Episode 57: For food critic Nancy Leson, deadlines got in the way of a good time
Apr 28, 2020
Chapter 1: Meet the writer who’s not fond of writing
Nancy Leson loves books, she loves libraries, she loves to talk and she loves food.
That makes the Edmonds resident an ideal guest for Sno-Isle Libraries Check It Out! podcast.
Libraries figured large in Leson’s childhood in Philadelphia. Her family had little...
Episode 56: A Rich Frishman picture isn't just a thousand words. It's a story unto itself.
Apr 20, 2020
If a picture is worth a thousand words, some of Rich Frishman’s photographs could be novels.
Frishman was a news photographer for The Daily Herald in Everett and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize before he left to pursue freelance work.
He knows how to tell a story with a photograph, and he still sees and tells the...
Episode 55: Sometimes, a guest's gift can be hard for hosts to swallow
Apr 13, 2020
David George Gordon
admits he was a bookworm as a child. Is that why the prolific
author loves insects, and loves to eat them?
Sno-Isle Libraries Check It
Out! podcast hosts Ken Harvey, Jim Hills and Jessica Russell
sat down with Gordon and chewed the fat about his reputation as
“the bug chef.” And they graciously...
Episode 54: From "J.P. Patches" to elusive gorillas, this Edmonds pair has seen plenty
Apr 6, 2020
If you’re old enough to remember when Seattle television was limited to a handful of broadcast channels and you remember J.P. Patches, you’ve seen the work of Sharon Howard and Mike Rosen.
Howard got her start in broadcast TV in 1977 with KIRO-TV as a floor director for newscasts and “The J.P. Patches Show.” It...