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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Why These Seattle Writers Launched #ShoutYourAbortion
Seattleite Amelia Bonow is not the type to whisper about anything. But her abortion was something she kept to herself – until a few days ago.
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This Shoreline Couple Lets Homeless Families Camp In Their Yard
Brad Lancaster is an attorney. His wife Kim is a paralegal. They live in a small 770-square-foot house with their dog Sofie in Shoreline, Washington. Wh...
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Should Homeowners Pay Double To Help Seattle's Affordable Housing Shortage?
Jeannie Yandel talks to Seattle Mayor Ed Murray about the affordable housing levy and why he believes it is an important for voters to pass. For the las...
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Mayor Ed Murray On Seattle's Homeless Crisis: 'We Need Help'
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Seattle Mayor Ed Murray about how he'd like to deal with the homelessness problem in the Jungle -- a notorious encampment...
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Diane Rehm On Grief And Widowhood: 'There Is No Such Thing As Closure'
Jeannie Yandel talks with longtime show host Diane Rehm about having to learn who she is without her husband, John Rehm. After 54 years of marriage,...
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Can A Cup Of Coffee And A Conversation Change A Mind?
Bill Radke talks with Jade Gee, a trans woman who invited anybody to come have coffee with "a real, live trans person" in Tacoma over the weekend and...
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Will The Silicon Age Replace The Atomic Age On UW's Campus?
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Chris Moore from the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation about the recent decision by the University of Washington's...
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Employment Is High, But So Is Poverty
Jeannie Yandel talks to Dona Ponepinto, president and CEO of United Way of Pierce County about a new study commissioned by United Way that found one in ...
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Yakima City Council Pushes For Voting Rights Act
Jeannie Yandel speaks with newly appointed Yakima City Mayor Avina Gutierrez about the City Council supporting the Voting Rights Act in Olympia.
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It’s Not About Trans People (But Keep Bathrooms Separated), Lawmaker Says
Rep. Graham Hunt of Orting doesn’t want to see a naked lady in the locker room. “If I'm in the restroom, or I'm in the locker room, and I'm changing,...