Check This Out

By Norfolk Public LibraryArts Books

Check This Out episodes

September 16, 2024 "I'm Just Going to Go Make Dinner and Cry"
Join us for the first episode of Season Two as we sit down with Library Board member, Libby McKay, and choose some books for her to read.
Titles mentioned in this episode:
The Cemetery Club
Sherlock Holmes series
Interview with a Vampire
Twilight series
Harry Potter series
Percy Jackson series
*The Thursday Murder Club
*Dearborn
*Hamnet
*The Art Thief
*Thirst
*Loved and Missed

*denotes Custom Reads recommendations

Music provided by Pixabay.

36 min
July 29, 2024 Bonus Episode: "I Do, Daily, Try To Assess If I Have a Problem."
Join us for a special Bonus Episode where Danae talks to Anneka about their reading lives. This is the last episode for Season One.
Titles mentioned:
Frankenstein
The River of the Gods
Cascade Failure
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult
Funny Story
Happy Place
New Girl tv series
Trust
Demon Copperhead
The Other Valley: a novel
The Village movie
The Giver
https://norfolkne.gov/government/departments/library/digital-library-collections/check-this-out-podcast.html
Music provided by Pixabay.
14 min
July 22, 2024 "I Call It My Graveyard."
Join Danae and Anneka as they unbox Lisa Peters, our full-time Circulation Supervisor, and get to know more about her reading life.
Titles mentioned in this episode:
The Wednesday Wars
Okay For Now
The Song of Achilles
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The Summer Book
Sandwich
The Ministry of Time
Long Island
You Are Here
The Bear
Succession
The Quiet Place
The Boxcar Children
The Women's Murder Club Series
Alex Kava books
Return to Harmony

https://norfolkne.gov/government/departments/library/digital-library-collections/check-this-out-podcast.html

Music provided by Pixabay.
43 min
July 15, 2024 "I Like My iPad!"
Join Danae and Anneka as they unbox Mike Dittmer, the full time Tech Services Supervisor for our library.
Titles mentioned in this episode:
Green Lantern comic series
Iron Man comic series
Marvel movies
Star Wars movies
Call the Midwife series on PBS
Jack Ryan series (Tom Clancy)
Raise the Titanic (Clive Cussler)
1984
The Hunt for Red October
The Shawshank Redemption
https://norfolkne.gov/government/departments/library/digital-library-collections/check-this-out-podcast.html
Music provided by Pixabay.
41 min
July 08, 2024 "If There's Some Action, I'd Like to Know It"
Join Danae and Anneka as they sit down with Amy Fuxa, who works full time in our Patron Services department, and learn about her reading life.
Titles mentioned in this episode:
Little House on the Prairie series
The Long Winter
The Walk series
Goldie: A Lotus Grows in the Mud
The Woman in Me
Dateline
Criminal Minds
Dream Like a Champion
The Help
A Beautiful Mind
The Sound of Music
Twilight
The Bear
Ulysses
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
The Road
A Walk in the Woods
https://norfolkne.gov/government/departments/library/digital-library-collections/check-this-out-podcast.html
Music provided by Pixabay.
40 min
July 01, 2024 "If We All Knew About the Same Thing, We'd Be in Trouble"
Join Danae and Anneka as they sit down and chat with Lynn Hans, our library's full-time Administrative Assistant.
Titles mentioned in this episode:
The Cat in the Hat
Where the Wild Things Are
The Little House on the Prairie Series
It's a Long Story: My Life
The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians
Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty
Helter Skelter
1984
Julia
The Bible
The Red Tent
Poetry by Maya Angelou
Gone with the Wind
Game of Thrones
State of Wonder
Piglet

https://norfolkne.gov/government/departments/library/digital-library-collections/check-this-out-podcast.html

Music provided by Pixabay.
44 min
June 24, 2024 "What Even is a Book?"
Join Danae and Anneka as they sit down with Emily Edmisten, who works part-time in our youth services department, and get to know more about her reading life.
Titles mentioned in this episode:
Junie B. Jones series
The Hunger Games trilogy
Coraline
Harry Potter series
The Haunting of Hill House
The Probability of Everything
My Hero Academia series
Frankenstein
The River of the Gods
Cloistered

https://norfolkne.gov/government/departments/library/digital-library-collections/check-this-out-podcast.html

Music provided by Pixabay.
44 min
June 17, 2024 "We're Creating an Unstable Body"
Join Danae and Anneka as they sit down with Amy Okamoto, our full time marketing director, and get to know about her reading life. *Disclaimer: Danae misspoke in this episode. The marketing position was not created for Amy, she just applied for the advertised position and is the first to hold it!
Titles mentioned in this episode:
Fox in Socks
Charlotte's Web
On the Road
1984
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Historian
Sue Grafton's A to Z mysteries
Louise Penny's Inspector Gamache series
The Three-Body Problem
The Death Gate Cycle
Dune series
The Women

https://norfolkne.gov/government/departments/library/digital-library-collections/check-this-out-podcast.html

Music provided by Pixabay.

39 min
June 10, 2024 "It's a Huge Book Brain"
Join Danae and Anneka as they sit down with Emily Hilkemann, who works full-time in our patron services department, and get to know about her reading life.
Titles mentioned in this episode:
Berenstain Bear series
American Girl series: Kit and Josefina
I Must Betray You
Legends and Lattes
Last House on Needless Street
The House of the Cerulean Sea
Flash Fire
Nettle and Bone
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (TV series)
The Outsiders
A Clockwork Orange
Great Expectations
The Grapes of Wrath

https://norfolkne.gov/government/departments/library/digital-library-collections/check-this-out-podcast.html

Music provided by Pixabay.
56 min
June 03, 2024 "Come to My House and Give My Butler Your Card "
Join Danae and Anneka as we have a conversation with Allie Zuberbier, who works part-time in our circulation department, and get to know more about her reading life.
Titles mentioned in this episode:
American Girl series
Harry Potter series
Hunger Games series
Twilight series
Bridgerton series
James
Huckleberry Finn
Middlemarch
I Cheerfully Refuse
No Two Persons
River of the Gods
Destiny of the Republic
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult

https://norfolkne.gov/government/departments/library/digital-library-collections/check-this-out-podcast.html

Music provided by Pixabay.
45 min