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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Seahawks have to ‘let it rip’ to best Rams in NFC championship Sunday
For the first time in 11 years, the Seattle Seahawks return to the NFC Championship game Sunday, facing off for the third time this season against the Los Angeles Rams. Twelves and fair-weather fans alike are feeling pretty good about the Hawks’ chances after they trounced the 49ers last week. For insights on what might be coming at Lumen Field this weekend, KUOW’s Kim Malcolm reached out to Jerry Brewer, who writes about sports for The Athletic.
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Portland’s approach to homelessness enters a new era
In Portland, Oregon, a new mayor and the city council are in the early stages of a change of direction on tackling homelessness, even as the number of unhoused people in Multnomah County has risen to 7,500 and continues to tick upward. OPB reporter Alex Zielinski covers Portland city politics. She gave KUOW’s Kim Malcolm this update on the homelessness situation there.
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How to 'take care of business' when your wastewater treatment site becomes a flood zone
King County Executive Girmay Zahilay gave a shout out this week to a county employee who went above and beyond in the midst of area flooding. Tyler Stiltner is the senior operator in charge at the wastewater treatment site in Carnation. He told KUOW’s Paige Browning about what happened.
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'It felt like a movie.' Whatcom County couple watched as their house was swept down the river
Mike Khazak and Sarah Hansen rushed to save themselves, their dogs, and their goats last week as their home in Deming, Washington, was swept into the Nooksack River. The dramatic moment was captured in a viral video that circulated across the country and around the world.
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Catastrophic flooding threatens thousands in Skagit County
As many as 78,000 people have been urged to evacuate from flood zones in Washington’s Skagit River Valley. Officials expect the river to crest in Mount Vernon around 4 am tomorrow morning.
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‘His eyes were as big as saucers.’ Remembering the Whatcom Creek explosion
"It's not an easy story to tell." That's the way host Chris Morgan introduces a recent episode of his podcast "The Wild." The focus is a terrible accident that occurred 26 years ago, on June 10, 1999, in Bellingham, Washington. The Olympic Pipeline explosion killed three boys and destroyed a large swath of the Whatcom Creek Watershed. KUOW’s Kim Malcolm talked to Morgan about what happened and the recovery process.
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Sen. Murray defends her shutdown stance amid looming health care cost increases
Congress is back at work after the longest federal government shutdown ever that was triggered when Senate Democrats refused to approve a spending plan amid a standoff over expiring health care subsidies. Washington Democratic Sen. Patty Murray talked to KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about what happened and what comes next.
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A visit to the pristine Western Arctic, which faces gas and oil drilling
Lynda Mapes, the former Seattle Times environment reporter, made a trip recently to the Western Arctic, a vast region in the northernmost part of North America. It’s an area that the Trump administration plans to open for oil and gas drilling. Mapes talked to KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about what she experienced on that trip.
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Coming down to the wire, a recap of some compelling WA races
For a last check-in before we hear about winners and losers this relatively busy local election season, KUOW’s Kim Malcolm spoke to politics reporter Scott Greenstone.
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Will Seattle's election solidify its centrist shift, or move the city back to the left?
The hours are ticking down for voters to get their ballots in for the November election. Last year at this time, there was a lot going on nationally and not so much locally. That script flipped this year. To talk about what's happening in Seattle races and measures, KUOW’s Kim Malcolm reached out to Seattle Times staff reporter David Kroman.