Everett Public Library Podcasts

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Everett Public Library Podcasts episodes

April 17, 2018 "Everett Sounds Like This," a compilation of sounds from Everett, WA
Mr. Neutron provides a snapshot of a truly dynamic era in Everett music.
6 min
April 10, 2018 The Lone Reader takes aim at "Homesteading," by Percy Wollaston
Percy 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.
3 min
April 03, 2018 "Into the Forest" an audio film review by Alan Jacobson of Everett Public Library (WA)
Alan 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.
5 min
March 20, 2018 The Instrumental Tourist, an audio music review by Mr. Neutron
Seattle-area instrumental music of the fifties and sixties is the focus of Mr. Neutron's latest foray.
6 min
March 13, 2018 "The Bright Continent," by Dayo Olopade
The 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
3 min
February 22, 2018 Sleaford Mods Are Gods Pod
Mr. Neutron looks at the Mods latest, English Tapas, a strange, innovative work, a slightly warped version of music we've heard before.
5 min
February 15, 2018 Audio review of "Midnight", a delightful and unsung 1939 screwball comedy
Starring 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.
6 min
February 13, 2018 Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump, by David Neiwert
Seattle 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
3 min
February 06, 2018 Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent," an audio review
Alan Jacobson treats Hitchcock's overlooked masterpiece Foreign Correspondent.
6 min
January 18, 2018 Audio Review of Craig Johnson's "The Cold Dish."
Sheriff 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.
3 min

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The 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.