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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A Discussion Of U.S. Torture With Brigadier General David R. Irvine
In June, KUOW Speakers Forum featured an event titled, “Exposing the Truth of U.S. Torture,” during which Brigadier General David R. Irvine lambasted U...
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Ruth Ozeki On Modern Distraction And The Dark Waters Of Creativity
If you’re driving a car or operating other heavy machinery when you listen to this Speakers Forum podcast, we hope you’ll pull over for the guided...
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An Evening With Thomas Jefferson, In The Flesh
Time travel is a perennial fascination. Where would you go? Who would you meet? The website Ranker places Thomas Jefferson in the top ten of popular...
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Dr. Cornel West On 'Black Prophetic Fire'
Are you caught in an egocentric predicament? You’ll be asked to consider such a question in this episode of Speakers Forum. Dr. Cornel West speaks...
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Didn't Make It To Lit Crawl Seattle? We Have You Covered
A literary festival and a pub crawl combined? We have the audio to prove it. We bolted from space to space during this year’s Lit Crawl Seattle to gather as many readings as we could.
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A Poet Walks Into A Bar, For Lit Crawl Seattle
So a poet walks into a noisy bar, starts reading her poems, and everyone falls silent and listens. Lit Crawl Seattle was inspired by Litquake, San...
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Mars Hill Church Disbands After Mark Driscoll's Resignation
Seattle’s Mars Hill Church announced Friday that it will disband its network of churches. According to its website, each location will now become...
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'Reclaiming Prosperity' With Professor Robert Reich
Former Clinton-era Labor Secretary Robert Reich visited Seattle recently to encourage supporters of the 15Now campaign and to try to win over skeptics.
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Talking About Gun Violence In King County
A gun violence prevention meeting took place at Seattle City Hall on Wednesday. The event had been planned long in advance, but the recent shooting...
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Activist: 'Don't Believe Anything The Nuclear Industry Says'
On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami crippled Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Physician and anti-nuclear activist...