If These Walls Could Talk is a segment on Rhody Radio where we learn about the historic house museums of Rhode Island. In these episodes, Lauren Walker from the Rhody Radio crew and Coventry Public Library tours Rhode Island’s many historic homes, talks with the people who take care of them, and shares all of this great history with our listeners.

Lauren is joined by Brian Zinszer, docent and Vice President of the Board of Trustees at the Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead in Coventry, RI.

For more information about the Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead, visit their website at ⁠nathanaelgreenehomestead.org⁠.

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 all... pretty weird.

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Theme song: Fashion Chill by Coma-Media

Book challenges and threats to intellectual freedom are on the rise nationwide, and community support of public libraries is more important than ever. The Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center and the Cranston Public Library presented a panel discussion looking at the historical context of intellectual freedom and how we can respond and advocate for these institutions and freedoms in the present. Bringing together historians, public librarians, and free speech advocates, this event framed the importance of protecting and advocating for institutions that enable a free and pluralistic society.

This panel discussion and audience Q&A was moderated by Tayla Cardillo, chair of the RI Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee, and featured opening remarks from library trustee Michael Goldberg. Panelists included: Brigitte Hopkins and Bill Lancellotta from the Westerly Library; Steven Brown, Executive Director of the Rhode Island ACLU; and Michael Bryant, Professor of History and Legal Studies at Bryant University.

Recorded and streamed live on Oct 4, 2023

Theme music: Wings of Your Freedom by BoDleasons

The National Book Foundation announced the winners in the 5 National Book Award categories this week. Hear more about the ceremony and the winning titles. Want to view the ceremony? It's free! Check out the recording and the list of all finalists.

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For more information about Judith Kalaora and History at Play™, visit judithkalaora.com or find her on social media @historyatplay. 

Music by Roman Senyk from Pixabay.

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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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For this bonus episode of Rhody Eats, we enlist even more of our colleagues across the state to find the best tacos Rhode Island and choose our favorites, using the RI Food Fights Taco Mania 2023 as a guide.

Our sincere thanks to our colleagues Heidi, Kelly, Kevin, Sarah, August, Tayla, Kiki, Michaela, and Lee-Ann for joining us on our taco adventures. And be sure to check back in your feed for the main episode, featuring taco reviews and an interview with RI Food Fights founder Jim Nellis!

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Rhody Eats is a segment in which we rank the most popular foods in Rhode Island. In this episode, we enlist our colleagues across the state to find the best tacos Rhode Island and choose our favorites, using the RI Food Fights Taco Mania 2023 as a guide.

We are also joined by Jim Nellis, founder of RI Food Fights, to talk about his work sharing Ocean State food culture with our communities.

Our sincere thanks to Jim Nellis for joining us, as well as our colleagues Kate, Heather, Pam, Patricia, Peter, and Heather for joining us on our taco adventures. Stay tuned this Friday for a bonus episode with even more taco reviews from library workers around the state!

Did you try something from the episode or disagree with our ranking? Be sure to let us know what you think!

Theme song: Happy Cooking Show by Music for Videos from Pixabay.

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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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!).