Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast

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Bringing you conversations with library workers, authors, community superstars and other neighbors around the Ocean State and beyond about their current favorite books, TV and movies, and all the big things they are doing in our little state! Overdueing It is funded in part by the RI Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the state. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast. We're Overdueing It, but you're doing just fine!

  1. 1D AGO

    42 - Responding Well to Frightening Realities with author Kate Schapira

    Host Dave talks to Kate Schapira, author of Lessons From the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth, about how we all can take a measured approach to responding to the many anxieties we face in this modern era. They also discuss affording everyone an expansive view of their humanity, the need for layered meanings in books that make us think, and the need for real community. In the Last Chapter Dave asks: what is a line from a book that has stuck with you and why? Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the Ocean State. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing It to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing It podcast can not be reproduced without express written permission. Our logo was designed by Sarah Bouvier and our theme music is by Neura-Flow. Books Lessons From the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth by Kate Schapira Budget Justice by Celina Su Opacities by Sofia Samatar Sunshine by Robin McKinley Night Watch by Terry Pratchett A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin Media Vibe Check (podcast) Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (2017) Secret Mall Apartment (2024) Overdueing It Episode 39 - Join a Club, Save Our Democracy (No Really) with Rebecca Davis Other Kate Schapira (website)

    54 min

  2. JAN 27

    41 - Rethinking AI for the Public Good

    What even is AI anyway, and how do we harness it for the good of the people? Host Emily talks technology and public power in this episode with Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders, authors of Rewiring Democracy: How AI will Transform our Politics, Government, and Citizenship. Find the book at your local library!   Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the Ocean State. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing It to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing It podcast can not be reproduced without express written permission.    Our logo was designed by Sarah Bouvier and our theme music is by Neura-Flow.   Books The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism by Jathan Sadowski A Drop of Corruption by Robert Bennet Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes Lynch on Lynch edited by Chris Rodley Rewiring Democracy: How AI will Transform our Politics, Government, and Citizenship by Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger The Hidden Language of Trees by Peter Wohlleben The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman A Hacker's Mind by Bruce Schneier Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard   Media Zero Dark Thirty Ella McCay Zenon Girl of the Twenty First Century   Other Song - The Arrogant Worms: Carrot Juice is Murder (I've Heard the Scream of the Vegetables) Video - The Fall

    52 min

  3. JAN 13

    40 - Read, Log, Win this Winter

    Host Emily chats with Rhode Island Librarians about the Winter Reading Challenge coming to a library near you this February. Learn more and head to your local library to sign up and win some sweet prizes!    Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the Ocean State. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing It to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing It podcast can not be reproduced without express written permission.    Our logo was designed by Sarah Bouvier and our theme music is by Neura-Flow.   Books The Old Magic of Christmas by Linda Raedisch The German Christmas Cookbook by Jurgen Krauss The Housemaid by Freida McFadden Songs for Other People's Weddings by David Levithan, with songs by Lens Lekman The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar   Media K-Pop Demon Hunters The Office Wicked: For Good

    31 min

  4. 12/30/2025 · BONUS

    ITEM RENEWAL - A Very Scary Christmas Special featuring FUFT with Liz

    This week we're bringing you an ITEM RENEWAL from our archives. In this episode of Rhody Radio first released on December 19, 2023, Liz Gotauco AKA Cosbrarian dispenses with the merry and instead wishes you a Very Scary Christmas, sharing some macabre yuletide folk tales to accompany a dark winter night. If you love this episode and haven't yet, be sure to read Liz's book and listen to our episode with her and her sister Jade Gotauco all about folktales, illustrating the book, and their respective efforts to shine a light on neglected stories: F*cked Up Fairy Tales by Liz Gotauco, illustrated by Jade Gotauco Overdueing It Episode 35 - F*cked Up Fairy Tales the Book! With Liz and Jade Gotauco Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the Ocean State. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing It to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing It podcast can not be reproduced without express written permission. Our logo was designed by Sarah Bouvier and our theme music is by Neura-Flow. Story sources and further reading "Frau Perchta, the Belly-Slitter" by Bone and Sickle "Meet the Thirteen Yule Lads, Iceland's Own Mischievous Santa Clauses" by Smithsonian Mag "Why Iceland's Christmas Witch Is Much Cooler (and Scarier) Than Krampus" via Smithsonian Mag "Hans Von Trotha" via Wikipedia "The Evil Butcher" via the St. Nicholas Center Ginevra, or, The old oak chest, a Christmas story by Susan Wallace (1894) "The Legend of the Mistletoe Bough" via Wikipedia "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes" by Henry James (1868) "Secrets of the Old Oak Trunk" is an original short story by Liz Gotauco, November 2023 Music "The Demons Dance on Christmas Eve" by melodyayresgriffiths, via Pixabay "Coventry Carol" by Chillmore from Pixabay "A Christmas Tale" by lena_orsa via FreeSound.org "Our Love is Here to Stay" performed by Gracenotes in 2011, featuring Charles Wizon on violin, Lou Messana on guitar and Al Cardillo on bass "Grey Cuckoo Christmas Background Music" by Oleksii Kaplunskyi from Pixabay "In the Bleak Midwinter" by Julius H. from Pixabay

    48 min

  5. 12/16/2025

    39 - Join a Club, Save Our Democracy (No Really) with Rebecca Davis

    Civic engagement correspondent Meg Hamlin-Black talks to Rebecca Davis, co-director and producer of the 2023 documentary Join or Die, a film about why you should join a club, and why the fate of America depends on it. The doc follows the story of America's civic unraveling through the journey of Robert Putnam, whose legendary "Bowling Alone" research into American community decline may hold the answers to our democracy's present crisis. They also discuss the joy of re-reading a book and the physicality of objects. During the Last Chapter they discuss: what is a book that you hated?   Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the Ocean State. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing It to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing It podcast can not be reproduced without express written permission.   Our logo was designed by Sarah Bouvier and our theme music is by Neura-Flow.   Books Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam Camera Lucida by Roland Barthes Woodworking by Emily St. James The Memory Palace by Nate DiMeo   Media Join or Die (2023) Sentimental Value (2025)   Other Join or Die (website) Join 101 (newsletter)

    43 min

  6. 12/02/2025

    38 - Trish FitzSimons and Madelyn Shaw, authors of FLEECED: UNRAVELING THE HISTORY OF WOOL AND WAR

    Host Zach talks to authors Trish FitzSimons and Madelyn Shaw about their book Fleeced: Unraveling the History of Wool and War. They also talk about the glut of viewing options available and reading humor as escape. In the Last Chapter: If you could go back in time for research, where would you go and why? Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the Ocean State. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing It to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing It podcast can not be reproduced without express written permission. Our logo was designed by Sarah Bouvier and our theme music is byNeura-Flow. Books Fleeced: Unraveling the History of Wool and War by Trish FitzSimons and Madelyn Shaw Disturbing the Peace by Václav Havel Browse titles by P. G. Wodehouse The Picnic by Matthew Longo Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter We Live In Water by Jess Walter Following the Equator by Mark Twain Media The Avengers (1961-1969) The Diplomat (2023- ) Portrait Artist of the Year (2013- ) Fabric of War: Why Wool? (Vimeo) Other Madelyn Shaw (LinkedIn) Trish FitzSimons (LinkedIn) Dalby Pioneer Park Museum Fabric of War Web Exhibition

    50 min

  7. 11/18/2025

    37 - A Passion for Romance with Alice Fraser

    Host Emily chats romance (what else?!) with, and learns a cricket joke from, international comedian, writer, podcaster, and all-around super cool human, Alice Fraser, author of A Passion for Passion.  Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the Ocean State. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing It to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing It podcast can not be reproduced without express written permission.  Our logo was designed by Sarah Bouvier and our theme music is by Neura-Flow.   Books A Passion for Passion by Alice Fraser Queen Demon by Martha Wells Browse the Flavia Albia Mysteries by Lindsey Davis Jack Reacher series Fourth Consort by Edward Ashton Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold  Happy Place by Emily Henry Lord Peter Wimsey Series by Dorothy L Sayers - The first: Whose body? Candace Camp Media Realms Unknown Arcane  Resident Alien Michelle Wolf standup The Bugle Other Alice Fraser (Patreon)

    54 min

  8. 11/04/2025

    36 - Vanessa Lillie, Author of THE BONE THIEF

    Host Lauren chats with bestselling author Vanessa Lillie to discuss her latest book, The Bone Thief. They talk about the book, repatriating historic Indigenous artifacts, Vanessa's writing process, and the importance of self-care when writing about traumatic events. In the Last Chapter they discuss the seasonally appropriate topic: If you could have a custom candle to burn while you cozy up with a good book, what would the scent be and why?   Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the state. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing it to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing podcast cannot be reproduced without express written permission.    Our logo was designed by Sarah Bouvier and our theme music is by Neura-Flow.   Books To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice Sold by Patricia McCormick The Bone Thief by Vanessa Lillie Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie There There by Tommy Orange The Removed by Brandon Hobson Little Voices by Vanessa Lillie   Media Interview With The Vampire (TV series, 2022 - ) Interview With The Vampire (film, 1994) Bob's Burgers (TV series, 2011 - ) The X Files (TV series, 1993-2018)

    37 min
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Bringing you conversations with library workers, authors, community superstars and other neighbors around the Ocean State and beyond about their current favorite books, TV and movies, and all the big things they are doing in our little state! Overdueing It is funded in part by the RI Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the state. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast. We're Overdueing It, but you're doing just fine!

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