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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Who's a good neighbor? Mr. Rogers, of course
The first full-length biography of Fred Rogers sheds light on a brilliant career and the dearth of quality, educational children's television programming.
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What's it like to be homeless? Ask a person who’s been there
The Seattle-King County area has the third largest concentration of homeless people in the U.S., after New York and Los Angeles. The most recent count totaled nearly 12,000.
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Which side are you on?
Politics vs. pop culture. Let the debate begin
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‘Look, we’re living in bizarre times,’ says John Kerry in Seattle.
Former Senator and Secretary of State John Kerry embraces the straight talk mantle.
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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.