Episode 29: Actually live with Bill Stainton of ‘Almost Live!’
Jun 28, 2019
For some longtime Puget Sounders, it’s a treasured memory, an anchor point of local TV culture.
For those with, shall we say, shallower roots? It’s the stuff of legend, lore and YouTube.
And for Bill Stainton, “Almost Live!” on Seattle’s KING-TV was all of that and more, it was his job.
The Snohomish County...
Episode 28: Short stories on bestsellers, book notes and third-graders
Jun 21, 2019
Chapter 1 – Library Surprise: Beyond Bestsellers
Rilee Louangphakdy says that “bookworm” might not be a great description for him and that his favorite library resource is graphic novels. Even though he’s a fan of the form, Rilee admits he doesn’t always know how or where to find the next graphic novel that...
Episode 27: What's new at the libraries, reading with children, summer events and Kurt Batdorf
Jun 13, 2019
Chapter 1 – Hmmm, I didn’t know that about … June and July
Once they decide who gets to speak first, podcast co-hosts Ken Harvey, Jim Hills, Cindy Tingley and Paul Pitkin have a bunch of fun chatting about what happens during June and July in the Pacific Northwest and what's new at Sno-Isle Libraries.
Two new...
Episode 26: How poetry chose an immigrant, Claudia Castro Luna
Jun 7, 2019
Claudia Castro Luna was a teenager when she came to the U.S. with her family fleeing war in El Salvador.
In just two years, her growing English language skills earned Castro Luna the top English student award as she graduated from high school.
Now decades later, Castro Luna was named this past February as Washington...
Episode 25: Youth serving their future and ours
Jun 1, 2019
This is a special episode of the Check It Out! podcast.
It brings four special young people together for a conversation between themselves and moderator by one of their own: Rilee Louangphakdy. Each of these young adults presented themselves and their thoughts at a previous TEDxSnoIsleLibraries.
In this episode, they...