Off the Shelf with Delaware Library

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Molly Meyers LaBadie and Hannah Simpson. Guests include Suzanne Pingry from Connections Volunteers Center and Helpline, and Neha Hariharan and Jan Davis from the Sages & Seekers program.

This week we chat about the connections made during this summer's Sages & Seekers session, which met at the Library for several weeks. And, of course, what we're reading! 

Recommendations include Should the Waters Take Us by Stephanie Soileau, The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak, Country People by Daniel Mason, and Upward Bound by Woody Brown.

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ 

This episode originally aired on July 24, 2026

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. Guest this week is Lori Kipfer from the Board of Library Trustees.

This week we chat about what we have been reading and back to school readiness. 

Recommendations include: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, Born Lucky be Leland Vittert and The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson.  

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ 

This episode originally aired on June 17, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Hannah Simpson. Guests include author Kevin Williams.

This week we chat about Kevin's new book "Not So Simple. My Adventures Among the Amish, Mennonites, Shakers, and other Plain People". An, of course, what we're reading.

Recommendations include Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, The Summer of Death by Geoffrey Williams, and The Last Resort by Erin Entrada Kelly.

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ 

This episode originally aired on July 10, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. Guests include Garrett Guillozet, Health Commissioner, and Adam Howard, Deputy Health Commissioner of Preventative Health from the Delaware Public Health District.

This week we chat about the Mobile Health Clinic stops at the Ostrander Branch Library, the Walk with Ease program, and the Baby Expo on August 8. And, of course, what we've been reading! 

Recommendations include Starry Messenger by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Dreamland by Sam Quiones, The Astral Library by Kate Quinn, and The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King.

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ 

This episode originally aired on June 26, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. Guests include Nichole Klatte from the Friends of the Library and New York Times bestselling author Laura Kamoie!

This week we chat about Laura Kamoie's upcoming visit to DCDL on June 25 (thanks to the Friends!) and her newest book A Founding Mother. 

Recommendations include Fox by Joyce Carol Oates, The Diva Says Cheesecake by Krista Davis, The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ 

This episode originally aired on June 12, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Hannah Simpson and Molly Meyers LaBadie. Guests include Hannah Atibagos from the Central Ohio Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association!

This week we talk about Alzheimer's and Brian Awareness Month and the signs of memory diseases.

Recommendations include: Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook , Max the Brave by Ed Vere, and Dream Girl Drama by Tessa Bailey.

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ 

This episode originally aired on June 5, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Hannah Simpson and Matt Davic. Guests include Kelly Cochran, Programming and Youth Service Coordinator for Delaware County District Library.

This week we chat about Summer Reading Club, which kicks off June 1! 

Recommendations include Minecraft games, Women's Hotel by Daniel Lavery, and The Wren in the Holly Library by K.A. Linde.

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ 

This episode originally aired on May 29, 2026

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Hannah Simpson and Matt Davis. Guests include Beth McCollum from Preservation Parks.

This week we chat about the summer exhibits and letterboxing program, "What Lies Beneath" at Preservation Parks of Delaware County.! 

Recommendations include Dark Knights of Steel by Tom Taylor, Something in the Woods Loves You by Jarod Anderson, and Angel Down by Daniel Kraus. 

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ 

This episode originally aired on May 22, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. Guests include Brian Doone, Community Relations Coordinator for SourcePoint. 

This week we chat about upcoming events with SourcePoint like the Health Expo and the Car Show. And, of course, what we're reading! 

Recommendations include Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes and some of Nicole's favorite nonfiction titles. 

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ 

This episode originally aired on May 8, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie.

This week we chat about the America 250 events in May and, of course, what we're reading! 

Recommendations include Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green and Common Sense by Thomas Paine.

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ 

This episode originally aired on May 1, 2026.