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
Podcasts
Stories
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‘Retreat, or perish in place'
As sea levels rise and coastal populations increase, more people are subject to flooding. Author Elizabeth Rush compiled research and the stories of people affected by sea level rise for her new book “Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore.”
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'Fake news' on your mind? Ask a journalist
Is there more that journalists need to do to re-establish public trust?
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From ‘the projects’ to the Supreme Court: Justice Sonia Sotomayor shares her life story with young readers
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A second life: The poetry of Iraqi-American Dunya Mikhail
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The soccer scandal that stretched across the world and into the White House
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Barn-raised Smoke Farm talks provoke summertime reflection
This week on Speakers Forum we open a time capsule from last summer. It comes from the annual Smoke Farm Symposium. We were drawn there several years ago when the creators gave us a recording of some fascinating talks, punctuated by rainfall on the roof of a barn up in Arlington, Washington.
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Welcome to SeaCouver! Envisioning the Northwest of the future
In the struggle to shape what life on earth will be like years from now, visionary futurists inspire us with dread and hope at turns. Author Brenda...
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A novel idea from an environmental activist: Secession
Northwesterners and people around the world have been inspired by Bill McKibben’s prolific environmental activism. McKibben took some time off from his...
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Bees: The 'hippie wasps' we all need
It seems there’s a "how things work" theme on Speakers Forum recently. Last week it was tides , this week, bees. Our guide is Thor Hanson, an uber...
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A sailor's poetic primer on the science of tides
Before you listen to this talk by Jonathan White , you might want to be somewhere by the sea as the moon rises or sets. That would be ideal. If not that...