On this hostful episode, Emily, Lauren, and Dave take a walk down memory lane and share their favorite books, movies, games, and treats from their childhoods. They also discuss the poetry of Andrea Gibson, book-logging apps, and being territorial about little treats. In the Last Chapter they swap childhood memories of going to the library.

Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the state. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing it to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing podcast cannot be reproduced without express written permission.

Our logo was designed by Sarah Bouvier and our theme music is by Neura-Flow.

Books

Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie

Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

The Future by Naomi Alderman

Emily by Michael Bedard

Meg Mackintosh mystery series by Lucinda Landon

Encyclopedia Brown mystery series by Donald J. Sobol

But No Elephants by Jerry Smath

Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie (fictional children's book featured in Calvin and Hobbes comics)

Nimona (graphic novel) by ND Stevenson

Media

Shrinking (TV series, 2023 - )

The Studio (TV series, 2025 - )

Spider-Man (2002)

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Venom (2018)

Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

Venom: The Last Dance (2025)

Come See Me in the Good Light (2025)

Frieren (TV series, 2023 - )

Nimona (film, 2023)

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2019)

The Land Before Time (1988)

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)

The Emperor's New Groove (2000)

Legally Blonde (2001)

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1997)

The Luck of The Irish (TV movie, 2001)

Other:

The Sims (computer/video game)

Super Mario Brothers (video game)

Parcheesi (board game)

Sorry (board game)

Trouble (board game)

Host Lauren chats with Anne Conway, Director of the Museum of Work and Culture in Woonsocket. They talk about the Museum, the Winter Olympics, and how 20th century Quebecois textile workers kept their culture alive after immigrating to the U.S. In the Last Chapter they discuss: When you walk into a bookstore or a library, what's the first thing you look for?

For information about the events mentioned in the episode or any other events at the Museum of Work and Culture, visit https://www.rihs.org/events/ .

Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the state. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing it to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing podcast cannot be reproduced without express written permission.

Our logo was designed by Sarah Bouvier and our theme music is by Neura-Flow.

Books

The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, & Karen White

Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time by Jennifer Wright

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Media

2026 Winter Olympic Games

La Bolduc (2018 film)

Host Dave talks to Kate Schapira, author of Lessons From the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth, about how we all can take a measured approach to responding to the many anxieties we face in this modern era. They also discuss affording everyone an expansive view of their humanity, the need for layered meanings in books that make us think, and the need for real community. In the Last Chapter Dave asks: what is a line from a book that has stuck with you and why?

Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the Ocean State. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing It to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing It podcast can not be reproduced without express written permission.

Our logo was designed by Sarah Bouvier and our theme music is by Neura-Flow.

Books

Lessons From the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth by Kate Schapira

Budget Justice by Celina Su

Opacities by Sofia Samatar

Sunshine by Robin McKinley

Night Watch by Terry Pratchett

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin

Media

Vibe Check (podcast)

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (2017)

Secret Mall Apartment (2024)

Overdueing It Episode 39 - Join a Club, Save Our Democracy (No Really) with Rebecca Davis

Other

Kate Schapira (website)

What even is AI anyway, and how do we harness it for the good of the people? Host Emily talks technology and public power in this episode with Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders, authors of Rewiring Democracy: How AI will Transform our Politics, Government, and Citizenship. Find the book at your local library!

Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the Ocean State. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing It to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing It podcast can not be reproduced without express written permission.

Our logo was designed by Sarah Bouvier and our theme music is by Neura-Flow.

Books

The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism by Jathan Sadowski

A Drop of Corruption by Robert Bennet

Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes

Lynch on Lynch edited by Chris Rodley

Rewiring Democracy: How AI will Transform our Politics, Government, and Citizenship by Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders

The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger

The Hidden Language of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman

A Hacker's Mind by Bruce Schneier

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard

Media

Zero Dark Thirty

Ella McCay

Zenon Girl of the Twenty First Century

Other

Song - The Arrogant Worms: Carrot Juice is Murder (I've Heard the Scream of the Vegetables)

Video - The Fall

Host Emily chats with Rhode Island Librarians about the Winter Reading Challenge coming to a library near you this February. Learn more and head to your local library to sign up and win some sweet prizes!

Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the Ocean State. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing It to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing It podcast can not be reproduced without express written permission.

Our logo was designed by Sarah Bouvier and our theme music is by Neura-Flow.

Books

• The Old Magic of Christmas by Linda Raedisch

• The German Christmas Cookbook by Jurgen Krauss

• The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

• Songs for Other People's Weddings by David Levithan, with songs by Lens Lekman

• The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

Media

• K-Pop Demon Hunters

• The Office

• Wicked: For Good

This week we're bringing you an ITEM RENEWAL from our archives. In this episode of Rhody Radio first released on December 19, 2023, Liz Gotauco AKA Cosbrarian dispenses with the merry and instead wishes you a Very Scary Christmas, sharing some macabre yuletide folk tales to accompany a dark winter night.

If you love this episode and haven't yet, be sure to read Liz's book and listen to our episode with her and her sister Jade Gotauco all about folktales, illustrating the book, and their respective efforts to shine a light on neglected stories:

• F*cked Up Fairy Tales by Liz Gotauco, illustrated by Jade Gotauco
• Overdueing It Episode 35 - F*cked Up Fairy Tales the Book! With Liz and Jade Gotauco

Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the Ocean State. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing It to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing It podcast can not be reproduced without express written permission.

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Story sources and further reading

• "Frau Perchta, the Belly-Slitter" by Bone and Sickle
• "Meet the Thirteen Yule Lads, Iceland's Own Mischievous Santa Clauses" by Smithsonian Mag
• "Why Iceland's Christmas Witch Is Much Cooler (and Scarier) Than Krampus" via Smithsonian Mag
• "Hans Von Trotha" via Wikipedia
• "The Evil Butcher" via the St. Nicholas Center
• Ginevra, or, The old oak chest, a Christmas story by Susan Wallace (1894)
• "The Legend of the Mistletoe Bough" via Wikipedia
• "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes" by Henry James (1868)
• "Secrets of the Old Oak Trunk" is an original short story by Liz Gotauco, November 2023

Music

• "The Demons Dance on Christmas Eve" by melodyayresgriffiths, via Pixabay
• "Coventry Carol" by Chillmore from Pixabay
• "A Christmas Tale" by lena_orsa via FreeSound.org
• "Our Love is Here to Stay" performed by Gracenotes in 2011, featuring Charles Wizon on violin, Lou Messana on guitar and Al Cardillo on bass
• "Grey Cuckoo Christmas Background Music" by Oleksii Kaplunskyi from Pixabay
• "In the Bleak Midwinter" by Julius H. from Pixabay

Civic engagement correspondent Meg Hamlin-Black talks to Rebecca Davis, co-director and producer of the 2023 documentary Join or Die, a film about why you should join a club, and why the fate of America depends on it. The doc follows the story of America's civic unraveling through the journey of Robert Putnam, whose legendary "Bowling Alone" research into American community decline may hold the answers to our democracy's present crisis. They also discuss the joy of re-reading a book and the physicality of objects. During the Last Chapter they discuss: what is a book that you hated?

Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the Ocean State. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing It to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing It podcast can not be reproduced without express written permission.

Our logo was designed by Sarah Bouvier and our theme music is by Neura-Flow.

Books

Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam

Camera Lucida by Roland Barthes

Woodworking by Emily St. James

The Memory Palace by Nate DiMeo

Media

Join or Die (2023)

Sentimental Value (2025)

Other

Join or Die (website)

Join 101 (newsletter)

Host Zach talks to authors Trish FitzSimons and Madelyn Shaw about their book Fleeced: Unraveling the History of Wool and War. They also talk about the glut of viewing options available and reading humor as escape. In the Last Chapter: If you could go back in time for research, where would you go and why?

Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the Ocean State. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing It to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing It podcast can not be reproduced without express written permission.

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Books Fleeced: Unraveling the History of Wool and War by Trish FitzSimons and Madelyn Shaw Disturbing the Peace by Václav Havel Browse titles by P. G. Wodehouse The Picnic by Matthew Longo Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter We Live In Water by Jess Walter Following the Equator by Mark Twain

Media The Avengers (1961-1969) The Diplomat (2023- ) Portrait Artist of the Year (2013- ) Fabric of War: Why Wool? (Vimeo)

Other Madelyn Shaw (LinkedIn) Trish FitzSimons (LinkedIn) Dalby Pioneer Park Museum Fabric of War Web Exhibition

Host Emily chats romance (what else?!) with, and learns a cricket joke from, international comedian, writer, podcaster, and all-around super cool human, Alice Fraser, author of A Passion for Passion.

Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the Ocean State. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing It to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing It podcast can not be reproduced without express written permission.

Our logo was designed by Sarah Bouvier and our theme music is by Neura-Flow.

Books

A Passion for Passion by Alice Fraser

Queen Demon by Martha Wells

Browse the Flavia Albia Mysteries by Lindsey Davis

Jack Reacher series

Fourth Consort by Edward Ashton

Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold

Happy Place by Emily Henry

Lord Peter Wimsey Series by Dorothy L Sayers - The first: Whose body?

Candace Camp

Media

Realms Unknown

Arcane

Resident Alien

Michelle Wolf standup

The Bugle

Other

Alice Fraser (Patreon)

Host Lauren chats with bestselling author Vanessa Lillie to discuss her latest book, The Bone Thief. They talk about the book, repatriating historic Indigenous artifacts, Vanessa's writing process, and the importance of self-care when writing about traumatic events. In the Last Chapter they discuss the seasonally appropriate topic: If you could have a custom candle to burn while you cozy up with a good book, what would the scent be and why?

Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the state. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing it to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing podcast cannot be reproduced without express written permission.

Our logo was designed by Sarah Bouvier and our theme music is by Neura-Flow.

Books

To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage

Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice

Sold by Patricia McCormick

The Bone Thief by Vanessa Lillie

Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie

There There by Tommy Orange

The Removed by Brandon Hobson

Little Voices by Vanessa Lillie

Media

Interview With The Vampire (TV series, 2022 - )

Interview With The Vampire (film, 1994)

Bob's Burgers (TV series, 2011 - )

The X Files (TV series, 1993-2018)