podcast – Bellwether Friends

Carolyn & Anna

Just a couple of podcasting librarians, talking mostly about pop culture.

  1. 01/17/2021

    Episode 114: Fighting Horror with Horror

    In this episode, we discuss our pandemic coping mechanism, watching horror movies and television! Please note we recorded this in October 2020. In spite of how it sounds, we were not quarantined at opposite ends of a long tunnel during the recording. CW: frank discussion of various elements of horror.

  2. 04/12/2020

    Episode 113: ABBAsode with @renatasnacks

    In this episode (ABBAsode) we invited @renatasnacks to rank the contents of the 1992 greatest hits release ABBA Gold with us, discussing the relative merits of each track and sharing our personal histories with ABBA. Spoiler: We totally went to Sweden about it. Links ABBA Greatest Hits ABBA Gold Columbia House Hannah Montana Kesha Lady […]

  3. 01/05/2020

    Episode 112: BF Movie Touchstones

    Somewhat in the spirit of Extra Hot Great's television Canon, your hosts each assembled a list of favorite movies and agreed to make a universal Bellwether Friends list out of intersecting titles. In this episode, we reveal our picks to one another. Click here for the joint list! *sounds of paper rustling*

  4. 10/29/2019

    Episode 111: Fall 2019 TV Roundup

    Join us as we discuss the most recent winner of our What To Watch Next TV Bracket: Pose! Then we exhaustively review the shows we’re watching, shows we’ve lost, shows we might consider adding, and shows we’ve put on unintentional hiatus. Links Billy Porter Instagram (video) Paris is Burning Pose The Good Place The Daily […]

  5. 09/15/2019

    Episode 110: #BookExpo 2019 Book Buzz

    In this episode, we talk about all the books we got excited about at BookExpo way back in May. Many are already available for you to buy from your local independent bookstore or borrow from your library!

  6. 08/09/2019

    Episode 109: Reading Slumps with @veronikellymars

    In this episode, we talk to author and librarian emeritus Kelly Jensen about mental health and how it impacts our ability to read for work and pleasure, and what we can do to get out of reading slumps (if we want to).

  7. 06/23/2019

    Episode 108: Opera With @marccold

    In this episode, we discuss all things (European) opera with noted cataloger @marccold! Content warning for sexual assault and murder (no thanks to Don Giovanni). Links Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture Episode 83 with @Tuphlos Great Courses: Operas of Mozart, How To Listen To and Understand Opera Dr. Robert Greenberg Seattle Opera Puccini: Tosca New […]

  8. 04/30/2019

    Episode 107: Movie Advisory Spring 2019

    In this episode, we talk about the first-run movies we've seen since our last Movie Advisory effort in episode 95. This episode covers October 2018 through April 2019.

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