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
Stories
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Education
‘The science isn’t complicated.’ An investigative reporter details the effects of climate change disinformation in public education
‘We’re pumping millions of tons of warming pollutants into the atmosphere every day. The trick is, you don’t need very much of the population to doubt it to stop action.’
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Environment
Connection and restoration in the PNW, Ampersand-style
‘If you want to take up space, first see how small you are.’
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Arts & Life
The how and why of Elsa Sjunneson’s fight to end ableism
‘I think sometimes that we are a little bit like ghosts. We’re haunting the world because it’s not entirely ours and we scare people.’
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Business
Where a former gun industry executive draws the line on gun culture sustainability
‘I had my son attacked by one of these people and thought, what in the holy hell? How did we get here? It’s this weird mix of strange machismo patriotism, wrapped in a flag, sort of near a bible.’
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Arts & Life
As clouds, wind, and rain move in, these indoor and virtual events intrigue and inspire
Seattle Times features writer Crystal Paul’s shares her arts and culture picks
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Arts & Life
Reined in yet vibrant, Lit Crawl Seattle celebrates writerly spirits
Hugo-centric Lit Crawl Seattle 2021 keeps a celebratory torch burning
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Politics
Rep. Adam Schiff chronicles his search for small-d democratic sanity during the Trump presidency
‘Most people got to know me over the last four years and have one impression of me as this ardent partisan. Prior to Trump, most of the criticism I got was for working too much across the aisle, and I don’t consider myself a partisan.’
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Arts & Life
A man, a plan, a sex advice column, 'Savage Love A-Z'
Dan Savage celebrates and reflects as Savage Love turns 30
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Arts & Life
A search for meaning in Minoru Yamasaki's life and architecture
‘Every building is a philosophy in a way. I see all buildings as attempts to try to figure out and express what it means to dwell as a human being on Earth.’
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Environment
A Native American scientist on ‘the question of our time'
‘The land knows you, even when you are lost.’