A podcast from Sno-Isle Libraries for lifelong learners with inquiring minds. Check It Out! introduces the amazing people who work at, use and collaborate with the library district – and all of the services it offers to residents of Washington State’s Snohomish and Island counties.
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Episode 63: Podcast creator Jason Becker will change your mind about umpires
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Let’s meet the baseball nut who sticks up for the guys behind the plate that every baseball fan loves to hate. Yes, we’re talking about umpires. In this episode of the Check It Out! podcast, host Ken Harvey talks to his friend Jason Becker, creator of the Umpire Inspire podcast. “In my book, he’s a genius, and he’s producing a fascinating podcast f…
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Episode 62: Professor's academic research on racial strife leads to his first novel
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In Episode 62 of Sno-Isle Libraries Check It Out podcast, co-hosts Ken Harvey and Tricia Lee talk to local author Stewart Tolnay and learn how he has used his study of American racial history to create interesting fiction and nonfiction. Tolnay is a Ph.D. professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Washington. His first fiction novel, “Les…
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Episode 61: Peek inside the childlike mind of Chris Ballew and meet Caspar Babypants
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Part 1: You Don’t Wanna Be a Rock-and-Roll Star Chris Ballew lived the rock-and-roll life. As frontman for the late, great Presidents of the United States of America, he wrote infectious, goofy, catchy hits about “Peaches” and a “Dune Buggy” when heavy grunge dominated Seattle’s FM radio waves. He toured all over the world. He played to packed aren…
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Episode 60: Thanks to the internet and copious amounts of data, the future is now
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Rodney Clark helps deliver the future. As the vice president of the Microsoft Azure Worldwide Internet of Things and Mixed Reality Team, Clark and his crew work with more than 8,000 partners and clients to connect billions of everyday devices to the cloud. Sensors on stop lights, cash registers, automobiles, home appliances, exercise monitors, vide…
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Episode 59: If coronavirus has you worried, this good doctor reminds you you're not alone
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If you’re anxious about the global coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19, you’re not alone. In this episode of Sno-Isle Libraries Check It Out! podcast, you’ll hear how a globe-trotting disaster-relief doctor loses sleep about the deadly virus that has upended our sense of “normal.” Dr. Dan Diamond is a clinical assistant professor at Washington State …
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Episode 58: Claudia Samano-Losada loves libraries as much as she loves her communities
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Claudia Samano Losado has many talents. Early-childhood educator. World traveler. Life coach. Recreation-center owner. Dance-movement instructor. But maybe most importantly, Losado is a fervent Oak Harbor Library supporter. “I think I’m very passionate about a lot of things, and one of my passions is to share with others and to take and give in the…
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Episode 57: For food critic Nancy Leson, deadlines got in the way of a good time
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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 disposable income, so off to the lib…
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Episode 56: A Rich Frishman picture isn't just a thousand words. It's a story unto itself.
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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 stories of America through his c…
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Episode 55: Sometimes, a guest's gift can be hard for hosts to swallow
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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 accepted the guest’s gifts, as pol…
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Episode 54: From "J.P. Patches" to elusive gorillas, this Edmonds pair has seen plenty
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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 was performed and broadcast live, six…
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Episode 53: Scouting clean tech with Tom Ranken
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As the outgoing president and CEO of Washington CleanTech Alliance, Tom Ranken has been close to many of the biggest and some of the smallest businesses in the region. What they all have in common, Ranken says, is a goal to change the world. Ranken had plenty of business expertise - Immunex, VizX Labs, Axio Research - on his resume before joining t…
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Episode 52: Discovering seasonal secrets and looking ahead
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Episode 51: The music of community service with Dave Earling
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Episode 50: How to become robot-proof with Amit Singh
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Episode 49: Building the people's palace with Eric Klinenberg
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Episode 48: Keeping government open and transparent with Toby Nixon
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Episode 47: From the Bookmobile to regency romance, discovering the library
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Episode 46: Books and book'n'em with Alan Hardwick
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Episode 45: Serving community with Nate Nehring and Sue Norman
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Episode 44: Engineering a writing career with Bernadette Pajer
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Episode 43: Newspapers and journalism with The Herald's Phillip O'Connor
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Episode 42: Library card is the ultimate back-to-school supply
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Episode 41: Around the world with Mill Creek librarian Darlene Weber
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Episode 40: On the path to higher education with Paul Pitre
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WSU Everett Chancellor Paul Pitre’s career path wasn’t always taking him toward higher-education administration. But once he got there, it all made sense. With a bachelor’s degree in communications studies from Western Washington University in hand, Pitre started working in Seattle-area media jobs. “I worked at (Seattle-based TV station) KOMO for a…
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Episode 39: The art of writing in the rain with Garth Stein
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