Middle Country Public Library Podcast

Sara and Nicole read some scary stories to get you into a spooky mood. Part of MCPL's 31 days of October series. Salem's Lot Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark This week's music credits: The Chamber by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4486-the-chamber License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Past The Edge by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4997-past-the-edge License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Wizardtorium by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4639-wizardtorium License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sara has just the right movie for us to watch on this week's Movie Chat... 1982's The Thing, starring Kurt Russell and directed by horror legend John Carpenter. Be warned! There are spoilers ahead... MCPL card holders can reserve the DVD here Listen to Ennio Morricone's soundtrack via Hoopla Digital instantly here Check out the IMDb listing

Nicole has a list of the top scary TV shows for kids (mostly from the late 90s, early 2000s) that you might be interested in...plus she reveals her top 5 favorite Are You Afraid of the Dark episodes. 10 Kids Shows that Were Actually Pretty Scary Are You Afraid of the Dark? Sara has a bit of a challenge for Nicole and Sal : she has cleverly created fake horror movie plots. Can they tell the difference between Sara's and the the real plot? Listen to find out!  

Welcome to the 31 days of October! All this month we will be highlighting the spooky, scary, and sometimes silly. Nicole has a nice collection of kids spooky books from the NYPL: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2018/10/24/kids-halloween Sara has selected some brand new fiction books that are meant to spook you: Cruel acts / Jane Casey The Poison Garden The boatman's daughter The patient / Jasper DeWitt The hollow ones / Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan Don't turn around / Jessica Barry Want to SEE something scary? Check out Sal's horror movie list: Carrie Halloween The Ring 2 Lava 2 Latuna Ma Don't Breathe The Shining The Omen Night of the Living Dead A Quiet Place 6 Souls Psycho Dead Silence Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Green Inferno Rosemary's Baby Get Out Deathgasm Silent Hill Saw Alien Listen to our Movie Chat : Alien episode here Bonus: Here is the episode of How Did This Get Made that Nicole mentioned!

Sal's pick for the next movie chat is Disney/Pixar's 2007 gem, Ratatouille starring the voice talents of Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, and Janeane Garofolo. Have an MCPL card? Reserve the BluRay here. Ratatouille on IMDb 10 Things You Probably Didn't Know about Ratatouille

Can you guess what the best selling console video game of all time is? Do you think Sara and Nicole can get it? Listen to find out as Sal tests them both with some video game trivia from Statista. Plus learn about our great video game collection at the library! Statista is available to anyone who visits the library during normal business hours. Just ask a librarian for assistance in getting you on. Did you know that we have a huge collection of video games for Nintendo, XBOX, and Playstation? Browse our catalog here.

Sara is making us hungry with some recipes she downloaded from the great resource, RBDigital, available to MCPL cardholders. Nicole once again shares some book horoscopes, plus Sal is trying to lose some weight before gaining weight during the holidays. Download some cooking magazines plus much more at RBDigital https://www.rbdigital.com/middlecountrylibraryny/service/magazines/landing? Bite-Size Salted Caramel Cheesecakes- Rachel Ray Flourless Chocolate Tarte- A Taste of Home Chocolate Cake in  a Pumpkin- Food Network Cauliflower with Anchovies and Oil-Cured Olives- Eating Well September Book Horoscopes are here Need to lose weight? Try MyFitnessPal or LoseIt Eat this, Not that! by David Zinczenko Eat this, Not that Supermarket Survival Guide by David Zinczenko (eBook)

This week it's Nicole's turn to pick a film, and she used an MCPL Teen's recommendation: 2019's Just Mercy, starring Michael B. Jordan and Jaime Foxx. The film is based on a true story, and this book by Bryan Stevenson. MCPL cardholders: Use these embedded links if you'd like to reserve the DVD or BluRay. If you'd like to learn more about the organization depicted in the film, the Equal Justice Initiative, click here. If you want to take a look at the original 60 minutes interview mentioned in this episode, click here.

Nicole has some info on detoxing your family's digital use; Sara has some fun trivia about dogs on National Dog Day. https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/dog-facts/  

Sara has a fantastic list of new DVD seasons available at the library. Why don't you binge watch one or two?? Here's the list for MCPL card-holders: Hawaii Five-O https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1949586 Deadwater Fell Season 1 https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2017181 Killing Eve https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1898144 Mr. Mercedes https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1886956 Magnum P.I. https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1954984 Young Sheldon https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1890734 Seal Team https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1902397 S.W.A.T. https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1966057 NCIS New Orleans https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1691181 NCIS Los Angeles https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1562923 The Good Doctor https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1902383 Nicole has some great books about Women's Suffrage which celebrated it's 100th anniversary this week. Here are links to the articles she mentioned: https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=11827 https://bookriot.c

Sara and Nicole read the first paragraphs from their current picks for new book releases in this slightly different formatted episode. Sara's Picks: Stranger in the Lake by Kimberly Beale https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us:446/record=b2013750 Sin Eater by Megan Campisi https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us:446/record=b1992258 Thin Girls by Diana Clarke https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us:446/record=b2011213 Threshold by Rob Doyle https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us:446/record=b2005503 The Golden Wolf by Linnea Hartsuyker https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us:446/record=b1958408 The King’s Beast by Eliot Pattison https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us:446/record=b2004274 The King’s Evil by Andrew Taylor https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us:446/record=b1971281 Nicole's Picks: The Voting Booth https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2016314 Crying Laughing https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1970189 The Gravity of Us https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1980341 Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us

How about we do another trivia episode and this time, we will chat about our favorite subject...libraries and librarians! Statista is one of our fantastic online resources available to visitors of the Miller Business Center here at the library. For more information on the Miller Business Center, visit http://www.millerbusinesscenter.org.  

"In space, no one can hear you scream!" It's Sara's turn to pick a movie, and she's selected the 1979 Sci-Fi Horror classic, Alien. After a space merchant vessel receives an unknown transmission as a distress call, one of the crew is attacked by a mysterious life form and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun. The film stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphey Kotto, and Harry Dean Stanton. It is directed by Ridley Scott. Have an MCPL card? Reserve your copy of Alien here!      

We remember Civil Rights Activist John Lewis.   Want to learn more about John Lewis and his life? Check out these resources:   Biography of John Lewis via Gale John Lewis - March on Washington Speech text or video Books to check out: March. Book one / John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell Selma's Bloody Sunday : protest, voting rights, and the struggle for racial equality / Robert A. Pratt, University of Georgia, Athens Walking with the wind : a memoir of the movement / John Lewis with Michael D'Orso Across that bridge : a vision for change and the future of America / Congressman John Lewis with Brenda Jones Books about the Civil Rights Movement   Thanks to Deborah Hempe for coming on the show to talk about the new exhibit at the Museum Corner! Want to make a reservation to visit? Call us at 631-585-9393. You must have an MCPL library card. For more info, check out  the webpage:   https://www.mcplibrary.org/children/museum-corner/

Nicole has once again dived deep into the bowels of Book Riot to find some great resources you can share with your family this summer; Sara updates us on a new virtual programming feature: Take & Make! YouTube Books for Kids: https://bookriot.com/youtube-books-for-kids/ 10 Kid Friendly Card Games https://www.todaysparent.com/family/activities/10-kid-friendly-card-games/ Take & Make programming    

His Girl Friday is our next Movie Chat! Starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, this 1940 film is on many "Best of" and "Top 50" movie lists. It's available to view on Hoopla Digital for free with your library card. Does the podcast team like it? Listen and find out. IMDb Listing is here Stream the film for free with your MCPL card here. Description: "A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying." Directed by Howard Hawks.      

This week's episode is part 2 of our chat about the 2020 Summer Reading Club! This week we have Jessica, Liz, Kaity and Nicole here to fill us in on what we are doing for families, kids, and teens.

This is part one of our two part series on the 2020 Summer Reading Club. Alex and Amber are here from the Adult Department to tell us how patrons can participate in this year's very unique Summer Reading Club.

Nicole has a great list of resources for you to check out during Pride Month; Sara has her Summer Reading picks to share. Sara's Summer Reading Picks with links to our catalog: Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1931443 The Paper Wasp by Lauren Acampora https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1931123   All Adults Here by Emma Straub https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1964773   These Women by Ivy Pochoda https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2005502 Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1998301 The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2004368   Saint X / Alexis Schaitkin https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1984817 Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2011310  

It's our pleasure to have the Director of the library, Sophia Serlis-McPhillips, on the show to chat about our new Curbside Library Service which will start next week, as well as to provide some insight on what we can expect moving forward towards eventually re-opening to the public and what patrons should expect.