About me.

Hi, I’m Sarah Qari — an audio reporter and producer who tells stories that dig deep, challenge assumptions, and (hopefully) stick with you long after the episode ends.

I’m a producer at Radiolab, where I pitch, report, script, and sound design stories about everything from Supreme Court history and broken policing systems to misunderstood psychology and scientific revolutions. Across all my work, I care about making complex ideas feel alive through character-driven stories — and making space for nuance, contradiction, and emotion.

Some of my favorite projects include How Stockholm Stuck, a Gracie Award-winning episode that interrogates the roots of “Stockholm syndrome” and its impact on survivors of abuse, and The Other Latif, a duPont-Columbia Award-winning series about a man held at Guantanamo.

Before Radiolab, I reported and produced episodes for More Perfect (where I fell in love with legal reporting), On the Media (where I learned to thrive on tight deadlines), and The Brian Lehrer Show (where I felt the true thrill of being live on air). 

Beyond working on my own stories, I’m passionate about helping others understand how storytelling works and why it matters — whether through public talks, social media, or one-on-one collaboration. 

I’m fluent in Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali — and slowly picking up more Spanish and Arabic. Way back when, I studied cultural anthropology at Princeton University, which shaped how I think about systems, culture, and power. I bring my identity as a Pakistani-American Muslim to the table in all the work that I do.

When I’m not working, I love learning classical Hindustani music, trading long voice notes with friends, indulging my interior design fantasies, making Google Maps lists as a love language, and being a power user of ToDoist.