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The Parrott Unbound

Portsmouth Public Library, NH

From the heart of the Seacoast, from the hearts of book lovers, from the deepest depths of the library stacks, from the people behind the desk... it"s The Parrott Unbound! With interviews, panels, lectures, sketches, literature, reviews, and more. The Portsmouth Public Library is honored to present The Parrott for your listening pleasure. Let us take you on a journey...

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16: Blanket Fort Broadcasts 7: Magical Realism

The Parrott Unbound ·

2020/10/26

Welcome back to Blanket Fort Broadcasts, a series of book talks recorded in our homes during quarantine! This discussion centers on the genre of magical realism and includes books (and some TV and films) for all ages.Featuring: Andrew (Youth Services Library Assistant), Gretyl (Supervisor of Youth Services) Katharine (Youth Services Librarian), and Michaela (Emerging Technologies Librarian). In other news, this is the last episode of The Parrott Unbound podcast that Portsmouth Public

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27:55

15: Blanket Fort Broadcasts 6: Teen Books

The Parrott Unbound ·

2020/10/04

Welcome back to the penultimate installment of our Blanket Fort Broadcasts series! For listeners just now tuning in, this episode is one of Portsmouth Public Library’s book talks recorded during quarantine. You’ll hear librarians who serve adults and teens share some of their favorite YA books with adult reader appeal. They include novels in verse, historical fiction, graphic-format memoirs, and all manner of audiobooks. There’s even a quick digression into anime! Featuring: Andrew (Youth

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14: Blanket Fort Broadcasts 5: Knitting & Crafts

The Parrott Unbound ·

2020/09/19

Welcome back to our Blanket Fort Broadcasts quarantine recordings! This episode is a discussion of craft projects including knitting, sewing, and mending. Three of PPL’s favorite makers share multimedia crafting resources, as well as how they approach learning daunting new skills. Featuring: MaryJo (Circulation Assistant), and Michaela (Emerging Technologies Librarian) and Jean Frances, who has recently left her Youth Services Library Assistant position to concentrate on another passion:

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36:51

13: Blanket Fort Broadcasts 4: Books That Changed Our...

The Parrott Unbound ·

2020/08/29

Welcome back to Blanket Fort Broadcasts, recorded in our homes during quarantine! This conversation follows from part one of Books That Changed Our Lives. Featuring: Andrew (Youth Services Library Assistant), Katharine (Youth Services Librarian), Laura (Public Programming and Community Relations Librarian), and Poleena (Reference and Special Collections Library Assistant). Titles discussed in this recording: Howl by Alan Ginsberg (Hoopla) Eunoia by Christian Bök Matilda by Roald Dahl

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21:35

Blanket Fort Broadcasts 3: Books That Changed Our...

The Parrott Unbound ·

2020/08/08

Welcome back to Blanket Fort Broadcasts, recorded in our homes during quarantine! In this installment, library staff are discussing books that shaped their perspectives, validated their experiences, connected them to others, and influenced their literary tastes. Stay tuned for the second part of the conversation. Featuring: Andrew (Youth Services Library Assistant), Katharine (Youth Services Librarian), Laura (Public Programming and Community Relations Librarian), and Poleena (Reference and

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37:32

Blanket Fort Brodcasts 2: Bodacious Baking

The Parrott Unbound ·

2020/07/09

Welcome back to Blanket Fort Broadcasts, recorded in our homes during quarantine! In this installment, we’re bringing you some of our favorite recipes and baking-centric reads available for free online and through Portsmouth Public Library’s digital collection. Items marked with asterisks are available in hard-copy form through our curbside pickup service. Featuring: Andrew (Youth Services Library Assistant), Gretyl (Supervisor of Youth Services), MaryJo (Circulation Library Assistant), Michaela

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Blanket Fort Broadcasts 1: Awesome Audiobooks

The Parrott Unbound ·

2020/05/07

Welcome to The Parrott Unbound’s new series Blanket Fort Broadcasts, recorded in our homes during quarantine! In this installment, we’re bringing you riveting audiobook recommendations available through Portsmouth Public Library’s digital collection. Featuring: Katharine (Youth Services Librarian, Michaela (Emerging Technologies Librarian), MaryJo (Circulation Library Assistant), and Poleena (Reference Library Assistant) Audiobooks listed in this recording: · Yes, Please by Amy Poehler,

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12: Scenes from Shakespearean Bootcamp: Hamlet

The Parrott Unbound ·

2020/04/03

In this installment of The Parrott Unbound, experience a scene from Portsmouth Public Library’s Shakespearean Bootcamp program, which took place in February. We’re dropping you right in the middle of the action with a reading from Act 5, Scene 1 of Hamlet. This scene and accompanying analysis is the culmination of a month-long intensive workshop that gave players a chance to perform dramatic readings from Hamlet and to learn more about the material and Shakespeare’s influences. This program was

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92:44

Going Out Green: Eco-Friendly Funerals and Burials

The Parrott Unbound ·

2020/03/05

On February 15, author, funeral reform advocate, and speaker Lee Webster brought her insights into planning natural, affordable, and meaningful funerals to the library. Topics explored during the talk include: legal rights and responsibilities, problems with cremation, and green alternatives that are not green at all. Portsmouth Public Library, New Hampshire Funeral Resources, Education & Advocacy, the Hospice Help Foundation, and Seacoast Permaculture cosponsored this presentation. Lee

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11: PolarTREC with Piper Bartlett-Browne

The Parrott Unbound ·

2019/11/14

This summer, Piper Bartlett-Browne, a science teacher at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Dover, traveled to the Arctic to conduct long-term climate change research aboard the U.S. Coast Guard vessel Healy. Piper’s research was part of the PolarTREC Program, a National Science Foundation funded program which invites just 12 teachers each year from the United States to partner with polar scientists and go on 3-6 week expeditions in the Arctic or Antarctic. On October 16, Piper came to the library

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10: [Uncut Audio] Space @ PPL: The Search for...

The Parrott Unbound ·

2019/10/13

On August 7, Professors Nicole Gugliucci (Physics) and Joshua Tepley (Philosophy) of Saint Anselm College led a discussion on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. How likely is the existence of alien sentience? How profound would it be to discover the existence of aliens? Would it fundamentally change human culture? Or would life go on more or less the same as it was before the discovery?

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9: [Unedited] Isles of Shoals with Melissa Saggerer

The Parrott Unbound ·

2019/10/07

Hear the entire audio of Melissa Saggerer's popular talk at the library, The Tragedy of the Waitresses and other Historical Vignettes: The Isles of Shoals in Brief! Melissa Saggerer worked on Star Island for eight summers. She was curator of Star Island’s Vaughn Cottage library, museum and archives for five of those years. She has served as a White Island Lighthouse steward and set foot on all nine Isles of Shoals. Melissa has degrees in Anthropology and Library Science. She’s spoken on many

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8: [Unedited] Susan Stibler interviewed by Heather...

The Parrott Unbound ·

2019/07/25

Susan Stibler is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Certified International Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), a nationally Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500), and a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP), holding a Master’s of Social Work degree from the University of New Hampshire, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Adult Education with a minor in dance. She is also a certified Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist (California College of Ayurveda), a Wise Earth Ayurveda instructor,

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7: [Unedited] John Eddy interviewed by Steve Butzel

The Parrott Unbound ·

2019/07/25

John J. Eddy is a retired U.S. Foreign Service officer living with his wife of 50 years, Armonía, originally from Spain, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. They have four children, born in Venezuela, El Salvador, Colombia, and Barbados, and five grandchildren. Eddy was Consul General in Bombay, India; Consul General in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Deputy Chief of Mission, Bridgetown, Barbados; Director, Office of Regional Economic Policy, Latin America and the Caribbean; Senior Advisor, Political and Security

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68:48

6: Geek

The Parrott Unbound ·

2019/07/11

In this episode… Introduction by Tori Simpson-Tucker, Circulation Heather interviews author Jeff Deck Aliens in the Library featuring extraterrestrials Ong & Flo Laura interviews cartoonist, writer, performer and magician Kali Moulton Local History: the Isles of Shoals with Melissa Saggerer Aliens in the Library, II Steve interviews John Eddy, retired United States Foreign Service Officer Isles of Shoals, II Aliens in the Library, III Laura interviews Fran Dintino, library page and former

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66:31

5: Remember

The Parrott Unbound ·

2019/07/05

In this episode… Introduction by Christine Friese, Assistant Director Steve interviews JerriAnne Boggis of the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire Grace interviews Kabria Baumgartner of the University of New Hampshire Minute History with Poleena: The Liberty Eagle Culture Keepers | Culture Makers Reception (September 9, 2018) with Kristen Butterfield, Sylvia Foster, Richard Haynes, Ken Mendis, and Joy Meiser-Mendis Hype Train: Michaela and MaryJo discuss Saga Steve interviews former library

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57:22

4: Create

The Parrott Unbound ·

2019/06/27

In this episode… Introduction by Grace Hanley, Community Relations Page Hype Train: Michaela and Christine discuss the All Souls trilogy Text and Textiles Panel (July 30, 2018) with Todd Hearon, Maryellen Sakura, Ala Khaki, Debra Claffey, Kyle Potvin and Brenda Wilbert Minute History with Poleena: The Elvis Room Project Upcycle: Grace interviews Jennifer Moore, Inter Library Loan and Recovergirl, and Laura, and attends the March 2019 event. 3D Printing at Portsmouth Public

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50:40

3: Recover

The Parrott Unbound ·

2019/06/20

In this episode… Introduction by Heather Armitage, Technical Services 5-minute Meditation with Cathy Ask A Person in Recovery Anything (July 19, 2018) with Vanessa Levin, Mark Lefevre, Kate Fifield, Carey Tompkinson, and Aaron Gerber Sarah reads from Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg Ask A Person in Recovery Anything, II Minute History with Poleena: 141 Congress Street Ask A Person in Recovery Anything, III Hype Train: Michaela discusses Fredrick Backman 5-minute Meditation with

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2: Sustain

The Parrott Unbound ·

2019/06/13

In this episode… Introduction by Marina Buckler, former Reference Librarian Skip the Straw: Andrew interviews Jonathan Blakeslee of White Heron and Jen Kennedy of the Blue Ocean Society Hype Train: Michaela and Mollie discuss The Hate U Give Minute History with Poleena: the Oldest Structure in Portsmouth Steve interviews City of Portsmouth Arborist, Corin Hallowell Sarah reads from Voracious: A Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way through Great Books by Cara Nicoletti Local History: Portsmouth Harbor

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54:45

1: Welcome

The Parrott Unbound ·

2019/06/07

Episode 1: WELCOME In this episode… Introduction by Cathy Okhuysen, Circulation Ask An Immigrant Anything (April 25, 2018): Meet the Panel, featuring Daniel Pontoh, Eva Castillo, Sebastian Fuentes, and Ro Mohammad Mustak Arif The War of the Whale, Part I Hype Train: Michaela and Laura discuss The Trees Ask An Immigrant Anything: What's Your Favorite Food? Ask An Immigrant Anything: What Experience Would Make You Feel Welcome? The War of the Whale, Part II No More Late Fees! An interview

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