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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‘But My Tail Light Isn’t Broken, Officer’: A Conversation On Policing and Race
There’s been a spotlight on race and policing – but that isn’t because the situation gotten worse. “Why a lot of black people have a deep suspicion,...
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A Historic Trip Through The Grand Canyon By The Magic Of Radio
Scholar and author Clay Jenkinson is known to many listeners as the co-host of The Thomas Jefferson Hour. You may also know that every year he visits...
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Storywallahs: Coming Home Isn’t Always Easy
The 24-year-old man didn’t have a home. So he came up with a bold plan: Go to the nicest neighborhood in Grand Rapids, Michigan, knock on the doors of...
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A Recent History Of 'The Ocean That Defines Tomorrow'
In 1520, explorer Ferdinand Magellan called it “peaceful.” At more than 60 million square miles, the Pacific Ocean covers 30 percent of the earth’s...
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Why Robert Reich Is Bullish On Progressive Economic Change
Robert Reich says he’s often stopped by strangers at airports. People walk right up to him, forego any niceties, and get straight to the question: “What...
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Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Finds Hope On The Road
Gloria Steinem doesn’t like being called an icon. She sees herself as one in a tide of women who made and make change, so she doesn’t want to be put up...
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How A French Teenager Helped Save Us From 'The Fatal Tendency Of Disunion'
In 1777 Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette was a French aristocrat looking for military glory. Since the French weren’t at war,...
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Ursula K. Le Guin On Getting ‘Permission’ To Write Like A Woman
Legendary science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin visited Seattle University recently to meet with students and read from her novel "The Lathe of...
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America Behind Bars: Mass Incarceration And Civil Rights
The United States imprisons more people than any other country in the world. But that’s a relatively recent development. Over the last three decades...
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'Sandbox Radio' Presents Things That Go Bump 'In Nighttown'
This week on Speakers Forum we’re presenting a chill-worthy (and very funny) episode from Sandbox Radio. It’s a first for us, and just in time for...