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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Listen as many voices bring the Constitution to life
A question arose this election season, as it does periodically: How well do U.S. citizens and candidates for public office understand and value the...
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A few words against ‘parenting’ from a child development researcher
The concept of "parenting" has only been around since the 1960s. Child development researcher Alison Gopnik believes our modern views on child raising...
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Sandbox Radio's 'Gold Rush' keeps Seattle weird
Sandbox Radio is back on Speakers Forum! Our presentation of their latest work, "Gold Rush," includes the following performances:
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'Why on Earth do we need a new history of Rome?' (Answers within)
From Romulus and Remus to its infamous fall, the once “small, ordinary” town of Rome came to define empire and change the world forever. British scholar...
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HellaBlackLivesMatter in Seattle
It’s all over the news and social media: A person of color is shot and killed by police, there’s a protest, and an investigation, then another shooting....
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Icon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar seeks to bridge our divides
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is known for his record-setting feats in the NBA and as a best-selling author and cultural critic. His new book is “Writings on the...
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How labor movements shape the fight for living-wage employment
When it comes to the future of good jobs and a contented workforce in the United States, the outlook is tenuous at best. Workers left in the wake of...
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A farm, a barn, and a handful of talks by really smart people
The 8th Smoke Farm Symposium featured talks by professor Tanya Erzen, writer and filmmaker Charles Mudede, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist Ken...
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Washington Republicans debate the 'Trump effect’
He came. He saw. He won the nomination. What does Donald Trump’s unique form of Republicanism mean for the party faithful in our state? KUOW and...
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What does it mean to manage nature in our national parks?
In 1972 a young man named Harry Walker was killed by a grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. The subsequent wrongful death trial focused on whether...