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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A Rogue's Christmas: Short Yuletide Tales Told Live
Did you know E.B. White was fired by the Seattle Times in 1923? You’ll learn about that and other curiosities in this Yuletide episode of Speakers Forum...
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SPD Hosts Hackathon To Address Mass Redactions In Records Requests
The Seattle Police Department took an unusual step Friday to address issues surrounding the release of police video recordings: They invited area tech...
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Marc Solomon On 'Winning Marriage'
In a 48-hour period this past October the number of states that allow same-sex marriage nearly doubled. As of this writing, thirty-five states allow...
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The Legal Issues Of Police Deadly Force
Seattle attorney Jeff Robinson recently addressed a gathering at the University Of Washington School Of Law. It had been just over a week since a...
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Seattle School Board Clears Way For Larry Nyland To Be Next Superintendent
The Seattle School Board voted five to two Wednesday night to clear the way for Dr. Larry Nyland to become the city’s permanent schools superintendent....
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A Discussion Of U.S. Torture With Brigadier General David R. Irvine
In June, KUOW Speakers Forum featured an event titled, “Exposing the Truth of U.S. Torture,” during which Brigadier General David R. Irvine lambasted U...
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Ruth Ozeki On Modern Distraction And The Dark Waters Of Creativity
If you’re driving a car or operating other heavy machinery when you listen to this Speakers Forum podcast, we hope you’ll pull over for the guided...
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An Evening With Thomas Jefferson, In The Flesh
Time travel is a perennial fascination. Where would you go? Who would you meet? The website Ranker places Thomas Jefferson in the top ten of popular...
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Dr. Cornel West On 'Black Prophetic Fire'
Are you caught in an egocentric predicament? You’ll be asked to consider such a question in this episode of Speakers Forum. Dr. Cornel West speaks...
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Didn't Make It To Lit Crawl Seattle? We Have You Covered
A literary festival and a pub crawl combined? We have the audio to prove it. We bolted from space to space during this year’s Lit Crawl Seattle to gather as many readings as we could.