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The Mookse and the Gripes PodcastEpisode 109: The Lighter Side of the Stacks: Funny BooksIn this episode, Paul and Trevor are joined by Kate from The Book Club Review Podcast for a lively discussion about funny books. From dry wit to outright absurdity, we explore the kinds of humor that make us laugh out loud—or quietly smirk into our sleeves—and why comic novels deserve a place on every bookshelf. We also announce the winner of our June giveaway and introduce a brand-new challenge for July. Tune in for some laughs and let us know which books have made you laugh the most.We’ve got some f...
2025-06-261h 45
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 085: YellowfaceWelcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Yellowface by R.F. Kuang You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We are located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEStarter Villain by John Scalzi...
2025-03-0750 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 079: The Best Laid PlansWelcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!Toby: Veep (HBO sitcom)
2024-09-0657 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 078: This is How You Lose the Time WarMENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEThe New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyThis is How you Produce the Time War article in Vector Magazine TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE!Toby: Recursion by Blake CrouchDennis: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky ChambersTrevor: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia ArmfieldNERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDSToby: apophenic as a haruspexTrevor: metonymyDennis: sincerityNext month we will be di...
2024-08-0254 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 075: The Apollo MurdersWelcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEChris Hadfield's Space Oddity from the I.S.S.Fac...
2024-05-0346 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 074: Bel CantoWelcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEWith Bel Canto, Trevor and Toby are both on track with the...
2024-04-0557 min
Chasing the Natty: A College Fantasy Football PodcastMORE Spring News Analysis for CFF - Episode 164 - Chasing the Natty: A CFF ShowJoin Jared Palmgren (@CFF_Jared) and his guest Josh Chevalier (@CFFGuys) as they break down even more spring camp news from around the country. They'll hit on players missing spring practice and how that'll impact their teams, some developing WR situations at Texas, Louisville and Utah State, and sprinkle in some draft strategies here and there.Stay up to date with the latest news and insights from the world of college fantasy football by tuning in to Episode 164 of CFF Analysis!00:01:12 - Intro00:20:23 - Notre Dame: Riley Leonard out for Spring00:24:27...
2024-03-251h 25
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 073: Moon of the Turning LeavesWelcome, Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice and we have a special guest joining us: WPL’s Writer-In-Residence Susie Moloney.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.MENTIONED IN T...
2024-03-011h 00
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 072: French ExitWelcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing French Exit by Patrick deWitt. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEOur 2024 Reading Resolutions!Toby: will make an effort to RER...
2024-02-0259 min
The Mookse and the Gripes PodcastEpisode 72: Characters on HolidayBooks and holidays go together perfectly, and not just for those of us doing the reading. This week, we talk about our favorite stories where the characters are on vacation—a perfect recipe for exploring exotic settings, quenching vicarious wanderlust, romance, adventure, and plenty more!We also announce the winner our latest giveaway!Shownotes* Germinal, by Émile Zola, translated by Peter Collier* The Sin of Abbé Mouret, by Émile Zola, translated by Valerie Minogue* A Love Story, by Émile Zola, translated by Helen Constantine* January, by Sara Gallar...
2024-01-251h 28
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 071: If Beale Street Could TalkWelcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODENext Page Live! (online program where librarians make bo...
2023-12-0154 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 070: GileadWelcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Gileadby Marilynne Robinson.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEPresbyterian Bean SaladTELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE!...
2023-11-0359 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 069: Hell of a BookWelcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Hell of a Book by Jason Mott.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEInterview with Jason MottMoxie Festival...
2023-10-0659 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 068: Half of a Yellow SunWelcome, Dear Readers, to our latest episode where we discuss Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODENigerian ProverbsJourneys of Sim...
2023-09-011h 00
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 067: The Thursday Murder ClubWelcome, mystery lovers, to our latest episode where we discuss Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEBetter Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper...
2023-08-0456 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 066: A Grandmother Begins the StoryWelcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing A Grandmother Begins the Storyby Michelle Porter.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE!Toby: The Strangers by Ka...
2023-07-0751 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 065: MigrationsWelcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODENext Page Live! (June 27th at noon on ZOOM)Tales at...
2023-06-0258 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 064: The Bluest EyeWelcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODELorain, OhioTELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGH...
2023-05-0553 min
Flaman ConnectWindow of Opportunity | Interview with Sid Lockhart | Meridian Mfg.Trevor, Regan, and Mitch discuss why purple ketchup never caught on and why, even if the world didn’t see colour, transparent cola would still flop.How does a truck in a swimming pool prove the nutritional value of foliar feeding? David Fielding of TopKrop provides a better answer than you’ll get by grabbing your keys and finding out the hard way.Sid Lockhart from Meridian drops by to discuss oldest vs. youngest children and how he literally broke into the business. He’ll also share the secrets of Meridian’s unique company culture and the...
2023-04-2444 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 063: TatouineWelcome, Dear Readers, and a special welcome to those of you joining us as part of One eRead Canada – A digital, bilingual, cross-Canada book club (1ereadlivrelcanada.ca)You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. We are discussing Tatoui...
2023-04-0751 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 062: Women of the Fur TradeWelcome, Dear Readers.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.We are discussing Women of the Fur Trade by Frances KoncanTELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE!Colette: Five Lit...
2023-03-0347 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 061: RebeccaEPISODE 061: REBECCAWelcome, Dear Readers. Last night we dreamt we recorded a podcast again…You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.We are discussing Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier.TELL US ABOUT...
2023-02-031h 01
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 060: DawnWelcome, Dear Readers.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.We are discussing Dawn by Octavia Butler.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEOur condolences go out to the family and friends of Tyr...
2023-01-0658 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 059: The RakessWelcome, fair maidens and handsome gents, to our latest episode where we discuss Scarlett Peckham’s The Rakess.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEThe first parachute attempt
2022-12-0255 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 058: Billy SummersThanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Billy Summers by Stephen King.Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEAnnie Ernaux, recipient of the Nob...
2022-11-041h 00
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 057: Empire of WildThanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline.Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE!
2022-10-0751 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 056: In A Sunburned CountryThanks for joining us! This month we are discussing In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson.Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEPress Reader: Rea...
2022-09-0250 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 055: All My Puny Sorrows Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews.Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEWPL Info...
2022-08-051h 02
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 054: The Girl Who Was Convinced Beyond All Reason That She Could FlyThanks for joining us! This month we are discussing The Girl Who Was Convinced Beyond All Reason That She Could Flyby Sybil Lamb.Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. Our special guest Casey Plett is joining us from Windsor, Ontario, the...
2022-07-0139 min
Ghetto Of The MindThe SparkThe official soundtrack celebrating 20 years of The New Mythology... You better recognize!01. Ladies & Gentlemen (feat. Talib Kweli) - Pete Rock & Camp Lo02. Hustle (feat. Busta Rhymes) - Slum Village03. Stay With Me (feat. Tiombe Lockhart) - Platinum Pied Pipers04. Get Ta Steppin' (feat. Vinia Mojica & Yasin Bey) - Hi-Tek05. Long Way - Choklate06. Black Is Key - Dego & Kaidi07. Dance To Yemanja - Neue Grafik08. Strength (feat. Ideeyah) - Waajeed09. Tiptoe (DJ Spinna Galactic Soul Remix) - Trevor Lawrence Jr10. The Star of A Story (feat. Lisa Fischer...
2022-06-0851 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 053: Eight Perfect Murders
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson.
Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.
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2022-06-0348 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 052: Unless
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Unless by Carol Shields.
Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located on Treaty One, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory.
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2022-05-0657 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 051: Return of the TricksterThanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Return of the Trickster by Eden Robinson.Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located on Treaty One, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEThe Indigiverse radio pro...
2022-04-011h 11
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 050: Our Favourites
Thanks for joining us! To celebrate our 50th episode, we decided to geek out about some of our favourite reads, our favourite moments from the previous 49 episodes, and those elusive books that we just don’t seem to have TIME TO READ.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Conversations with Authors: A Truth and Reconciliation Series
The Longest Word Ever (it takes 3 hours to pronounce)
Antidisestablishmenttarianism
Jhumpa Lahiri
Patrick Dewitt
My Heart is a...
2022-03-041h 08
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 049: The Nickel BoysThanks for joining us! This month we are discussing The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead.Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located on Treaty One, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEOriginal Tampa Bay Times art...
2022-02-0457 min
PoisonranaSITD 2/2/22: Jay White & G.O.D. on IMPACT, Sudu Shah on 205 LiveJohn Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, AEW Dark: Elevation, NXT UK, IMPACT Wrestling, 205 Live, NJPW Strong, NWA Powerrr, NWA USA, and Main Event in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark.
This week on NJPW Strong, Jay White takes on the debuting Christopher Daniels, before calling out a certain ‘Bay Bay’ from AEW. Alex Coughlin has his final match as a ‘young lion’ as he takes on JR Kratos in the finals of his Alex Coughlin Challenge Series and Ariya Daivari continues to fight off his heel tendencies as he takes on Alex Zayne....
2022-02-0216 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 048: The Death of Vivek OjiThanks for joining us! This month we are discussing The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi.Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Carol Shields auditorium in the Millennium Library, located on Treaty One, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
2022-01-0757 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 047: The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksThanks for joining us! This month we are discussing The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootWelcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Carol Shields auditorium in the Millennium Library, located on Treaty One, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory.MEN...
2021-12-0356 min
Wrestling Is Real Wrestling PodcastWWE's Vince Workaround, AEW's Invisible Door and a New Wrestling Alliance | 2021 Wrestling Year in Review Part 1 (ep. 657)WWE finds financial success while working around Vince's directive and his Superstars led by his example. AEW fosters a new wrestling alliance with Impact Wrestling, NWA, NJPW among other promotions thus opening the Invisible Door.NXT TakeOver: WarGamesWarGames Match: Io Shirai, Raquel Gonzalez, Cora Jade, & Kay Lee Ray vs. Mandy Rose, Gigi Dolin, Jacy Jayne, & Dakota KaiWarGames Match: Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano, LA Knight, & Pete Dunne vs. Carmelo Hayes, Bron Breakker, Grayson Waller, & Tony D'AngeloNXT Tag Team Championship Match: Imperium (Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel) (c) vs. Legado Del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde & Raul...
2021-12-021h 07
Inflection PointPODCAST: “Hexapodia” Is þe Key Insight XXXI: History, Slavery, & National NarrativesKey Insights:* Nearly all successful political movements over the past 150 years have been strongly nationalistic* A successful cosmopolitanism must therefore be a nationalistic cosmopolitanism—one that says your country is great because it learns from and has important things to teach other nations.* We—somewhat surprisingly—find ourselves endorsing and agreeing with Matthew Desmond’s claim that an important root of some facets of American capitalism is found on the plantation.* We endorse Sandy Darity and Darrick Hamilton’s calls for reparations,* We enthusiastically and positively give a shout-out to the hig...
2021-11-291h 10
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 046: Lovecraft CountryThanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Lovecraft Country by Matt RuffWelcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from various locations around Winnipeg, all within Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEThe...
2021-11-051h 00
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 045: Love in the Time of CholeraThanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia MarquezWelcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from various locations around Winnipeg, all within Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPI...
2021-10-0153 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 044: An Absolutely Remarkable ThingThanks for joining us! This month we are discussing An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green.Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from various locations around Winnipeg, all within Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the Birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPI...
2021-09-0355 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 043: The HuntressThanks for joining us! This month we are discussing The Huntress by Kate Quinn.Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from various locations around Winnipeg, all within Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the Birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory.Set in the years following World War II (and...
2021-08-0656 min
Beyond Your Limits with Dr. Christine Jehu28. MH HERO CONVO: Chrysty LockhartConversation with Mental Health Hero, Chrysty Lockhart. She is a mama, teacher, health & wellness coach, & podcaster. Chrysty is so open with us about how the stigma around mental health has impacted her. She went from going to therapy in secret to shouting from the rooftops her love for therapy! Grab your coffee & listen in. This mama has so many great nuggets for us!Book she just finished reading: Winter Garden by Kristin HannahPodcast she loves: EmpowerHerConnect with Chrysty on Instagram @chrystylockhartCheck out Chrysty’s Podcast: Start Scared...
2021-07-2729 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 042: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With MeThanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me written by Mariko Tamaki and drawn by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell.Welcome, dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from various locations around Winnipeg, all within Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the Birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three...
2021-07-0252 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 041: EducatedThanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Educated by Tara WestoverWelcome, dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from various locations around Winnipeg, all within Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the Birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE“Education is what...
2021-06-0456 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 040: Tenth of DecemberThanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Tenth of December by George SaundersWelcome, dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from various locations around Winnipeg, all within Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the Birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODETob...
2021-05-0758 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 039: The Saturday Night Ghost ClubThanks for joining us! This month we are discussing The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig DavidsonMENTIONED IN THIS EPISODETHE SHORT AND UNHAPPY HISTORY OF MY PUGILISTIC CAREER(With Photographic Evidence)Rust and Bone/De rouille et d’os film by Jacques AudiardDav Pilkey/Sue Denim (from Publisher’s Weekly)Pen names and the authors who use themSnopes: the internet’s definitive fact checking websiteShameless plug for WPL’s Media Literacy Info Guide (e...
2021-04-021h 05
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 038: Evvie Drake Starts OverThanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda HolmesSYNOPSISIn a sleepy seaside town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth “Evvie” Drake rarely leaves her large, painfully empty house nearly a year after her husband’s death in a car crash. Everyone in town, even her best friend, Andy, thinks grief keeps her locked inside, and Evvie doesn’t correct them.Meanwhile, in New York City, Dean Tenney, former Major League pitcher and Andy’s childhood best friend, is wrestling with what miserable athletes living out...
2021-03-0557 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 037: ViThanks for joining us. This month we are discussing Vi by Kim Thúy.The daughter of an enterprising mother and a wealthy, spoiled father who never had to grow up, Vi was the youngest of their four children and the only girl. They gave her a name that meant “precious, tiny one,” destined to be cosseted and protected, the family’s little treasure.But the Vietnam War destroys life as they’ve known it. Vi, along with her mother and brothers, manages to escape–but her father stays behind, leaving a painful void as the rest of...
2021-02-0557 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 036: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GalaxyThanks for joining us. This month we are discussing The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. See the trailer on YouTube.When The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was first broadcast as a 12-part radio series on the British Broadcasting System in 1978, it was successful. No one could have guessed, though, that it would mushroom into a multimedia phenomenon that would encompass five novels, a television series, a stage production, and, more than twenty years later, dozens of websites created by devotees who could not get enough of its bizarre universe. The...
2021-01-0158 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 035: The Water DancerThanks for joining us. This month we are discussing The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates.Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her — but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life. This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to escape from the only home he’s ever known.So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia’s prou...
2020-12-0458 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 034: The Island of Sea WomenThanks for joining us. This month we are discussing The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See.Set on the Korean island of Jeju, this story follows Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls from very different backgrounds, as they begin working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective. Over many decades- through the Japanese colonialism of the 1930s and 40s, World War II, the Korean War, and the era of cellphones and wet suits for the women divers- Mi-ja and Young-sook develop the closest of bonds. However, after hundreds of dives and years of friendship, fo...
2020-11-0656 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 033: The Stranger in the WoodsThanks for joining us. We’re talking about The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel:Is it possible to live a totally solitary life, without relying on others or modern society at all? Christopher Knight lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years. Though in that time he had no contact or conversation with another person, he survived off food, books and provisions stolen from nearby cottages, greatly affecting the people who owned them. Why did this shy young man depart on such a life? How else could he have lived the life he craved, no...
2020-10-021h 12
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 032: The Sisters BrothersThanks for joining us. We’re talking about The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt:Hermann Kermit Warm (great name right??) is going to die. The enigmatic and powerful man known only as the Commodore has ordered it, and hired Eli and Charlie Sisters to see it done. The Sisters Brothers are notorious killers. But Eli has begun to question what he does for a living – and whom he does it for. As they embark on what may well be their last job, they find their prey isn’t an easy mark, and on the road from Oregon City t...
2020-09-041h 02
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 031: Charcoal JoeThanks for joining us! We’re talking about Charcoal Joe by Walter Mosley.Life seems to be finally turning around for Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins. He’s just opened a PI agency with two partners and is planning to propose to his girlfriend. What could possibly go wrong? An old pal shows up and asks Easy to meet with notorious gangster Rufus Tyler, known on the street as “Charcoal Joe”. Charcoal Joe has a request. Joe’s friend’s son, Seymour, a young bright “top of his class” student at Stanford, was arrested for the murder of two white men. Seymour i...
2020-08-071h 02
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 030: Tales of the CityThanks for joining us! In this episode we’re talking about Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin.San Francisco, 1976. A naive young secretary, fresh out of Cleveland, tumbles headlong into a brave new world of laundromat Lotharios, pot-growing landladies, cut throat debutantes, and Jockey Shorts dance contests. The saga that ensues is manic, romantic, tawdry, touching, and outrageous. The first novel in the beloved Tales of the City series is both a sparkling comedy of manners and an indelible portrait of an era that changed forever the way we live.In this episode we di...
2020-07-031h 11
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 029: Little WomenThanks for joining us! In this episode we’ll be talking about Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, as it was chosen for us by our lovely Facebook group! Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy are four sisters caught between childhood dreams and the realities of burgeoning adulthood as they come of age in New England during and after the civil war. Pastor’s daughters raised in raised in integrity and virtue, but also love and imagination, they negotiate the choices that will either narrow or expand their destinies. Inspired by the author’s life, Little Women transcends genre, gender, and cl...
2020-06-051h 00
Time to Read: a podcast book clubSpecial Episode – Books to Movies Part 2 – All the MoviesThanks for joining us! This the second part of a special episode that ran long. Instead of talking about a book like we normally do, we’ve been ruminating on movie or tv adaptations of books. We ran out of time in part one, so here’s the rest, where we talk adaptations that we like, that…
2020-05-2246 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubSpecial Episode: Books to Movies Part 1 – The Hound of the Baskervilles AdaptationsThank you for joining us for this episode of Time to Read! We’re chatting about a few of the many screen adaptations of The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In this episode we discuss The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) starring Basil Rathbone; The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) starring Peter Cushing; The…
2020-05-1555 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 028: The Hound of the BaskervillesThank you for joining us for this episode of Time to Read! We’re talking about The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In the 1880s, Sir Henry Baskerville is an unassuming farmer in Canada when he gets the news that he’s inherited his ancestral home, Baskerville Hall, back in England on the edge of the dreary Grimpen Mire. But wait: there’s a catch! The inheritance comes with a FAMILY CURSE which puts the Baskerville line in the high risk category of being stalked by a demonic ghostly hound! It turns out the former master...
2020-05-011h 07
Time to Read: a podcast book clubSpecial Episode: Our Top Digital Resources April 2020Hello, dear readers. In this special episode we share the WPL resources we are ourselves relying on right now. Everything can be found through winnipeg.ca/library.At Home: A Click Away Info Guide,COVID-19 Info Guide,Media Literacy and Spotting Fake News Info Guide,Kanopy and Kanopy Kids,Ancestry,Always available stuff on Overdrive,Hoopla,Pressreader (Plus: How-to guide for Pressreader),Consumer Reports,LyndaLibrary,The Same Difference: Gender Roles in the Black Lesbian Community,...
2020-04-1750 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 027: Manitoba Young Readers Choice Awards (MYRCA)Hello dear readers. This episode is very different. Due to libraries being closed we are all working at home and recording remotely. Also, this time we each read a book nominated for the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Awards! Find all the MYRCA books online on Overdrive! Learn more about the awards and voting on the MYRCA website. In This Episode We Discuss Shelters and Crisis Supports, Surviving the City by Tasha Spillett and Natasha Donovan, The Sockeye Mother by Natasha Donovan, A Girl Called Echo by Katherena Vermette, Rez Poetry by Leonard Sumner,
2020-04-0346 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 026: The BreakThanks for joining us for this episode of Time to Read. We are talking about The Break by Katherena Vermette. When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break — a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house — she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. In a series of shifting narratives, people who are connected, with the victim — police, family, and friends — tell their personal stories leading up to that fateful night. Through their various perspectives a larger, more comprehen...
2020-03-0652 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 025: Great HouseThanks for joining us for this episode of the Time to Read podcast. We are talking about Great House by Nicole Krauss. A reclusive American novelist, a young Chilean poet who disappears, in the suburbs of London, a man caring for his dying wife discovers a lock of hair revealing a secret. In Jerusalem, an antiques dealer slowly reassembles his father’s study, plundered by the Nazis in 1944. Connecting these is an odd desk of many drawers. As the narrators of Great House make their confessions, the desk takes on more meaning, and comes to stand for all th...
2020-02-071h 03
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 024: The Princess BrideToday we are talking about S. Morgenstern’s “The Princess Bride”, edited by William Goldman.Summary:Westley and Buttercup live a simple life on a farm, and fall in love. Westley sails off to find his fortune so that he can properly marry Buttercup, but his ship is overtaken by a notorious pirate who never leaves survivors. Heart-broken, Buttercup eventually agrees to marry Prince Humperdinck (rather than face execution), but she does not love him. Then she is kidnapped by people intending on murdering her, then kidnapped again by a masked stranger who turns out to be...
2020-01-031h 01
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 023: The Remains of the DayToday we’re talking about The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro.The Remains of the Day is a subtle, sad, humorous love story, and portrayal of a vanished way of life. It’s also a meditation on the high cost of duty and service. In the summer of 1956, Stevens, a man who has dedicated his life to becoming the perfect butler in the one-time great house of Darlington Hall, sets off on a holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and, unexpectedly, into his own past; Specifically, his friendship with the housekeeper, Miss...
2019-12-0657 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 022: Slaughterhouse FiveToday we’re discussing Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt VonnegutOne of the world’s great antiwar books, centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, it’s the result of what Vonnegut describes as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he witnessed as an American prisoner of war. It combines science fiction, autobiography, humour, historical fiction, and satire in an account of the life of Billy Pilgrim, a barber’s son turned draftee turned optometrist turned alien abductee. Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for...
2019-11-011h 02
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 021: Where’d You Go, BernadetteThanks for joining us! This month we’re discussing Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple.Bernadette Fox is notorious. To other private-school mothers she’s a disgrace; to design mavens, she’s a revolutionary architect. But to 15-year-old Bee, she is simply Mom. Then Bernadette vanishes. It all began when Bee aced her report card and claimed her promised reward: a family trip to Antarctica. But the idea of this trip sends Bernadette into an agoraphobic spiral. To find her mother, Bee compiles email messages, official documents, and secret correspondence to form a story about misplace...
2019-10-041h 02
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 020: The ChangelingThanks for joining us for our ***TWENTIETH*** episode! This month we’re discussing The Changeling by Victor LaValleApollo Kagwa is an antiquarian book dealer trying to be an involved father to his new baby, unlike his own father who abandoned him, when his wife Emma begins acting strange. Is it post-partum complications, or something much more sinister? Then Emma commits a horrific act—beyond any parent’s comprehension—and vanishes, seemingly into thin air. Thus begins Apollo’s journey to find a wife and child who are nothing like he’d imagined. With mysterious strangers, fantastic books, forgo...
2019-09-061h 04
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 019: All Systems RedThanks for joining us! This month we’re discussing All Systems Red by Martha Wells.The self-named Murderbot doesn’t really want to stop binge-watching media content long enough to do its boring security job for a bunch of humans surveying an unknown planet. But when an unknown life-form attacks one of the team, Murderbot is forced to start paying attention. When the humans try to talk to it, ask it questions and, worst of all, treat it like a person, Murderbot must confront its own social anxieties and self-consciousnesses, all the while trying to solve the myst...
2019-08-0258 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 018: Trickster DriftThanks for joining us! This month we’re discussing Trickster Drift the by Eden Robinson, chosen by author and WPL Writer-in-Residence alumnus Jordan Wheeler, who joined us as a guest host, for which we are very grateful!Trickster Drift is the second book in a trilogy by Eden Robinson (we read the first book Son of a Trickster last year, remember that? Good times.) Now, we catch up with Jared as he moves from Kitimat to Vancouver for school, and finds he is still a magnet for magic. And more mundane trouble as well.In Th...
2019-07-051h 07
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 017: FoxThanks for joining us! This month we’re discussing Fox by Margaret Sweatman WITH Margaret Sweatman!Laid over the backdrop of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, Fox examines several characters as they face the time’s social upheaval through a postmodern pastiche of newspaper headlines, diary entries, character vignettes and poems. Its narrative thread is mostly through four characters: Mary, who enjoys her pampered lifestyle and is engaged to the socially charming businessman Drinkwater, Eleanor, who in spite of her families’ wealth, realizes that she has little to call her own and MacDougal, a local bookstore owner who fights...
2019-06-071h 04
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 016: PoetryThank you for joining us for our discussion of poetry by poets.This month we each chose a book of poetry to read, but ended up delving more broadly into poetry as well. We also wrote a poem as a team! Poets covered include Katheriea Vermette, Dorothy Parker, Charles Bukowski, and Robert Frost, among others. In This Episode We MentionNational Poetry Month The League of Canadian PoetsModest Mouse – Good News for People Who Love Bad News (Track: Bukowski)The best ever group poetry exerciseCo...
2019-05-031h 06
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 015: But I Don’t Wanna Grow Up – LiveThank you for joining us for this special LIVE episode where we discuss our favourite childhood reads with the audience at the Good Will Social Club, and featuring special musical guest funlife.In This Episode We MentionThere’s No Such Thing as a Dragon by Jack KentThe Secret Seven by Enid BlytonTintin by HergéPoky Little Puppy by Janette Sebring LowreyMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansCBC WhitehorseThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Biancofunlife Favourite Char...
2019-04-051h 09
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 014: The NamesakeThank you for joining us for our discussion of The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri.Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli are simultaneously navigating a new relationship, a new marriage, a new life, and a new country and merge their traditions with the American ones in which they raise their children. Their son Gogol, named after the Russian writer, knows only that he feels the burden of expectation as well as his odd name. He stumbles along the first-generation path, with conflicting loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs. Exploring identity, the claims of family, and the defining power of...
2019-03-0158 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 013: Washington BlackThank you for joining us this month for our discussion of Washington Black by Esi Edugyan.Many many thanks to guest hosts Alexa Potashnik and Sappfyre McLeod from Black Space Winnipeg!George Washington Black is a young field slave born on a Barbados sugar plantation. When his master’s eccentric brother chooses him as manservant, Wash is terrified of the cruelties he is certain await him. But Christopher Wilde, or “Titch,” is a naturalist, explorer, scientist, inventor, and abolitionist. He initiates Wash into a world of technology and science, where a flying machine can carry a man...
2019-02-0148 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 012: BeartownThank you for joining us this month for our discussion of Beartown by Fredrik Backman.Beartown is a town in need of a win, and their best hope is an incredibly talented high-school boy and a well-coached junior ice hockey team. All the hopes and dreams for the town’s revival rest on the results of one national semi-final. The match is the catalyst for a violent act that will leave a young girl traumatized and a town in turmoil. Repercussions ripple through all of Beartown, leaving no-one unaffected. We see the consequences of tunnel vision, misplaced pr...
2019-01-041h 01
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 011: I’m Thinking of Ending ThingsThank you for joining us this month for our discussion of I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid.In this episode we mentionedIain Reid’s sisterRBC Taylor Emerging Writer award-winner“Thoughts become words. Words become deeds” and variationsGet Out movieEaster EggsFingernails falling out and symbolism: “If you dream of your nails falling out, it could mean that you are concerned about your ability to defend against some kind of emotional attack or aggression.”Movies that are better than...
2018-12-0757 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubSpecial Episode: Tales at Night – Library Happy Hour (October 24, 2018)It’s time for another special episode! We hosted our spooky Tales at Night – Library Happy Hour at the Good Will Social Club on Wednesday October 24, 2018, and we decided to record it for your listening pleasure. Just in case you missed it (or want to listen again!) The readers are Ed Cuddy, Kirsten Wurmann, Tauni Jensen,…
2018-11-141h 08
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 010: The Devil in the White CityThank you for joining us this month for our discussion of The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson.In this episode we mentionedErik Larson’s websiteRipper Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper–Case Closed by Patricia CornwellThe Monty Python’s The Struggling Architect sketchSophia Hayden, architectH. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil by Adam SelzerThe Titanic IIMerriam-Webster on TwitterHow Instagram Saved Poetry by Faith Hill & Karen Yuan (from The Atlantic) – Rupi Kaur author of Milk and...
2018-11-0253 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 009: The Long Way to a Small Angry PlanetThank you for joining us this month for our discussion of The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers.Next month we are reading The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson.In this episode we mentioned:Ada LovelaceLinda LovelaceStellan SkarsgårdThe Mary Sue – the nexus of pop culture and the uncharted universe: https://www.themarysue.com/The Kitschies (The prize for progressive, intelligent, and entertaining literature with a spec...
2018-10-0558 min
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 008: WalkawayThanks for joining us for this episode of Time to Read in which we discuss Walkaway by Cory DoctorowNext month we are reading The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky ChambersIn this episode we talked aboutElectronic Frontier FoundationBoing Boing – a directory of mostly wonderful thingsCreative CommonsDoctorow’s LawDownload Doctorow’s booksCory Doctorow running up to Alan on the streets of VancouverCan you Tell Me A Book You Would Also Like?EricaZen in the Age of Anxiety by Tim BurkettArcadia by Lauren Groff KirstenThe Dictionary of Animal...
2018-09-071h 06
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 007: Son of a TricksterThanks for joining us for this episode, on Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson.In This Episode We Talked AboutOur super interesting discussion questions for Son of a Trickster,Harvey Smith Library (formerly West End Library) renaming,An Op-Ed on Gateway Pipeline in the Globe and Mail,Writer’s Trust Fellowship 2017 Winner,First Peoples’ Language Map of BC,Museum of Anthropology University of British Columbia,Should bumblebees be able to fly?Can You Tell Me a Book You Would Also Like?
2018-08-031h 10
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 006: Fun HomeThanks for joining us for this episode, discussing Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison BechdelNext month we are reading Son of a Trickster by Eden RobinsonIn this episode we talked aboutDykes to Watch Out ForThe American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language – Usage PanelMacArthur Genius Grant How memories can change The Titanic vs. Titanic Jack’s death and MythbustersPaper momentos and pictures vs. electronic records and photosThe Bechdel / Wallace / Verginia Woolf Test Popular movies and the testThe Mako Mori...
2018-07-061h 11
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 005: Eleanor and ParkThanks for joining us for this episode of Time to Read. We are discussing Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell.
Next month, we’re reading Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Discuss it here, or email us.
In this episode we talked about
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
Rainbow Rowell’s playlist for Eleanor and Park
And her playlists on Spotify
Banned Book Week (U.S.) and Freedom to Read Week (Canada)
Recommended Reads
Dietland by Sarai Walker
Watchmen and V for Vendetta and Leagu...
2018-05-311h 13
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 004: The Ocean at the End of the LaneThanks for joining us for this episode of Time to Read. We are discussing The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. Next month, we’re reading Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Discuss it here, or email us. In this episode we talked about: Neil Himself: http://www.neilgaiman.com Neil Himself standing on a drainpipe as a young boy The Guardian review of The Ocean at the End of the Lane Kirsten’s Maiden/Mother/Crone tattoo Gorgeous George
2018-05-041h 00
Time to Read: a podcast book clubSpecial Episode: Library Happy Hour at The Good Will Social Club April 11, 2018Thanks for joining us for this special episode, where we bring you Library Happy Hour at the Good Will Social Club from Wednesday April 11, 2018. The readers are Ed Cuddy, Kirsten Wurmann, Tauni Jensen, and Trevor Lockhart Our special guest is WPL Writer-In-Residence Jennifer Still. We read the following poems and stories: in…
2018-04-171h 19
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 003: The Underground RailroadThanks for joining us for this episode of Time to Read. We are discussing The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead.Next month, we’re reading The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Discuss it here, or email us.In this episode we talked about:Anne FrankIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet JacobsWinning the Arthur C Clark Award for science fictionBorn in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936 to 1938The...
2018-04-061h 07
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 002: Middlesex Thanks for joining us for this episode of Time to Read. We are discussing Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides.Next month, we’re reading The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Discuss it here, or email us.In this episode we talked about:How I Met Your MotherForrest GumpAir RideChapter ElevenThe Obscure Object – from the movie That Obscure Object of DesireRune stonesKirsten’s dog DaveStreet photographer Vivian MaeirAs Nature Made Him by Jo...
2018-03-0157 min
Cinematic Sound Radio - A Soundtrack Podcast / Radio Show Since 1996Interview with Mike Matessino | Guest Host Tim BurdenFuture Proofing the Music of John Williams
In late November 2017, Mike Matessino was over in London to work on forthcoming John Williams expanded scores (which La La Land have recently hinted at), in addition to hosting a Q&A with Leslie Bricusse. Not Williams related, but the premiere of a new 4K 50th Anniversary remaster of Dr. Dolittle. You can experience this brilliant Q&A with Mike and Leslie in this month’s edition of FSM Online (http://www.FSMOnlinemag.com). As a side note, I did have a chance to speak with Leslie briefly about his cl...
2018-02-232h 12
Time to Read: a podcast book clubEpisode 001: Oryx and CrakeThanks for joining us for this episode of Time to Read. We were discussing Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood.Next month, we’re reading Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think, through social media or wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca.In this episode we talked about:The Longpen for remote writingThe Future Library projectAtwood in the news and the #metoo movementSpeculative Fiction vs. Science FictionPredictions in Oryx and Crake that came true and things that didn’t exist when it was pu...
2018-02-021h 04