Sarah Koenig Biography
Sarah Koenig is a renowned American journalist and public radio personality. She is serving as the host and co-creator of the Serial podcast. Her career kicked off as a newspaper reporter where she first worked at her weekly hometown paper. Sarah then became a producer for This American Life in 2004. Additionally, she co-produced the episode of This American Life titled “Habeas Schmabeas.”
Sarah Koenig’s Facts
| Born: | July 9, 1969 |
| Birthplace: | New York City, New York, USA |
| Age: | 54 |
| Podcasts: | Serial and 88% Parentheticals |
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in or 1.73m |
Family
Sarah Koenig is the daughter of Julian Koenig and his second wife, Maria Eckhart born in New York, in the United States. Her father Julian worked as a copywriter and her mom was a Tanzanian citizen. Her parents divorced and her mother remarried to writer Peter Matthiessen. Sarah’s siblings are John Koenig, Pim Koenig, and Antonia Koenig.
Sarah Koenig Husband
Sarah is hitched to her husband Ben Schreier. Ben is working as an associate professor of Jewish studies and English at Penn State. The duo are parents of two children Reuben Schreier and Ava Schreier.
Education
She holds a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Political Science from the University of Chicago graduating in 1990. Sarah then joined Columbia University for a postgraduate degree in Russian history. However, she left the institution after two weeks of study.
Sarah Koenig Podcasts
Sarah is working as host and co-creator of Serial podcast and 88% Parentheticals. The Serial podcast airs weekly where it covers News and True Crime podcasts. On the other hand, 88% Parentheticals is a science and social sciences podcast that follows the unanswered questions of our daily lives.
Serial
In July 2020, Sarah co-created and co-produced the investigative journalism podcast, Serial. Serial is a product of The New York Times which airs weekly. The podcast is back with the history of Guantánamo told by individuals who experienced key moments in its evolution. Moreover, the podcast makes narrative podcasts whose quality and innovation transformed the medium. Additionally, the podcast has 106 episodes as of May 16, 2024.
Podcast List
Sarah’s podcast list includes:
- Serial as host.
- 88% Parentheticals as a host.
- The Brian Lehrer Show as a guest in 2022.
- The Daily as a guest in 2022.
- A guest in the Maryland Crabs Podcast in 2019.
- Democracy Works – guest in 2019
- The Cut – guest in 2019.
- Sound of Ideas guest in 2018.
- Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! – guest in 2017.
- The Political Scene | The New Yorker – guest in 2016.
- Slate’s Spoiler Specials – guest in 2014.
Family Guy
She was animated in the second episode of the twenty-second season of Family Guy, “Supermarket Pete” after Brian and Joe enter the home stretch of solving a recent murder mystery. Sarah played a podcaster trying to solve a murder case and get credit for it.
Adnan Syed
Adnan Syed is a 43-year-old American who was released in October 2023 after spending 20 years in prison fighting charges that he killed his ex-girlfriend. Sarah who brought Adnan’s story in 2013 was surprised by the decision to release Syed after overturning his conviction. He was freed after Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn in Baltimore overturned his conviction for the murder of Lee. Adnan was then placed in home detention with GPS monitoring.
Cinda Canning
Cinda Canning is a character that Tina Fey played which was an inspiration by Sarah’s podcast, Serial in 2021. Tina’s recurring role appeared in the Hulu mystery comedy series Only Murders in the Building.
This American Life
This American Life is a radio program that is aired weekly where Sarah worked as a producer. She began working in 2004 and in 2006, she went ahead and co-produced This American Life titled “Habeas Schmabeas.” This American Life has a spinoff Serial where Sarah now works as a host.
Net Worth
Sarah has served as a journalist and public radio personality for over 10 years. Her profession has earned her a net worth of $2 Million.
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Sarah is a 54-year-old American journalist and public radio personality working as host and co-creator of the Serial podcast. Before that, she was a producer for the radio show This American Life. Additionally, Sarah served in Russia as a reporter for ABC News and later for The New York Times.