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 Poet Walks Into A Bar, For Lit Crawl Seattle
So a poet walks into a noisy bar, starts reading her poems, and everyone falls silent and listens. Lit Crawl Seattle was inspired by Litquake, San...
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Mars Hill Church Disbands After Mark Driscoll's Resignation
Seattle’s Mars Hill Church announced Friday that it will disband its network of churches. According to its website, each location will now become...
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'Reclaiming Prosperity' With Professor Robert Reich
Former Clinton-era Labor Secretary Robert Reich visited Seattle recently to encourage supporters of the 15Now campaign and to try to win over skeptics.
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Talking About Gun Violence In King County
A gun violence prevention meeting took place at Seattle City Hall on Wednesday. The event had been planned long in advance, but the recent shooting...
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Activist: 'Don't Believe Anything The Nuclear Industry Says'
On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami crippled Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Physician and anti-nuclear activist...
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Martin Luther King, Jr's 'Martyrdom Has Marred His Message'
Americans honor the memory of Reverend Martin Luther King with street, school and place names, a national holiday, and a national monument. Tavis Smiley...
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Art Helps Heal A Soldier's Combat Trauma
When Sean Davis graduated from Oregon’s Sweet Home High School in 1991 he wanted to see the world. He considered joining the Peace Corps, but with no...
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Peering Into The Future Of Artificial Intelligence
On the road to a future which promises steady advances in artificial intelligence, what should we expect? What should we be wary of, or hopeful about?...
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The U.S. Controls More Ocean Than Any Other Nation, So Why Do We Import 91 Percent Of Our Seafood?
Here in the Northwest we take pride in our regional seafood industry, but details about the big picture of seafood distribution may surprise or appall...
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Can The Soil Really Save Us From Climate Change?
This week on Speakers Forum we’ll hear from author Kristin Ohlson. Her new book is "The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies Are...