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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Mr. Booker Goes To Washington, And Has Some Advice For The Rest Of Us
In this talk, Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) challenges all Americans -- left, right and center-- to rise above cynicism and treat one another with...
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Bernie Sanders' Final Pre-Caucus Pitch Draws Crowd To Seattle Stadium
Bernie Sanders hit familiar themes in his ballpark appearance in Seattle Friday. The presidential candidate spoke to thousands of people at his second...
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In Which Dan Savage & Lauren Weedman Talk Like Sailors
In the late 1990s actor and comedian Lauren Weedman starred in the Seattle sketch comedy series “Almost Live!” That launched her career in TV and film...
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Close Enough For Government Work? Robert Gates On Leadership
In his varied career, Robert Gates has gone from CIA recruit to director; academic to president of Texas A&M University; Air Force veteran to U.S....
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Excitement And Ready For Change At The Bernie Sanders Seattle Rally
Around 15,000 people showed up to see Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Sunday at Seattle Center. Many started lining up seven hours before Sanders was scheduled to speak.
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Bernie Sanders Urges Supporters: Turn Out In Force To Saturday's Caucus
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders scorched a path across Washington state yesterday in his bid to win the Democratic presidential...
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Forgiveness And Not Forgetting In The Wake Of A Horrific Seattle Crime
In the summer of 2009 a terrible crime was committed in the South Park neighborhood of Seattle. Jennifer Hopper and her partner Teresa Butz were...
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How Technology Is Transforming Human Perception
Kara Platoni took a year off to travel around the world searching for cutting edge investigations into sensory perception -- including what the taste of...
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Is Civil Disobedience The Necessary Response To Climate Change?
Would you risk arrest and prosecution to protect the environment? Or empathize with those who do? Humanities Washington made this the focus of their mos...
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Geraldine Brooks On Her Writerly Ways
Geraldine Brooks, an Australian-American journalist and author, spoke at McCaw Hall in Seattle about her writing method. "I swim in a sea of words. They...