KPL Podcast

 Multi award winning author Nathaniel Philbrick drops in on this week's KPL Podcast. We'll be chatting about his latest book, Travels With George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy. Then Jigisha and Ryan discuss some of the wildest reasons books have been banned in honor of Banned Book Week. All this and more on this week's KPL Podcast. 

1.  The Double Life of Bob Dylan :a restless, hungry feeling, 1941-1966 by Clinton Heylin
2. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
3. Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
4. Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you See by Bill Martin Jr
5. Merriam Webster Dictionary
 

An amazing episode and author is in store for you this week on the KPL Podcast! Jigisha and Ryan are joined by poet, composer, teacher, and bestselling novelist, Ryka Aoki! They will be discussing her latest powerful release, Light From Uncommon Stars. Then Ryan shares some must read "own voices" transgender titles in our readers advisory segment. All this, a poetry reading, and much more on this week's KPL Podcast! 
1. Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
2. She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
3. If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
4. Dreadnought by April Daniels

 Mary Roach, America's funniest science writer, joins us this week on a very entertaining and educational KPL Podcast! We discuss her latest release "Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law," libraries, and much more. Then Jigisha and Ryan share some of their favorite factoids about wildlife's intersection with crime. All this and more on this week's KPL Podcast! 

Recommendations
1. Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine by Geoff Manaugh
2. You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers
 

Ryan and Jigisha have a special history episode this week.  They interview retired assistant site manager of the Cahokia Mounds.  He tells us about this amazing historical site right across the river and he also speaks to us about his book Cahokia Mounds: America's First City.
Enjoy the episode and please write to us at [email protected] and tell us what you think. 

We are joined by author Amy Belding Brown this week on the KPL Podcast. We will be discussing her latest historical fiction title, Emily's House! Then Jigisha and Ryan are joined by fellow librarian Lynne for a chat about the library's Home Borrow service. All this and so much more this week on your KPL Podcast. Happy listening. Have a topic you'd like us to explore? Comments? Please write to us at [email protected]
1. Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet
2. Big Sky by Kate Atkinson
3. Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket

This week on the KPL Podcast an episode filled with humor and heart. We are joined by the best-selling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor, Steven Rowley! We discuss his latest page turner The Guncle. Then hosts Jigisha and Ryan are joined by fellow librarian Alex in a conversation about our newest book club, Pride in Reading. All this and more this week on the KPL Podcast! Have a topic you'd like us to explore? Comments? Please write to us at [email protected]
1. A Star is Bored by Byron Lane
2. Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
3. Ace of Spades by Fariday Abike-Iyimide
4. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
5. Cosmoknights by Hannah Templer
6. Fence by CS Picat
7. Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
8. One Hundred Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell
9 The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
10 Runaways by Rainbow Rowell
11. Fire 

New York Times Bestseller and local favorite Laurell K. Hamilton is back with an exciting new series and she spoke with the KPL Podcast first! Please enjoy this extended interview, filled with a lively discussion all about her latest page-turning title, A Terrible Fall of Angels. Happy listening!  Have a topic you'd like us to explore? Comments? Please write to us at [email protected]

1. The Wizard's Butler by Nathan Lowell
2. Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert M. Sapolsky

A crime-filled bicentennial celebration episode is in store this week on the KPL Podcast. We are joined by Vicki and James Erwin in discussion of their latest title, Notorious Missouri: 200 Years of Historic Crimes! Then Jigisha and Ryan chat about some of their recent True-Crime favorites. All this and more in this week's dangerous episode of the KPL Podcast! Happy Friday the Thirteenth!
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1. Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
2. The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Corben
3. A Glimmer of a Clue by Daryl Wood Gerber
4. Field Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War by Earl Hess
5. Shakespeare's Lives by Samuel Schoenbaum
6. Babylon's Ashes by James Corey
7. Portrait of a Killer by Patricia Cornwell
8. Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer by Dean Jobb
9. Agatha Christie's True Crime Inspirations: Stranger than Fiction by Mike Holgate
10. Lost Boys of Hannibal Podcast

Complicated families is this week's KPL Podcast theme. First off we chat with bestselling author Sunjeev Sahota about his recently released page-turner, "China Room." Then Jigisha and Ryan chat about some of their favorite challenging family films. All this, summer reading, and much more on this week's KPL Podcast!  Have a topic you'd like us to explore? Comments? Please write to us at [email protected]
1. The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark
2. Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam

Laughter and love is in store this week on the KPL Podcast! We are joined by author Colleen Oakley in a discussion about her latest beach-read-page-turner "The Invisible Husband of Frick Island." Then Ryan reviews one of Jigisha's favorite Rom-Coms, 13 Going on 30. This, romantic comedy recommendations, and much more! Happy listening!  Have a topic you'd like us to explore? Comments? Please write to us at [email protected]
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1. The Other Black Girl by Dalila Zakiya Harris
2. The Social Graces by Renee Rosen
3. The Kindred Spirits Supper Club by Amy E. Reichert