My work as producer for both seasons of NPR Music’s Louder Than A Riot, helped our team to win NABJ’s 2024 Journalist of the Year award. I’ve also produced work for Life Kit, Campside Media, KEXP, Cascade PBS, and more.

I'm currently producing for Futuro Media’s Stars and Stars with Isa, where I book, edit and sound design interviews about the lives and motivations of cultural workers such as writers, musicians, and actors. Our first season won Gold for Most Inspirational Podcast at the 2024 Signal Awards.

I’m passionate about sound design and stories full of the nuance that makes us human.

I’m a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies at MECA. I’m on social media @samjleeds and you can reach me via email at sleeds0 @ gmail(dot)com.