Sara has been making audio stories for more than 15 years.
She has taught Pulitzer Prize winners how to make radio, reported from a sinking island amid a tropical storm, managed a team of reporters from East Africa, covered breaking news in South Asia, trained fledgeling radio hosts at a slum microstation, performed radio every week in front of a live audience, and produced stories about Antarctic explorers, art thieves, uncontacted tribes in the Amazon, wonder, ecstatic creativity, narrative self-concept, and a whole lot more.
She was an editor for Radio Netherlands Worldwide, helping to direct and produce South Asia coverage. In Nairobi she trained journalists from across East Africa. She was previously a producer and interviewer for To the Best of Our Knowledge, and the on-stage announcer for Michael Feldman’s Whad'Ya Know?
Sara Nics appears in the following:
Summer at the Racetrack with Ada Limón
Friday, June 28, 2024
The U.S. Poet Laureate offers a guided tour of a racetrack near her home, deep in the horse country of Lexington, Kentucky.
Alone and on Foot in Antarctica
Tuesday, September 05, 2023
Henry Worsley set off across Antarctica on foot, alone. As the journey began to destroy him, his wife faced a painful choice whether to continue supporting his dream.
A Gay Russian, Exiled in Ireland
Friday, June 02, 2023
Vladimir Putin has long used the L.G.B.T.Q. community as a political scapegoat. Masha Gessen talks with an activist targeted by the Russian President’s regime.
As Poet Laureate, Tracy K. Smith Hit the Road
Friday, December 23, 2022
Serving as the Poet Laureate, Smith took literature to community centers, senior centers, prisons—to heal our political divides.
Ellen Bass Loves Repetition
Monday, October 10, 2022
The poet Ellen Bass explores the habits that take us through life and death.
Ada Limón’s Day at the Racetrack
Friday, August 12, 2022
The poet Ada Limón, who lives in Kentucky, was recently named the U.S. Poet Laureate. She took the Radio Hour to her favorite racetrack, and spoke about her lifelong love of horses.
The Comedian Hannah Gadsby on “Nanette”
Friday, July 08, 2022
The New Yorker’s Emily Nussbaum talked with the comedian about her breakout moment, a critique of standup in the form a standup show called “Nanette.”
Cartoonist Liana Finck Rides the Train to Nowhere
Friday, April 22, 2022
A regular presence in The New Yorker, Finck explains how a ride on the Long Island Rail Road gets her creative ideas flowing; she can work among people without anyone talking to her.
Roomful of Teeth Redefines Vocal Music for the Future
Friday, October 11, 2019
A vocal octet expands the definition of classical music.
For a French Burglar, Stealing Masterpieces Is Easier Than Selling Them
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Vjeran Tomic carried out the biggest art heist of his generation: seventy million dollars’ worth of paintings removed from a Paris museum. But that’s where his troubles began.
For a French Burglar, Stealing Masterpieces Is Easier Than Selling Them
Friday, September 06, 2019
Vjeran Tomic carried out the biggest art heist of his generation: seventy million dollars’ worth of paintings removed from a Paris museum. But that’s where his troubles began.
The New Norms of Affirmative Consent
Friday, August 30, 2019
Affirmative consent is a rule on many college campuses, and some states have made it a legal standard in defining sexual assault. What does it mean for sexually active people?
Ian Frazier Among the Drone Racers
Friday, August 09, 2019
The New Yorker’s Ian Frazier, holding on for dear life, looks at the birth of a new sport: high-speed drone racing.
Jia Tolentino and Rivka Galchen on “The Phantom Tollbooth” and Other Classics
Friday, July 26, 2019
Two writers find inspiration in the books the read when they were young.
As Poet Laureate, Tracy K. Smith Hit the Road
Friday, July 05, 2019
Serving as Poet Laureate, Smith took literature to community centers, senior centers, prisons—anywhere people needed it.
Ocean Vuong at the Food Court
Friday, July 05, 2019
The author of the best-selling autobiographical novel “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” visits the food court at a largely Asian mall in Queens that reminds him of home.
A Gay Russian, Exiled in Ireland
Friday, June 07, 2019
Vladimir Putin has long used the L.G.B.T.Q. community as a political scapegoat. Masha Gessen talks with an activist targeted by the Russian President’s regime.
Masha Gessen on Fifty Years of Gay Rights Since Stonewall
Friday, June 07, 2019
Masha Gessen talks with David Remnick and the historian Martin Duberman about the fight for L.G.B.T.Q. rights.
Lea DeLaria on Fifty Years of L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ History—in Five Minutes
Friday, June 07, 2019
The actress, singer, and comedian gives a brief—really brief—tour of wins and losses in the fight for queer rights.
Being Non-Binary
Friday, June 07, 2019
Kristin, a self-described “queer black kid,” explains why she doesn’t want or need a fixed gender.
