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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Environment
Leave the imported shrimp, take the local bivalves: sustainable seafood choices
UW professor Jessica Gephart shares insights into the global and local seafood trade
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Environment
An uncontained tugboat oil spill fouls Seattle waterways
Photos show an oil sheen on the water off Harbor Island and the West Seattle Bridge.
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Politics
As Internet privacy law advances, questions raised about Senator Cantwell’s powerful role
Recent Washington Post reporting uncovered complaints that U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Washington Democrat, has been a roadblock to actually getting an internet privacy law on the books.
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Business
What's behind Molbak's return as the 'Green Phoenix Collaborative'
What is the "Green Phoenix Collaborative?"
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Environment
Only murders in the roost: What springtime means for Seattle-area crow 'slumber party'
Before they return to their individual territories in early spring, many local crows can be found roosting together in the thousands in spots like the UW Bothell campus near State Route 522.
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Arts & Life
Wait, what? For 17 years, Seattle outlawed teen dancing
KUOW’s new podcast “Let the Kids Dance!” explores how and why a city known for free-thinking progressivism shut down teen dancing.
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Science
After visiting space herself, former NASA astronaut educates future STEM stars in Seattle
According to NASA, just 280 people have visited the International Space Station. Dottie Metcalf-Lindenberger was one of them.
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Business
Boeing's next CEO should relocate to Seattle, analyst says
‘I think this is a case of the hole kept getting deeper for Boeing, and the board decided to stop digging.’ -Bill Saporito
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Health
10 years after Oso landslide, a new memorial is a gathering place for remembrance
It’s been 10 years since a massive landslide near the small village of Oso in Snohomish County killed 43 people, wiped out an entire neighborhood, and buried State Route 530 in mud. It was the deadliest landslide in U.S. history.
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The quest to find and photograph a historic Seattle mansion that may soon face demolition
Writer and amateur historian Jean Sherrard tells us about a Denny family mansion that may be on the chopping block