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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Anita Hill on her mission to end gender violence and harassment
‘We know it’s a cultural problem. We know it’s a behavioral problem. But it’s not a problem of a few bad apples.’ – Professor Anita Hill
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Check out these ho, ho, holiday streaming picks from McTelevision
‘Hallmark has a powerful formula. It's one that other channels have tapped into, particularly by responding to the fact that Hallmark has for a very long time not been inclusive.’
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Gather ‘round for a roguish, timeless Christmas tale
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas
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Claudia Rankine on the unbearable lightness of whiteness in America
‘The indifference is impenetrable and reliable and distributed across centuries, and I am stupidly hurt when my friends can’t see that.’
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‘The science isn’t complicated.’ An investigative reporter details the effects of climate change disinformation in public education
‘We’re pumping millions of tons of warming pollutants into the atmosphere every day. The trick is, you don’t need very much of the population to doubt it to stop action.’
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Connection and restoration in the PNW, Ampersand-style
‘If you want to take up space, first see how small you are.’
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The how and why of Elsa Sjunneson’s fight to end ableism
‘I think sometimes that we are a little bit like ghosts. We’re haunting the world because it’s not entirely ours and we scare people.’
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Where a former gun industry executive draws the line on gun culture sustainability
‘I had my son attacked by one of these people and thought, what in the holy hell? How did we get here? It’s this weird mix of strange machismo patriotism, wrapped in a flag, sort of near a bible.’
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As clouds, wind, and rain move in, these indoor and virtual events intrigue and inspire
Seattle Times features writer Crystal Paul’s shares her arts and culture picks
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Reined in yet vibrant, Lit Crawl Seattle celebrates writerly spirits
Hugo-centric Lit Crawl Seattle 2021 keeps a celebratory torch burning