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podcast – Bellwether Friends
by Carolyn & Anna
Just a couple of podcasting librarians, talking mostly about pop culture and giggling way too much.
Episodes
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Episode 114: Fighting Horror with Horror
In this episode, we discuss our pandemic coping mechanism, watching horror movies and television! Please note we recorded this in October 2020. In spite of how it sounds, we were not quarantined at opposite ends of a long tunnel during the recording. CW: frank discussion of various elements of...
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Episode 113: ABBAsode with @renatasnacks
In this episode (ABBAsode) we invited @renatasnacks to rank the contents of the 1992 greatest hits release ABBA Gold with us, discussing the relative merits of each track and sharing our personal histories with ABBA. Spoiler: We totally went to Sweden about it. Links ABBA Greatest Hits ABBA Gold...
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Episode 112: BF Movie Touchstones
Somewhat in the spirit of Extra Hot Great's television Canon, your hosts each assembled a list of favorite movies and agreed to make a universal Bellwether Friends list out of intersecting titles. In this episode, we reveal our picks to one another. Click here for the joint list! *sounds of paper...
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Episode 111: Fall 2019 TV Roundup
Join us as we discuss the most recent winner of our What To Watch Next TV Bracket: Pose! Then we exhaustively review the shows we’re watching, shows we’ve lost, shows we might consider adding, and shows we’ve put on unintentional hiatus. Links Billy Porter Instagram (video) Paris is Burning Pose...
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Episode 110: #BookExpo 2019 Book Buzz
In this episode, we talk about all the books we got excited about at BookExpo way back in May. Many are already available for you to buy from your local independent bookstore or borrow from your library!
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Episode 109: Reading Slumps with @veronikellymars
In this episode, we talk to author and librarian emeritus Kelly Jensen about mental health and how it impacts our ability to read for work and pleasure, and what we can do to get out of reading slumps (if we want to).
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Episode 108: Opera With @marccold
In this episode, we discuss all things (European) opera with noted cataloger @marccold! Content warning for sexual assault and murder (no thanks to Don Giovanni). Links Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture Episode 83 with @Tuphlos Great Courses: Operas of Mozart, How To Listen To and Understand...
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Episode 107: Movie Advisory Spring 2019
In this episode, we talk about the first-run movies we've seen since our last Movie Advisory effort in episode 95. This episode covers October 2018 through April 2019.
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Episode 106: Fairies with @stephanieburgis
In this episode, we discuss fairies with author friend and known fairy aficionado Stephanie Burgis! Including some discussion of what we define as a member of the fey, how to get rid of an earworm, and all the things you should be reading and watching. Stephanie’s website: Thornbound The Dragon...
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Episode 105: What to Watch Next TV Bracket 2019
In this episode, we work our way through our own version of March Madness: our third annual What to Watch Next TV Bracket! At the end of this episode, you will get to vote on what TV series we will watch and discuss next from among four categories: Comedy, Crime, Drama, and SFF. Previous brackets...
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Episode 104: Romantic Comedies Part II
In this episode, we discuss our favorite romantic comedies that were not on the list we covered in Episode 103. More happy endings for lesbian couples! The Sandra Bullock sidebar! Aunt Lynne's picks!
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Episode 103: Romantic Comedies Part I
In this episode, we review and comment on a ratings-based Rotten Tomatoes list of the 150 best romantic comedies of all time! Tune in for many opinions about romance, comedy, and the intersection of the two in film.
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Episode 102: And the Award Goes To…
In this episode, we talk about our favorite awards shows and what we like about them, then share our top Oscar picks.
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Episode 101: Robins Hood
In this episode, we tackle Anna's lifelong obsession, Robin Hood, in all his (her? its? their?) incarnations and formats. Thwip!
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Episode 100: Our Namesake! Connie Willis’s BELLWETHER with @papersquared, @twobossydames, and @aswatki1
Can you believe there have been a hundred episodes of Bellwether Friends? Well, there haven't. THIS is the one hundredth episode! Carolyn, Margaret, Sophie, and Ally joined us to discuss our inspiration and beloved novel Bellwether, by our beloved and inspiring Connie Willis, complete with all…
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Episode 99: Best of 2018
In this episode, we look back over a year of movies, television, music, experiences, and books. We did the same for 2017 in Episode 77, 2016 in Episode 53, and 2015 in Episode 27. Links Movies Black Panther Crazy Rich Asians Ocean’s 8 To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before The Spy Who Dumped Me […]
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Episode 98: Nautical By Nature
In this episode, we discuss the ocean and her presence in movies, books, music, television, and art, in partial response to Episode 94, when our guests were not as pro-sea as Alene might have liked. The #1 takeaway from this episode is that boat safety is very important to Alene. Also, WHAT is…
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Episode 97: Animated Crushes with @wonderlandchick
In this episode, we discuss our favorite animated heartthrobs with friend of the podcast Sarah. Come for the strangely attractive cartoon foxes, stay for the romance recommendations! Links HuffPost: 27 Cartoon Characters Who Gave Us The Hots As Kids BuzzFeed: 38 Characters That Were Oddly Hot…
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Episode 96: Fall 2018 Book Buzz
We visited New York City to hear from a variety of publishers about their upcoming titles, and we’re here to share some of our favorites, as well as likely candidates for library collections, against a backdrop of rustling paper!
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Episode 95: Movie Advisory Fall 2018
In this episode, we talk about the 25 first-run movies we've seen since our last movie advisory session, Episode 86. Our extensive movie viewing has been brought to you by MoviePass (RIP) and Ladies in Suits.
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Episode 94: Jaw Ready For This? with @renatasnacks and @ginthusiastic
In this episode, we discuss sharks in pop culture with Worst Best Friends Renata and Becca, including deep dives (see what we did there?) into The Meg and Jaws as well as our ideal shark movie plots--call us, Hollywood! We were also recently on Worst Bestsellers to discuss Hope Never Dies.
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Episode 94A: Jaws Interlude
Here’s a brief interview with a special guest about the movie Jaws while we prepare an episode with much more shark content!
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Episode 93: Basketball! Basketball!! Basketball!!! with @skeskali and @DebTorres54
In this episode, we talk basketball with Cecily of The Riverdale Rag and Deb, sharing our personal basketball histories and favorite teams, coaches, and players. When we recorded the episode, the winner of this year's WNBA championship was still in doubt, but since then the STORM have claimed the...
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Episode 92: We Need Inclusive Romance!
In this episode, jumping off our presentation at the Massachusetts Library Association conference in May, we discuss inclusive romance novels we've read and are looking forward to reading. The official genre of Bellwether Friends is Historical Romance. This episode is brought to you by Fake…
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Episode 91: Content Warning Part II–Alene’s Hard Pass
In this episode, we continue what we began in Episode 90 and bring you Alene’s hard pass. Content warning for discussion of various unpleasant topics, primarily suicide. Apologies for the poor sound quality, we didn’t feel like we would make it through this one again if we tried to re-record it....
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Episode 90: Content Warning Part I–Anna’s Hard Pass
The first of two episodes exploring the things that we don’t like to encounter in our books, television, movies, and more. Content warning for discussion of various unpleasant topics, primarily cancer. Links Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther...
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Episode 89: Spring 2018 Book Buzz Part II
We’re bringing you our top picks for the fall and early 2019 for you and your library patrons, based on our trips to recent conferences. This is part two of a two-part episode, featuring titles from Hachette, Penguin Random House, Sourcebooks, Quirk Books, Soho Press, Pegasus, Sterling, Ingram…
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Episode 88: Spring 2018 Book Buzz Part I
We’re bringing you our top picks for the fall and early 2019 for you and your library patrons, based on our trips to recent conferences. This is part one of a two-part episode, featuring titles from WW Norton, Simon & Schuster, New York Review Books, HarperCollins, Harlequin, Workman, Macmillan,...
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Episode 87: Sports Night and Black Lightning
Welcome back! In this episode, we discuss two runners up from episode 81’s What To Watch Next TV Bracket II: Sports Night and Black Lightning. So much Sorkin! So many powers! Links Massachusetts Library Association conference sessions BookExpo (#bookexpo2018) Episode 81: What To Watch Next TV...
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Episode 86: Movie Advisory Spring 2018
In this episode, we discuss the movies we have seen since our last movie advisory episode (Episode 77), skipping those we already discussed on other episodes (Episode 81: Oscar Thoughts). We subscribed to MoviePass and it increased our volume of movies seen, but not the overall quality of movies…
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Episode 85: The Good Place
In this episode, we discuss our viewing of The Good Place, winner of our #episode81 What to Watch Next TV Bracket. Spoiler alert! We talk about a lot of details of both seasons of The Good Place, which has some twists and surprises you might not want spoiled. Links Vulture: Our 7 Biggest…
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Episode 84: MCU and Bullet Journaling
Not at the same time! In preparation for Avengers: Infinity War, we’ve been catching up on all the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies (that’s everything except the X-Men and Deadpool and most Spider-Mans, we think?) we missed because of our unwillingness to watch stories about dude superheroes in…
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Bellwether Fronds
Spring is here! In this episode, we discuss some of our pod culture favorites! Musical Obsessions Anna: “Come On Nature” by Proclaimers Alene: “Nearly Lost You” by Screaming Trees Obsessions Alene: The Man Who Planted Trees Anna: Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting the...
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Episode 83: Classical Music Advisory with @Tuphlos
In this episode, we follow up Episode 82 with Classical Music Advisory, bringing back Robin @Tuphlos Bradford (previously our guest on Episode 36) to share her expertise. We learned a lot about Robin’s dark musical past in the process, including her love for the cello and her secret years as a...
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Episode 82: Classical Music Favorites
In this episode, we talk about our favorite classical pieces and our recent live symphony experiences.
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Episode 81: What to Watch Next TV Bracket II and Oscar Thoughts
It's time for March Madness and time for another What to Watch Next TV Bracket! We're also going to tell you what we think about top Oscar categories. Vote in the poll at the bottom of this page to tell us what to watch next!
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Episode 80: Things We Just Don’t Get with @anniecardi
"A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone." ~Jo Godwin ...and a moderately good librarian podcast should aspire to the same! In this episode, we brought in author and podcaster Annie Cardi (@anniecardi) discuss things everyone likes that we don't. Yes, it was covered in...
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Episode 79: All About Pens with @skeskali
We brought in writing implement expert Cecily Walker (@skeskali) of the Riverdale Rag podcast to talk about one of our favorite things: pens! Warning: if you are at all inclined to rash internet purchases, Cecily makes buying pens and ink sound very appealing.
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Episode 78: Holiday Romance Films with @helenstwin
We brought in holiday romance expert Cory (and her mom) to help us sift through the offerings from the 2017 season. We talked about diversity, Lifetime vs. Hallmark, nude nail polish, royalty, adorable moppets, and more, using our Holiday Romance Movie Checklist as a baseline. See our spreadsheet...
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Episode 77: Movie Advisory 2017B, Best of 2017, and 2018 Preview
We give our takes on the theatrical releases we watched in the back half of 2017, then talk about our bests of the past year before plunging into what we're looking forward to in the new year! There are some spoilers, but we rarely make much sense. Movie Advisory 2017A was episode 66!
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Episode 76: Horror Movies: The Next Chapter
In this episode, we recap the 17 horror movies we've watched since we last checked in, and what we Learned About Ourselves in the process of watching them. Content warning: we couldn't resist spoilers for some of the movies, and there is a brief discussion of sexual assault in The Evil Dead.
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Episode 75: Book Buzz Fall 2017
We visited New York City to hear from a variety of publishers about their upcoming titles, and we're here to share some of our favorites, as well as likely candidates for library collections, against a backdrop of rustling paper! (See episodes 48 and 64 for previous Book Buzz content.)
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Episode 74: Horror Project Checkup and Holiday Romance Checklist
All the checking in this episode as we discuss the progress we've made on watching horror movies since Episode 73 and also our plans for watching and unpacking holiday romance movies (see also Episode 56) for a future episode. If you want to follow along with us, we'll be using the hashtag...
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Episode 73: Horror Film Advisory
In this episode, Alene tries to find horror films that Anna will consent to watch with her. We discuss our history and preferences regarding horror movies, with a brief foray into horror in other media. See Episode Six for earlier thoughts related to this topic. Links Paste Magazine: The 100 Best...
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Episode 72: Children’s TV with @kidsilkhaze
For this episode, we brought in Jennie Rothschild to give strong opinions on the current state of children’s television and reminisce about a few old favorites. Including a theme song quiz! Bucking tradition, we start with the quiz, which ends at 19:00 if you want to skip ahead. Links Bananas in...
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Episode 71: Reality TV Homework Report
In this episode, we discuss the reality TV shows we watched after our Episode 70 conversation with @bookavore. Sadly, no cookies were made as a result. Links Unreal Season 1 Episodes 1–2 Chopped Season 27 Episode 4 Great British Baking Show Series 5 Episodes 1-4 So You Think You Can Dance Season…
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Episode 70: Reality TV with @bookavore
In this episode, we head into largely uncharted waters to discuss reality TV with Stephanie Anderson aka @bookavore. SPOILER ALERT we talk about the Rachel Lindsay season of The Bachelorette! Links American Idol Hoarders Jersey Shore Pretty Wild The Bling Ring (movie, book [London Review of Books...
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Episode 69: True Crime TV with @kmmaher
For this show we pulled in author (and secret famous librarian) Kelly Maher to talk about her TV true crime experience. Links Kathy Reichs The New Detectives FBI Files Discovery Investigation Discovery American Greed 48 Hours Dateline 20/20 Bill Kurtis Cold Case Files Pat Kiernan The Blotter...
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Episode 68: Sherlockiana with @aswatki1
In this episode, we talk all things Sherlock Holmes with expert readers’ advisor Ally (also of #girlgang fame), running with our collective lady supremacy ideas wherever possible. Links Sherlock Holmes The Sherlock Holmes Museum Basil Rathbone: The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Adventures of...
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Episode 67: Musicals Redux with @Rebecca_Vnuk and @AmandaStretch
We invited Rebecca (our guest on Episode 49: Musicals) to return, along with Amanda from Episode 54: Song Covers, to talk about Stephen Sondheim and Hamilton, fill in some gaps from our previous conversations, and take another action-packed quiz that tested the depths of their musical theater...
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