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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Online bullying isn't new, but it's evolving
UW professor Ryan Calo tells KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about the new powers behind the bully pulpit.
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Trump canceled the ‘National Nature Assessment.’ Scientists want to publish it anyway
Study participant says Americans across the political spectrum really care about our natural heritage.
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Where Seattle companies stand in response to Trump anti-DEI moves
As part of his recent flurry of executive orders, President Trump is moving to dismantle the federal government's diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, also known as DEI. GeekWire reporter Lisa Stiffler wrote about the local and national impacts in a recent piece. She talked to KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about what she learned.
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How Trump's blanket clemency for January 6 rioters impacts the PNW
OPB’s Troy Brynelson told Kim Malcolm what he heard from some newly pardoned defendants
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New KUOW podcast takes kids behind the scenes at the Burke
Hosts Paige Browning and Brandi Fullwood have fun learning and exploring
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Redmond firefighters felt tug on heart strings to help fight L.A. fires
Jeff Carroll told KUOW about his experience helping contain the Palisades fire.
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Seattle commercial real estate comeback kid is on the ropes again
Seattle Times reporter Paul Roberts calls Martin Selig ‘the Houdini of downtown Seattle's real estate market’
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WA's Jim McDermott remembers Jimmy Carter on the campaign trail and beyond
Former Washington Congressman Jim McDermott says he’ll miss former President Jimmy Carter, a ‘beacon’ and ‘a good man.’
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Veteran Metro driver: ‘It's not that buses are unsafe… Seattle is unsafe’
Nathan Vass has been a metro driver for 18 years. He counted murdered bus driver Shawn Yim among his friends.
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Peter Piper may have picked a peck of pickled peppers, but he had nothing on Mama Lil’s
Kim Malcolm talks to Howard Lev, author of A Pepper for Your Thoughts? How NOT to Start a Gourmet Foods Business.
