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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Seattle Dancer Wants To Show The World What Cuba Has To Offer
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Reinier Valdes, owner of the dance studio La Clave Cubana, about his effort to bring Cuban dance to Seattle.
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Washington's Popular Alternative To The GED
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Kim Ward, the dean of communication and transitional studies at Tacoma Community College, about High School 21+, the state's...
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Mixed Legacy: The US Airlift Of Vietnamese Babies
Jeannie Yandel talked with historian Jeremi Suri about Operation Babylift, the U.S. government's program to airlift as many South Vietnamese babies --...
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The Answer To One Of Life's Big Questions
Ross Reynolds talks with Rupert Giles, executive director of the Phew Research Center, about how Western Washington residents responded to a central...
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The Role Of Guns In Rising Rural Suicide Rates
Jeannie Yandel talks with the founder and CEO of the QPR Institute, Paul Quinnett, about the role of guns in rising suicide rates in rural areas.
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Goat Rentals Take Off In Seattle On First Day Of Amazon Home Services
When Amazon launched its Amazon Home Services this week, the stars of the new initiative were … Goats. Seattle goats, specifically, ready to trim back...
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East African Kids Find Space to Play And Learn In Seattle Area
KUOW's Jeannie Yandel talks to Ayanle Ismail, co-founder and president of Companion Athletics, about how the weekend youth mentorship program brings...
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Local Selma Marcher: 'Whatever Is Coming, You've Got My Feet'
In March 1965, Steven Graves was studying in a Unitarian seminary in Chicago when he learned Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was asking people from around...
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Before Frontman Jimi Hendrix Came Sideman Jimmy James
Jeannie Yandel talks with music historian and Jimi Hendrix biographer Charles Cross about a collection of early songs featuring Hendrix getting an...
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20 Years After His Mother's Murder, Son Finds Inspiration To Fight Domestic Violence
Jeannie Yandel talks with Derek Orbiso Dizon, vigil coordinator for domestic violence organization, API Chaya, about how his mother inspires him to...