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Wanna get away? We've got your passport to podcast pleasure. Join Charles, Gregg and Dave for beach-reads, summer audiobooks and the Library as a āthird space.ā
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Subgenre Deep-Dive: Momoirs
Whatās a Momoir you ask? Well, a Memoir, as you know, is essentially a personal account of memoriesāitās narrative nonfiction. A Momoir is a personal account of memories from a motherās perspective. We invite you to enjoy another collection deep-dive with Gregg as he hosts a discussion with Kelsey and Caitlyn about a subgenre worth your time and attention: Momoirs!
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There is a lot of good in Johnson County. Our schools, libraries, parks, cultural diversity and community. Those things don't happen without the vision and hard work of unsung heroes who fight the good fight and overcome odds. On this episode of the JoCoLibrary Uncovered podcast, Andrew GustafsonāCurator of Interpretation, Johnson County Museum, Arts and Heritage Centerāpresents the fascinating stories of three individuals who truly helped make this little corner of the world that we call home, better.
Learn about the contributions from:
John Barkley Corinthian Nutter Erik ErazoTheir stories are intriguing, and yet, they are Unsung Heroes!
Our Unsung Heroes Recommendations: Charlesā Choices: Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age by Kurt Beyer and DNA: Secret of Photo 51 Daveās Double-feature: Everything Everywhere All at Once (a Kanopy offering) and Underdog From our catalog: Unsung Heroes Reading and Website Link List
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Let's Cozy Up to the Romance Genre
Did you know that Romance is the most popular fiction genre out there? It's true! According to WordsRatedāa research group that focuses on the book industryāromance novels sold 39 million volumes from 2022 to 2023, bringing in $1.44 billion.
This is probably not news to those readers out there trying to request some best-selling romance novels and finding long holds lists for authors like Colleen Hoover. Her books became a popular on TikTok last year, and though we now are doing a better job keeping up with demand, when it released in October of 2022 her book āIt Starts with Usā already had nearly 900 people with it on hold through the Johnson County Library.
What draws people so passionately to this genre? For those who may have never picked up a romance novel, where should they start? Gregg is back with some friends who just might have the answer to those questions!
What draws people so passionately to this genre? For those who may have never picked up a romance novel, where should they start? Gregg is back with some friends who just might have the answer to those questions!
Our Romance Recommendations: Charlesā Choices: The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen & Hot and Badgered by Shelly LaurenstonDaveās Double-feature: Pretty in Pink and High FidelityFrom our catalog: Romance Favorites!
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āLibreriaā vs āBibliotecaā
Have you ever been confused by a word that looked like another word? You know, like bear and bare or idol and idle? Today's episode of JocCoLibrary Uncovered isn't about homophones or false cognates. But it is about how words can seem like one thing but mean something else, particularly in Spanish, and especially the words "Biblioteca" and "Libreria." We're a bit past the mid-way mark of Hispanic Heritage Month, so it's fitting that our Latino Services Librarians, Christine and German, are our guests today. They do the hard work of explaining cognates and how words that look like other words can lead to confusion. We also discuss the confusion that comes when a person experiences a Library in one country and then moves or visits another place, and how that can sometimes influence perceptions of what Libraries are like away from home. To some, differing understandings of what libraries are and are not in other countries may affect their perception of what Johnson County Library offers patronsāand Christina and German help us clear that up.
Our Recommendations: Charlesā Choices: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (GĆ³tico) & Our America: a Hispanic History of the United States by Felipe FernĆ”ndez-Armesto Daveās Double-feature: visit the streaming video section of our eLibrary. On Kanopy you'll find "Guieādaniās Navel." And look for "Visiones: Latino Art & Culture." This is a series that explores visual art, performing arts, music and dance as a way to discover Latin American culture. Learning Links:
jocolibrary.org/espaƱolGerman Perilla, Univision KC, Falsos CognadosCelebrate Hispanic Heritage MonthFiction for National Hispanic Heritage Month!Photos of Libraries in Bogota ColumbiaBiblioburro the Library Donkey -
Creative Nonfiction
In his writing blog, Find Your Creative Muse, Dave Hood provides a great summary definition of Creative Nonfiction:
āA historical text presents the facts and causes and effects, and significance. Creative nonfiction does the same, but also adds narrative, including storytelling, dialogue, setting, character development. Writing Nonfiction History relies on an authoritative tone and is written in the third person."
In this episode, we interview Jim Cosgrove, author of the creative nonfiction title Ripple: A Long, Strange Search for A Killer. You may be familiar with Cosgrove as a nationally recognized, award-winning childrenās entertainer known by young fans as Mr. Stinky Feet. He is also the author of three childrenās books and Everybody Gets Stinky Feet, a collection of inspirational essays from his time as a parenting columnist for The Kansas City Star. Cosgrove spent his time during the COVID pandemic and subsequent lockdown to finish his incomplete investigative work focused on finding the killer of a family friend, Frank McGonigle. His resulting book, Ripple, is Cosgrove's story about Frank's cold case. He uncovers connections to a ruthless local crime boss and the blunders by the threadbare sheriff's department.
āOur story is no different from what a lot of families have dealt with. A child, a brother, whoever. They got murdered in a violent way that didnāt make any sense.
~Ripple, A Long Strange Search for a Killer - Jim Cosgrove
We use Jim's book as an exemplar of creative nonfiction because he walks us through his experience researching and writing. We truly get the story behind the story! We also bring in Local History Librarian Amanda Wahlmeier who walks us through regional reference resources available so you too can research the next great creative nonfiction true crime novel!
Our Recommendations: Charlesā Choices: Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and The Wickedest Town in the American West by Tom Clavin & The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Daveās Double-feature: visit the streaming video section of our eLibrary: On Kanopy you'll find Capoteāa biographical drama about the author Truman Capote and his writing of the non-fiction novel In Cold Blood. It details the 1959 murders of four members of the Clutter family in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas. And, All the Presidentās Menāboth the movie on DVD and the book by Carl Bernstein. Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford star in this true story of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncovering the White House involvement in the Watergate break-in.
From our guests: search for Jim Cosgrove in our catalog and youāll find the title we discussed today: Ripple in print, eBook and downloadable audiobook formats. Youāll also see 12 other titles by Jimāmusic and books for kidsāwhich just goes to show what a diversely talented individual Mr. Cosgrove is! From our catalog: Creative Nonfiction A Helpful Writing Resource: Find Your Creative Muse. Learn How to Write Poetry, Fiction, Personal Essays, and More, a blog by Dave Hood.
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Itās National Preparedness Month which is an observance each September to raise awareness about the importance of preparing for disasters and emergencies that could happen at any time. So, get prepared:
Get informed (we suggest registering at NotifyJoCo for emergency alerts.)Make a planAssemble a KitMaintain your kitAnd, make sure there's a good book in that kit! Can we suggest a Post-apocalyptic fiction title?
We welcome back Gregg Winsor and friends to take a deep-dive into Post-apocalyptic fictionāa subgenre of science fiction where some disaster has occurred, and we discover IF the characters were ā¦ prepared.
Our Recommendations: Charlesā Choices: The Passage by Justin Cronin & Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane BuxtonDaveās Double-feature: visit the streaming video section of our eLibraryā: On IndieFlix youāll find a 14 minute Drama/Science Fiction film from 2022 called Riley. On Kanopy under one of our favorite categoriesāThe Great Coursesālearn about Great Utopian and Dystopian Works of Literature. From our catalog: Post-Apocalyptic Stories Important Preparedness links:
Official National Preparedness Month website: ready.govNotify JoCoFEMA and the American Red Cross: Preparing for DisasterAmerican Public Health Association: Natural Disaster Preparedness Quiz -
In honor of Labor Day, we invited five staff members with very different behind-the-scenes jobs to answer three simple questions. Youāve heard the saying, āThatās like comparing Apples and Orangesā right? Well, Dave and Charles take it one step further with Apples, Oranges and Bananas. We picked staff with jobs that touch every part of the Library systemāJosh: the Warehouse Manager, Patti: the Executive Assistant, Bryan: a Courier, Julie: a Training Specialist and Brian: a MakerSpace Facilitator. Hear what these individuals do and learn about the Library from unique perspectives. We even let them play Librarian and suggest great titles.
Our Recommendations: Charlesā Choices: Creativity, Inc. by Ed CatmullDaveās Double-feature: Apollo 13 and Seven Samurai in Kanopy From our catalog: every title mentioned in the episode
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"Like most cities during Prohibition, Kansas City had illegal alcohol, bootleggers, speakeasies, cops on the take, corrupt politicians and moralizing reformers. But by the time the Eighteenth Amendment was repealed, Kansas City had been singled out by one observer as one of the wettest cities, as well as the wickedest.ā ~ Prohibition in Kansas City, Missouri: Highballs, Spooners & Crooked Dice by John Simonson
Your history-loving hosts, Charles "T-Bone" Hower and the "Jackalope"āAKA Dave "Curtains" Carsonāspill the beans and sing like canaries to reveal the darkside of Kansas City history. It's Kansas City True Crime on the JoCoLibrary Uncovered Podcast.
Join us as we explain how a lawless culture that began before the Civil War evolved into political and criminal empires that ultimately drew the FBI's focus as they fought to put an end to decades of crime and violence. We bring in special guest Erik Stafford who is a historian, storyteller and a Kansas City History Tour Guide to shed some light on stories that have lived in the dark for too long.
Show notes and booklist for recommended reading and research.
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What is the difference between thrillers and mysteries? What are good recommendations in each of these genres? Readers Advisory Librarian Gregg is back with colleagues Piepie and Bet to do a deep dive into thrillers and mysteries and titles that are a good mixup of the two genres.
Our Thriller and Mystery Recommendations: Charlesā Choice: Hell is Empty, Craig JohnsonDaveās Double-feature: No Country for Old Men and Memento in Kanopy in our eLibraryFrom our catalog: Thrillers and Mysteries
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Bonus Episode!
In June of 2020, we produced a podcast episode about J. Robert Oppenheimer. It was part of a series we called "Author Research in Action" where we invited two guestsāone an award-winning author, and the other a subject matter expert. We stepped back let them interview each other and we recorded their conversation. Considering the movie OppenheimerāThe story of the American scientist and his role in the development of the atomic bombāis currently in theaters, we thought it appropriate to revisit this episode.
Reference Librarian Helen Hokanson hosts a discussion on the Manhattan Project and so much more. Los Alamos National Laboratory Program Manager and Senior Historian, Alan Carr is paired with author Robert J. Sawyer, whoās written a new SciFi/historical fiction/thriller called THE Oppenheimer Alternative.
Our recommendations: There are more than 240 Booklists on Oppenheimer in our catalogOne of our Librarians produced a list titled: Thanks Oppenheimer!Another of our Librarians created a list that acknowledges the cultural impact of both the Oppenheimer and Barbie movies: Barbenheimer 2023
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What is a hobby? Some say it's any activity you might engage in during your leisure time for pleasure. We disagree. Vehemently! We say it has to have some personal enrichment component. Why? Well mostly because we have so many great leisure time resources that we couldn't fit them into one episode!
Last month we talked about fun activities that bring you pleasure. This month, we're exploring how the library can help with your enriching leisure activities. The Librarians are back to provide a deep-dive into hobbies. Readers Advisory Librarian Helen Hokanson leads a discussion with librarian Jess Gilson, MakerSpace facilitator Lydia Perez and clerk Joyce Mitchell. They share their hobbies and introduce you to all kinds of Library resources.
Our Hobby recommendations: Charlesā Choice: Model Railroading in our eMagazine sectionDaveās video recommendation: go to jocolibrary.org/elearning, scroll down to the āGreat Coursesā section and click: āGo to Great Courses.ā You will land on the Kanopy page with all of the Great Courses categories. Loh and behold, the second row is the category āHobbies!ā Learn how to draw, cooking techniques, dog training and more!From our catalogāHobbies
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July is National Anti-boredom Month. We combat boredom with fun!
If you listen to public or community radio, or you watch PBS, you are very familiar with āThe Fund Drive"āthat's "fund" with a "D." Weāre not going to do that! Instead, weād like to introduce a NEW conceptāan annual FUN driveāthat's āfunā without a āDā. That's right: āFun Driveā
See, while a āFund Driveā garners funds, a āFun Driveā gathers what our Librarians and Patrons consider āfun"āweāre talking guilty pleasures, passions, interests, whatever you engage in just for the fun of it. We then take a deep-dive into Library programs, services and even the collection to show how the Library can help you have fun and win your battle against boredom!
It's a fun episode. Literally.
Our Fun recommendations: Charlesā Choice: Kirby and the Forgotten Land for Nintendo Switch Daveās Double feature: streaming video from Kanopy. Waiting for Guffman & Pee-Wee's Big Adventure Fun Drive Recommendations from our catalog And, what's more fun than Dad jokes?
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āHope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.ā ā Emily Dickinson
If you look up the term "hopepunk" online, the first definition offered up describes it as "A branch of speculative fiction featuring characters fighting for positive change, radical kindness, and communal responses to challenges." But, we can't just leave it at that. We need examples! Readers Advisory Librarian Gregg Winsor drops by with Josh Neff and Jo Field who share Hopepunk titles that they hope you will enjoy.
Our Hopepunk recommendations: Charlesā Choice: Sourdough by Robin Sloan Daveās Double feature: streaming video from Kanopy. Anthony Bourdain's A Cook's Tour and Alone Hopepunk Recommendations from our catalog
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Individuals faced with temporary detention at the Adult Residential Center (ARC) in New Century, KS, rely on access to Johnson County Library materials on their road to recovery. Incarcerated Services Librarian Melody Kinammon introduces us to members of the ARC therapeutic community, Phil and Dia. They share how exploring books and using the on-site library has helped them.
Also, Youth Services Librarian Jayma Zook shares her experience with Read to Meāincarcerated parents are recorded reading aloud and the Library provides a copy of the recording and the book to their child.
Itās all part of what we call: āOutreach Services.ā We uncover programs, stories and services you might not have known about.
Our recommendations: Charlesā Choice: Night of the Ninth Dragon by Mary Pope Osborn (from the Magic Treehouse Series) Daveās Double feature: streaming video from Kanopy. Language and Literacy Development and Father and Daughter. Melody: Literature for Justice reading list with a variety of titlesānonfiction and fictionāthat address the United States criminal justice system. This is a list sheās always updating! Jayma: The Daddy Book and The Mommy Book. She says both are very popular with the Read to Me crowd, but one that comes to mind that talks specifically about incarceration is Missing Daddy by Mariame Kaba. It has a discussion guide at the end to help facilitate a discussion with kids about this hard topic. Books mentioned in the episode: JoCoLibrary Uncovered - Incarcerated Booklist
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Acclaimed author Jacqueline Woodsonāwho will join Johnson County Library to launch the All Together Now 2023 Summer Reading programātalks about her writing and reading with Readers Advisory Librarian Gregg Winsor. Woodson discusses how she navigates jumping between genres and audiences, her writing process, collaborating with illustrators, and connecting with communities through outreach. She even gives us a glimpse into her upcoming book!
Jacqueline Woodson's books at Johnson County Library.
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Our librarians are back and this time Gregg Winsor brought a couple friends alongālibrarians Caitlin Perkins and Wendy Gishāto talk in-depth about their favorite weird and wild science books! "Microhistories" are a genre of nonfiction books dedicated to a deep-dive on one particular topic, like snails, psychedelics, or communication amongst trees. Our recommendations:Charlesā Choice: American Serengeti by Dan FloresDaveās Double feature: streaming video from Kanopy. Super Size Me: The Fast-Food Industry in America.and NOVA Universe Revealed: Milky Way.Weird and Wild Science Recommendations
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Itās almost time for Summer Reading and who better to recommend kids titles than kids?! We attached googly eyes to our mighty handheld recorder and took to the stacks to ask over 20 children which books they love and what they like about them. We also asked adults what their favorite books were when they were kids. This episode is 20 minutes of pure joy that will leave you with a list of gems, and just might remind you of what sparked your interest in reading to begin with!
Recommendations from our collection:
Charlesā Choice: Last Stop on Market Street ā Matt de la PeƱa
Daveās Double feature: Kanopy Kids: Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend and Kittenās First Full Moon
Library Kids on Library Books list
Adults Recall Their Favorite Books From Childhood list
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Welcome to our first collection deep dive episode! We begin with a genre selected by our readers advisory librarian Gregg Winsor, āBooks about book lovers.ā Gregg will be serving as more of a moderator for most of our future deep dives, but for today he has brought a couple friends alongāPiepie Baltz and Kelly Downsāto chat about their favorites in the genre.
JOCOLIBRARY UNCOVERED Podcast Collection Deep Dives: Books About Book Lovers recommended reading list.
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In this episode of JOCOLIBRARY UNCOVERED, it's a deep dive into the Library's relationship with the arts.
Johnson County Library supports the Local Arts in so many ways! Start with our collection. Youāll find many types of arts books at the library ā graphic design, architecture, photography, how to books, journalsāÆturned into books, knittingāÆbooks. We provide exhibition spaces for artwork to be displayed at several branches and it changes out three times a year. We cohost a major film festival with the city of Lenexa.āÆWe produce a nationally renowned Teen Arts and Literature publication: ElementiaāÆfeaturing original work by teens in our community. And, the MakerSpace provides a space for you to be hands-on with your craft. Charles and Dave talk with Librarians Bryan and Jen about these and more.
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