Radio & Podcasts
Kate is currently in production for a podcast from Psychopia Pictures and IHeart Media.
In 2023, she produced podcasts with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
In 2022 and 2023, she was the scriptwriter for a popular podcast for Tenderfoot TV/I Heart Media.
From 2018-2021, she created the What’s Next ATL Podcast for the Atlanta Regional Commission.
Prior to that, she produced and co-wrote Season 1 of Buried Truths for 90.1 WABE FM Atlanta, which won both Peabody and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Awards.
From 2010-2018 and from 2003-2006, Kate worked as a reporter, producer, and host at WABE. She created stories about poverty and planning, as well as profiles and features that garnered five Edward R. Murrow Awards and numerous Associated Press Awards. A few favorite stories:
From WABE 90.1 FM (select)
“Changing Atlanta: Enjoying And Fearing Upscale Development,” WABE 90.1 FM, Oct. 26, 2018
“Suburban Poverty: Atlanta’s Hidden Epidemic,” WABE 90.1 FM, Mar. 28, 2016
“Atlanta Looks For Solutions To City’s Parking Lot Deserts,” WABE 90.1 FM, May 26, 2016
“Roundabouts: The Surprising Facts About A Misunderstood Intersection,” WABE 90.1 FM, Sept. 24, 2015
“Atlanta Agency Wants Your Dream Donations,” WABE 90.1 FM, June 30, 2015
“Ms. Ann, Iconic Snack Bar Owner, Dies at 72,” WABE 90.1 FM, April 20, 2015
“The Mall of the Future…on Buford Highway?” WABE 90.1, FM, Jan. 15, 2015
“Move Over, Edgewood Streetcar: Model Train Club in Operation Since 1940s,” WABE 90.1 FM, Dec. 22, 2014
“History in the Trees: A Tour of the Doll’s Head Trail,” WABE 90.1 FM, Oct. 3, 2014
“Romance Alive and Well at Ballroom Club for Seniors,” WABE 90.1 FM, Sept. 24, 2014
“R. Thomas And ‘The Bird Restaurant’ On Peachtree,” WABE 90.1 FM, Sept. 2, 2014
“Think You’re not a Sensation-Seeker? Think Again,” WABE 90.1 FM, June 12, 2014
“Recycling History: Looking Back at Old City Hall East,” WABE 90.1 FM, Mar. 14, 2014
“Shelters for the Homeless: A Good Deed?” WABE 90.1 FM, Mar. 7, 2014
“Can You Spell ‘Orthographic’? Atlanta’s Spelling Bee for Grown-Ups Lives On,” WABE 90.1 FM, Feb. 21, 2014
“Audio ‘Archaeologist’ Brings Old Recordings Back to Life,” WABE 90.1 FM, Feb. 18, 2014
“A Visit to Honey Creek Woodlands,” WABE 90.1 FM, Feb. 7, 2014
“High Museum Says Goodbye to Calder Sculpture,” WABE 90.1 FM, Jan. 27, 2014
“New ASO Bells Unique, Like the Musician They Honor,” WABE 90.1 FM, Jan. 22, 2014
“On Satire and Sympathy: A Conversation with George Saunders,” WABE 90.1 FM, Jan. 7, 2014
“My Area Code, My Self: Do These Digits Matter?” WABE 90.1 FM, Nov. 19, 2013
“The Philosophy of Distracted Driving: A New Theory,” WABE 90.1 FM, Oct. 23, 2014
“Kids vs. Vegetables: Locally-Sourcing Young Appetites,” WABE 90.1 FM, Oct. 18, 2013
“Zounds! Who is that Masked Man?” WABE 90.1 FM, Aug. 21, 2013
“‘The Only Criteria: Do I Love It?” Portrait of a Vinyl Collector,’” WABE 90.1 FM, July 22, 2013
“Insuring the Artistic Class,” WABE 90.1 FM, Feb. 11, 2013
“The Recycler,” WABE 90.1 FM, Jan. 18, 2013
“Writing and Listening Behind Bars,” WABE 90.1 FM, Jan. 13, 2013
“The Problem of Public Art,” WABE 90.1 FM, Sept. 15, 2012
“The Ten Dollar Art Mystery: Solved? Sort of,” WABE 90.1 FM, Aug. 31, 2012
“Think You’re not a Sensation-Seeker? Think Again,” WABE 90.1 FM, June 12, 2014
“Profile: Knitter on the Bus” (as featured on Third Coast Audio Festival), 2010
“Cycling in Atlanta Is Gaining Momentum,” WABE 90.1 FM, Dec. 2, 2013
“The Luxury Recycler: Audio Slideshow,” WABE 90.1 FM, Nov. 4, 2012
“New ‘No Left Turn’ Intersection Opens Today in Dunwoody,” WABE 90.1 FM, June 4, 2012
“A Visit to the Waffle House Museum,” WABE 90.1 FM, Sept. 19, 2012
“Competition Brings the (Creative) Noise to Tech,” WABE 90.1 FM, Feb. 24, 2012
“Pearl Harbor Survivors Meet For The Last Time,” NPR’s Weekend Edition, Nov. 20. 2011
What’s Next ATL Podcast (select)
“COVID & Evictions: Can We Avoid a Crisis?” What’s Next ATL Podcast, ARC, Sept. 27, 2021
“Our River, Reimagined,” What’s Next ATL Podcast, Aug. 19, 2021
“What if Peachtree Were More Than a Street?” What’s Next ATL Podcast, June 30, 2021
“How We Talk About Affordable Housing with Dr. Tiffany Manuel,” What’s Next ATL Podcast, June 9, 2021
“How to Be an “Old Person in Training” with Ashton Applewhite” What’s Next ATL Podcast, May 18, 2021
“Community Land Trusts: Boosting Housing Affordability and Fighting Gentrification,” What’s Next ATL Podcast, May 5, 2021
“COVID and Inequity in Metro Atlanta,” What’s Next ATL Podcast, Nov. 10, 2020
“Comfort Food: Feeding Older Refugees During COVID-19,” What’s Next ATL Podcast, Apr. 7, 2021
“How to Telework While Social Distancing,” What’s Next ATL Podcast, Mar. 19, 2020
“Living Small Goes Big,” What’s Next ATL Podcast, Dec. 4, 2019
“Will a Robot Take My Job??” What’s Next ATL Podcast, Nov. 27, 2019
“How a Community Transforms, Part 2,” What’s Next ATL Podcast, Nov. 20, 2019
“How a Community Transforms, Part 1,” What’s Next ATL Podcast, Nov. 13, 2021
“Metro Atlanta Time Machine,” What’s Next ATL Podcast, Nov. 8, 2019
“‘Solitude and “Peace.’ How Trucking Changed One ‘Super-Mom’s’ Life,” What’s Next ATL Podcast, Dec. 6, 2018
“How the Driverless Car Revolution May (Really) Change Your Life,” What’s Next ATL Podcast, Nov. 29, 2018
“The Golden Girls, Redux: Inside the Boomer Roommate Trend,” What’s Next ATL Podcast, Nov. 15, 2018
“Cost of Living: Taming the Housing Affordability Crunch,” What’s Next ATL Podcast, Nov. 8, 2018
“Finding the Flint: How ATL’s Overlooked Waterway Could Spark South Metro Revival,” What’s Next ATL Podcast, Nov. 2, 2018
Podcasts
What’s Next ATL is a podcast about the issues critical to metro Atlanta’s future and the people taking them on. Powered by the cool data nerds at the Atlanta Regional Commission and former public radio nerd Kate Sweeney.
Kate produced Season 1 of WABE’s Peabody Award-winning Buried Truths—a podcast that acknowledges and unearths still-relevant stories of injustice, resilience and racism in the American South.
Kate also produced and co-hosted Tantrum!, a podcast and live event all about the messiness of parenting. Warning: Occasionally, things get curse-y.