HPLD Podcasts

Ever wondered how to take your music from "just audio" to a full visual experience? In this episode of The Up LINC, Josh and Sasha sit down with local performer and musician Kiara ("Santa Kimex"). Kiara pulls back the curtain on how she uses the LINC studio’s video production tools to elevate her brand and bring her creative vision to life. Whether you’re a musician, a filmmaker, or just curious a...

In THIS stunning stunner of an episode: Peter Brings: The Shining by Stephen King: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?id=f96ddded-791c-5425-9d5c-36f620e9d31c&entityType=FormatGroup Paradox Twins by Joshua Chaplinsky Event Horizon: Dark Descent by Christian Ward https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d1baf8a0-02a1-5d27-b7e1-9e8b744ad0b6&entityType=FormatGroup The Land and Its People by D...

Welcome back to Episode 2 of The Up LINC: Pro Tips and Creator Stories from the LINC Studio! This week, we are thrilled to sit down with Dr. Karen Barton, creator and host of the Geographies of Hope and Resilience podcast. In this fun and deeply inspiring conversation, Dr. Barton shares what it takes to transition from teaching at the University of Northern Colorado to building an engaging presenc...

Welcome to the very first episode of The Up LINC! Recorded right here in the podcast studio at the Library Innovation Center (LINC) in Greeley, Colorado, we are kicking off the show with the creators behind The American Soundtrack podcast. In our premiere episode, we dive into the journey of building a show from the ground up. The guys from The American Soundtrack share what inspired them to explo...

Join me and my cohost each month where we discuss the true crime book of the month. Diving in the crime, the victims and the impact of each book.

New podcast, 8 books, and a few cats of wildly varying sizes: Meagan brings: Woe: A Housecat’s Story of Despair by Lucy Knisley: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=2362644 Beast Business by Ilona Andrews: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=2397877 Exit Zero: stories by Marie-Helene Bertino https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=2376930 Fairy Cat by Hisa Tak...

In this episode's bookstravaganza, this bookzaar, this booktackular, this bookapalooza, we bring you: Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=2376939 Vermis by Plastiboo Fool Night by Kasumi Yasuda: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=2371434 B^F by Ryan North As well as: The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/...

Join me each month where I discuss the true crime book of the month. Diving into the crime, the victims and the impact of each book.

February 2026 Audio Newsletter by HPLD Podcasts

January 2026 Audio Newsletter by HPLD Podcasts

In this thrilling episode, Meagan Brings: Enemies to Lovers by Alisha Rai: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=2396512 The Haar by David Sodergren: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=16830176:hoopla Brewbies by Kerrigan Byrne: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=18017750:hoopla A Most Worthy Husband by Faye Delacour: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/ca...

Peter Brings some ABSOLUTES, including ABSOLUTE UNIT (of fiction writing) Daryl Gregory! When We Were Real by Daryl Gregory: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=2376742 Absolute Batman by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=2380379 Absolute Wonder Woman by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordI...

Rickets the Elf's mailbag, Dark Academia Christmas, and the RETURN OF CAGEMAS!

Librarian gift-giving advice, Playaways are back, and Daughters of the American Revolution sit down and tell us about their new exhibit!

Once again 2 intrepid librarians discuss a bunch of books they've read over the last month. Wow, what a rich entertainment landscape we all live in! Meagan brings: The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2347378 Your Knife, My Heart by Kim Moronova: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2392367 The World by Simon Seabag Montef...

We cover 8 books, plus a 9th partial update on Feast by Graham Masterton! Because that's what EVERYONE was clambering for, right!? Peter Brings: DC Horror Presents vol. 1: https://www.hoopladigital.com/comic/dc-horror-presents-patton-oswalt/18640196 John Kenn Mortensen's Nightmare Factory: https://www.hoopladigital.com/comic/john-kenn-mortensens-nightmare-factory-john-kenn-mortensen/17524332 Evil...

This month we have a great Halloween book for kids, a bunch of Bizarro fiction, and the inaugural Cult Movie Vault Challenge! You can find the full challenge here: https://www.mylibrary.us/news/2025/10/03/2025-cult-move-vault-challenge/

This time, Meagan brings us: Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2285839 Mastering the Art of French Eating by Ann Mah: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1329617 Ghost Business by Jen DeLuca: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2383331 The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J.R. Dawson: https...

YES!fest, cataloging your streaming services, and Back to the Future fanedits!

On This Thrilling Episode: We talk books! 8 of 'em! Peter Brings: Marvel Unleashed by Kyle Starks: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2350495 Strange Pictures by Uketsu: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2376762 Robot Dreams by Sarah Varon: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1157702 Harley Quinn: Destructive Comics vol. 1 by Elliott Kala...

To celebrate our 50th episode, we did exactly NOTHING special because bringing you 8 fresh books every month is already special. What do you want from us!? Are you never satisfied!? Meagan brings: 1. At Large and At Small by Anne Fadiman: https://bit.ly/4fh44HC 2. Harriet Tubman Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen: https://bit.ly/4fb24Ag 3. Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson: https://bit.ly/45w9g...

July 2025 newsletter by HPLD Podcasts

Toooooooooonight! (that's for all my Love Island peeps) Peter and Meagan bring 8 scintillating books for your reading and listening pleasure. Or, 7 for that, 1 for not that. Pete Brings: Good Game, No Rematch by Mike Drucker: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2376604 Where Monsters Lie vol. 2 by Kyle Starks https://www.hoopladigital.com/comic/where-monsters-lie-vol-2-cull-de-s...

June 2025 Newsletter by HPLD Podcasts

THIS TIME! ON A PODCAST! FOR YOU TO LISTEN TO! WITH LISTENING! Meagan Brings: Everything is Tuberculosis (hardest word to spell) by John Green (very easy author name to spell): https://bit.ly/3HlMWUa My Big Fat Fake Marriage by Charlotte Stein: https://bit.ly/4kPMdsD Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins, yes THAT Suzanne Collins: https://bit.ly/43w69Lx Insectopolis by Peter Kuper (who...