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Loud Librarian Josh, and fellow Potterheads Dakota Kygar and Katrina Wendt, tap the third brick from the left, and re-enter the magical world of Harry Potter. Join the crew as they discuss Jack Thorne’s, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Find out if Josh and Kat can officially agree on anything, and whether any of them actually liked reading the book.

Gather around, fans of the bard, for Joshua Valentine and Ben Hamlin gather once again to talk about the master playwright and performer, William Shakespeare. This time, instead of diving into any one play, the duo goes over the history of the bard, how the folios came to be and the legacy of his work to this day. Plus they tackle the important questions, who is our modern day Shakespeare?

Loud Librarian Josh sits down to preface listeners on an upcoming, grand episode discussing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and just how much he hates time travel as a plot device. (Spoilers)

Loud Librarian Josh discusses some of the usual bookish habits that people often have, and then gives everyone a bit to think about by discussing some not-so-often considered habits that might just help your reading lives.

Loud Librarian Josh talks about the best books of 2016, and discusses his favourite reads to cope with the difficult year.

With Hanukkah over, and Christmas and New Years fast approaching, the winter holiday season is in full swing. Join Loud Librarian Josh Valentine as he shares some of his best book buying tips to put your gifting game on point.

Loud Librarian Josh discusses bookstores and bookshops in the first ever Loud Librarian Book-Bite! Join Josh as he reminisces about Borders Books, and talks at length about Powell’s Books of Portland, Oregon, and why everyone should just live there (in Powell’s). Josh also discusses the local bookshops of Corvallis, Oregon, and describes what makes each of them unique. The Book Bin, Browser’s Books, and Grass Roots Books and Music. Each shop is its own community hub of book lovers, and the proprietors give each store an individuality that makes them, together, a triumvirate force of literature in Corvallis.

Loud Librarian Josh, and Infinity Break Content Director Benjamin Hamlin embark on yet another lengthy jaunt through the land of Shakespeare. Did we say we’d talk about the legacy of the playwright? Well jokes on you, as a long discussion begins regarding aspects of Shakespeare’s plays, particularly those of Hamlet, and Macbeth. Join these to literature addicts as they once again dig into the works of Shakespeare to great amusement.

Long-winded comic book fanatic, Content Director of Infinity Break, and Shakespeare enthusiast Ben Hamlin returns to the Loud Librarian Podcast to talk with Josh about the old English playwright. Tears are shed, laughs abound, and Ben breaks his brain several times as Josh asks all of the important questions, like, “Should you always stab your curtains?” Oregon Shakespeare Festival: https://www.osfashland.org/en.aspx Librivox (for the public domain audiobooks) : https://librivox.org/