Everett Public Library Podcasts
372 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe Everett Public Library produces podcast files on subjects such as The Directors Corner, Author Visits, Staff Book Reviews, Interviews, History Tours, and other subjects of interest to our patrons.
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Episodes
"Soul of an Octopus," by Sy Montgomery
January 22, 2019 23:48 - 2 minutes - 3.7 MBThe Lone Reader homes in on naturalist Sy Montgomery's paen to the giant pacific octopus, Soul of an Octopus. Music: Beethoven, Ludwig van Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral," Skidmore College Orchestra.
"Laika's Window"
January 17, 2019 23:40 - 2 minutes - 4.13 MBThe story of Laika, the Moscow mongrel turned cosmonaut, who was the first creature to orbit the earth. Music: Symphony No. 5 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra.
City Chickens
January 17, 2019 23:26 - 57 minutes - 79.3 MBLaura Faley of Hidden Meadow Ranch in Mt. Vernon, WA talks about what it takes to successfully raise chickens within within cities and suburbs in the state of Washington. Introduction by Kara Fox Music: Symphony No. 6, by Ludwig van Beethoven, Skidmore College Orchestra.
"The Swing Is the Thing"
January 15, 2019 17:00 - 4 minutes - 5.03 MBSpotlighting the swing music in Everett Public Library's music collection. Ron Averill is Mr. Neutron
"Washington Territory," by Robert E. Ficken
January 08, 2019 17:00 - 2 minutes - 3.5 MBThe Lone Reader takes aim at Robert E. Ficken's Washington Territory: the farce and fury, fields and forests, mud and mania as wild Washington passes the veil into statehood. Music: "Missouri Waltz"
"Three Identical Strangers"
January 01, 2019 17:00 - 3 minutes - 5.04 MBAlan gives "the treament" to 2018's documentary sensation Three Identical Strangers, wherein three identical boys separated at birth, unaware of each other's existence, coincidentally reunite in college.
"Best of the Northwest"
December 18, 2018 17:00 - 4 minutes - 6.23 MBRon ruminates about his favorite 2018 PNW albums.
"Montana Women Homesteaders"
December 11, 2018 17:00 - 2 minutes - 3.65 MBAn audio review of Montana Women Homesteaders, edited by Sarah Carter, which tells the tragic story of the women that homesteaded alone in the desert conditions of early twentieth century Eastern Montana.
"Ex Libris" a film by Frederick Wiseman
December 04, 2018 17:00 - 5 minutes - 9.77 MBAlan cracks open Everett Public Library's Kanopy streaming video service, by focusing on "Ex Libris," Frederick Wiseman's brilliant documentary about one of America's great cultural treasures: The New York Public Library.
Birch Pereira, Still Alive
November 20, 2018 17:00 - 4 minutes - 9.31 MBMr. Neutron spotlights Birch Pereira, a laid-back, yet frenetic Seattle artist who, along with his band The Gin Joints, somehow spans the chasm separating Perry Como, Johnny Horton, Fats Waller, and Artie Shaw.
"The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown"
November 13, 2018 17:00 - 2 minutes - 3.27 MBThe Lone Reader examines Paul Taylor's The Next America, which lays bare the ineluctable calculus of near-future retirements funded by a shrinking workforce.
An audio review of the film "Contemporary Color"
November 06, 2018 17:00 - 5 minutes - 7.43 MBAlan explores the eponymously named "Contemporary Color," referring to a ballet-like artistic elaboration of the flag-bearing marchers that perform at half-time shows of sporting events. The film focuses on a competition held in New York at the instigation of David Byrne, the multi-level genius that fronted for Talking Heads.
With a Capital T
October 18, 2018 17:16 - 4 minutes - 6.05 MBMr. Neutron's audio tribute to Tacoma band Girl Trouble, who weaves a magical web of lava lamps, black light posters, and shag carpeting.
An audio review of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus"
October 09, 2018 19:33 - 2 minutes - 4.18 MBThe Lone Reader draws a bead on Mary Shelley's classic monster novel, seen by many as the first science fiction work. Music: "Under the Porcelain," by Good Noise Bad Noise vs Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel.
An audio review of "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein."
October 09, 2018 17:34 - 7 minutes - 10.3 MBAlan kicks off the library's Frankenfest celebration by reviewing James Whale's dual masterpieces, 1931's Frankenstein and 1935's Bride of Frankenstein. Alan will lead discussions of the two films on Saturday, Oct. 27 in the Main Library Auditorium, 2702 Hoyt Avenue. The showings begin at approximately 11:30am. Music: "Kompat Project test recording," by Krisztina Zsolnai and Gabor Varadi; "Evoked Potentials, (signal-to-noise Ratio)" by Cage Cabarrett.
"Northwest Rocks"
September 18, 2018 16:00 - 5 minutes - 7.39 MBMr. Neutron sketches sixty years of Pacific Northwest rock.
"In the Blink of an Eye," by Walter Murch
September 11, 2018 16:00 - 2 minutes - 3.68 MBThe Lone Reader, Cameron Johnson, ruminates upon iconic film editor Walter Murch's tidy tour-de-force about filmmaking.
"Newtown," an audio review of the documentary
September 04, 2018 16:00 - 4 minutes - 6.91 MBNewtown is an unexploitative, honest, yet shocking saga of the massacre--and aftermath-- of Newtown, CT's 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, which took the lives of twenty children and six adults.
"Welcome to the Funhouse"
August 21, 2018 16:00 - 4 minutes - 6.58 MBMr. Neutron samples The Funhouse Comp Thing 2, a raw, dirty-sounding, dangerous compilation of bands who played in Seattle's Funhouse, a punk bar that closed in 2012 to make way for an apartment building.
A Lone Reader audio review of "Frankenstein: A Cultural History," by Susan Tyler Hitchcock
August 14, 2018 16:00 - 2 minutes - 4.19 MBThe Lone Reader looks at Susan Hitchcock's book about the 200-year cultural reverberations emanating from Mary Shelley's 1818 publication of her groundbreaking novel, Frankenstein.
Faces Places, an audio film review
August 07, 2018 16:00 - 4 minutes - 8.96 MBAlan Jacobson evaluates Faces Places, a academy award-winning documentary about French New Wave director Agnes Varda and her graffiti-artist collaborator JR as they travel through rural France making and placing giant murals of ordinary people.
Mr. Neutron ruminates on "Who Sold My Generation", by Seattle's Night Beats
July 17, 2018 16:00 - 5 minutes - 8.19 MBMr. Neutron analyzes the psychedelic roadtrip, fuzz, reverb, and patchouli served up by Seattle's own Night Beats. chord fragments: "Something's Missing," by Brett Edmonds. Courtesy of Internet Archive.
The Lone Reader looks at "SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome," by Mary Beard
July 10, 2018 16:00 - 2 minutes - 4.2 MBCambridge historian Mary Beard takes a fresh look at the origin and decline of the Roman Empire. Music: "The Lyre of Orpheus" by Jerald Franklin Archer.
"45 Years"
July 03, 2018 16:00 - 3 minutes - 5.34 MBAlan Jacobson plumbs Andrew Haigh's unsung, underseen 2015 masterpiece.
"Young Fresh Fellows"
June 21, 2018 21:49 - 4 minutes - 7.02 MBThey're young, they're fresh, they're huge in Spain! Hear fuzz, psychedelia, hooks courtesy of Paul Revere and the Raiders, Yardbird guitar solos, and a trip to the garage circa 1966.
The Lone Reader's audio review of "All Aboard," by Jim Loomis.
June 12, 2018 16:00 - 2 minutes - 3.34 MBJim Loomis gives a soup to nuts guide to passenger train travel in North America. Music: Railroad Blues, by the Yerkes Southern Five
2016 Film "American Honey" gets The Treatment
June 05, 2018 16:00 - 5 minutes - 7.96 MBA "youthquake" of a road movie: Homeless teens party, explore America, and sell magazines. Additional music: "Beats," by Crooked Vision, courtesy of Internet Archive.
A Mr. Neutron audio review of the eclectic music of Neko Case
May 15, 2018 16:00 - 4 minutes - 6.69 MBMr. Neutron surveys the Country/Power Pop/Cuddle-Core output of our own Neko Case. Mr. Neutron theme music by Ron Averill.
Audio review of "Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens" by Steve Olson
May 08, 2018 16:00 - 2 minutes - 4.13 MBThe 1980 eruption of Washington State's Mount St. Helens, through a human lens. Music: Praludium, by Carl Nielsen. Sir James Galway, Carion Quintet, CC-BY-SA 2.0
Audio review of 1975's "Dog Day Afternoon", with Al Pacino
May 01, 2018 16:00 - 5 minutes - 7.43 MBMaster director Sidney Lumet's 1970s New York City life drama, crime caper, and anti-establishment social statement, all rolled into one exhilarating package.
"Everett Sounds Like This," a compilation of sounds from Everett, WA
April 17, 2018 16:00 - 5 minutes - 7.01 MBMr. Neutron provides a snapshot of a truly dynamic era in Everett music.
The Lone Reader takes aim at "Homesteading," by Percy Wollaston
April 10, 2018 16:00 - 2 minutes - 3.53 MBPercy Wollaston's Homesteading tells the devastating story of Eastern Montana homesteaders of the early 20th century, most of whom lost everything in proving that dry-land farming techniques of the time did not work. Music: "Pastures of Plenty," by Woody Guthrie. Public Domain. Courtesy of Internet Archive.
"Into the Forest" an audio film review by Alan Jacobson of Everett Public Library (WA)
April 03, 2018 16:00 - 4 minutes - 6.09 MBAlan Jacobson gives "The Treatment" to 2015's near-future apocalyptic film Into the Forest, with Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood. A dark tale set in the dark woods.
The Instrumental Tourist, an audio music review by Mr. Neutron
March 20, 2018 16:00 - 5 minutes - 7.31 MBSeattle-area instrumental music of the fifties and sixties is the focus of Mr. Neutron's latest foray.
"The Bright Continent," by Dayo Olopade
March 13, 2018 16:00 - 2 minutes - 2.36 MBThe Lone Reader looks at Dayo Olopade's account of how Africans succeed despite oft-broken social, governmental, and economic systems. Music: Public domain Kenyan tune
Sleaford Mods Are Gods Pod
February 22, 2018 18:40 - 4 minutes - 6.31 MBMr. Neutron looks at the Mods latest, English Tapas, a strange, innovative work, a slightly warped version of music we've heard before.
Audio review of "Midnight", a delightful and unsung 1939 screwball comedy
February 15, 2018 17:55 - 5 minutes - 7.78 MBStarring Claudette Colbert, who appeared in two other Oscar-nominated films in 1939. The script for Midnight was written by Billy Wilder, early in his career. He later wrote and/or directed such masterpieces as Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, and Some Like It Hot.
Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump, by David Neiwert
February 13, 2018 17:00 - 2 minutes - 3.3 MBSeattle free-lance writer Neiwert looks at the roots of the radical right and its effects on mainstream politics. Music: "Mars", by Gustav Holst US Air Force Band, public domain
Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent," an audio review
February 06, 2018 19:24 - 5 minutes - 8.55 MBAlan Jacobson treats Hitchcock's overlooked masterpiece Foreign Correspondent.
Audio Review of Craig Johnson's "The Cold Dish."
January 18, 2018 18:36 - 2 minutes - 4 MBSheriff Walt Longmire tracks a murderer whose weapon of choice is an archaic buffalo rifle. Craig Johnson is 2018's "Everett Reads" author. Everett Reads is an annual celebration of authors, books, and reading. Music: "Country Cookin'" by Fender Guitar Player.
"Unknown Everett," an audio review of local music of Everett, WA
January 16, 2018 17:00 - 4 minutes - 6.49 MBFeaturing Jason Webley and Oliver Elf Army. Sound effect: 70043_juskiddink_sci-fi-2, from freesound.org Image of Jason Webley performing in Gdynia, Poland, courtesy of Blueye, via Wikimedia Commons
An audio review of "Sourdough" by Robin Sloan
January 09, 2018 17:00 - 2 minutes - 3.83 MBA sourdough bread starter invades the sterile world of a San Francisco computer programmer and becomes a high-level asset coveted by thieves and parasites. A cutting-edge read. Music is "Evoked Potentials," by Cage Cabarrett. Used under CC-BY-NC-SA license Courtesy of Internet Archive
"Behind Locked Doors", an audio review of a classic noir
January 02, 2018 17:00 - 4 minutes - 7.12 MBAn obscure but skillful 1948 noir, directed by Budd Boetticher, more widely known for his compelling B-Westerns.
Cannibal Overlords and other Lyrics
December 19, 2017 17:00 - 4 minutes - 6.97 MBMr. Neutron is Ron Averill of Everett Public Library, Washington.
An audio review of "House of Hope and Fear," by Audrey Young
December 12, 2017 17:00 - 2 minutes - 2.27 MBThe unimaginable story of legendary Harborview Hospital in Seattle, Northwest regional trauma center and medical facility of last resort. Music: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, by Ludwig van Beethoven. Used under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK
An audio review for "Crossfire" the 1947 film noir.
December 05, 2017 17:00 - 5 minutes - 7.31 MBThe three Roberts (Ryan, Mitchum, and Young) star in a shadowy noir think piece about murder and bigotry.
"Power to the Popsters"
November 21, 2017 17:00 - 4 minutes - 6.53 MBRon Averill is Mr. Neutron, from Everett Public Library in Everett, WA.
An audio review of "An American Sickness," by Elizabeth Rosenthal
November 14, 2017 17:00 - 3 minutes - 3.61 MBElisabeth Rosenthal diagnoses the sickness at the heart of the U.S. health care system. Music: Piano Concerto No. 20, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Courtesy of Internet Archive.
Alan Jacobson gives "the treatment" to the original Blade Runner film of 1982
November 07, 2017 17:00 - 4 minutes - 6.3 MBThe original Blade Runner, Ridley Scott's 1982 SF masterpiece, is one of the most highly decorated SF films in history.
The Next Chapter
October 19, 2017 18:14 - 4 minutes - 5.55 MBEverett Public Library is in Everett, WA.