year. If you go to school there, you’re learning in old buildings, oftentimes operating thanks to duct tape and chicken wire solutions.
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Whatcom County, in recovery, braces for more floods
FEMA is setting up in Whatcom County after the November floods wreaked havoc on neighborhoods, destroyed homes and businesses, and killed one man. While towns are still recovering, they are also preparing for the next potential flood.
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Spotify was larger than life — until it wasn't
Millions of people use the streaming platform for podcasts and music. But controversy over Joe Rogan, a darling for the company, has changed the public's tune in recent weeks.
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What can be done about the "missing middle" of housing in Washington?
Legislators are in the middle of tackling a massive hot-button issue: housing density.
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There's a seed shortage in WA. What does that mean for our beloved forests?
Nearly half of Washington state is forested. That's 22 million acres of douglas firs, red alders, western hemlock, and ponderosa pine, to name a few. But as wildfires grow in both size and regularity, do we have enough seeds for our forests to recover?