John O'Brien
Producer
About
John O’Brien is a KUOW newsroom producer. He works with the Morning Edition and All Things Considered teams to schedule, record, and edit interviews and stories on a variety of topics, from politics and public health to arts and culture.
He learned to make radio in 2006 as an intern on KUOW’s The Conversation and is a former host of KUOW's Speakers Forum.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: he/him
Podcasts
Stories
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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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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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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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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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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
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The high school drama program that helped launch Oscar hopeful Lily Gladstone sees its funding cut in half
‘There are some kids that all you need to do is expose them to things and they do the rest. And I feel that way about Lily.’ -former teacher Stephen Merlino
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Why older people and the immuno-compromised could need yet another Covid shot
Four-plus years after the first outbreak, people who've been vaccinated or who had Covid are still being infected. Where are we now?
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Already?! Washington state’s presidential primary is here
‘The difference in a presidential primary is they'll also need to attest to a party declaration.’
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A major UW sports record* is about to fall. Why the asterisk?
The NCAA fought bringing women’s sports into the fold for a decade after the passage of Title IX