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

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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.

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.


“My Friends Gave Me Their Love”: Remembering New York City’s AIDS Crisis Together (2025)     
MoMA
I edited and sound designed this MoMA walking tour and podcast, built from oral histories about AIDS, activism, and art.  

ACORN Oral History Project (2024 - 2025)
The Center for Popular Democracy, Mellon Foundation
I was 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.