Jeannie Yandel
Special Projects Editor
About
Jeannie Yandel is a special projects editor focusing on podcasts and broadcast shows. She created and co-hosted the KUOW podcast Battle Tactics For Your Sexist Workplace and ran and edited KUOW's podcast about local curiosity, SoundQs. She also co-created and co-hosted KUOW's YouTube interview series, Are We Going To Be OK?. Previously, she was senior producer for The Conversation and KUOW Presents, and was Executive Producer for The Record. She's won awards for her interviewing, editing, and reporting.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Stories
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Lindy West on Olympic coverage: 'Man's sex companion does something'
It's heartbreaking to Lindy West that young women work hard, become the best in the world at a difficult sport, and their moment of triumph turns into: ...
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What's next for Seattle police reform
Bill Radke talks with KUOW reporter Paige Browning about a recent hearing to determine whether the Seattle Police Department is making progress in its...
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'Stuck in an All Lives Matter theology': Pastor Drew Yoos on white Christian churches and racism
Drew Yoos is tired of hearing this: “We’re all a gift from god.”“Skin color doesn’t matter.”“Diversity is a gift.” He’s a pastor in the Bothell-Mill...
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Hella noms at Microsoft: A millennial translates a slang-laden corporate message
Bill Radke asks independent radio producer and millennial Brie Ripley for help deciphering a slang-heavy invite from a Microsoft recruiter calling...
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'Her eyes are bigger than her waist': Peggy Orenstein on selling girls on the idea of being hot
Girls want to be hot. They want to look good – not because they want to feel good, but because they’re thinking about how others are thinking about them.
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'A challenge for boys to overcome': Peggy Orenstein on girls, sex and consent
Jeannie Yandel speaks with writer Peggy Orenstein about her new book, "Girls and Sex: Navigating The Complicated New Landscape." Orenstein talked with...
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How Yola, Seattle's baby gorilla finally bonded with her mom
Last November, Woodland Park Zoo was excited to announce the birth of gorilla Yola. The birth was natural, as zookeepers had hoped – they didn’t...
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Swinomish Tribe takes a stand on dental care
Jeannie Yandel speaks with New York Times reporter Kirk Johnson about a new program bringing dental therapists to the Swinomish reservation in...
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Why this Northwest environmental organization is getting into affordable housing
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Gene Duvernoy, president and CEO of Forterra, and Estela Ortega, executive director of El Centro de la Raza, about why their...
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Creating an Oso archive: 'The rest of the world had moved on'
Jeannie Yandel speaks with president of the Darrington Historical Society, Scott Morris, who has partnered with a group of students from University of...