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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How have the rules changed around sex and consent?
This talk by and discussion with author Vanessa Grigoriadis explores the complicated politics of modern sexuality. It pushes the conversation toward the...
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'My Family's Slave' wasn’t clickbait. It was brutal honesty
The cover article of this year’s June issue of The Atlantic magazine concerned a woman called Lola. “ My Family’s Slave ” was written by Alex Tizon, a...
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Trump's inner circle is the 'biggest grifter convention in modern times,' says John Nichols
Who are the most dangerous people in America? According to author John Nichols, the answer to that question includes the following: Betsy DeVos, Scott...
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Ask a cop, get beyond 'protect and serve'
“To protect and serve.” That’s the motto of many police agencies. But recent police shootings in Seattle and around the nation have undermined respect for the job cops do.
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Superstar librarian Nancy Pearl adds her own book to the shelf
Does anyone not know Nancy Pearl? For years she’s told NPR and KUOW listeners what to read with a kind of care and insight that’s made her a household...
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Sally Jewell does not mess around when it comes to the environment, or Trump
Chances are you’ve heard the name Sally Jewell in engineering, business, recreational, environmental or political news. Her career has touched on all of...
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R is for resistance: The history of anti-racism movements
To mark the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Detroit rebellion, Seattle Public Library hosted a discussion of the factors that create inequality, repression...
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'When do we get past the starting point?' Ask a transgender person
Transgender people are coming out (to welcome and rejection) more now than ever. We learn something about their experiences in news of a looming military service ban, from prominent transgender celebrities, TV shows and movies, but many of us don’t have personal connections with transgender people.
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Tom Perrotta on his new novel: 'I was trying to write against my own inclination'
Author Tom Perrotta made his name in 1998 when, still unpublished, one of his manuscripts was picked up for movie treatment. The quirky tale told in ...
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‘It’s time for the magic:’ Student writers mark a moment of celebration
Since 1994, the Seattle Arts & Lectures Writers in the Schools (WITS) program brings professional writers into classrooms to help student writers find their voices and hone their skills.