It's the best movies of the year! Will this episode be as divisive as the best music of the year episode? I hope so! Plus—what is tickling our fancy this month because we think you have all the time in the world to listen to podcasts. Something must brighten the gray of your cubicle cage. Let it be us! Please let it be us!

SHOCK-tober is when Halloween takes over the Popmatic Podcast. Will Amanda die of fright? Will guest host Mike remember to talk about something the library owns? Will Bryan throw so many snobs cards he dislocates an elbow? Will horror fanatic Bill wonder why he—who always remembers to talk about something the library owns—is not hosting the SHOCK-tober episode? All this and more on this week's episode of the Popmatic Podcast. Plus—what is tickling our fancy this week.

This was supposed to be an episode celebrating German things as a tie-in with our local Oktoberfest. It pretty much went off the rails.

Banned Books Week is an annual celebration of the freedom to read. Intellectual freedom is one of the library's core values so on this episode we tell you about our favorite banned or challenged books. And comics, duh. Plus—what is tickling our fancy this week besides banned books.

This week we take a swing at the our nation's most popular sport. Go team! We apologize to football fans and players everywhere. Plus—what is tickling our fancy this week.

Let's get obstetric! Yeah! It's "labor" day and we went there. Sarah and Jesse guest on this very special episode. Jeremy abuses his time as host to pitch a movie script. Plus—what is tickling our fancy this month.

Everyone knows that August is the end of summer so on this show—endings. Books, movies, and music that end great, won't end, or whose ending is really just the beginning.