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San Antonio Public Library Podcast — Tuned In San Antonio Public Library Podcast — Tuned In
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The San Antonio Public Library changes lives through information, imagination, and ideas… and podcasts! Join the San Antonio Public Library Tuned In crew as they share and reveal some of the inner workings of the library, highlight the many features and programs on offer, and discuss topics which are important in the library world… like eReaders, public services, books, tacos, and more.
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Naked Mole Rats on the Self-Awareness Train
Episode 33: This month the crew ventures off to the Verdant planet of Sask-E where we'll discuss the appropriate punishment for eating poached meat, define personhood, explore life in a city under a volcano, and ponder the virtue of copyrighting our genomes. We may also dedicate some time to discussing Annalee Newitz's book The Terreformers.
Join the discussion with Escape the Earth:
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The Prologue Is the Epilogue
Episode 32: Brew up a cup of your favorite hot beverage and join the crew for this month’s discussion of Travis Baldree’s Legends & Lattes. We’ll discuss potential jobs for retired orcs, technological inventions we’d introduce to fantasy worlds, and names for our alternate universe coffee shop fan fiction. Bonus topics include the Durias’s racial identity, Pendry’s creation of Norwegian death metal, and Mary Elizabeth’s desire for her very own Amity the dire cat.
Join the discussion with Escape the Earth:
email: saplescapetheearth@gmail.com
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National Poetry Month
Episode 24-01: Edward and Raquel (San Antonio Public Library) sit down with Dr. Reggie Scott Young and special guests: Natalia Treviño and Octavio Quintanilla to talk about the origins and impact of National Poetry Month; as well as how poetry became a part of their lives; and how they came to teach, write, and present poetry.
To learn more about National Poetry Month, please visit: https://guides.mysapl.org/poetry/PoetryForAdults
To learn more about Reggie Scott Young, visit: https://reggiescottyoung.com/
To learn more about Natalia Treviño, visit: https://www.nataliatrevino.com/
To learn more about Octavio Quintanilla, visit: https://www.octavioquintanilla.com/
Visit https://guides.mysapl.org/sapltunedin for more information and other episodes of San Antonio Public Library's podcast, Tuned In.
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Dinosaurs, Deep Topics, and the Metaphorical Meaning of Cheese
Episode 31: Superheroes and supervillains, don your masks and capes and join the Escape the Earth crew as we discuss Brenna Raney’s The Meister of Decimen City. In this episode we’ll cover the trials and tribulations of raising your own genetically enhanced pack of dinosaurs, where cats go when they disappear, and some deep topics like recovering from trauma and family dysfunction. Please forgive us when it gets cheesy along the way.
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Starships and sweet lips
Episode 30: Strap in with the crew as we head into our next adventure where we try to figure out what a soul is, who can we trust, and what would it be like to live in a pearl, as we discuss Emery Robin's, The Stars Undying.
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Dungeons and Dirty Comics
Episode 29: Get your favorite goth face paint ready and join the crew for an in-depth discussion on how to keep it from running while you train or getting in your mouth when you eat. We also spend some time analyzing Tamsyn Muir's debut novel Gideon the Ninth.
Join the discussion with Escape the Earth:
email: saplescapetheearth@gmail.com
goodreads: www.goodreads.com/group/show/10939…escape-the-earth
libguide: guides.mysapl.org/ETE