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Join your favorite long-winded librarians (Adam & Lexi) as they discuss books, movies, authors, legends and more!
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Thursday Sep 05, 2019
Thursday Sep 05, 2019
We are back with another episode of Checking In. Today's episode we will do our usual catching up with the things we've been doing the past couple weeks. After the break we talk about our favorite background TV shows. They're the kind of shows we like on while we're doing other things. We hope you enjoy our picks.
Books:
The End of the Affair - Graham Greene
Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV - Warren Littlefield
TV Shows:
Glow, Season 3
New Girl, Season 7
Background TV Shows:
Cheers, Friends, Wings, Frasier (Jim Burrows Universe)
New Girl
Background Movies:
The Love Letter
Carla Bruni's cover of ABBA's The Winner Takes All sends us off for the week. If you have any favorite background shows or would like to send us a question, email us at podcast@grossepointelibrary.org. If we get enough questions we'll do an episode dedicated to those.
Thursday Aug 22, 2019
Thursday Aug 22, 2019
Annie & I are back with an episode about going back to school. We reminisce about our days in school and discuss education in general in the year 2019. We also continue to talk about the books, movies, TV shows, and music we've been consuming.
Books
Beautiful Music by James Zadoorian
This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews
Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
Boom Town by Sam Anderson
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
Movies
A Star is Born (1937, 1954, 1976, 2018)
TV Shows
Music
Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall closes us out this week. Thanks for listening.
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
Matt & Annie are back to talk about the great outdoors. First, we talk about the stuff we've been doing the past couple weeks: the books, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and video games.
Books:
Doing Harm... - Maya Dusenbury
Gypsy Moth Summer - Julia Fierro
Beautiful Music - Michael Zadoorian
Wheelman: Lance Armstrong... - Reed Albergotti & Vanessa O'Connell
Movies/TV Shows:
Podcasts:
Childish Gambino's "Outside" fittingly closes us out this week. Thanks for listening.
Thursday Jul 25, 2019
Thursday Jul 25, 2019
Annie & Matt discuss Stranger Things 3 and our thoughts about the season as a whole. We also talk about the books we're reading and shows we're watching. Continuing our theme of Summer, we talk about activities we did and hope to do before it's over.
*Our Stranger Things 3 Discussion ends at the 13:50 mark if you haven't watched and want to avoid spoilers.*
Things We Talked About:
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Recursion by Blake Crouch
Bruce Springsteen's Darkness at the Edge of Town closes us out for the week.
Thursday Jul 11, 2019
Thursday Jul 11, 2019
This episode of Checking In Annie & Matt have new books they've been reading. In addition to books, some TV watching has taken place. Annie has watched one episode of Stranger Things. One does not simply watch one episode at a time...
Books Discussed
Rabbits for Food by Binnie Kirsehbaum
Bunny by Mona Awad
Palaces for the People by Eric Klienenberg
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Happy City: Transforming Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery
Boom-Town by Sam Anderson
Doc Martin watchalikes
Hamis Macbeth
Kingdom
Indian Summers
Annie's Summer Movies
The Great Outdoors
Weekend at Bernie's
What About Bob?
Roxanne
Matt's Summer Movie
Back to the Future AKA the best movie ever made
TV
Right Now: Aziz Ansari Special
The Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the City" closes us out this week.
Thursday Jun 27, 2019
Thursday Jun 27, 2019
Summer is in the air on this latest episode of checking in. Annie & I will be talking about the things we've been up to as well as summery things to do at home and at the library.
Reading/Listening/Watching
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
Breaking and Entering by Joy Williams
Florida by Lauren Groff
Little Children by Tom Perrotta
Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Speak: The Graphic Novel Adaptation by Laurie Halse Anderson & Emily Carroll
The Good Place
Cheers
Captain Marvel
Chef (Netflix)
Parts Unknown
Summertime Enjoyment
My Ex Life by Stephen McCauley
This One Summer by Jillian & Mariko Tamaki
Last Night at the Viper Room by Gavin Edwards
Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman
LA Story
I Heart Huckabees
Field of Dreams
Taylor Swifts "You Belong to Me" sends us out. Annie's favorite music for her commute.
Thursday Jun 13, 2019
Thursday Jun 13, 2019
Annie is back from maternity leave and is here to talk about the things she's been up to. We discuss books, TV shows, movies, podcasts, and articles we've been consuming. In the second half of the episode we reminisce about graduation and give advice to recent high school graduates about all the things college can offer you.
Items Discussed:
Books:
They Went Whistling: Women Wayfarers, Warriors, Runaways, and Renegades by Barbara Holland
I Might Regret This by Abbi Jacobson
Awayland: Stories by Ramona Ausubel
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
TV Shows:
Fleabag
You're the Worst
Tuca & Bertie
Inside Amy Schumer & Netflix comedy special
Articles:
Smash the Wellness Industry - Jessica Knoll (NYT article)
Anti-College is on the Rise - Molly Worthen (NYT article)
Movies:
John Wick 3
Detective Pikachu
We Are Young by fun. closes out the episode in a nod to graduation.
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
On this final episode of our Game of Thrones series David, Matt, and Annie discuss the show as a whole and also talk about the documentary, "The Last Watch", which was made during season 8 production.
We reminisce about the series with some of our favorite moments, how GoT changed TV, and how likely we are to revisit the show after its lukewarm final season.
Thursday May 23, 2019
Thursday May 23, 2019
Everyone is back to discuss the series finale of Game of Thrones. As always this will be spoiler heavy, so, if you haven't seen the episode, check back after. Who's left standing after all is said and done? Did the finale make up for a lackluster season? We talk about it all on this episode. Thanks for listening to this special podcast as we tried to capture this cultural zeitgeist.
Thursday May 16, 2019
Thursday May 16, 2019
We are back and fully loaded for the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones, The Bells. Matt, David, Catherine, and Annie are all here to discuss the episode that was. We talk about madness, military strategy, and who'll be ruling the seven kingdoms once all the dust settles. As always, this will be spoiler heavy so if you haven't watched the episode, do so before you listen.