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LISTEN UP
by IPL Librarians
LISTEN UP podcast series by Librarians of the Inglewood Public Library
Episodes
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Passing the Mic to Jamal Hill, Bronze Medalist 2021 Paralympics in Tokyo
For our 8th and final episode of season 1 Shawn passes the mic to Olympian and Aquatics Educator Jamal Hill, a native of this city of Champions. Besides winning Bronze at Tokyo 2021, Mr. Hill is also known for his game changing non-profit: Swim Up Hill, the mission of which is to provide...
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Elatsoe
To celebrate Native American Heritage month, FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAYS presents a story written by and featuring a Lipan Apache. In the mystery novel, Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger, Ellie is determined to solve the mystery of the death of her cousin who appears to her in her dream right after his...
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Eye Care is Self Care
Out of all of our senses, vision seems to be the most important to the vast majority of us. The eye is a major, miraculous sensory organ - we humans rely very heavily on our sight to process information about the world around us. Eyes serve a key role in social interaction. Eyes represent so much...
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Passing the Mic to John Paizis of Performing Arts Studios West
In our 7th episode of Passing the Mic, Shawn speaks with John Paizis of Performing Arts Studios West. Mr. Paizis’s studio serves individuals with developmental disabilities and has been a community institution since the mid-1990s. The rich history of the acting studio is covered in this chat…
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Lily and the Octopus
FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAYS presents Lily and the Octopus, by Steven Rowley, published in 2016. If you ever loved a pet, and especially if you are among the many of us who have depended upon a furry-faced companion to provide comfort during the ongoing pandemic, Steven Rowling's funny and profoundly...
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Passing the Mic to Amanda-Jane Thomas and Shanita Nicholas of Sip & Sonder
In this 6th episode of Passing the Mic, Adult Librarian, Stacie Galli speaks with the co-founders of the specialty coffee house Sip & Sonder, Amanda-Jane Thomas and Shanita Nicholas. The women provide insight into their approach to running a successful business, emphasizing the importance of...
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Kindred
FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAYS presents Kindred by Octavia Butler, published in 1979. Enjoy this classic science fiction which incorporates time travel and is modeled on slave narratives. Told from the point of view of the protagonist, Dana, who travels back in time to save the life of a drowning white…
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Harold
Join us for NIGHTMARE BEFORE BEDTIME a Storytime series for Adults and Teens. This installment is a short story taken from Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz published in 1991 to keep you up at night. It is a tale of two brothers who create a doll named Harold to…
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Mindful Movement
Today's episode focuses on Mindful Movement, with expert advice from Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness, by Susan L. Smalley, PhD and Diana Winston, teaching us that "[l]earning to be aware and to relate to your body and to relate to your body with acceptance and…
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Passing the Mic to Penny Pearl of Soul Line Dancing
In this 5th episode of Passing the Mic, Shawn speaks with Penny Pearl, one of the many talented Soul Line Dancing teachers who utilize the outdoor space of Inglewood Public Library to keep seniors active and moving. The conversation covers topics such as: the definition of Soul Line Dancing, the...
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Sing to It
FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAYS presents the first of fifteen short stories entitled The Master of the Minimalist written by Amy Hempel. Longlisted for the Pen/Faulkner Award, one of Time's 100 Best Books of the Year, and one of NPR's Best Books of 2019, Hempel reveals writing at her most compassionate and...
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This is Not a Ghost Story
FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAYS presents This is Not a Ghost Story by Andrea Portes, published in 2020. It is a teen paranormal mystery/thriller novel that follows Daffodil who housesits a mansion for the summer before college. The longer she is there, the more she experiences supernatural things and...
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The Yew Tree
Join us for NIGHTMARE BEFORE BEDTIME a Storytime series for Adults and Teens. This installment is from an anthology of stories about witches and witchcraft by Richard Dalby aptly titled, Tales of Witchcraft. The Yew Tree by Shamus Frazer features an abandoned valley and a loathsome yew tree with…
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Creating Dream Journals for Overall Wellness
--Journaling our dreams can be a tool to help us achieve greater mental, emotional, psychological, and spiritual balance/well-being. --It connects us to our creativity. Creative outlets are necessary to our overall sense of wellbeing and wellness. --The best way to utilize our dreams, or…
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Passing the Mic to Percell Keeling of Simply Wholesome
In this fourth episode of Passing the Mic Shawn speaks with Percell, the owner and founder of Simply Wholesome Organic Market. Listen in to learn how he took his passion for personal wellness and fitness and transformed it into one of the most significant Black Owned businesses in the city of Los...
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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAYS presents Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. This book was recommended by Robert Kingi of KingiKaju from Passing The Mic episode published on August 23rd. A true leader takes 100% ownership of everything in his domain…
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Reluctance
In celebration of the first day of autumn, POETRY OUT LOUD recites a poem by Robert Lee Frost published in 1912. This poem personifies nature and the seasons but can be interpreted as love and moving forward.
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Furia
FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAY presents Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez, a Pure Belpre Award winning book, in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, which is celebrated mid-September through mid-October. Listen to the first chapter of this book, where the main character, Camila wants to play fútbol...
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Six Boy Coffins
Join us for NIGHTMARE BEFORE BEDTIME a Storytime series for Adults and Teens. This installment is a short story titled “Six Boy Coffins,” taken from the book, The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror by Daniel Mallory Ortberg. It is a story about six brothers who are banished by their mother...
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Hello Moments
This exercise is called Hello Moments and is taken from the book Mindfulness for Teens in 10 Minutes a Day: Exercises to Feel Calm, Stay Focused & Be Your Best Self by Jennie Marie Battistin published in 2019. This exercise helps you focus on the present. At times we can focus on the past or the...
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What Color Is Your Parachute?
FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAYS presents timeless advice from the most popular and best-selling career guide, What Color Is Your Parachute? by Richard N. Bolles.
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Passing the Mic to Duran Bowie of IMAMNAM
In Episode 3 of our series Shawn speaks to Duran Bowie of I’m a Movement Not a Monument, an Inglewood based nonprofit that provides free tutoring to area teens. Shawn and Duran cover the history of his nonprofit, his dreams for the future of this city, and the road to achieving that dream. This...
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Dreaming Darkly
FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAY presents Dreaming Darkly by Caitlin Kittredge, a teen gothic mystery novel. Listen to the first chapter of this book, where Ivy Bloodgood arrives on Darkhaven island to live in the Bloodgood manor with her uncle whom she’s never met, after the suicide of her mother. From the...
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HE
Join us for NIGHTMARE BEFORE BEDTIME a Storytime series for Adults and Teens. This installment is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in August of 1925, He, appeared in the pages of legendary Weird Tales and has influenced countless writers of the macabre. Searching…
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Square Breathing
How to reduce stress through square breathing. Square breathing is a deep breathing technique that can help you slow down your breathing. It works by distracting your mind as you count to four, calming your nervous system, and decreasing stress in your body.
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Writing Beyond Race
FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAYS presents writings by bell hooks. What are the conditions needed for our nation to bridge cultural and racial divides? By Writing Beyond Race, noted cultural critic bell hooks models the constructive ways scholars, activists, and readers can challenge and change systems of...
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Passing the Mic to Robert Kingi of KingiKaju
In our second episode Shawn interviews Robert Kingi of KingiKaju, one of the longest running martial arts studios in Inglewood. Kajukenbo is a hybrid martial arts form from Hawaii. It was developed in the late 1940s. Robert, the 2nd generation head of this martial arts school, discusses the…
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Deep Listening
FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAYS presents Deep Listening: A Healing Practice to Calm Your Body, Clear Your Mind, and Open Your Heart. World-renowned restorative yoga teacher Jillian Pransky came to the practice of yoga to heal herself. For much of her life, she subscribed to a relentless work hard/play hard...
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Monkey's Paw
Join us for NIGHTMARE BEFORE BEDTIME a Storytime series for Adults and Teens. This installment is a supernatural short story by author W. W. Jacobs. It has been adapted many times in other media, including plays, films, TV series, operas, stories and comics, as early as 1903 and as recently as...
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Color Breathing
Today we are going to explore a relaxation exercise using colors. Color breathing is a simple stress reducing activity that may be quickly learned. It involves mentally picturing or meditating on a color that represents how you want to feel or what you want to let go in your life.
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TALKING BACK
FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAYS presents writings by bell hooks. In childhood, bell hooks was taught that "talking back" meant speaking as an equal to an authority figure and daring to disagree and/or have an opinion. In this collection of personal and theoretical essays, hooks reflects on her signature...
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Shel Silverstein
POETRY OUT LOUD presents children's poetry by Shel Silverstein.
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Passing the Mic to James Fugate of Eso Won Books
IPL is introducing a new series entitled PASSING THE MIC. The series will feature conversations with local movers and shakers in the Inglewood community. Episode 1 features James Fugate. One of the Co-Founders of Eso Won books, James speaks candidly with Adult Services Librarian Shawn Michael…
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The Girl Who Wasn’t There
FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAY presents The Girl Who Wasn’t There by Penny Joelson. In this teen mystery/thriller, Kasia can’t believe her eyes when she sees a kidnapping of a young woman while looking out her window. Kasia is determined to speak with the only other witness to the kidnapping, a girl across...
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Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
FIRST STORY READING presents a collection of short stories by San Antonio-based Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros. The collection reflects Cisneros's experience of being surrounded by American influences while still being familially bound to her Mexican heritage as she grew up north of the...
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That Bus is Another World
Join us for NIGHTMARE BEFORE BEDTIME a Storytime series for Adults and Teens. This installment is a horror short story written by Stephen King and first published in the August 2014 edition of Esquire. It was later collected in his 2015 short story collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. The story…
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Five Senses
How can we combat scattered thoughts and become more present in our lives? Using our five senses we can begin to ground ourselves. Here is a quick guided meditation to quiet your mind.
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Algorithms of Oppression
FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAYS presents Safiya Umoja Noble's Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism. A revealing look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithms. Run a Google search for “black girls”—what will you find? “Big...
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Alpha Beta Chowder
POETRY OUT LOUD presents Jeanne Steig's collection of children's poems offering wry wit that will tickle your funny bone on topics like domestic disasters and harrowing piano lessons. Each poem is an ear-opener and sure to bring laugh-out-loud reactions!
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The Will To Change
FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAYS presents writings by bell hooks. In The Will to Change, bell hooks gets to the heart of the matter and shows men how to express the emotions that are a fundamental part of who they are—whatever their age, marital status, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. This will be the…
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The Sun My Heart: The Companion to The Miracle of Mindfulness
FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAYS presents one of Thich Nhat Hanh’s most beloved books. It contains the journey, on the path of everyday practice, from mindfulness to insight in an informational, conversational manner. Using the objects and events of everyday life in his hermitage in Plum Village—the gradual...
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Gilded Ones
FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAYS presents Gilded Ones by Namina Forna. Sixteen year old Deka longs to be accepted by her people and be of pure red blood. During the Purity Ritual she finds that her blood runs gold. Deka must now choose to either succumb to death by her people or leave and fight in an army…
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Stick with Me
FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAY presents Stick with Me by Jennifer Blecher. When twelve-year-old Izzy and Wren are thrown together by unusual circumstances, they find solace and solutions to nagging problems in their newly formed friendship.
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The Ballad of Black Tom
Join us for NIGHTMARE BEFORE BEDTIME a Storytime series for Adults and Teens. This installment is a 2016 fantasy/horror novella by Victor LaValle, revisiting H. P. Lovecraft's story "The Horror at Red Hook" from the viewpoint of a black man. People move to New York looking for magic and nothing...
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If You Were a Chocolate Mustache
POETRY OUT LOUD presents a poem from a book of poems by poet laureate J. Patrick Lewis. Within these written pages are a mixture of wit and humor created in forms of riddles, limericks, silly rhymes, and more; on subjects like dragons, food and shoes, and just about everything else under the sun!...
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Sasha Masha
FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAY presents Agnes Borinsky’s Sasha Masha published in 2020. June is Pride Month. A celebration of and for the LGBTQ community. Alex comes to realize his true identity as a young woman named Sasha Masha. Journey along with Alex who explores what it means to be true to oneself and...
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Fear: Esential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm
FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAY presents Thich Nhat Hanh's Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm. This a powerful and practical strategic guide to overcoming debilitating uncertainties and personal terrors. Hanh explores the origins of fears, illuminating a path to finding peace and freedom...
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The Petting Zoo
Join us for NIGHTMARE BEFORE BEDTIME a Storytime series for Adults and Teens. This installment is a short story by Peter De Niverville. When Johnson was a child, spiders fascinated him. One summer, when he was eight, a large gold and black spider had taken up residence underneath the shingles by...
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No Vacancy
FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAY presents Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy. Eleven-year-old Miriam and her family – mom, dad, and little brother – all move to Upstate New York to become the new owners of the Jewel Motor Inn. The problem is the Jewel Motor Inn is old and run down. Miriam’s parents don’t know the...
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No Fair! No Fair!
No Fair! No Fair! And Other Jolly Poems of Childhood by Calvin Trillin is our feature for POETRY OUT LOUD. This children’s poetry book celebrates the contemporary topics of childhood everywhere, inspired by the author’s real-life experiences that are familiar to children today.
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