Atchison Public Library Presents

This week, Kia shares her knowledge of legendary sea creatures, and Patrick tells a Norwegian tale that explains how the sea became salty. Minor spoiler: it involves two feuding brothers, the Devil, and a fair bit of magic.

Kia tells two stories, one of which claims to be the "true" story of a mermaid-caused flood, and Patrick shares a tale about a self-absorbed princess and a sea serpent.

Kia & Patrick return with new episodes to entertain and stir up excitement for this year's Summer Reading Program, Oceans of Possibilities. Tune in throughout the summer to hear enchanting sea-faring yarns and keep up to date on what's happening at the library. In our second episode, Patrick tells an Irish story about a fisherman, his son, and a trickster, and Kia introduces us to some of her favorite sea deities.

Kia & Patrick return with new episodes to entertain and stir up excitement for this year's Summer Reading Program, Oceans of Possibilities. Tune in throughout the summer to hear enchanting sea-faring yarns and keep up to date on what's happening at the library. First up, Patrick goes OG on the Little Mermaid, and Kia spins a not-so-traditional tale of true love, girl power, and pirate murder. They also take a moment to respectfully expound upon the work of Charles Dickens.

Patrick tells the tale of a non-leper ridden armadillo, and Kia chooses another strange story of people wearing animal skins to become that animal. Tails and Tales delivers weirdness again!

Patrick and Kia decide to tell each other tales about tails. The only requirements: the stories must be open domain, about animals with tails, and preferably less well known then that chick Goldilocks and her ursine antagonists. In this episode, you'll hear The Enchanted Snake as recorded by Giambattista Basile in the Pentamerone, and the myth of Namazu, the Japanese Earthquake Fish.

The flood of 1958 ravaged downtown Atchison, but shaped the way it looks today. Patrick and Kia discuss the damage the flood did, and how the town rallied and fixed the downtown area to prevent further disasters.

How did Atchison react to a pandemic that hit right at the end of a World War? Patrick and Kia go through the story of the Spanish Influenza using the Atchison Globe records from 1918, and show how our community has gone through hard times before.

Patrick indulges in his passion for baseball and tells you all about Oscar "Heavy" Johnson, a National Negro League hall-of-famer who was born and raised here in Atchison. Don't miss him shaming Kia's baseball knowledge with the quiz at the end!

Listen as Patrick and Kia delve into Kansas Room records and tell the story of the murder mania that gripped Atchison in 1992. Funeral records, obituaries, and old newspaper articles show a double homicide that most likely wasn't solved, and provide a glimpse of what you can find in the historical records of Atchison. Brought to you by the Atchison Public Library and Humanities Kansas, a nonprofit cultural organization that connects communities with history, traditions, and ideas to stre...