Library Media Chatter

On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (Cemetery Boys and What I Carry), begin what will be a much longer conversation on MO Senate Bill 775, and explore our second Dogwood nominee of the year: You Don't Have to be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves edited by Diana Whitney.

On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading ( Of Wolves and Men  and  Seconds ), answer listener mail, and start the school year with an in-depth look into the Tulsa Massacre through the first Dogwood nominee of the year,  Black Birds in the Sky .

On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (Best of Me and Blackout), update the world on Greg's Exemplary Library achievement, throw out some ideas for weeding your collection, search for (and find) a pretty great story in the Gateway-nominated Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay, and celebrate the highlights of the 2021-22 Gateway list in the inaugural award segmen...

On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (All of Us Villains and X-Men: Grand Design), give advice on the Exemplary Library process, look into reviewing Dogwood books next year, and set out our finest China to dig into the Gateway-nominated With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo.

On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (Vesper Flights and The Stranger in the Lifeboat), find ways to make award-nominees more accessible to patrons, and grab our rescue dogs to search for the truth in the Gateway-nominated The Lovely and the Lost by Jennifer Lynn Barnes.

On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (William Shakespeare's Star Wars and Winter's Orbit), check in on how book challenges are going, look into a depressing near-future with the Gateway-nominated Internment by Samira Ahmed, and leave you with a cliffhanger related to Greg's purchases.

On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (A Stab in the Dark, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Ghost), prematurely pronounce an author's death, prepare for book challenges, practice their 3-point shot with the Gateway-nominated The Escape of Light by Fred Venturini, and put an end to a long-standing feud. 

On this episode, Greg and Dan look for clues in what they are currently reading (The Data Detective and The Sign of the Four), discuss ways to highlight the Dogwood nominees, and seclude themselves in the woods with the Gateway-nominated The Grace Year by Kim Liggett.

On this episode, Greg and Dan review what they are reading (Stephen King and a collection of Shakespeare-inspired short fiction), discuss banned book activities and new challenges, and take a train trip across country with the Gateway-nominated Field Notes on Love.

On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are reading (Circe and Fly Like a Girl), try to come up with ways to showcase nonfiction in the library, and dig into the Gateway and Dogwood Award-nominated memoir-in-verse Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes.

On this episode, Greg and Dan recommend a couple of authors to check out for yourself as a break from what your students are reading (Simon Rich and Robert Macfarlane), explore how one library is using Canvas, and discuss the Gateway Award-nominated and genuinely humorous Where I End and You Begin by Preston Norton.

On this episode, Greg and Dan check in before the new school year starts, talk about some non-YA that might be great for your library (Murder at Pirate’s Cove by Josh Lanyon, Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir), discuss back to school communication and genrefying biographies, and dig into the Gateway Award-nominated Fireborne by Rosaria Munda.

On this episode, Greg and Dan officially rebrand the show, talk about what they are reading (Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith,   We are Displaced by Malala Yousafzai and We are Here to Stay by Susan Kuklin), discuss new things they are trying in their libraries, and dive deep into the Gateway Award-nominated Heroine by Mindy McGinnis.

On the first episode of the podcast formerly known as Shhh!, Greg and Dan introduce themselves, set up the purpose of the show, talk about what they are reading (The State of Us by Shaun David Hutchinson and August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle), and discuss in-depth the Gateway Award-nominated The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe.