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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Crime
In Seattle, crime went up, but overall levels of fear went down
‘Research historically has shown that when people are closer to their neighbors, and when there's higher social cohesion, that they're less fearful of crime.’
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Arts & Life
Poet reflects on the intersection of Black art and a new generation of racial trauma
‘If black children belong to us, and we need not be mothers or fathers or even black for black children to belong to us, a part of us is always vigilant, and always exhausted.’
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Government
Mayor Bruce Harrell looks back on his first 100 days and details his plans moving forward
‘When I talk about public safety, when I talk about I need more officers, I always lead with, but not in a racialized or militarized fashion.’
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Arts & Life
In honor of women: poetry and music of struggle and joy
One poet asks, ‘Will you not open this door for me? My hand is exhausted from knocking at your door.’
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Race & Identity
DEI ’R’ US: Setbacks and progress on the road to belonging at work
‘It’s not going to happen in my lifetime. We are working to a future that we will not live to see. That’s what this work is about, and the healing is knowing that we’re doing it together.’
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Politics
Can INTOIT moments bridge our partisan divide? Perhaps, if we seek them out
‘It's a different kind of approach and different kind of exchange that I know that we can do because I've seen it, and it's growing. It begins with a different definition of listening. Listening is about showing people they matter.’
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Arts & Life
Bainbridge Island man with a Ukrainian energy company pivots to aid delivery
‘Here was a tragic puzzle we could put together to serve Ukrainians.’
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Science
An environmental scientist points to Indigenous knowledge for sustainability solutions
‘That's why we lose a lot of our own community members who are not interested in western sciences because they don't see themselves being reflected. I think with Indigenous science we have to reflect ourselves because, otherwise, we are ignoring part of our kinships and also teachings that we have been passed down.’
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Arts & Life
The highs and lows of a prized and vulnerable freedom
‘Free speech has been perhaps one of the most powerful engines of human equality that we've ever stumbled upon as a species.’
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Science
New book explores advances in immune system science
‘We are having exponential growth in our understanding of the immune system. There’s just so much to learn, and our baseline has just been established.’