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Miner Recs
by Des Plaines Public Library
A roundtable review and discussion of recommended media from the Des Plaines Public Library.
Episodes
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Episode 98: Cozy Fantasy and Sci-Fi
On this episode, Quinn, Dana, Christa, and Camryn discuss some of the rising trends and themes in fantasy and science fiction books and recommend their favorite examples.
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Episode 97: 98th Academy Awards
On this episode, Angelo, Ariana, and Quinn preview the 2026 Oscars, sharing their predictions and opinions on the films nominated.
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Episode 96: The Canvas
On this episode, Angelo, Sarah, Pico, and Amy talk about The Canvas, DPPL's new makerspace, discussing the equipment and resources that are now available to patrons.
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Episode 95: Tails and Tales
On this episode, Angelo, Lynne, Ariana, and Quinn talk about DPPL's 2025 Summer Reading Challenge, detailing the events the library will be hosting for kids, teens and adults alike. (Find out more information about summer reading at dppl.org/summer!)
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Episode 94: 97th Academy Awards
On this episode, Angelo, Amy, Ariana, and Quinn preview the 2025 Oscars, sharing their predictions and opinions on the films nominated.
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Episode 93: Board Games
On this episode, Angelo, Amy, Annie, and Quinn discuss board games, with an emphasis on games that can be checked out here at the Des Plaines Public Library.
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Episode 92: Zines
On this episode, Quinn, Amy, Alicia, and Tia discuss zines, the small-circulation handmade booklets that provide an easy and fun way for anyone to self-publish and circulate their art and ideas.
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Episode 91: Episode 91: Bad Movies
On this episode, Angelo, Amy, Charlie, and Quinn discuss movies that are so bad they're good, including Troll 2, Vampire's Kiss, Clifford, The Master Of Disguise, Madame Web and more.
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Episode 90: Banned Books Week
On this episode, Angelo, Alicia, Ariana and Sarah discuss Banned Books Week, an annual event seeking to promote and celebrate open and easy access to information and the freedom to read what you want.
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Episode 89: Hugo Awards 2024
On this episode, Angelo, Christa, Sarah, Quinn, and Cameron discuss works nominated at the 2024 Hugo Awards, science fiction and fantasy's most prestigious awards ceremony.
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Episode 88: Comic Books and Comic Conventions
On this episode, Angelo, Sarah, Michelle, and Annie discuss comic books, graphic novels, and the conventions that celebrate them.
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Episode 87: 96th Academy Awards
On this episode, Angelo, Ariana, Quinn and Charlie discuss the 2024 Oscars, including their own picks and predictions of movies nominated, opinions about actors and films that have been unfairly snubbed, and suggestions to the Academy for future categories.
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Episode 86: Episode 86: Dungeons & Dragons
On this episode, Angelo, Amy, Quinn and Sarah talk about the fantasy tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.
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Episode 85: Episode 85: 2023 In Movies
On this episode, Angelo, Maureen, Michelle and Charlie and Lynne talk about some of their favorite film experiences of 2023, from Barbenheimer to Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
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Episode 84: Star Trek
On this episode, Angelo, Sarah, Charlie and Lynne will go boldly where this podcast has never gone before with a discussion of Star Trek, from the original series to the movies, all the way through the new shows premiering on Paramount+.
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Episode 83: Craftivism (with Shannon Downey)
On this episode, Annie, Maureen, Alicia and Elizabeth talk with Shannon Downey, a Chicago-based crafter and activist and founder of Badass Cross Stitch.
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Episode 82: Music
On this episode, Charlie, Maureen, Tia, Angelo, and Christa talk about music, from the new albums and concerts they're excited about, to their recommendations of books and documentaries about popular musicians, as well as a discussion about the role of AI in creating music.
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Episode 81: Disney
On this episode, Charlie, Alicia, Maureen and Michelle talk about Disney: the classic animated films, the recent live-action remakes, the TV shows, the parks, the video games, the toys and everything in between!
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Episode 80: Colleen Hoover / BookTok
On this episode, Charlie, Angie, Nina and Maureen talk about Colleen Hoover, the popular fiction author and BookTok, an online community of book enthusiasts on the social media platform TikTok.
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Episode 79: Read Roar Repeat! Summer Reading 2023
On this episode, Sarah, David, Maureen and Jessica talk about this year's summer reading programming at the Des Plaines Public Library, as well as the theme of the challenge: dinosaurs!
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Episode 78: The Menu / Celebrity Chefs
On this episode, Charlie, Ariana, Angelo, and David discuss The Menu, a dark comedy/horror film released in 2022, and the celebrity chef/foodie culture that the film satirizes.
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Episode 77: I'm Glad My Mom Died
On this episode, Charlie, Angelo, Nina and Maureen talk about Jennette McCurdy's bestselling memoir, I'm Glad My Mom Died, as well as some other recently-released and revelatory celebrity autobiographies and documentaries.
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Episode 76: 95th Academy Awards
On this episode, Charlie, Angelo, Ariana, and Maureen talk about the forthcoming 95th Academy Awards, with discussions of the films Elvis, The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Tár, Women Talking, Fire of Love and more.
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Episode 75: Horror Movies
On this episode, Charlie, Ariana, Lydia and Joel discuss their likes and dislikes when it comes to horror films. They discuss the horror-comedy Tucker & Dale vs. Evil at length, and also touch on other scary films such as Midsommar, Young Frankenstein, The Blair Witch Project and more!
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Episode 74: True Crime
On this episode, Charlie, Ariana, Elizabeth and Joel discuss true crime, a genre that documents real stories of illegal behavior. They talk about the recent documentary adaptation of Michelle McNamara's book I'll Be Gone In The Dark, true crime podcasts such as My Favorite Murder, and debate the...
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Episode 73: Art
On this episode, Charlie, Ariana, Michelle and Joel celebrate the "Reading Is Art-Rageous" theme of our summer reading program by discussing art, including reviews of documentaries about Marina Abramović, Maurizio Cattelan, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun and Vincent Van Gogh and plenty of tangents...
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Episode 72: Gardening
On this episode, Charlie, Liz, Elizabeth and Joel have a conversation about gardening. Along the way, they touch on subjects such as composting, soil conditions, container gardening, planting zones, protecting your crops against hungry squirrels and chipmunks, and a lot more!
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Episode 71: The Queen's Gambit
On this episode, Charlie, Ariana, Annie and David talk about The Queen's Gambit, a limited miniseries available on Netflix, based on a novel by Walter Tevis. Along the way, they also touch on how the show's popularity has encouraged a new wave of interest in chess, how Netflix has changed our...
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Episode 70: Stephen King's If It Bleeds
On this episode, Charlie, Lynne, and Joel discuss Stephen King's new collection of novellas If It Bleeds. Their conversation also touches on filmed adaptations of King's work, how future authors might write about the events of 2020, and much more! (Please note: this episode was recorded remotely...
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Episode 69: The Water Dancer
On this episode, Charlie, Jami, and Joel discuss The Water Dancer, the debut novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Along the way, they discuss magical realism, slave narratives, the differences between the printed word and audiobooks, and much more! (Please note, this episode was recorded remotely using…
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Episode 68: The Office
On this episode, Charlie, Jami, Joel and Natalie discuss The Office, a sitcom originally created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant for the BBC, but which took on a life of its own when it was adapted for American television. We'll talk about a few of our favorite episodes, the impact the show...
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Episode 67: Bruce Springsteen
On this episode, Charlie, Joel and Laurie discuss the music of Bruce Springsteen, his relationship with his longtime backing group the E Street Band, his recent memoir and Broadway show, his musical and literary influences and much more. (Please note, this episode was recorded remotely from home...
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Episode 66: Documentaries
On this episode, Dave, Joel, Jami and Annie discuss documentary films and series, including films about mountain climbing such as Free Solo, Meru and Pretty Strong; long-form series such as The Last Dance, Tiger King and Ken Burns' Baseball; and other non-fiction films like Icarus, This Film Is…
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Episode 65: 92nd Academy Awards
On this episode, Dave, Tony, Natalie and Charlie discuss some of the films nominated for Academy Awards this year, including Parasite, Marriage Story, Jojo Rabbit and Joker.
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Episode 64: Cats & Musicals
On this episode, Dave, Jami, Joel and Charlie discuss Cats, Tom Hooper's already notorious adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running musical, as well as their thoughts on the best of Broadway and off-Broadway musicals.
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Episode 63: Streaming Services
On this episode, Dave, Tony, Jami and Joel talk about streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ and more, as well as ask some of the tough questions about how watching content on demand has changed the viewing experience. Are we better off now than we were in the days of cable? What's worth...
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Episode 62: Fandoms
On this episode, Dave, Tony, Jami and Joel engage in a spirited conversation on what it means to be a fan, the pros and cons of engaging with a fan community, the disappointment of underwhelming sequels and much more.
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Episode 61: Horror (Hereditary, Us, Stranger Things Season 3)
On this episode, Dave, Jami, Tony and Joel celebrate Halloween by discussing three recent horror films and TV shows: Hereditary, Us and the third season of Stranger Things.
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Episode 60: Spider-Man
On this episode, Dave, Jami, Tony and Joel discuss Spider-Man and recommend various forms of Spider-Man media, including the films Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Far From Home, the comic book series The Superior Spider-Man, the Playstation game Spider-Man and much more!
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Episode 59: Fantasy Football
On this episode, Dave, Tony, Joel and special guest Elliot share some of their experiences playing fantasy football.
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Episode 58: Kindred
On this episode, Dave, Jami, Tony and Joel discuss Octavia E. Butler's 1979 novel Kindred, as well as the 2017 graphic novel adaptation by Damian Duffy and John Jennings.
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Episode 57: Science Books
On this episode, Dave, Jami, Joel and Tony celebrate our space-themed summer reading program by reading books about science, including The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan, The Cosmic Cocktail by Katherine Freese, Brief Answers To The Big Questions by Stephen Hawking, and Undeniable by Bill Nye.
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Episode 56: The Man In The High Castle
On this episode, Dave, Tony and Joel discuss The Man In The High Castle, a television series which adapts Philip K. Dick's novel of the same name, a dystopian alternate history depicting a world in which the Allies had lost World War II.
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Episode 55: Acorn TV
On this episode, Dave, Tony, Jami and Joel talk about some of the programs available through the streaming service Acorn TV, including Detectorists, Loch Ness, Rebecka Martinsson, Jack Taylor and more!
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Episode 54: Cooking With Miner Recs!
On this episode, Dave, Jami, Tony and Joel each made a recipe from one of the most circulated cookbooks in our collection (The Oh She Glows Cookbook by Angela Liddon; Barefoot Contessa Family Style by Ina Garten; Polish Cooking by Marianna Olszewska Heberle; and The Pioneer Woman Cooks Food From…
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Episode 53: 91st Academy Awards
On this episode, Dave, Tony, Joel and Charlie discuss some of the films nominated for Academy Awards this year, including Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, The Favourite, Bohemian Rhapsody, Vice, Roma and more!
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Episode 52: Venom
On this episode, Dave, Tony and Joel talk about the new Marvel film Venom.
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Episode 51: Stan Lee
On this episode, Dave, Tony and Joel discuss the life of the late great Stan Lee, the nuances of the characters in the Marvel universe, the influence that Marvel comics have had on their lives.
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Episode 50: 50th Episode Lookback
To celebrate the 50th episode of the Pint & Click Podcast, Dave, Tony, Joel and Charlie look back on their experience recording the podcast, how the program has evolved, and reflect on the future of the show.
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Episode 49: Won't You Be My Neighbor
On this episode, Dave, Tony and Jami discuss Won't You Be My Neighbor, a documentary about Fred Rogers, the man behind Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
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