Jeannie Yandel
Special Projects Editor
About
Jeannie Yandel is a special projects editor focusing on podcasts and broadcast shows. She created and co-hosted the KUOW podcast Battle Tactics For Your Sexist Workplace and ran and edited KUOW's podcast about local curiosity, SoundQs. She also co-created and co-hosted KUOW's YouTube interview series, Are We Going To Be OK?. Previously, she was senior producer for The Conversation and KUOW Presents, and was Executive Producer for The Record. She's won awards for her interviewing, editing, and reporting.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Stories
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Making sure Jacob's star stays high: A conversation with Seattle artist Barbara Earl Thomas and writer Leilani Lewis
Barbara Earl Thomas was at an exhibition in the Netherlands, looking at a portrait of Seattle artist Jacob Lawrence, when a woman walked up and commented that it was wonderful to see Lawrence through the eyes of someone else.
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Artist Barbara Earl Thomas holds hands with the past and the future
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New KUOW docuseries: Adults in the Room
In 1998, a popular teacher at Garfield High School in Seattle falls into a crevasse while mountain-climbing in Olympic National Park. Six of his teenage students then pull off a daring rescue.
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Two Seattle girls learn a secret at their high school. Their lives change forever.
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30 years later, is "Infinite Jest" the best or the worst?
We made our hosts read (some of) Infinite Jest, the thousand-page novel by David Foster Wallace that turns 30 this month, to answer the question once and for all: Do we have to read this book?
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The 6 best reasons to leave your house in February
Find out about the 6 most exciting arts, culture, and lit events in February from the Meet Me Here hosts!
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Ending your reading rut in the new year
Refresh your relationship with reading for the new year with tips and recommendations for getting out of a reading rut.
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Meet the local lei makers nurturing a Native Hawaiian tradition
Meet the Native Hawaiians in Washington state who are continuing a beloved tradition: creating handmade lei out of everything from flesh flowers to nuts to feathers.
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Why you're the VIP at art museums
Curator Haley Ha says you're always the VIP at art museums, and offers tips on how to make a visit to one of her favorite art museums more fun and meaningful.
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Seattle lei makers provide a sense of home for local Hawaiians
Washington is home to a growing number of native Hawaiians. And Polynesian culture and traditions are flourishing in the Pacific Northwest. Lei makers are keeping busy in the area, weaving lei for celebrations and milestones. Jeannie Yandell talks with the Seattle Time’s Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton about how things are going in the lei business.