Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians

Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians episodes

  • YFNL talks with author/librarian April Mcloud

    April McCloud, Rochester resident, librarian,and author of 2024 sci-fi novel The Switch, visited PCL recently to chat with Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians. Robyn and Jim chatted with April about her book, which is set in a future where bodies can receive bionic upgrades or be swapped out entirely.

    16 min
  • YFNL talk with new MCLS Director, Emily Clasper

    Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians are back with a fresh episode of their podcast! Emily Clasper, the new Director of the Rochester Public Library and Monroe County Library System, dropped by PCL to chat with co-hosts Robyn and Jim about her new position and vision for libraries. 

    23 min
  • YFNL talk 2024 Solar Eclipse with RMSC's Dan Schneiderman

    Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians are back for season four of PCL’s podcast! The latest episode includes a visit from Dan Schneiderman, the Eclipse Partnerships Coordinator for the Rochester Museum & Science Center, who shares details on what to expect from the big day on April 8. Dan is probably the busiest person in Rochester at the moment, but he was able to spare some time with Robyn and Jim to talk about his favorite books!

    17 min
  • YFNL talk with Richard B. Colòn & Quajay Donnell

    Richard B. Colón and Quajay Donnell, curators of the Behind the Glass Gallery in The Mercantile-on-Main, visited PCL recently to discuss the art and photography space with Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians! Celebrated street photographers themselves, Richard and Quajay chat with Robyn and Jim about their hopes for the gallery, what guests will find there, and—of course—books that inspire.

    17 min
  • YFNL Talk with Robin L. Flanigan

    Robin L. Flanigan dropped by the Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians’ studio recently to chat with Robyn and Jim about her new book, 100 Things to Do in Rochester Before You Die. They discuss the research and writing process behind the comprehensive guide to Rochester, some of the hidden gems the author discovered around town, and Flanigan’s own reading habits and favorite books.

    19 min
  • YFNL Talk with Pittsford Bookstagrammers Emily & Hannah

    Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians return this week with a podcast episode featuring two local book reviewers! Listen as Robyn and Jim interview Pittsford Bookstagrammers Emily Waller and Hannah Ramsey—otherwise known as @emilyisoverbooked and @booksandbitesroc—and get ready to add some titles to your TBR (to be read) list!

    15 min
  • YFNL Book Club discuss Susan Orlean's "On Animals"

    Jim, Robyn, and Roberta reunite for another book club episode, this time discussing Susan Orlean's On Animals. They touch on their favorite parts of the book, how Orlean highlighted the relationships that humans have with animals, and how the book reminded them of their own experiences with their beloved critters.

    17 min
  • YFNL Talk with Ravi Mangla

    Ravi Mangla, author of The Observant, stopped by PCL recently to chat with Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians about his 2022 novel, his writing style and favorite books, and what the Monroe County Library System has meant to him. The Pittsford native's writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Nation, Jacobin, The Kenyon Review, Cincinnati Review, Mid-American Review, Salon, The Paris Review Daily, Quarterly West, American Short Fiction, Tin House Online, and the Los Angeles Review of Books.

    17 min
  • YFNL Talk with Edward Ashton

    Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7 and the soon-to-be-released sequel, Antimatter Blues, stopped by PCL to talk to Jim and Robyn about writing, reading, and having his book made into a movie starring Robert Pattinson and directed by Bong Joon Ho, the director of the Academy Award-winning film Parasite.

    19 min
  • YFNL Talk with Taurus Savant

    Artist and community advocate Taurus Savant dropped by PCL to chat with Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians! Taurus, who will perform at PCL on Feb. 25, talks with Robyn and Jim about his music and its origins, the inspiration for his art, and his favorite books and reading experiences.

    20 min

About Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians

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Need more bookish banter in your life? Then tune in to Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians, the podcast from the Pittsford Community Library. Each episode features an assortment of fun segments…