John O'Brien
Senior Producer, All Things Considered
About
John O’Brien is KUOW's All Things Considered Senior Producer. He spends his days setting up interviews with newsmakers on subjects from politics and public health to arts and culture. John learned to make radio starting in 2006 as an intern on KUOW’s The Conversation with Ross Reynolds.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: he/him
Stories
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Cuts at Seattle City Hall are on the table as city aims to fill $117M budget gap
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Government
Deputy Mayor says $117 million shortfall means Seattle 'will have to cut back on some programs'
Seattle's Senior Deputy Mayor Monisha Harrell spoke with KUOW's Paige Browning about the city's economic slump after a long rise in revenues, and what it means for the budget process.
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Health
Health expert recommends better listening and connection to confront rise in youth suicides
‘I really want to encourage parents and caregivers to start to normalize a culture around checking in regularly, asking open-ended questions.’ And if your kids just shut you down? ‘The key there is to not give up.’
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Government
UW report finds claims of sexual abuse at the NW Detention Center are not being investigated
‘What this suggests is a lot of energy is paid to whether these posters are up on the walls, but the hotlines are literally calls to nowhere, where people call and report an abuse and nothing changes.’
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Race & Identity
Local journalists reflect on racist media legacies, and paths forward
‘I got an email being called the N-word just last week as a matter of fact for some of our coverage. I think at the end of the day what we can do is just truly speak the truth.’ -Marcus Harrison Green
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Arts & Life
A wild literary ride from rural Vancouver Island to Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility
‘All anybody wanted to talk about was the pandemic, which I resisted for about a week, and then I realized we all need to talk about the pandemic. It's not even like it was the elephant in the room. It's like it was the room. It was unavoidable.’
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Health
‘What will I carry forward?’ A journey through wilderness, dementia, and memory
‘It took her some time to find her voice, but when she did she said three careful words, it’s so beautiful.’
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Crime
One man’s story of the scourge of child sexual abuse
‘In the equation of institutional sexual abuse, the constant is the abuser. There's always going to be a certain percentage of child sex abusers in the population.’
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Arts & Life
Around Seattle this spring: jazz, art, and other historic coalitions
‘Where do we perform, and more than that, teach young people about what it's like to perform live jazz?’
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Law & Courts
'I was raised to be an animal, and that's what happened.' Arthur Longworth's long, troubling path toward redemption
‘There's an enormous amount of realization these days, an appreciation for the unbelievable rates of incarceration among young people, either while they're in foster care or immediately afterwards.’