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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What has the state of emergency on homelessness achieved?
Bill Radke speaks with Seattle Mayor Ed Murray about the state of emergency on homelessness and what we've done in the year since it was declared.
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In memoriam: Lucia Perillo, treasured local poet
The accolade "local treasure" is not easily awarded. Poet Lucia Perillo earned that and many other awards, including a MacArthur Genius Grant. Perillo...
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Racial violence and injustice is 'not just a few bad apples'
As we come to the end of a very long presidential election cycle, what can we do to remedy our legacy of racial injustice and move forward? University...
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The names have been changed to protect the innocent, but Maria Semple is talking about you, Seattle
If you don’t already love Maria Semple’s Seattle-brewed writing, her new work may pull you in. Just one day in the life of protagonist Eleanor Flood...
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Listen as many voices bring the Constitution to life
A question arose this election season, as it does periodically: How well do U.S. citizens and candidates for public office understand and value the...
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A few words against ‘parenting’ from a child development researcher
The concept of "parenting" has only been around since the 1960s. Child development researcher Alison Gopnik believes our modern views on child raising...
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Sandbox Radio's 'Gold Rush' keeps Seattle weird
Sandbox Radio is back on Speakers Forum! Our presentation of their latest work, "Gold Rush," includes the following performances:
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'Why on Earth do we need a new history of Rome?' (Answers within)
From Romulus and Remus to its infamous fall, the once “small, ordinary” town of Rome came to define empire and change the world forever. British scholar...
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HellaBlackLivesMatter in Seattle
It’s all over the news and social media: A person of color is shot and killed by police, there’s a protest, and an investigation, then another shooting....
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Icon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar seeks to bridge our divides
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is known for his record-setting feats in the NBA and as a best-selling author and cultural critic. His new book is “Writings on the...