Middle Country Public Library Podcast

Sara and Nicole have some book recommendations to wrap up your 2020. Sara's picks: The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2016627 Little bookshop of murder / Maggie Blackburn https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2005930 The last story of Mina Lee / Nancy Jooyoun Lee https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1998246 Earthlings / Sayaka Murata ; translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2022308 The cold millions / Jess Walter https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1998399 Anxious people / Fredrik Backman ; translated by Neil Smith https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1986156 Nicole's Picks (via BookRiot): Hershel and the Hanukkah goblins / written by Eric A. Kimmel ; illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1344522 Leave me alone / Vera Brosgol https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1762820 Grandma's gift / Eric Velasquez https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1547499 Li'l Rabbit's Kw

It's that time of year when you may feel like watching a holiday or winter-themed flick...this is the episode to hear Sara and Nicole's picks! Holiday DVDs are now available to browse and check out for MCPL cardholders. Ask a librarian for details. Nicole's picks came from Common Sense Media. For those lists, go to https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/best-holiday-movies-for-kids or https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/best-winter-break-movies-for-kids Sara's picks are: Jack Frost http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1359538 Four Christmases http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1526112 Radio City Christmas Spectacular http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1480622 Disney’s A Christmas Carol http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1541140 The Christmas Bunny http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1706956 Scrooged http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1368579 Plus... Elizabeth is here to talk about this year's Virtual Women's EXPO 2020! If you want to register to attend this virtual event and shop to supp

What's become a bit of a tradition here at the podcast...Sal asking Nicole and Sara silly questions about food and such. Listen to our other Thanksgiving episodes, including the infamous first trivia episode where Sara questions the veracity of our data and the true cost of a Thanksgiving Day meal. Episode 41 (2018) Episode 94 (2019) Happy Thanksgiving!  

Nicole's turn to pick a flick! This week it's our first "documentary," 2001's Winged Migration. It's about birds. And migration. But is this your typical documentary? Listen to find out. Reserve your copy here with your MCPL library card: https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1393767 IMDb listing here : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301727/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 A fantastic article about making the film by Patricia Thomson: https://www.patriciathomson.net/home/winged-migration  

Imagine this. You are stuck on a desert island. Not because you are banished. Being banished is bad... Maybe a plane crash? We don't know. What book, music, movie, thing would you hope to have with you? The podcast team tells us what they would want.  

Want another fun trivia episode? Sure, why not! And this time we are talking cell phones. It's that time of year when Apple introduces a new line of phones...but are they the most popular? Do you know what the average cost is for the alternative, and Android phone? Listen and find out. As usual, Sal's questions come from one of our fabulous resources here at the Miller Business Center, Statista! You can access a plethora of information from this amazing database by visiting one of our branches. Ask a librarian for assistance in logging in!

We wrap up this special series of podcasts highlighting the library's 31 Days of October with a few suggestions from Sara and Nicole to satisfy your Spooky Movie cravings! Sara's Picks are listed here, along with links to reserve for MCPL cardholders: Crazies: The Strangers- 2008 Scream- 1996 Wes Craven Summer of 84- 2018 Pyscho- 1960 Alfred Hitchcock Ghosts: The Shining- Stanley Kubrick 1980 Beetlejuice- 1988 Tim Burton The Ring- Gore Verbinski Poltergeist- 1982 Vampires: Bram Stoker’s Dracula- 1992 Francis Ford Coppola Blade 1998 Lost Boys 1987 Joel Schumacher Interview With a Vampire- 1994 (Anne Rice) Zombies: Dawn of the Dead- 1978 George Romero Re-Animator- 1985 Stuart Gordon Shaun of the Dead- 2004 Edgar Wright Train to Busan- 2016 Yeon Sang Ho   Nicole recommends flicks from Common Sense Media here.

Sara and Nicole read some scary stories to get you into a spooky mood. Part of MCPL's 31 days of October series. Salem's Lot Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark This week's music credits: The Chamber by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4486-the-chamber License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Past The Edge by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4997-past-the-edge License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Wizardtorium by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4639-wizardtorium License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sara has just the right movie for us to watch on this week's Movie Chat... 1982's The Thing, starring Kurt Russell and directed by horror legend John Carpenter. Be warned! There are spoilers ahead... MCPL card holders can reserve the DVD here Listen to Ennio Morricone's soundtrack via Hoopla Digital instantly here Check out the IMDb listing

Nicole has a list of the top scary TV shows for kids (mostly from the late 90s, early 2000s) that you might be interested in...plus she reveals her top 5 favorite Are You Afraid of the Dark episodes. 10 Kids Shows that Were Actually Pretty Scary Are You Afraid of the Dark? Sara has a bit of a challenge for Nicole and Sal : she has cleverly created fake horror movie plots. Can they tell the difference between Sara's and the the real plot? Listen to find out!  

Welcome to the 31 days of October! All this month we will be highlighting the spooky, scary, and sometimes silly. Nicole has a nice collection of kids spooky books from the NYPL: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2018/10/24/kids-halloween Sara has selected some brand new fiction books that are meant to spook you: Cruel acts / Jane Casey The Poison Garden The boatman's daughter The patient / Jasper DeWitt The hollow ones / Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan Don't turn around / Jessica Barry Want to SEE something scary? Check out Sal's horror movie list: Carrie Halloween The Ring 2 Lava 2 Latuna Ma Don't Breathe The Shining The Omen Night of the Living Dead A Quiet Place 6 Souls Psycho Dead Silence Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Green Inferno Rosemary's Baby Get Out Deathgasm Silent Hill Saw Alien Listen to our Movie Chat : Alien episode here Bonus: Here is the episode of How Did This Get Made that Nicole mentioned!

Sal's pick for the next movie chat is Disney/Pixar's 2007 gem, Ratatouille starring the voice talents of Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, and Janeane Garofolo. Have an MCPL card? Reserve the BluRay here. Ratatouille on IMDb 10 Things You Probably Didn't Know about Ratatouille

Can you guess what the best selling console video game of all time is? Do you think Sara and Nicole can get it? Listen to find out as Sal tests them both with some video game trivia from Statista. Plus learn about our great video game collection at the library! Statista is available to anyone who visits the library during normal business hours. Just ask a librarian for assistance in getting you on. Did you know that we have a huge collection of video games for Nintendo, XBOX, and Playstation? Browse our catalog here.

Sara is making us hungry with some recipes she downloaded from the great resource, RBDigital, available to MCPL cardholders. Nicole once again shares some book horoscopes, plus Sal is trying to lose some weight before gaining weight during the holidays. Download some cooking magazines plus much more at RBDigital https://www.rbdigital.com/middlecountrylibraryny/service/magazines/landing? Bite-Size Salted Caramel Cheesecakes- Rachel Ray Flourless Chocolate Tarte- A Taste of Home Chocolate Cake in  a Pumpkin- Food Network Cauliflower with Anchovies and Oil-Cured Olives- Eating Well September Book Horoscopes are here Need to lose weight? Try MyFitnessPal or LoseIt Eat this, Not that! by David Zinczenko Eat this, Not that Supermarket Survival Guide by David Zinczenko (eBook)

This week it's Nicole's turn to pick a film, and she used an MCPL Teen's recommendation: 2019's Just Mercy, starring Michael B. Jordan and Jaime Foxx. The film is based on a true story, and this book by Bryan Stevenson. MCPL cardholders: Use these embedded links if you'd like to reserve the DVD or BluRay. If you'd like to learn more about the organization depicted in the film, the Equal Justice Initiative, click here. If you want to take a look at the original 60 minutes interview mentioned in this episode, click here.

Nicole has some info on detoxing your family's digital use; Sara has some fun trivia about dogs on National Dog Day. https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/dog-facts/  

Sara has a fantastic list of new DVD seasons available at the library. Why don't you binge watch one or two?? Here's the list for MCPL card-holders: Hawaii Five-O https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1949586 Deadwater Fell Season 1 https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2017181 Killing Eve https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1898144 Mr. Mercedes https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1886956 Magnum P.I. https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1954984 Young Sheldon https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1890734 Seal Team https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1902397 S.W.A.T. https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1966057 NCIS New Orleans https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1691181 NCIS Los Angeles https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1562923 The Good Doctor https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1902383 Nicole has some great books about Women's Suffrage which celebrated it's 100th anniversary this week. Here are links to the articles she mentioned: https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=11827 https://bookriot.c

Sara and Nicole read the first paragraphs from their current picks for new book releases in this slightly different formatted episode. Sara's Picks: Stranger in the Lake by Kimberly Beale https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us:446/record=b2013750 Sin Eater by Megan Campisi https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us:446/record=b1992258 Thin Girls by Diana Clarke https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us:446/record=b2011213 Threshold by Rob Doyle https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us:446/record=b2005503 The Golden Wolf by Linnea Hartsuyker https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us:446/record=b1958408 The King’s Beast by Eliot Pattison https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us:446/record=b2004274 The King’s Evil by Andrew Taylor https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us:446/record=b1971281 Nicole's Picks: The Voting Booth https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2016314 Crying Laughing https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1970189 The Gravity of Us https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1980341 Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us

How about we do another trivia episode and this time, we will chat about our favorite subject...libraries and librarians! Statista is one of our fantastic online resources available to visitors of the Miller Business Center here at the library. For more information on the Miller Business Center, visit http://www.millerbusinesscenter.org.  

"In space, no one can hear you scream!" It's Sara's turn to pick a movie, and she's selected the 1979 Sci-Fi Horror classic, Alien. After a space merchant vessel receives an unknown transmission as a distress call, one of the crew is attacked by a mysterious life form and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun. The film stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphey Kotto, and Harry Dean Stanton. It is directed by Ridley Scott. Have an MCPL card? Reserve your copy of Alien here!