Today Jacob and Michelle escape from "fake spring" with some speculative fiction!

Sea of Tranquility (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3w9XBIn

Tender is the Flesh (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3y4l4gr

Silver in the Wood (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3LuKbwI

Hummingbird Salamander (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3rX7RCe

Tears of the Trufflepig (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/39hFGY9

Zero Sum Game (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3OGzRnx

Lakewood (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/36WjLoN

The Monster of Elendhaven (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/37Uszfb

Frankenstein in Baghdad (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3vlDd7H

Trail of Lightning (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3vq0J3v

A Psalm for the Wild-Built (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/38xaVyi

Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Today Michelle & Jacob discuss books that could help you discover routines that are healthier for you and more sustainable for our earth!

How to Prepare for Climate Chang : A Practical Guide to Surviving the Chaos (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3L6BkB8

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3Ey1RFh

Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/37EHzO6

Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3jXHxU2

The World as We Knew It: Dispatches from a Changing Climate (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3jXEaNd

Is It Really Green?: Everyday Eco Dilemmas Answered (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3K2nsGX

The Climate Diet: 50 Simple Ways to Trim Your Carbon Footprint (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3OqrnAF

Can I Recycle This?: A Guide to Better Recycling and How to Reduce Single-Use Plastics (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3vSQfc7

Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3xJT81p

The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3xNw41A

It's supposed to be spring, but we are all still freezing and dreaming of warmer days. With Jacob just coming back from his beach vacation, Michelle decided to live vicariously though him and talk about their favorite beach movies!

The Endless Summer (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3NENdQ8

Summer Rental (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3tvc2Gl

Jaws (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3xsHNm0

Jaws (BLU-RAY)- https://bit.ly/3KLuUYf

Jaws 2 (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3OffGg0

The Beach (DVD)- https://bit.ly/37d1fIZ

Side Out (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3NFaMsb

Cast Away (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3KDayjL

Dunkirk (DVD)- https://bit.ly/36exO8R

Dunkirk (BLU-RAY)- https://bit.ly/3M1JoDq

The Descendants (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3KLLxmn

The Descendants (BLU-RAY)- https://bit.ly/3xp9yMt

Weekend at Bernie's (DVD)- https://bit.ly/37fc5OG

Point Break (DVD)- https://bit.ly/37hzb72

Point Break (BLU-RAY)- https://bit.ly/3xsvg1T

Heartbreak Kid (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3O9u7Cv

Whale Rider (DVD)- https://bit.ly/36jxupq

Michelle had the wonderful opportunity to interview author, Amanda Oliver about her new book, OVERDUE: Reckoning with the Public Library, discussing who are libraries for, how have they evolved, and why do they fill so many roles in our society today?

Overdue: A Reckoning with the Public Library (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/38aVP13

300 Arguments (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3tUC7PB

With Jane Goodall's 88th birthday approaching, Michelle & Jacob discuss her astonishing work with chimps, and some of the most amazing films that have shown us wildlife up close.

Jane (DVD)- https://bit.ly/36om9Et

A Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3D8WWKa

Gorillas in the Mist (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3LhJmHn

Gorillas in the Mist BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3IDbHGn

The Ghost and the Darkness (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3JEtfTK

Born Free (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3NhMBAc

Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3NmoeBl

The Shallows (DVD)- https://bit.ly/37RCCBj

The Shallows (BLU-RAY)- https://bit.ly/3LcYpSt

The Bear (DVD)- https://bit.ly/37NfgNc

Mouse Hunt (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3IDdifl

March of the Penguins (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3NkZMjO

March of the Penguins (BLU-RAY)- https://bit.ly/3D9rtaz

The Beastmaster (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3iyzRHl

Duma (DVD)- https://bit.ly/36LNgcw

Today Michelle & Jacob talk about some of the favorite books of our favorite actors that YOU can have in common with them!

A Story Like the Wind (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3qgjovK

A Far Off Place (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3tn4Kov

The Plague (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/36elEfY

1984 (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/36qHcpx

Between the World and Me (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/34XG4JO

The Circle (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3qdCmDi

Crime and Punishment (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3CVAPqE

The Master and Margarita (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3CUPrWU

Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence has Declined (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3qjlT0m

Cloud Atlas (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3L0QIyR

In Cold Blood (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3NcRkTU

The Alchemist (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3wh4uJg

Summer Crossing (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3ubDuZd

Norwegian Wood (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3JozURQ

The Fountainhead (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3ioXYId

Confederacy of Dunces (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3qci8K3

A People's History of the United States (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/34T50lF

The Last of the Mohicans (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3tlPubb

Catcher in the Rye (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3tkCGlo

March is Women's History Month, dedicated to the study, observance, and celebration of the vital role of women in history. Today Michelle & Jacob discuss some histories and biographies that will help you dig in deep to the topic.

Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3MBcDhH

999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3pSP2is

The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3hUzMNZ

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3tPaAhl

Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3Kzopal

Come Fly The World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3hVuhhN

The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Shocking Story of a Woman Who Dared to Fight Back (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/36d8QGE

The Lady From the Black Lagoon : Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3MFNp1n

Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3MF8NE9

Reading about the Ukraine-Russia conflict, and the amazing leadership of Volodymry Zelenskyy has inspired Michelle & Jacob to talk about the greatest leaders and heroes in film.

Gladiator (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3sCFkTe

Gladiator (BLU-RAY)- https://bit.ly/3tuc7Jh

Troy (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3Kc00r3

Troy (BLU-RAY)- https://bit.ly/3pyNHxm

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3KgUt2O

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon BLU-RAY)- https://bit.ly/3pyDRLZ

The Outlaw King (STREAMING NETFLIX)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3tnSuTr

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (BLU-RAY)- https://bit.ly/3Kd6eXL

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3KjmJSp

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (BLU-RAY)- https://bit.ly/35sEAY7

Schindler's List (DVD)- https://bit.ly/34fB6aY

Schindler's List (BLU-RAY)- https://bit.ly/34fBrug

Excalibur (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3pBn5eZ

Excalibur (BLU-RAY)- https://bit.ly/349jsFE

The Man Without a Face: The Unlikey Rise of Vladimir Putin (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3IGHGpQ

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3vIJqem

Crimea: The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856 (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3hSLusm

As we approach the end of Black History Month this year, it's important to stress that honoring Black LGBTQ lives and their contributions to our collective freedom goes beyond 28 days and should be a year long celebration! Today we recognize Black LGBTQ films available from your library.

The Color Purple (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3JU2hr0

The Color Purple (BLU-RAY)- https://bit.ly/3t8Y63J

Set It Off (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3MaoMcj

I Am Not Your Negro (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3JSgtkf

I Am Not Your Negro (BLU-RAY)- https://bit.ly/3t7UrDp

Moonlight (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3hfltD0

Moonlight (BLU-RAY)- https://bit.ly/3JXL4wy

Pariah (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3pgTWWn

Pariah (BLU-RAY)- https://bit.ly/33TJMnc

Bessie (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3hhRZEK

Bessie (BLU-RAY)- https://bit.ly/3sgAaw6

Tangerine (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3tbzeZd

Tangerine (BLU-RAY)- https://bit.ly/3piKuSe

Paris is Burning (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3t9YpuZ

Kiki (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3pfT0Sc

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (CURRENTLY STREAMING NETFLIX)

Young Soul Rebels (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3IlwPBF

Naz & Maalik (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3hnF5ox

Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3tsaI6n

Rafiki (DVD)- https://bit.ly/353Ctdh

The Watermelon Woman (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3LYISHd

Tongues Untied (DVD)- https://bit.ly/36IlI7N

We were saddened to learn that Ivan Reitman died after having created some of our favorite childhood comedies. On today's episode, we pay tribute to the talented director and producer.

Ghostbusters (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3I09mFV

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3gQXSIT

Dave (DVD)- https://bit.ly/355Csot

Twins (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3oY6jX4

Stripes (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3oR5C1V

Meatballs (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3JDwGtd

Up in the Air (DVD)- https://bit.ly/34M5p9n

Private Parts (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3sMoj7V

Kindergarten Cop (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3sQTFdC

Father's Day (OUT OF PRINT)

I Love You, Man (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3JwRRxe

Road Trip (DVD)- https://bit.ly/34PjV07

Heavy Metal (DVD)- https://bit.ly/3vdpeRZ