CADL Collection Development Specialists Cheryl and Jessica chat about new standouts in this high publishing season, while Marisela chats with the teens from the Haslett Teen Advisory Group in honor of TeenTober!

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In this CADLcast Extra with Cheryl Lindemann: Chris Bussler discusses his experience as a Mortuary Affairs Marine in his book No Tougher Duty, No Greater Honor. This memoir covers an aspect of military service rarely seen.

Meet Chris Bussler at CADL Mason Nov. 21

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Guests: Mike McFall (BIGGBY COFFEE co-CEO and author of Grind ), Jack Meloche ( Narrator of Spiderman: The Darkest Hours ), Thais Rousseau (CADL Associate Director of Collection Services) and Linda Solomon (Author of The Queen Next Door ). Podcast hosted is by Scott Duimstra.

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Episode note:
After this podcast was recorded Macmillan agreed to allow each consortium member library to buy an initial release copy of new titles, rather than just one copy for the whole consortium. We are encouraged by this small step in the right direction for maintaining and hopefully eventually expanding equity to libraries in the digital marketplace.  

Jerry Jodloski discusses the How-To Halloween  event which takes place Oct. 19-20 at the Lansing Center. He also previews his upcoming special presentations at two CADL locations. 

Linda Solomon is an award-winning photojournalist and author. In this interview she gives Host Scott Duimstra an inside look into her new book The Queen Next Door.

Aretha Franklin used to say "I am the lady next door when I am not on stage." The Queen Next Door offers fans a personal and unseen look at an extraordinary woman in her most natural moments.

Check out Aretha Franklin's music and other related stories here.

Also, listen to an interview with Aaron Cohen, author of Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace 33 1/3. 

CADL's Collection Development Specialists chat about Hispanic Heritage Month picks, a few titles they’re reading now and a few they're looking forward to.

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Julie Johnson plays Beulah & Others in the hit Broadway musical Come From Away, which takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them after the 9/11 terror attacks.

Come From Away is playing at Wharton Center until Sept. 15. Ticket Information

Also borrow the original Broadway Cast Recording

Based on the book The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede

To celebrate International Literacy Day we sat down with Everett High School Japanese teacher Kelly Sensei to talk about literacy and language diversity in our area.

Host Scott Duimstra interviews Abigail Pesta, author of The Girls: An All-American Town, a Predatory Doctor, and the Untold Story of the Gymnasts Who Brought Him Down. Pesta provides the inside story of how serial predator Larry Nassar got away with abusing hundreds of gymnasts for decades — and how a team of brave women banded together to bring him down.  

CADL Collection Development Specialists Mari Garza, Cheryl Lindemann and Jessica Trotter talk about what picks their trying to sneak in before the end of summer and what they’re looking forward to this fall. 

In the second half, Mari chats books and reading with members of CADL Okemos Library’s Teen Advisory Group. Teens who joined the conversation include Annie Rollins, Ava Renfer, Kemal Demirer, Lilia Pincheira and Mahmoud Abolibdeh. All attend Okemos High School. Click here for the titles that came up in their discussion.