Jeannie Yandel
Special Projects Editor
About
Jeannie Yandel is a special projects editor focusing on podcasts and broadcast shows. She created and co-hosted the KUOW podcast Battle Tactics For Your Sexist Workplace and ran and edited KUOW's podcast about local curiosity, SoundQs. She also co-created and co-hosted KUOW's YouTube interview series, Are We Going To Be OK?. Previously, she was senior producer for The Conversation and KUOW Presents, and was Executive Producer for The Record. She's won awards for her interviewing, editing, and reporting.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Stories
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No Going Back: Women, Work And The End Of World War II
When World War II came, millions of women joined the fight – not on the front lines but doing the vital work of building weapons to defeat the Axis...
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When An Oregon Town Disappeared: How Vanport Was Lost
Jeannie Yandel talks to Shawn Daley, chief innovation officer and assistant professor of education at Concordia University in Oregon, about the lost...
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'It's A Devastating Disease': Myriam Marquez On Living With Alzheimer's
Jeannie Yandel talks with Myriam Marquez, former Skagit County public defender and Alzheimer's Association of Washington board member, about how being...
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Native American Actress Misty Upham: 'She Deserved Better' From Auburn Police
Native American actress Misty Upham had an impressive resume, having appeared on screen with Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in the film "August: Osage...
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How Does The Military Prevent Another Robert Bales?
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Adam Ashton, military reporter for the Tacoma News Tribune, about Sgt. Robert Bales and how the military evaluates the mental...
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Seattle's Unique Apartment Names: Undre Arms, Aspira, Joey Ray
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Cal McAllister, founder of Wexley School for Girls advertising agency, about what makes a great, or terrible, apartment name.
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Washington Skies Have Been Rumbling More This Summer
Jeannie Yandel talks to state climatologist Nick Bond about thunder patterns in Washington state.
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Why White People Struggle To Talk About Race
When two black women stormed a Seattle rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders last week, the crowd booed and shouted at them to get off the stage. The women...
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Gyasi Ross On BLM Disruption: 'Bernie Sanders Is Part Of My Tribe'
David Hyde talks with Native American writer and activist Gyasi Ross about how he ended up on the stage at Westlake when two Black Lives Matters...
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Weather Scientists Want Your Help To Understand 'The Blob'
Call it “The Blob.” It’s an unusually warm patch of water off the West Coast that has flummoxed climatologists. “It’s still rearing its ugly head,” said...