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S.9 E.7: Nancy Drew in Charlottesville!

In this podcast Acacia and Miranda discuss the latest Overbooked read, Nancy Drew and the Hidden Window Mystery, by Carolyn Keene. We also discuss some fun facts about 1950s Charlottesville and the difference between current editions of Nancy Drew books and the original publishing’s. Join us next time as we discuss Menopause: a comic treatment by MK Czerwiec. Visit JMRL’s calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. As always, please email podcast@jmrl.org with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else related to the podcast or JMRL. We’d love to hear from you. This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website: https://jmrlfriends.org/ Sound effects & music obtained from https://app.sessions.blue/

50 min
09/15/2025

S9. E6 Dr. Ewing’s book Original Sins and a Bastille Day celebration

Show Notes: In this podcast Acacia and Miranda discuss the latest Overbooked read, Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism by Eve L. Ewing. Miranda also tells us about Betsy Woodson Yancey who is considered a pioneer of Affrilachian children’s literature. And, as always, Acacia and Miranda talk up upcoming events at JMRL. For those who are curious, the next Overbooked read is the Hidden Window Mystery which is a Nancy Drew book that takes place in none other than Charlottesville, Virginia! Eve Eweing Youtube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGbcRbGT1t8 Books mentioned in this podcast: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism by Eve L. Ewing. In Open Contempt by Irvin Weathersby Jr Medicine River : a story of survival and the legacy of Indian boarding schools by Mary Annette Pember – this book is currently being processed but should be available for check out soon. The sum of us : what racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together by Heather McGhee How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America by Clint Smith Stealing Little Moon : the legacy of the American Indian boarding schools by Dan Jones The Witness Blanket : truth, art and reconciliation by Cary Newman and Kristie Hudson Undefeated : Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School football team by Steve Sheinkin Escargot by Dashka Slater Visit JMRL’s calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. As always, please email podcast@jmrl.org with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else related to the podcast or JMRL. We’d love to hear from you. This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website. Sound effects & music obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com and https://app.sessions.blue/

55 min
07/21/2025

S9. E5 Hanging the Angels by Blake Lynch

In this Podcast Acacia and Miranda are joined by local author, Blake Lynch to talk about his new book Hanging the Angels and The regional children’s services manager Megan will tell us all about Summer Reading. Books mentioned in this podcast: Woman Eating by Claire Kohda Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism by Eve L. Ewing Visit JMRL’s calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. As always, please email podcast@jmrl.org with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else related to the podcast or JMRL. We’d love to hear from you. This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website. Sound effects & music obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com and https://app.sessions.blue/

43 min
05/29/2025

S.9.E.4: On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder bookclub

In this podcast Miranda tells listeners about Henry Brown, Acacia tells listeners about how to get involved in your local community and mutual aid groups, and Miranda and Acacia discuss Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. Book Recommendations: How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt Mutual aid : building solidarity during this crisis (and the next) by Dean Spade 1984 by George Orwell Strongmen : Mussolini to the present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat Ways to get involved in your community: United Way of Greater Charlottesville Mutual Aid Cville Facebook Group How to participate in local government. Mutual aid links: JABA: Jefferson Area Board of Aging 24-hour Adult Protective Services Hotline at 1-888-832-3858 Phone: 434-817-5244 OR TOLL-FREE 833-559-2428 Email: info@jabacares.org Cville ID Team Phone: 804-552-1663 Email: idscville@gmail.com Drop in at the Jefferson School Monday-Friday 10-12 Food pantries Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Phone: 434-296-3663 and 540-213-8400 Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry Phone: 434-996-7868 Emergency Food Network Email: info@emergencyfoodnetwork.org Phone: 434-979-9180 Food Sharing is Caring Email: edisa@foodsharingiscaring.org Community Centers such as the Yancy School Community Center One Stop Shop Blue Ridge Community Bail Fund Middle River Regional Jail in Staunton VA, Rockingham Jail, in Harrisonburg, Page County Jail Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail Email: Blueridgebailfund@gmail.com Phone: 540-300-2796 Local SPCA Cville Tool Library Visit JMRL’s calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. As always, please email podcast@jmrl.org with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else related to the podcast or JMRL. We’d love to hear from you. This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website. Sound effects & music obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

39 min
03/25/2025

S.9.E.3: An Interview with author Earl Swift

This week, Earl Swift, author of Chesapeake Requiem, joins us to discuss Tangier Island and drops details about the current book he is working on. Listeners can also take a journey to the past as Miranda tells us about little towns that no longer exist. Don’t forget to put yourself on the hold list for On Tyranny by Timothy D. Snyder which we will be discussing in the next podcast. Visit JMRL’s calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. As always, please email podcast@jmrl.org with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else related to the podcast or JMRL. We’d love to hear from you. This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website. Sound effects & music obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

44 min
02/10/2025

S.9 E.2: Silver Blues and Chesapeake Requiem

This week Miranda and Acacia discuss the On the Same Page community read, Chesapeake Requiem by Earl Swift, and Miranda tells everyone about a piece of UVA history. Tune in next month as we interview Earl Swift and ask him about his writing style and his time on Tangier Island. Don’t forget to put yourself on the hold list for On Tyranny by Timothy D. Snyder which will be April’s Overbooked read. Visit JMRL’s calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. As always, please email podcast@jmrl.org with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else related to the podcast or JMRL. We’d love to hear from you. This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website. Sound effects & music obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

38 min
01/15/2025

S.9 E.1: Reading Resolutions and Overbooked

This week JMRL staff share how their 2024 reading year went and talk about their 2025 reading resolutions! On the Same Page’s book club, Overbooked is back after a nearly year long hiatus! In January we will be reading Chesapeake Requiem by Earl Swift with a book discussion in February and an author interview in March. Visit JMRL’s calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. As always, please email podcast@jmrl.org with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else related to the podcast or JMRL. We’d love to hear from you. This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website. Sound effects & music obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

21 min
12/10/2024

S.8 E.8 — Libby, Kanopy, and the Library of Things!

This week we talk about the Greene County Courthouse fire, Libby, and Kanopy. We also have JMRL’s periodicals librarian, Eric, on the podcast to talk about the different types of kits that you can check out. Libby is a service that allows you to borrow ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and so much more! Kanopy is a streaming service that allows you to stream movies and television shows. It even has a section dedicated to children’s shows. You can find Libby, Kanopy, and so much more on JMRl’s website under Digital Library. Check out JMRL’s Library of Things that has everything from a light therapy kit and a telescope to radon monitors and a ghost hunting kit! JMRL even has a toy library for those who spend time with children or who are children at heart. Books mentioned in the podcast: The cooking gene : a journey through African American culinary history in the Old South by Michael Twitty The Tradition by Jericho Brow List of movies mentioned in the podcast: Keyboard Fantasies Beyond the Straight and Narrow Visit JMRL’s calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. As always, please email podcast@jmrl.org with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else related to the podcast or JMRL. We’d love to hear from you. This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website. Sound effects & music obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

31 min
10/30/2024

S.8 E.7 — Fines, Ghosts, and Young Adult Horror! Oh My!

In this episode we interview Central’s Young Adult Librarian, Neda, about YA horror as well as JMRL’s Circulation Manager, Brittany, about the Food for Fines food drive. Check out our staff made Young Adult horror find it list for more recommendations. Know of a haunted place you want to visit? Don’t forget to check out JMRL’s new Ghost Hunting Kit! Love reading books set in Charlottesville? Check out Nancy Drew’s Hidden Window Mystery. Here’s a comprehensive list of Neda’s recommendations: Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Small Spaces by Katherine Arden Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare Darcy Coates The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling The Family Plot by Cherie Priest Dead Mall by Adam Cesare Your Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron There’s No Way I’d Die First by Lisa Springer The list of the books mentioned in our Young Adult Horror Book Cover Art segment: The Morganville Vampires by Rachel Cain Saga of Darren Shaw by Darren Shan The Haunting of Sunshine Girl by Paige McKenzie Clown in a Cornfield Adam Cesare Gallant V.E. Schwab Wilder Girls Rory Power The Getaway by Lamar Giles Here are the books mentioned in this episode’s Readers Advisory Corner: The Life Impossible by Matt Haig Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner Tangerine by Christine Mangan Hairpin Curves by Elia Winters Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefluer Visit JMRL’s calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. As always, please email podcast@jmrl.org with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else related to the podcast or JMRL. We’d love to hear from you. This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website. Sound effects & music obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

39 min
09/27/2024

S.8 E.6 — Banned (and Band) Books 2024

This episode features several JMRL staff and patrons talking about their earliest memories when it comes to music and giving recommendations for books written by famous musicians. Don’t forget to check out the American Library Association’s list of most banned books in the 2000s. Miranda and I are sure going to miss Abby and EJ but we’re both thrilled to be here! Are you looking for a particular segment? Here are the timestamps to jump ahead! 0:28 Who are Acacia and Miranda and what happened to Abby and EJ 1:39 Banned Books Week 2:30 Virginia’s banned book, Jurgen by James Branch Cabell 4:25 Part one of interviews 7:49 Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton 8:31 I Am Brian Wilson: The Memoir by Ben Greenman and Brian Wilson 9:46 Part two of interviews 14:44 More Myself by Alicia Keys 15:24 The Beautiful Ones by Prince 16:58 What a Fool Believes by Michael McDonald 18:52 Virginia Vignette: Charlottesville’s Human Flies 22:56 JMRL Program Highlights Visit JMRL’s calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. Here is a list of books mentioned: Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson I Know Why A Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton I am Brian Wilson by Brian Wilson More Myself: A Journey by Alicia Keys The Beautiful Ones by Prince What a Fool Believes by Michael McDonald Here is a list of artists mentioned: Dolly Parton Brian Wilson Alicia Keys Prince As always, please email podcast@jmrl.org with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else. We’d love to hear from you. This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website. Sound effects & music obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com.

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2017 - 2026
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