Jul 23, 2021
This week we break down the roots of the hard boiled detective novel with Raymond Chandler's iconic 1939 crime novel, "The Big Sleep."
Episode Links
“The Big Sleep,” by Raymond Chandler
Reading
Pete – “Shock Value” by Jason Zinoman
Jennie - “Antonio” by Beatriz Bracher
Megan – “One by One” by Ruth...
Jan 4, 2021
We wrap up the final part of Frank Herbert's "Dune," find out who is reading "Dune Messiah," and discuss the David Lynch film (because you really have to).
Links:
- Megan is reading “Song of Wraiths and Ruins” by Roseanne A Brown and “I’ll Be the One” by Lyla Lee
- Jennie recommends attending the Library's
Dec 21, 2020
This week Jennie, Megan and Pete travel across the sands of Dune, and explore Paul's version of the Hero's Journey.
Links:
- Jennie - Listening to the Dirt Cheap podcast.
- Megan - Reading "Normal People" by Sally Rooney
- Pete - Reading Rural Noir by authors like Donald Ray Pollock, including "Devil all the Time," and "
Dec 7, 2020
Welcome back! Over the next six weeks, or three episodes of the podcast, we’ll be reading - and librarianing the heck out of - the first book in Frank Herbert’s epic Sci-Fi series, Dune. We chose Dune in part because it’s getting a lot of buzz, first-reads, and rereads this year, due to the new feature film coming...
Nov 30, 2020
As you might have noticed, the podcast has been on hiatus for a while. Not only have we been busy running a library during a pandemic, but we ran into a lot of technology problems trying to produce a podcast while teleworking. But we worked through those issues, and now we’re ready to bring you the return of the Big...