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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Paper: Backdrop of civilization since 100 B.C.
Author Mark Kurlansky tells the story of the time he met legendary newsman Walter Cronkite. Cronkite greeted him with the line “I know you. You’re the...
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Sebastian Junger on the failures of our rugged individualist culture
News of soldiers who struggle on their return home from war is a constant in the United States. Author Sebastian Junger looked for an explanation for...
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We see you, we hear you, Ignite Seattle
The Ignite series started in Seattle in 2006. Each event gives you the chance to talk about something that inspires you, for 5 minutes, on a stage in...
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Community discussion: What to do, or not to do, about the Jungle
The Jungle is a three mile-long homeless camp under Interstate 5. It’s been in the news frequently since a deadly shooting there on January 26. Many of...
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A stellar night draws something out — and us in
A recent poetry reading at Folio, The Seattle Athenaeum, featured three renowned Northwest poets: Heather McHugh, Lucia Perillo and Washington poet...
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Old-time radio theatre alive and well in Seattle via Sandbox Radio
It’s Sandbox Radio time again on Speakers Forum, with special guest Nancy Pearl. Here’s our presentation of their latest work "The Words and the Bees."
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Nuclear war in America: Still a possibility
Dr. Ira Helfand said when the Cold War ended, we all began to act as if nuclear weapons had gone away. In fact, about 15,000 nuclear warheads currently...
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Are we on the brink of a massive pandemic?
In a 2006 study, 90 percent of epidemiologists predicted a pandemic would kill 165 million people sometime in the next two generations. Research...
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Was Seattle a bad place to build a city?
How much do you know about the history of the place you live? If that place is Seattle, points of interest include how the natives of this area lived,...
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You say you want a revolution? Chris Hedges has his eye on radical change
Author and journalist Chris Hedges is a radical by U.S. standards. He believes our system of government is so compromised by corporate influence that...