Connections: A Podcast of the James L. Hamner Public Library

Instead of yet another pandemic-themed episode, Jill decide to read a short story.

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Featured Resource: RB Digital Audiobooks

• My Double and How He Undid Me by Edward Everett Hale
• Project Gutenburg

Library directors Gregg Grunow and John Huddy join Jill to talk about how they prepare for dystopia and what they learned from dystopian novels.

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Featured Resource: Acorn TV

Other Resources:

• Contagion
• Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
• Great Courses
• Orleans by Sherri L. Smith
• Outwalkers by Fiona Shaw
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
• The Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
• The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson

Jill and Josh share some of their opinions about music and then talk about genres they listen to and suggest pieces for those wanting to explore different styles of music.

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Featured Resource: Qello

Other Resources:

Contemporary Christian

• Jordan Feliz: 
  • Count That High
  • The River
• Matt Hammitt: Tears
• Sanctus Real: Lead Me

Classical

• Aaron Copland: An Outdoor Adventure
• Cesar Cui: String Quartet No. 2
• Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sea Songs
• Roman Hoffstetter: "Haydn's" Serenade
• Synchronicity: Piano and Percussion Duo
• Thomas Tallis: Magnificat

Experimental

• Dan Deacon (Electropop): 
  • Tiny Desk Concert
  • When I Was Done Dying
• King Gizard and the Lizard Wizard (Psychedelia/Rock): I'm In Your Mind Fuzz Album

Pandemic Playlist

• Home Is Behind: Howard Shore/Billy Boyd (Longing for what was)
• Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway (sic): Stephen Foster (Denial that beautiful or good things can be harmed)
• The Curse: Kurt Bestor/Sam Cardon/Michael McLean (Changing perspective)
• All Through the Night: Traditional Welsh, multiple arrangements (Comfort, Acceptance, Rest)

Plunderphonics

• The Avalanches
  • Since I Left You
  • Frontier Psychiatry
• The Go! Team
  • Huddle Formation
  • Lady Flash
  • Panther Dash

It's hard to think about anything not COVID-19 related. Jill and Josh don't fight it and instead, Josh offers suggestions for staying busy while sheltering-in-place.

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Featured Resource: JLH Digital Library

Other Resources:

• Alton Brown Youtube
• The Art of Manliness: How to Sew a Button
• Caroline Williams Yoga
• Food Wishes
• Nerd Fitness
• Precision Nutrition

Trooper Jessica Shehan from the Virginia State Police talks with Jill about what the State Police are, what training and the job is like, and more.

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Featured Resource: World Book Online

Other Resources:

• Trooper Jessica Shehan
• VA State Police

Religion, spirituality, faith... whatever it is called, people have questions about belief systems that are different from their own. In an effort to answer some of those questions, Jill asks Reverend Dave Muckel about the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel and how those beliefs play out in real life.

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Featured Resource: Pronunciator

Other Resources:
About Foursquare

• Hope Chapel
• The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel

Other Connections Episodes about Religion

• A Conversation with a Baptist (Baptist Cooperative Fellowship)
• A Conversation with an Episcopalian
• A Conversation with a Methodist
• A Conversation with a Muslim
• A Conversation with a Presbyterian

*The opinions expressed in this episode may not be the library's official position. Products mentioned and linked to are for educational purposes only and do not constitute endorsements.

Jill compares her experience at Podfest 2020 with her experiences at Virginia Library Association conferences. Bookending this comparison, she shares her thoughts on maintaining sanity during COVID-19.

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Featured Resource: Libby (This is the website connected to the app.)

Other Resources:

• Buzzsprout
• Podfest
• Rode Microphones
• Ryan Dowd "Helpers"
• UVA Today "Write it Down"
• Virginia Library Association

In this episode, Josh talks to Jill about coffee.

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Featured Resource: JLHPL Board of Trustees

Other Resources:

• Bar Talks (formerly Coffee and Cocoa International)
• Kentucky Coffeetree
• National Coffee Association

Last week, Jill and Josh talked about hot beverages. This week, Jill tells Josh about tea from the camellia sinensis plant.

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Featured Resource: Britannica Library

Other Resources:

• The Republic of Tea
• Twinings
• World Book Online

Jill, a tea drinker, and Josh, a coffee drinker, talk about hot beverages.

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Featured Resource: A to Z World Food