Episodes

  • Six Months of Book Clubs and Baking a Successful Club

    Six Months of Book Clubs and Baking a Successful Club
    Aug 6 2024
    We discuss books our library's book clubs have covered in the last six months and offers som tips to making your book club successful. Here is a partial listing of the discussed titles:

    January Chapters: The Swimmers

    January Facts: Ultra Processed People

    January Rise & Read: Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl (Tso-Chil) Gonzales

    February Rise & Read: Instructions for a Heat Wave by Maggie O'Farrell

    February Investigating Mysteries: City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita

    April He Said, She Said: Educated by Tara Westover

    Chapters March: Leave the World Behind

    Rise and Read March: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel!

    April Facts: Knowing what we Know by Simon Winchester

    April Investigating Mysteries: All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien

    April Chapters: Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley

    June Facts: Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe

    July Chapters: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett.

    July Rise & Read: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottleib
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    31 mins
  • Who was Shakespeare?

    Who was Shakespeare?
    May 13 2024
    Librarians Veronica Reynolds and Joe Barbieri dive into the historical record on The Bard and discuss his family, his life and the questions that surround his work.
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    41 mins
  • Mary Shelley: The Mother of Science Fiction

    Mary Shelley: The Mother of Science Fiction
    Mar 27 2024
    Veronica and Joe are back! They celebrate their return with a dive into the life of Mary Shelly, author of Frankenstien and The Last Man. Shelley's life matches the captial 'R' Romantic that she was at heart.
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    53 mins
  • The Great American Novel?: The Great Gatsby

    The Great American Novel?: The Great Gatsby
    Jun 7 2023
    Librarians Veronica Reynolds and Joseph Barbieri begin a new series that asks the question: what is the great American novel? The most frequently listed title is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Joe and Veronica re-read the book and dive into it's highs and it's lows. Do they think it's the great American novel? What other books should they tackle in this series?
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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • Libraries in Music Videos

    Libraries in Music Videos
    May 3 2023
    Veronica Reynolds and Joe Barbieri talk about twelve music videos that feature libraries, the fate of music videos in general and the fate of the monoculture.
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • The Importance of Being Oscar Wilde

    The Importance of Being Oscar Wilde
    Apr 5 2023
    Discover the amazing and tragic life of a literary figure that still looms large, one hundred and twenty-three years after his death. Witty, brilliant, and proud, Oscar Wilde left behind a legacy both troubled and rich.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Alexander Dumas: His Father, His Life and His Legacy

    Alexander Dumas: His Father, His Life and His Legacy
    Feb 8 2023
    Father, son and grandson all lead fasinating lives. So fasinating there's only time for father and son as we race through two amazing lives.
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    55 mins
  • The History of the English Language

    The History of the English Language
    Jan 4 2023
    Veronica Reynolds tells Joe Barbieri about the origins of the language we use every day! A quick romp through history tells us so much about how language evolves!
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    1 hr