Middle Country Public Library Podcast

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.com/suffrage-in-ya-fiction/

https://bookriot.com/books-about-black-women-in-the-suffrage-movement/

PLUS: watch the fabulous presentation by our very own Stephanie Vecchio and Jim Ward for this week's History Bites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PE9lZESstk

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/record=b1990489

Curse of the Nightwitch

https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2004478

King and the Dragonflies

https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1977165

Blueberries for Sal (Wonderbook)

https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2013568

Malala: My story of standing up for girls' rights (Wonderbook)

https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1986039

It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way

https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1959877

 

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.