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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Are we nearing the end of the long road to hormonal birth control for men?
‘The beauty of hormones, as for women, when we take them away the man starts to make his own hormones again. And it's entirely reversible.’
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Hot temps make water-related activities tempting. How to stay safe before you dive in
‘Drowning is not a fair injury. It is definitely an injury, like many others, that disproportionately affects certain groups.’ -Dr. Linda Quan
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‘Lots of gay stuff!’ Indeed there is. Happy Pride, Seattle
‘I think everyone's just going to be really enthusiastic to come out and be in community with your people and be proud of who we are.’ –Jas Keimig
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Devastated, but still taking calls, a PNW abortion access fund sticks to its mission
‘Access has been hanging by a thread for millions of people for decades.’ –Riley Keane
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Cuts at Seattle City Hall are on the table as city aims to fill $117M budget gap
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Deputy Mayor says $117 million shortfall means Seattle 'will have to cut back on some programs'
Seattle's Senior Deputy Mayor Monisha Harrell spoke with KUOW's Paige Browning about the city's economic slump after a long rise in revenues, and what it means for the budget process.
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Health expert recommends better listening and connection to confront rise in youth suicides
‘I really want to encourage parents and caregivers to start to normalize a culture around checking in regularly, asking open-ended questions.’ And if your kids just shut you down? ‘The key there is to not give up.’
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UW report finds claims of sexual abuse at the NW Detention Center are not being investigated
‘What this suggests is a lot of energy is paid to whether these posters are up on the walls, but the hotlines are literally calls to nowhere, where people call and report an abuse and nothing changes.’
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Local journalists reflect on racist media legacies, and paths forward
‘I got an email being called the N-word just last week as a matter of fact for some of our coverage. I think at the end of the day what we can do is just truly speak the truth.’ -Marcus Harrison Green
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A wild literary ride from rural Vancouver Island to Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility
‘All anybody wanted to talk about was the pandemic, which I resisted for about a week, and then I realized we all need to talk about the pandemic. It's not even like it was the elephant in the room. It's like it was the room. It was unavoidable.’