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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Building the relationship you want with your children, intentionally
Sharon Ballantine is a life and parenting coach and the author of “The Art of Blissful Parenting.” In it she writes about the ways parents can build...
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A father's love letter in the wake of cancer
In his new memoir, “Falling: A Daughter, A Father, and a Journey Back," author Elisha Cooper recalls how he and his family faced and survived his...
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'Society is psychologically abusing children' by restricting their freedom, researcher says
Parents: Would you let your 5-year-old wander around as he liked? What about at 10 years? 12? That was Dr. Peter Gray’s experience growing up in the...
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What’s in a namesake? The enigma of Chief Si’ahl
The first thing to know about Chief Seattle is how he pronounced his name. Skagit elder Vi Hilbert pronounced it for HistoryLink (18 seconds): Chief...
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Get drawn into tales from Federal Way's PowellsWood Storytelling Festival
Did you love listening to stories when you were a kid? Of course you did. The art of a good tale, well told, has the power to draw us in, transport,...
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Ask a Muslim, close the knowledge gap
Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world today. In 2010, researchers counted 1.6 billion Muslims around the globe; approximately 23 percent of the world population.
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Sandbox Radio's unbridled take on the wedding season
It’s Sandbox Radio time again on Speakers Forum. Our presentation of their latest work, "The Bridal Issue,” includes the following performances: “The...
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'Doing it from the heart': Susan Stamberg reflects on 45 years at NPR
Susan Stamberg was the first woman to anchor a national nightly news broadcast in the U.S. She has been on staff at NPR since the network began in 1971....
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One nation, divisible: The polarization of the American electorate
As the U.S. presidential election shifts into the major party convention phase the question arises, how politically polarized are we? As this discussion...
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Wildly precious time: Poet Matthew Dickman on suicide and mending
In this talk and reading, poet Matthew Dickman speaks eloquently about the often taboo subject of suicide. He says he can’t offer an answer to the...