Alex goes out in the field to document our third annual Sayville Fan Fest!

00:45 - It begins...

01:43 - Staff check-in

03:48 - Tabletop & Board Game Expo

06:45 - Children's floor

08:23 - Tom Duffy workshop

08:53 - Staff check-in

11:16 - American Airpower Museum Band

14:29 - Photographer Sean

16:13 - I LUG NY

19:58 - The Midnight Tavern

22:42 - Big Al's Retro Machines

25:23 - Toy MiniNatures

27:04 - Teen Central

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Alex, Steph and Rachel continue their rating of every single hand-drawn Disney film! In part two, they cover:

02:04 - The Great Mouse Detective

04:35 - Oliver & Company

07:28 - The Little Mermaid

10:07 - The Rescuers Down Under

11:07 - Beauty and the Beast

13:17 - Aladdin

16:26 - The Lion King

17:55 - Pocahontas

20:30 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame

22:35 - Hercules

24:54 - Mulan

27:08 - Tarzan

29:56 - The Emperor's New Groove

32:04 - Atlantis: The Lost Empire

34:22 - Lilo & Stitch

36:09 - Treasure Planet

37:46 - Brother Bear

39:18 - Home on the Range

41:03 - The Princess and the Frog

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On this very special two-part episode, Alex, Steph and Rachel celebrate 100 years of Disney by rating every single Disney hand-drawn film! In part one, they cover:

02:09 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

03:54 - Pinocchio

06:39 - Fantasia

09:26 - Dumbo

10:45 - Bambi

11:23 - Cinderella

12:09 - Alice in Wonderland

13:53 - Peter Pan

14:49 - The Lady and the Tramp

15:45 - Sleeping Beauty

17:37 - One Hundred and One Dalmatians

19:14 - The Sword in the Stone

20:21 - The Jungle Book

21:37 - The Aristocats

22:46 - Robin Hood

24:35 - The Rescuers

25:56 - The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

27:09 - The Fox and the Hound

29:37 - The Black Cauldron

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In part 2 of our "Horror-ween Challenge," Peter and Alex discuss their picks in 12 more horror movie categories. Part 2's categories include:

00:55 - Kids Horror movies

06:19 - Slasher movies

09:01 - Psychological Horror movies

15:02 - Yuppie Nightmare / Home Invasion movies

19:41 - Foreign Horror movies

23:06 - Inanimate Object Horror movies

27:26 - Comedy Horror movies

30:24 - Found Footage Horror movies

33:49 - Ghost movies

37:54 - Haunted House movies

41:18 - Horror movie remake

45:24 - Animated Horror movies

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In this extra spooky episode, Alex and Peter discuss our first ever "Horror-ween Challenge" and pick their favorites for the first 13 of 25 horror movie categories. Part 1's categories include:

02:11 - Horror movie set on Long Island

06:30 - Vampire movie

09:50 - Zombie movie

13:28 - Folk Horror movie

17:21 - Wes Craven movie

20:43 - John Carpenter movie

26:55 - Horror movie from a series

31:23 - Demonic Possession movie

35:36 - David Cronenberg movie

40:49 - Sci-Fi Horror movie

44:47 - Classic Horror movie

51:21 - '80s Horror movie

55:28 - '70s Horror movie

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Jenn and Marianne join Alex to talk about what they're into! Discussed in this episode:

00:48 - Pulpergeist

02:01 - Tom Lake by Ann Pratchett & Our Town

07:33 - The Talk by Darrin Bell

09:39 - Heartstopper

12:03 - A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

14:02 - Endeavour (PBS)

15:07 - Unforgotten (PBS)

15:49 - Marriage!

16:08 - Alicia Keys' Hell's Kitchen

17:26 - Upcoming Horror & Disney episodes!

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On this special Banned Books Week episode, Alex is joined by Library Director Jenn and the Head of Teen Services Marianne on a dive deep into book bans and the challenges in curating a collection that reflects our diverse community.

01:18 - Banned Book stats

06:06 - Challenge as a conversation

11:08 - Book challenge process

18:29 - Collection development

30:19 - What do we lose when we ban a book?

39:15 - Closing thoughts

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Kristina and Tim join Alex to discuss their favorite "indie" video games. Then, we give our review of the new hit indie roleplaying game Sea of Stars!

00:36 - What makes a game "indie?"

09:19 - Hades

12:25 - Outer Wilds

16:10 - Cave Story

18:01 - Braid

21:53 - Chained Echoes

24:26 - A Short Hike

25:53 - Super Meat Boy

28:26 - Dear Esther

31:50 - Oxenfree

35:12 - Undertale

37:40 - Westerado: Double Barreled

41:43 - Sea of Stars Review!

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Kristina, Tim and Alex celebrate Hobbit Day (Sept 22nd) by discussing the classic book that started it all. Then, they go “back again” to review The Hobbit’s less-than-stellar movie adaptations!

02:06 - Who should read The Hobbit?

12:19 - What makes it a classic?

17:30 - Non Sequiturs

21:00 - Final thoughts on the book

24:15 - Making of The Hobbit (1977)

28:49 - The Hobbit (1977) Review

42:02 - Closing thoughts

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Tory and Alex talk about what they're into! In this week's episode, we discuss:

00:39 - Claim to Fame (ABC)

04:03 - How To with Jon Wilson (HBO)

09:11 - "What a Fool Believes"

12:10 - On the Waterfront

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