#99 June 2026

Candice watched Network and Steph is reading a book about algorithms…. The conversation veers naturally towards the almost dystopian world we live in on social media. Join us on Wednesday June 24th at 7pm in the Greenroom, where we will discuss Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson Books We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer  The Heads of Cerberus and Other Stories by Francis Stevens   Feminist Killjoy Handbook by Sara Ahmed  Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka  The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams  Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson Movies The Devil Wears Prada 2 Toy Story 5 Network The Odyssey Oh Brother Where Art Thou Timestamps 2:00 Candice reading update 7:00 Steph reading 16:00 Steph movie update - are we out of ideas? 25:00 Big convo about social media, algorithms and news 42:00 More reading from Candice 52:00 Update about the Stranger than Fiction Book Club   --- Find all of our past episodes at Stories From The Village Please leave us a review on iTunes and subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. Follow Candice on Storygraph Follow Steph on Storygraph Follow the Bookshelf on Instagram and Facebook. Stay up to date on what's happening around the store at http://bookshelf.ca and join the weekly newsletter.  Send us an email at [email protected] Theme music from the Free Music Archive, by The Underscore Orkestra