Beyond the Rotunda

Debut author Michael Gilroy discusses The World Waits For No One the first book in his young adult fantasy series Vanguards . Violin - Western by Broguypal -- https://freesound.org/s/792835/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Publicist and author Jessica L. Cozzi discusses her debut YA ROM-com, We've Hit Turbulence.

Historian Fabio Montella discusses Long Island baseball's history, centering on the Negro Leagues and Women's Leagues.

Living Historian, MX Kane discusses his Civil War historical fiction novel, Period Rush: Tales of the Fighting 21st.

Author Paula Rizzo discusses her books Listful Thinking & Listful Living , as well as her career as an Emmy award winning producer and media consultant.

Author Dina Santorelli discusses her latest thriller, My Best Friend’s Wife

High School English Teacher and Author Catherine Hughes discusses her book In Silence Cries The Heart .

Nassau County Police & Homeland Security officer Todd Atkin discusses situational awareness.

First responder & Fire Chief Paul Kunkel prepares us for Fire Safety Awareness month.

Long Island History Project podcast host Chris Kretz discusses Long Island history.

Kevin introduces a new segment called "Let's Get Personnel" where he interviews a staff member. This time, he gets to know Local History Librarian & Archivist Natalie Korsavidis,

Author Ellen Meister discusses her poignant and quirky new novel "Joyride."

Entertainer John Rullo muses on life through his books and the music of his band The Cocktails.

Local band Macseal discusses what it's like to be rock stars.

Local poet J R Turek expresses life's pageantry through the lyrical magnificence of her poetry.

NY Times Bestselling author Robert Kolker will discuss his two books and the cases behind them.

Author of poetry & children's stories, Robert DeStefano explains the inspirations behind his work

DC Comics Writer and author Bob Rozakis discusses his career and the history of comics.

Local Chef Eric Levine, from 317 Main Street, discusses his philosophies on life and cooking.

Long Island author Carol Hoenig discusses growing up in Upstate New York, which has inspired the settings to her novels Of Little Faith , Without Grace, & Before She Was A Finley .

Keila Alequin, host of the Blind Spot podcast, shares stories and life experience as a visually impaired individual.

Long Island author George Gross III discusses the impact of the horror genre, through his short story collections; A Look Inside a Mangled Mind Volumes One, Two, and Three. His website is https://georgegrossiii.com/

Welcome to Beyond the Rotunda. Beyond The Rotunda is the first ever podcast for the Farmingdale Public Library. In this monthly podcast we will feature an in-depth interview with authors and people of interest from the community and beyond. This introductory episode will give you a glimpse of what this podcast will be all about.