Joe and Sarah at the Washington Libraries

Shelf Examination Podcast

Arts EN ↓ 27 episodes

You can always find something to enjoy at your local library and the Shelf Examination podcast seeks to explore and have fun with what you'll find there. Movies, manga, music, or maybe even a book or two.

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Joe and Sarah at the Washington Libraries

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The start of the Genre - Godzilla (1954) - Shelf Examination Podcast S01E02 11.03.2025 36:52

Here it is, the movie that really kicked off the Kaiju Genre. The first Japanese giant monster movie, Godzilla from 1954. Does this classic hold up to it's legacy, or will it be a fall from grace that will take down all of Tokyo? Is a dramatic disaster movie really what we want from our giant monster, or will this movie just leave us wanting more?

The first Kaiju. King Kong (1933) - Shelf Examination S01E01 08.03.2025 56:32

In this first episode of the Shelf Examination Podcast, we being our Kaiju Review with the original Kaiju Movie, 1933's King Kong. What do you get when you put the most amazing stop motion animators of the day with an ex fighter pilot turned writer/director? Does Fay Wray deserve her high praise, or is she just a blond macguffin? Does this classic hold up in the modern day? In this first episode o...