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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A Northwest politics roundup as the 2022 election draws near
We’re just under a week out from the 2022 midterm election on Nov. 8. You’ve got until Tuesday at 8 p.m. to get that ballot into a drop box, or postmarked and in the mail. And if you’re wading through debates, political mailers, and some pretty scary attack ads, don’t panic. KUOW politics reporter David Hyde is here to help.
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Not just more of the same, South Asian filmmakers break out of the mold
This Thursday, the Tasveer South Asian Film Festival is coming to town. It's a festival dedicated to films by and about South Asians.
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Getting 'the dead where they need to go': the changing business of death
Last month, California legalized a burial practice called human composting. Here in Washington, the practice has been legal since 2019. It’s one of many signs that, for the first time in a long time, the funeral industry is changing.
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Wading through this week's pre-election politics
By now, if you're a registered voter in Washington State -- you should have received your November 8th ballot in the mail. And you're probably wading through the tangle of headlines in this final sprint to election day. KUOW reporter David Hyde is here to help.
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Washington reaches settlement in chicken conspiracy lawsuit
Yesterday, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the state had reached a $10.5 million settlement. With a chicken company.
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'Relevance beyond the personal,' Seattle author recounts sexism, discrimination in medical field
As a young teenager, local author Patricia Grayhall recalls believing she was the only lesbian in Arizona. Her new memoir recounts her struggle to earn a medical degree, explore her sexuality, and weather the sexism and discrimination rampant in the medical field of the 1970s.
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'It's simply devastating in ways that many people don't realize' – Alaska cancels crab seasons
On Monday, Alaska officials made an unprecedented announcement. For the first time ever, they canceled the winter snow crab harvest in the Bering Sea. They also nixed the fall Bristol Bay red king crab harvest for the second year in a row.
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Digging into fall gardening with Ciscoe Morris
It's a confusing time for gardeners. It’s fall. The days are getting shorter. Traditionally now is the time to work on winterizing your garden - preparing it for the cold, wet weather we usually see this time of year. But the soggy weather has yet to arrive. We’re expecting temperatures to continue to be in the 70s this week, and we haven’t seen serious rainfall in months. So - what should we be doing for our plants right now?
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No place for workers to live? Whidbey Island town aims to fix that
In recent years, the small Whidbey Island town of Langley has rolled out a slew of zoning reforms, meant to encourage the production of new homes. It offers a model for the rest of Washington State. But it's also brought up big questions for residents about what they want their community to be.
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How will three La Niña seasons affect the PNW?
The state is facing a third year of La Niña-type weather. You likely remember some of the results of La Niña from last year - when the Pacific Northwest saw significant flooding due to all that wet weather. And it’s not just us. This weather pattern impacts the entirety of the Western US, as well as other countries located on the Pacific - like Australia, Indonesia, and East Africa.