About

Sarah Lilley grew up in Philadelphia and spent most of fourth grade under the covers listening to CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Initially dreaming of life as a physicist, she earned a B.A. in Music (the other physics) from the University of California at Berkeley, and later an M.A. in Science Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

As a longtime Contributing Producer and Reporter of arts and science features to Public Radio International‘s Studio 360 — with Kurt Andersen, Lilley was a member of the team that produced the 2004 Peabody-Award-winning program “American Icon: Moby Dick“.  She oversaw the 2005 launch and first 3 years of their Science & Creativity series (funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation), to which she remained a principal contributor for its decade-long run.  She has additionally produced for WNYC / New York Public Radio, Pushkin Industries, PRX, The New Yorker Radio Hour, StoryCorps, Slate Studios, KPCC / Southern California Public Radio, American Public Media, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and WFUV New York, among others. For the company Acoustiguide, Lilley wrote, produced — and frequently voiced — museum audio tours, including several at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Her tour Uncommon Commentary at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, TX, won the 2007 Gold MUSE award, the top media prize from the American Alliance of Museums.

Lilley is currently Senior Producer of The Economics of Everyday Things at the Freakonomics Radio Network.

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