KPL Podcast

This week on the KPL Podcast we are joined by Mark Sullivan, bestselling author of The Last Green Valley.  This is a book about one family's harrowing journey to escape Stalin's horrifying regime and find freedom. A powerful compelling story and certainly not to be missed! Happy listening! Have a topic you'd like us to explore? Comments? Please write to us at [email protected]
Recommendations
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

This week on the KPL Podcast a very special Bicentennial History episode.  We are joined by Professor Walter Johnson in a discussion on his book "The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States." This is a perfect companion episode to enjoy before the library's Virtual Author Talk with Professor Johnson on Wednesday, July 21st at 7 pm. Registration is required for an invitation to the Author Talk so visit https://kirkwoodpubliclibrary.org/ to sign up! Happy listening!
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recommendations
1. Black Reconstruction in America by WEB Dubois
2. John Brown by WEB Dubois
3. Abandon in the Heartland by Jennifer Hamers
4. The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin
5. Race, Place, and Policing: too close for comfort by Andrea S. Boyles

Are you ready for another thrilling episode of the KPL Podcast? This week we are joined by the internationally bestselling author Kathy Reichs! Her novels and it's protagonist, Temperance Brennan, were the basis for the television show Bones. We will be discussing her latest forensic thriller "The Bone Code." Then Jigisha and Ryan chat about their favorite books-to-tv in a themed recommendation segment. 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. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
2. Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The KPL Podcast is kicking off July strong with a visit from author Kristin Harmel! We will be chatting about her instant New York Times Bestseller and must summer-read "The Forest of Vanishing Stars." Jigisha and Ryan also look back at recommended titles that were released in the first half of 2021. This, summer reading, and much more on the KPL Podcast.

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Recommendations
1. Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr (release date March 2022)
2. Warsaw Orphan by Kelly Rimmer
3. Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
4. Little Pieces of Me by Alison Hammer
5. The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
6. While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams
7. Murder in the Cookbook Nook by Ellery Adams
8. The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

 On this week's episode of the KPL Podcast we celebrate PRIDE with two very special guests! First up we are joined by Chloe O. Davis with a discussion about her debut title "The Queens' English: The LGBTQIA+ Dictionary of Lingo and Colloquial Phrases." Then Jigisha and Ryan check in with returning special guest Steven Brawley and the St. Louis LGBT History Project. Happy Pride!  

Links to check out
St Louis LGBT History Project
Missouri Historical Society Gateway to Pride Exhibit
 

Missouri history is front and center this week on the KPL Podcast with our bicentennial celebration special! Jigisha and Ryan are joined by oral historian and host of the Our Missouri Podcast, Sean Rost. Join us for this chat about the state's origins, Lilburn Boggs, Daniel Boone's bones, and so much more! This is a can't miss episode! Have a topic you'd like us to explore? Comments? Please write to us at [email protected]
Missouri Historical Society
Recommendations
1. A History of Missouri by Louis Houck
2. History of Missouri by David March
3. Across Our Wide Missouri by Bob Priddy
4. A History of the Ozarks by Brooks Blevins
5. Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser
6. Kingdom of Nauvoo: the Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier by Benjamin Park

This week a very special episode of the KPL Podcast. We are joined by Professor Warren Binford an internationally recognized childrens' rights scholar and an advocate of the frontlines for the fight for children in migration. We will be discussing her book "Hear My Voice: The Testimonies of Children Detained at the Southern Border of the United States." It is a conversation not to be missed. Please join us.   Have a topic you'd like us to explore? Comments? Please write to us at [email protected]
Recommendation
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales

It's a Rom-Com filled episode this week on the KPL Podcast! Join Jigisha for a conversation with author Amy E. Reichert about her latest book "The Kindred Spirits Supper Club!" Then stick around as Jigisha and Ryan share a few of their favorite romantic comedy films. All this and more on KPL Podcast episode filled with love and laughter.  Have a topic you'd like us to explore? Comments? Please write to us at [email protected]
Recommendations
1. People we meet on vacation by Emily Henry
2. Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
3. The Princess Bride
4. Chocolat
5. Scott Pilgrim vs the World
6. Sliding Doors

We jump into the educational and entertaining world of chemistry on the KPL Podcast! Science communicator, MIT trained chemist, and television host George Zaidan drops by to discuss his book "Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put In and On Us" and answers some of our pressing junk food questions. Then Jigisha shares some of her favorite titles in a science themed readers advisory. It's an episode filled with science fact and science fun on this episode of the KPL Podcast! Have a topic you'd like us to explore? Comments? Please write to us at [email protected]
Recommendations
1. A Promised Land by Barack Obama
2. Life's Edge: the search for what it means to be alive by Carl Zimmer
3. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
4. Keep Sharp by Sanjay Gupta
Netflix documentary
Behind the Curve

It's a celebration of St. Louis this week on the KPL Podcast! To help us we've invited St. Louis's very own and KMOX legend Charlie Brennan! We will be discussing his latest title "Only In St, Louis." Then stick around as hosts Jigisha and Ryan chat about some of their favorite St. Louis based books and films. All this, Summer Reading, and more on this very St. Louis episode of the KPL Podcast!  Have a topic you'd like us to explore? Comments? Please write to us at [email protected]
Recommendations:
1. Facebook the Inside Story by Steven Levy
2. The Will to Do, The Soul to Dare by Rumy Zsolt
3. The Price you for Pay for College by Ron Lieber
4. The Mysteries by Marisa Silver
5. The Pruitt Igoe Myth
6. St Louis Sound: An Illustrated Timeline by Steve Pick