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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Science
Conquer your fears — with science!
Understanding hazardous products
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Arts & Life
André Aciman revisits his heralded lost love story
And indeed there will be time to wonder, ‘Do I dare?’
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Arts & Life
Hilarious Lindy West has more cutting things to say
Author and humorist Lindy West reclaims the power
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Education
College at any cost?
Caitlyn Zaloom is an anthropologist and associate professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University. When a favorite student came to her in tears over her college debt, Zaloom sought to better understand what was going on.
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Education
This teen spent lunchtime in the bathroom. 'It felt safer than sitting alone in the cafeteria'
Azure Savage on how Seattle schools fail students.
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Race & Identity
‘This hatred has to stop.’ A survivor’s story
Mrs. Eva Schloss turned 90 years old this year. The story of what happened to her as a young girl betrays the likeliness of that longevity.
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Arts & Life
Stories from a changing Seattle
Laureate Claudia Castro Luna calls up tales of The Emerald City
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Politics
David Barsamian’s call to ‘Rise and Resist’
‘Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has and it never will.’
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Politics
Seattle's homeless crisis: A KUOW hosted debate
Is the homelessness crisis really killing Seattle?
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Timothy Egan's journey of faith — by foot
Timothy Egan wasn’t sure he was up for the pilgrimage he’d decided to make. Less than 20 miles in, his feet were swollen and he missed his family.