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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Mayor Woodards on how Tacoma's guaranteed income pilot gives new meaning to 'grit'
‘You’ve got to take the first step to get to the goal. I think this is our first step. Helping 100 families at $500 a month sounds small in a city that has 215,000-plus residents, but it's a step.’
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Another heat wave is on the way, what’s your action plan?
‘This is reaching out to people who are more vulnerable, making sure that they are taking care of themselves, staying hydrated, wearing lighter clothing, finding cooler places. It's reaching out within your communities.’
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Sasha Issenberg tells the surprising story of how marriage equality was won
It has been just over six years since the Obergefell v. Hodges ruling. In his new, exhaustively researched book The Engagement: America’s Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage, author Sasha Issenberg shares many of the stories and successful strategies that led to marriage equality.
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Ecologist Suzanne Simard’s life work is highlighted in ‘The Mother Tree’
‘Nothing should be lost. Everything has a purpose. Everything is in need of care.’
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Common cancer screening methods are less accurate for Black women. A UW doctor has made it her mission to change that
"I want Black women to know that it's okay to want to know what's going on with their body."
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Liberty’s white roots and the racial history of that idea
White Freedom: ‘The belief (and practice) that freedom is central to white racial identity, and that only white people can or should be free.’
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This hiker survived 9 days with a can of SpaghettiOs. Here's his story
What's it like to survive nine days in the wilderness? Andrew Devers knows. What was supposed to be a breezy day hike turned into a rescue mission when Devers disappeared while hiking near the Pratt River Trail in North Bend.
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Powerful moments mark reopening arts events
A garage band art installation, a history walk, and a streaming solo show highlighting Black culture.
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Heat wave lesson: Hydration is key, especially for older people
'My patients in clinic today are great examples. They get gradually sicker and sicker and then get into a spiral where they're unable to take in more fluids, for one reason or another.'
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It takes (escaping) a village: Sebastian Junger on the search for freedom, and community
‘Most nights we were the only people in the world who knew where we were. There are many definitions of freedom, but surely that is one of them.’