This week Tayla is joined by Assistant Director Julie Holden and Ivy Swinski from OneCranston Health Equity Zone to talk about their latest partnership with CPL: Healthy Families at Cranston Public Library. They also discuss the mean girl trope, Marvel movies, and funny TV. During the Last Chapter they discuss: how do you organize your shelves at home?

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This week Tayla and Cassidy are joined by dancer Lola to talk to her about her experience as a belly and hula dancer and her gig teaching at The Rhody Center. They also talk about international television, suspenseful vs scary movies, and etiquette. During The Last Chapter they discuss: Has a book ever changed your life?

Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you’d like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your topic suggestions to [email protected]. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening!

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This week Tayla is joined by Mike and Emily from the Electromagnetic Pinball Museum! They share with us information about their unique museum and how it came to be. We also discuss World War II shows, Binging with Babish, and Rhode Island Comic Con. During the Last Chapter they discuss: Would you rather bring any one character from a book into our world OR live in a book’s world but never meet your favorite character?

Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you’d like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your topic suggestions to [email protected]. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening!

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This week Tayla is joined by Robin from the William Hall Library and Deb from the Tiverton Public Library to talk all things historical fiction. They discuss what they like about historical fiction as a genre and give some historical fiction recommendations. They also talk about Wes Andreson movies, the Good Place, and Elvis Costello. During The Last Chapter they discuss: what book/series that you discussed today would you most like to see made into a TV show or movie?

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This week Tayla is joined by Lisa Valentino from Ink Fish Books in Warren and Steven Porter from Stillwater Books in Pawtucket to bring you an extra dose of book recommendations for your holiday gift giving! We also discuss enjoying books new and old, Netflix binge watching, and Norwegian sci-fi dramas. During the Last Chapter they discuss: if you could change one thing about literature, what would it be?

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This week Tayla is joined by Lisa from the Central Branch and author Joe Broadmeadow to talk about his new book Divine Providence: The Mayor, The Mob, and the Man in the Middle. They also talk about cults, British comedies, and Deep Space Nine. During The Last Chapter they discuss: what’s a book you recommend to everyone?

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This week Tayla is joined by two more emerging librarians, Elena and Cassidy, to continue our series highlighting up and comers in the library profession. They shared with us their journey into librarianship as well as their hopes for their future in the profession. They also discuss getting ready for Halloween with their reading and watching, Handmaid's Tale, and cute gay love graphic novels. During The Last Chapter, they talk about books they disliked that everyone else loved.

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In this bonus postcredit sequence, Tayla, Kate, and Angela talk a bit more about the RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives oral history project, Queer StoRIes. Learn about the project and how you can nominate yourself or someone else to contribute an oral history by filling out this form:

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This week Tayla is joined by Kate Wells and Angela DiVeglia from Providence Public Library to talk about the new RI LGBTQ+ Community 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?

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This week Tayla is joined by author Connelly Akstens and Volta Tran from Thundermist Health. Connelly discusses her memoir Without Shame: Learning to Be Me and Volta discusses her work as part of the Trans Health Access Team at Thundermist. They also discuss Bach, Lil Nas X, and the diversity of trans narratives. During The Last Chapter they discuss: What do you use as a bookmark?

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