Mia Lobel is an independent audio producer and journalist based in Oakland, California. She is co-founder and senior producer of Distillations, a podcast for the Chemical Heritage Foundation, a Philadelphia-based non-profit specializing in the history of chemistry. She has worked for media outlets across the country including KQED, The Tavis Smiley Show, Youth Radio, Antenna Audio and B-Side Radio. And she believes that driveway moments can happen on any topic if the story is told right.

In 2007, Lobel founded Freelance Café, a support, networking and resource center for Bay Area independents. The group encourages both online and in-person collaboration with freelancers of diverse fields.

In her spare time, she is a mommy blogger and book club enthusiast. Lobel received a journalism degree from UC Berkeley in 2001, and a B.A. in anthropology from Wesleyan University in 1997.