A Fresh Face in Hell with Jonathan Evison

Nancy Barile - Catholic Girl Interrupted

I've spent a fair bit of time talking about early 80's hardcore on the West Coast.  In past episodes, we've covered Seattle, San Diego, and Los Angeles, but today we head east. Nancy Barile's memoir "I'm Not Holding Your Coat" is about her experience in the 80's punk scenes of Philadelphia, New York, New Jersey, DC, and Boston. As a disaffected Catholic schoolgirl, Nancy became a central figure in the northeast corridor as a DIY concert promoter and band manager. She survived punk riots and urban decay, ran the streets with outcasts, and ultimately found her calling as a teacher.  Today, we hear stories about what it was like coming up in an area that output some of the hardest rocking punk bands in the 80's.   I'm Not Holding Your Coat:  https://www.amazon.com/Holding-Your-Coat-Bruises-All/dp/1935950207 [https://www.amazon.com/Holding-Your-Coat-Bruises-All/dp/1935950207] linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/freshfacepods.evison

Stacy Carlson - Escape from Mount St. Helens

Friday, May 16th, 1980, author and nature enthusiast, Stacy Carlson, attended a school camping trip just 35 miles from Mount St. Helens. She was just 5 years old and had no idea that she was camping at the base of an active volcano. Sunday morning, they woke up and got ready to head out for a hike when suddenly the world turned upside down. Stacy and I talk about her harrowing experience as their school camping trip turned into an action film as they pushed through walls of volcanic ash and lightning to get back home to Seattle. Next Monday will be the 46th anniversary of that fateful day. Hard to imagine something like that happening again, but between sliding Cascadia plates and the Yellowstone Supervolcano, it might be a smart idea to get your go bag ready.   linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/freshfacepods.evison

Andrea Suarez - Seattle's Fentanyl Crisis

Andrea Suarez, founder of "We Heart Seattle", claims that Seattle doesn't have a homeless problem, it has a serious fentanyl problem. Why is this an important distinction? For Andrea, it comes down to where we, and our elected officials, decide to focus our resources. Will more affordable housing slow the rampant theft, sex trafficking, and overdoses that plague Seattle? Does low-barrier housing really give addicts a chance to get clean, or do these tiny homes just become taxpayer-funded crime centers? Andrea has some tough-love opinions that come from years in the trenches cleaning up Seattle's public spaces and helping addicts on their road to recovery. She has a lot of passion for this city and some insights that are hard to hear. We Heart Seattle - https://weheartseattle.org/ [https://weheartseattle.org/] linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/freshfacepods.evison

Isolde Raftery - Adults in the Room: Sexual Abuse at Garfield High School

Recently, several people recommended to me a limited series podcast called Adults in the Room, which deals with a series of sexual abuse allegations at Garfield High School in Seattle in late 90s. The story, told largely by show's creator, Isolde Rafferty, the managing editor at KUOW and a former reporter at the New York Times, follows a young Isolde as she and a friend, students at Garfield High, decide to report a beloved teacher for sexual abuse. At the time, their accusations faced huge opposition from fellow students, parents, and even local media. 27 years later, Isolde revisited the case and was shocked by how many people knew about the teacher's behavior but refused to act. It's a frustrating story that we've heard many times before, including at my own High School Alma Mater, Bainbridge High School. This week we ask some tough questions about why administrators, parents, and other educators--the adults in the room--systematically protect the predator, rather than the victim. The answers are unsettling. Adults in the Room:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/focus-adults-in-the-room/id1733735613 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/focus-adults-in-the-room/id1733735613] linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/freshfacepods.evison

Steve Turner - Superfuzz Revisited

In the summer of 2024, we recorded our first Fresh Face interview with Steve Turner, the trailblazing guitarist of Mudhoney. We initially planned on being an audio-only podcast, but we quickly realized that America prefers to watch people talk, so we started the YouTube channel. We wanted to re-release some of the early episodes that didn't get the video treatment on the channel, so we're starting with Steve. In this episode, we talk about collecting records, the early days of the Seattle punk scene, Steve's long journey in music, from basements to arenas, and his excellent memoir Mud Ride. You can also watch the interview on our YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/7la6_5MwPyc linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/freshfacepods.evison