Everett Public Library Podcasts

Summer Cannibals and Other Gourmands

Everett Public Library's (WA) Mr. Neutron (Ron Averill) reviews Show Us Your Mind , by Portland's (OR) Summer Cannibals.

Audio book review of E.O. Wilson's "The Meaning of Human Existence."

Celebrated biologist E.O. Wilson ruminates upon the fragility of human existence.

Florence Foster Jenkins, an audio review by Alan Jacobson

A "Treatment" review of the 2016 film Florence Foster Jenkins .

Review of "This Is the Sonics" by Mr. Neutron

Audio review of "Island World" by Gary Okihiro

Okihiro portrays Hawaill as a mighty cultural engine affecting the mainland U.S., and possibly as a model for the future. Music: "St. Louis Blues," by Sol Hoopii's Novelty Trio, courtesy of Internet Archive.

"Tangerine" film review

Alan Jacobson of Everett Public Library's Evergreen Cinema Society reviews the indy smash "Tangerine," an unlikely romp through the back alleys of LA's sex-worker society.

"Teens of Denial," by Car Seat Headrest

Mr. Neutron is Ron Averill, Everett Public Library, Everett, WA

"Our Kids," by Robert Putnam

Cameron Johnson is the Lone Reader, of Everett Public Library in Everett, WA. Music: Klincek stojo pod oblokom, by Tomo Sombolac

An audio film review of "Captain Fantastic"

"The Treatment" audio film review of "Captain Fantastic" a 2016 comedy drama. Written and read by Alan Jacobson.

Seattle's Palindromic Gem, Tacocat!

Mr. Neutron, Ron Averill, with another gem from his record closet.

"Man O' War," by Dorothy Ours

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Music: It's the Balm!

"When life gives me lemons, I turn up the stereo" -- Mr. Neutron

Charlie Chan

Yunte Huang's biography of the real-life Charlie Chan, aka Chang Apana, , a wiry, bullwhip-wielding ex-cowboy, the scourge of criminals in Honolulu's Chinatown.

Fargo

The Coen Brothers' black comedy Fargo gets The Treatment. Alan Jacobson provides The Treatment.

Strange Musical Finds

Mr. Neutron roots through the back of his closet and lets his freak flag fly.

Vesuvius, by Alwyn Scarth

A detailed history of the eruptions of Vesuvius.

Electric Boogaloo

The rise and fall of Yoram Globus and Menachem Golan, whose schlocky, campy films changed the face of movie making.

Punks Howl, Chains of Oppression Fall

Mr. Neutron mines punk's protest vein. Mr. Neutron is Ron Averill

"Kydd," by Julian Stockwin

Wigmaker Thomas Paine Kydd is is pressed into Nelson's navy during the Napoleanic wars and painfully (and literally) taught the ropes.

"The Devil and Miss Jones"

A cantankerous department store owner goes undercover as a shoe salesman to hunt of unionizers at his store, but gets involved in their lives instead. This classic screwball comedy stars Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings, and Charles Coburn. (unrated, 1941, 92 min. Director: Sam Wood)

The Birds, The Bees, and ... The Monkees

Mr. Neutron marries past and present in his personal tribute to The Monkees upon release of their newest (and probably last) album. Mr. Neutron is Ron Averill.

"Social Insecurity," by James W. Russell

The Lone Reader talks about Social Insecurity , by James W. Russell.

"Top Spin"

This documentary follows three U.S. Olympic table-tennis hopefuls, their training, their families, and their struggles in attaining to top ranks of table tennis.

That New Old-Time Music

Mr. Neutron rounds out his series on country music by examining "artists who have dug up the roots of traditional country and bluegrass music and grafted on their own twists and turns." Featured is the music of Old Crow Medicine Show, Abigail Washburn, and Hank Williams III (Hank3). Ron Averill is Mr. Neutron

Against Football, by Steve Almond

Author and football fan Steve Almond questions his own homage to America's secular religion: Football. Music: Ignition , by Collision Process

Brian Helgeland's "Legend"

Alan Jacobson treats the best film in the gangster genre since Goodfellas . "The Treatment" theme music: Factory for My Father , John Benson Quartet Music: Hesitationbt , Fendrguitplayr San Fran Interlude , Strobone In the Crowd , The Years

Change in the Air

Director Eileen Simmons talks about goings on at the library. Music: L'Histoire du Soldat, by Igor Stravinsky Courtesy of the Internet Archive

Mill Town, by Norman H. Clark

The Lone Reader; one librarian talks about the books he reads. The Lone Reader looks at Mill Town, Norman H. Clark's magisterial history of early Everett and of the Everett Massacre. Time: 0:02:36 Size: 2.38 Mb Music: "Powerhouse," by Raymond Scott. Courtesy of Internet Archive. Sound effects, from Freesound: Bench Saw Crosscutting, by Benboncan Metal Saw, by qubodup War, gunfight, shooting, etc., by ylearkisto

Countrified Women with Voices

Mr. Neutron's Record Closet; reviews of all musical genres, surprises, mysteries. Towels recommended. Mr. Neutron pays homage to some outstanding country divas and their fusion creations. Mr. Neutron is Ron Averill. Image at left: Ms. Tami Nielson. Time: 0:04:36 Size: 4.22 Mb