Liza Yeager is a documentary radio producer, writer, and editor.

Reporting
Editing and production
About

Selected Projects


The Last Resort (forthcoming, 2025)
Marfa Public Radio     
I’m the editor on a forthcoming narrative series about a secessionist standoff in Far West Texas.

AIDS & Activism walking tour (forthcoming,  2025)     
MoMA
I’m the editor and sound designer of a new MoMA walking tour built from oral histories about AIDS, activism, and art.

Places We Gather walking tour (forthcoming, 2025)
The Brooklyn Public Library, Interference Archive    
I’m the editor and sound designer of a new walking tour about the activist history of Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

ACORN Oral History Project (2024 - 2025)
The Center for Popular Democracy, Mellon Foundation
I’m on the transcription team for the ACORN Oral History Project, which will be published in 2025.       

Planet Money (2019 - 2024)  
National Public Radio     
I worked as a staff producer at Planet Money in 2019 and 2020. Since then, I’ve worked periodically for the show as an editor and producer.

Up First (2024)  
National Public Radio

I worked as a fill-in producer for The Sunday Story from Up First in 2024.

Invisibilia (2018 - 2023)
National Public Radio

I worked on as a contributing producer on Invisibilia’s fifth, seventh, eighth, and ninth seasons. I also worked as an editor on the ninth season of the show.

The Dig Presents (2022 - 2023)
The Dig
, Jacobin Magazine  
I co-edited this six-part series of narrative documentaries about political movements, histories, and feelings.

Mustang (2023)
Boise State Public Radio

I edited and sound designed this eight-part podcast about wild horses in the West.

Not Past It (2023)  
Gimlet Media
, Spotify  
I worked as an editor for Not Past It in 2023. 

Cover Story (2021 - 2022)
New York Magazine        
As a founding member of New York’s narrative audio team, I helped produce the first and second seasons of the magazine’s investigative podcast.

Tabloid (2021 - 2022)
New York Magazine
I was the lead producer and showrunner for the second season of New York’s Tabloid.

Women’s Work (2022)
Boise State Public Radio  

I was the sound designer for this eight-part narrative series about women reimagining ranching across the American West.

Visions of Black Futurity (2022)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

I was a contributing editor on this seven-part series for
SFMoMA’s Raw Material podcast.

Facing West (2021)
Mountain West News Bureau

I sound designed this show about the changing politics and landscape of the Mountain West.


Antibody (2020)   
The Dig, Jacobin Magazine
I curated and edited thirteen stories about COVID and social movements for this series, which was shortlisted for a Third Coast Best Documentary prize. The series featured Samuel Delany, Nick Estes, Andrea Long Chu, Chenjerai Kumanyika, and many other guests and contributors.

Grouse (2020)
BirdNote 
I sound designed this eight-part series from BirdNote. The Atlantic called it one of the best podcasts of 2020.

UnErased (2018)
Radiolab, Stitcher          
I was the assistant editor and archivist for UnErased, a series about gay conversion therapy reported and hosted by Jad Abumrad.

State of Wonder (2017)
Oregon Public Broadcasting
I reported and produced stories for
Oregon Public Broadcasting’s arts and culture show, State of Wonder in 2017.
Been There (2016)  
All Things Considered  
I helped pilot and produce this non-narrated conversation series for All Things Considered through NPR’s Story Lab.