This week Tayla is joined by Becky Spratford from RA for All and Katie Jablonski from the Cumberland Public Library to talk to us about great horror picks for this Halloween season. They also discuss award committee work, football, and New Jersey. During The Last Chapter they discuss: What is your favorite way to find out about new books?

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October is LGBTQIA+ History Month, and we're re-sharing some of our past episodes where we spoke to guests about queer history and the queer experience. In this episode, originally published June 29, 2021, we were joined by Mev Miller from the Wanderground Archive to talk about this budding cultural archive and what inspired her to try to create an archive to preserve lesbian literature and cultural artifacts in RI. They also talk about enjoying stories about characters that are their age, Disney, and the decline of lesbian-centric spaces. During The Last Chapter they discuss: how do you organize your books at home?

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This week Tayla is joined by Tammy and Emily from RI4All and John Marion from Common Cause RI to talk about voting and other ways to get involved with the government in RI. They also discuss how they use podcasts for entertainment and education and the 1940s Census. During The Last Chapter they discuss: If you could rewrite a book from another character's perspective, what character would you choose?

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October is LGBTQIA+ History Month, and we're re-sharing some of our past episodes where we spoke to guests about queer history and the queer experience. In this episode, originally published October 19, 2021, we were joined by Kate Wells and Angela DiVeglia from Providence Public Library to talk about the new RI LGBTQ+ archive. They give us details about the archive from it’s planning stages to it’s roll-out in June and their hope for its continued growth. They also talk about romance novels and their many sub-genres, smart engaging podcasts (besides this one) and the Public Universal Friend.  During The Last Chapter they discuss: Have you ever had a crush on a book character and if so who?

Looking for an update on the LGBTQ+ Archive? Check out this episode of Rhody Radio from June 21, 2022.

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This week Tayla is joined by librarian and activist Jessamyn West and RI Attorney General Peter Neronha to discuss cybersecurity basics. They also discuss non-fiction reading and Netflix hacks. During The Last Chapter they discuss: What is one book that you kist couldn’t finish?

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This week Tayla is joined by Kristen Curry and Liz Sapienza-Martin from the CPL Cookbook Club to talk about Fall cookbooks. They also discuss reading adventures, binge watching vs shows coming out week to week, and haunted libraries. During The Last Chapter they discuss: If you were to write a cookbook, what theme or type of food would your cookbook be?

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This week we're sharing an episode of Rhody Radio featuring author Howard S. Veisz, a dedicated volunteer in the Watercraft  Department at the Mystic Seaport Museum since 2009, sharing the story of Henny Sinding Sundø and Gerda III, the boat Henny used to save Jewish lives during the Nazi occupation of Denmark. Veisz's book, Henny and Her Boat,  provides a fresh perspective on the Danes' defense of their Jewish countrymen during years of Nazi occupation and, ultimately, their heroic  rescue of the Danish Jews on a fleet of fishing boats and other small craft.

This podcast is presented in collaboration with the Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center Baxt Lecture Series, an annual event that brings Holocaust education to the greater Rhode Island community.

Please join us at the upcoming Baxt Lecture on Sunday, November 6 at 1:30 PM, featuring Dr. Mehnaz Afridi, author of SHOAH THROUGH MUSLIM EYES.

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In 2009 Howard S. Veisz left a litigation career and went to sea. After a two-year sailing voyage around the North Atlantic, Howard and his wife settled on  Connecticut’s Mystic River, and Howard began work as a shipyard  volunteer at the Mystic Seaport Maritime Museum. Howard worked in the rigging shop for a massive project: restoring Mystic’s 1841 whaling ship, the Charles W. Morgan, and getting it under sail for the first time in 93 years. As the whaling ship project wound down, Howard’s interest in Gerda III, also docked at Mystic Seaport Museum, arose.

With a father and grandparents who barely escaped Nazi Germany, Gerda III’s role in rescuing Denmark’s Jews drew Howard in. While helping to preserve Gerda III,  Howard began a four-year mission to reconstruct its history. Howard  traveled to Denmark to locate and interview descendants of the people  who carried out Gerda III’s rescue missions; scoured Danish archives; visited the docks from which Gerda III set out; gathered accounts by leaders of the Gerda III rescue group that had never appeared in English; and assembled translators to  uncover the fascinating story that had been buried in those writings for  over seventy years.

This week guest host Elena is joined by Cassidy from the William Hall Library and author Riss M. Neilson to talk about her debut novel Deep In Providence. They also dig into manga adaptations to other forms of media, the inner workings of book publishing, and their love of romance novels. In the Last Chapter they discuss: what novel would you rewrite from another character’s point of view.

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The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford

Babel by R. F. Kuang

Lakesedge by Lyndall Clipstone

Vampires, Hearts, & Other Dead Things by Margie Fuston

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Browse books by Junji Ito

Orochi by Kazuo Umezu

Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

On Rotation by Shirlene Obuobi

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

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The Promised Neverland (2019-2021)

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This week Tayla is joined by John Donegan from the Our Built Environments subcommittee of the OCHEZ and John Flaherty from Grow Smart RI to talk about making RI cities work for ALL Rhode Islanders. They also discuss their Irish ancestry, educational YouTube channels, and Anywhere, USA. During The Last Chapter they discuss: What fictional environment/world would you like to visit on vacation?

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What Happened to You by Dr. Bruce D. Perry and Oprah WinfreyThe Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsThe Geography of Nowhere by James Howard KunstlerMessy Roots by Laura Gao

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This week Tayla is joined by Kate Sayles from the RI Land Trust Council and Scott Comings from the Nature Conservancy of RI. They discuss how both of their organizations help preserve open natural spaces in RI. They also discuss British radio shows, cringey comedy, and Bluey. During The Last Chapter they discuss: If you were asked to read out of your comfort zone, what genre would you choose and why?

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