Writer, reporter, and author Gemma Hartley talks with Nate and Erica about her book Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward.

Hartley discusses why women often take on such a large share of the unseen and undervalued work in the home and offers practical advice on how partners can begin establishing more equality.

SHOW NOTES

Check out Fed Up from the library - Print | eAudiobook (hoopla)

Read Gemma Hartley's original 2017 Harper's Bazaar article "Women Aren't Nags - We're Just Fed Up"

Recommended Podcasts

• Zen Parenting
• Dear Sugars

Recommended Books

• The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
• Three Women by Lisa Taddeo

Readers’ Advisor Jo Hansen joins Nate to talk about a handful of great books coming out over the next few months. Jo also shares ways you can subscribe to library newsletters so you won’t miss out on other interesting books coming soon.   Mentioned in this episode Inland by Téa Obreht The Water Dancer by…

Readers' Advisor Jo Hansen joins Nate to talk about a handful of great books coming out over the next few months. Jo also shares ways you can subscribe to library newsletters so you won't miss out on other interesting books coming soon.

Mentioned in this episode

• Inland by Téa Obreht
• The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
• How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
• The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
• Olive Again by Elizabeth Strout
• The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
• The Night Fire by Michael Connelly

Library Director David Archer returns to give us an update on the 15,000 square foot addition to the Aspen Drive Library in Vernon Hills.

Dave reviews the most exciting features coming to the library, how construction is coming along, and what we can expect in the coming months. He answers a few questions and concerns plus shares what it's like to be in charge during a library construction project. We wrap up the episode with what Dave's been reading lately.

Mentioned in the episode

Aspen web page - view renderings, construction photos, and more details about the project.

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

American Prison by Shane Bauer

99% Invisible

Children’s librarian Melissa Phillips interviews Suzanne Slade, a prolific author whose recent picture book, Astronaut Annie, is literally out of this world. Learn about what goes into the creation of a children’s non-fiction book (hint: lots and lots of research in some fascinating places!).   SHOW NOTES: Suzanne Slade’s website Suzanne Slade’s books held by Cook…

Children's librarian Melissa Phillips interviews Suzanne Slade, a prolific author whose recent picture book, Astronaut Annie, is literally out of this world. Learn about what goes into the creation of a children's non-fiction book (hint: lots and lots of research in some fascinating places!).

SHOW NOTES: Suzanne Slade's website

Suzanne Slade's books held by Cook Memorial Public Library District

Story Time From Space

On April 2nd, a little over a week away, you have the opportunity to vote for all things local in the general consolidated election. We’re talking about positions like village trustees, library boards, school boards, and local referendums. For the election, Cook Library created Be A Voter!, a one-stop shop for election-related information specifically designed…

On April 2nd, a little over a week away, you get the opportunity to vote for all things local in the general consolidated election. We're talking about things like village trustees, library boards, school boards, and local referendums.

For the election, Cook Library created Be A Voter!, a one-stop shop for election-related information specifically designed for our district. On this episode Haley Samuelson, the head librarian for the page, talks about the election and how this resource can help you be a voter!

Visit the page at https://www.cooklib.org/be-a-voter and be sure to tell all your friends and family in the district.

It is Women’s History Month and when it comes to Libertyville history there is no shortage of inspiring women who have lived and served in this town to make it what it is today. Our local history librarian Jenny Barry is back for a special edition of The Past is Present, highlighting 3 such women.…

It is Women's History Month and when it comes to Libertyville history there is no shortage of inspiring women who have lived and served in this town to make it what it is today.

Our local history librarian Jenny Barry is back for a special edition of The Past is Present, highlighting 3 such women.

• Dr. Getta Sweeting
• Hattie Boehm
• JoAnn Eckmann

FURTHER READING ON SHELF LIFE

Clara Colby - the first woman to vote in Illinois in 1913.

The second woman to vote in Illinois

The Woman's Land Army of America in Libertyville during WWI.