Rhody Recommends brings you a short segment on our off weeks where we tell you what we’re reading, watching, and listening to. Everything you hear about in this segment is available at your local library, or freely available online. 

We’re celebrating spooky season with these horror recommendations to die for!

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Theme song: Fashion Chill by Coma-Media

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On Saturday, November 4 while crowds gather at the Convention Center in downtown Providence for RI Comic Con, across the city a smaller crowd will be gathering for the free Neighborhood Comics Fest at Mt. Pleasant Library. Hear all about the event from librarian Garrett Locke, and state representative, and local RWA wrestling legend, David Morales. 

We talk super heroes, comics fest, wrestling, and storytimes (wrestling story time!).

Rhody Recommends brings you a short segment on our off weeks where we tell you what we’re reading, watching, and listening to. Everything you hear about in this segment is available at your local library, or freely available online.

In this episode: Top 13 Challenged Books in 2022 (per ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom)

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In this outtake from our episode recorded at the Washington County Fair, you'll hear from 4-H Members sharing their experiences showing cattle at the fair and working on a dairy farm.

Listen back to our episode from September 26, 2023, featuring a tour of the Washington County Fair with author Carla Panciera followed by a conversation about her book, Barnflower: A Rhode Island Farm Memoir.

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Thank you to the Washington County Fair and Clark Memorial Library for hosting and to Carla Panciera for taking the time to walk Dave through the fair.

The theme for this episode is To Meet the Light by lemonmusicstudio

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Dave visits the Washington County Fair to talk with Carla Panciera about her book Barnflower: A Rhode Island Farm Memoir. He also gets a behind the scenes tour through the livestock area and learns about how fair participants are keeping alive the traditions of small farm life.

Upcoming stops on Carla’s autumn book tour:

Thank you to the Washington County Fair and Clark Memorial Library for hosting and to Carla Panciera for taking the time to walk Dave through the fair.

The theme for this episode is To Meet the Light by lemonmusicstudio

Rhody Recommends brings you a short segment on our off weeks where we tell you what we’re reading, watching, and listening to. Everything you hear about in this segment is available at your local library, or freely available online.

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Theme song: Fashion Chill by Coma-Media

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Dave sits down with David Schoorens, author of Refuge: A Novel of Lost Democracy, to talk about his book, the experience of writing it, and what it takes to continue living in a democratic republic.

Theme for this episode is Cinematic Action Trailer by PaulYudins

Rhody Recommends brings you a short segment on our off weeks where we tell you what we’re reading, watching, and listening to. Everything you hear about in this segment is available at your local library, or freely available online. These recommendations are for cinephiles, a.k.a. movie buffs, a.k.a. anyone who has seen “2001: A Space Odyssey” multiple times just because they love it so much.

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Emily is joined by author Carolyn Wyman to discuss her latest food book,

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