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The MCM Podcast
by McMillan Memorial Library
Podcast by McMillan Memorial Library
Episodes
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MCMP Episode 35: Fiction Contest Winners 2024
In this episode, we feature the top three short stories from our summer 2024 fiction writing contest. Join us as we read the first-place story, A Song of Heart’s by Cody Morrison, a poignant tale of grief, music, and healing. Next, we present Our Puzzle Glue by Alana Lee, a touching reflection on...
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MCMP Episode 34: Vonnegut Short Story
Greetings, phantasmagoric friends! This is the McMillan Library Podcast. Today, we step into the visionary mind of Kurt Vonnegut with a reading of '2BR02B,' a story that beckons us to ponder the values of life and society.
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Summer 2023 Mixtape Contest
McMillan Library held a song contest for local artists over the summer. Listen to the top three tracks on this podcast. FIRST PLACE: “Special Place” — Pete Revelle and Four on the Floor* *The song "Special Place" is written by Pete Revelle and Four on the Floor. The music and lyrics are original...
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Book Publishing with Amy Allworden
Welcome back to the McMillan Podcast! It’s been awhile…but now that the recording studio is set up and we can have people come into the library to talk again, we will be coming out with more episodes. Our guest today is a local author and game developer, Amy Allworden. Amy talks us through some…
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Thoroughfares of Thoreau - Part Five
Join us for a podcast story-time! Take a saunter with the renowned American naturalist, Henry David Thoreau.
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Thoroughfares of Thoreau - Part Four
Join us for a podcast story-time! Take a saunter with the renowned American naturalist, Henry David Thoreau. We will read selected writings: some published books, some journals.
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Thoroughfares of Thoreau - Part Three
Join us for a podcast story-time! Take a saunter with the renowned American naturalist, Henry David Thoreau. We will read selected writings: some published books, some journals.
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Thoroughfares of Thoreau - Part Two
Join us for a podcast story-time! Take a saunter with the renowned American naturalist, Henry David Thoreau. We will read selected writings: some published books, some journals.
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Thoroughfares of Thoreau
Join us for a podcast story-time! Take a saunter with the renowned American naturalist, Henry David Thoreau. We will read selected writings: some published books, some journals.
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Imagine Your Story Contest
Imagine Your Short Story Contest Winners Today on the podcast we read the story contest winners! A sincere thank you to all participants! More contests to come, so stay tuned for our fall short story contest. Theme: Must reference or contain a notable fantasy story, mythological figure, or fairy...
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Quarantiny Story Contest
Quarantiny Short Story Contest Winners Today on the podcast we read the story contest winners! A sincere thank you to all participants! We had a record number of stories submitted. More contests to come, so stay tuned. The stories were ranked by four judges and then averaged for a final score.…
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How to Prepare for Disaster with Jim Cobb
We continued our Author’s @ McMillan Series with author Jim Cobb talking about his book Countdown to Preparedness. If you want to know what you need and how to prepare for an event that keeps you stuck at home for an extended time, such as storms, power outage, or financial problems, then this...
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Ghost Short Story Contest Winners Read
Today we bring you a special presentation of our Ghost Short Story Contest winners from October. Thank you to everyone who entered the contest; we will be having another short story contest in the spring of 2020, so keep writing! In third place: A.J. Roy, “Tasteful Settings.” In second place…
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Flash Fiction
Today we bring you a special presentation of short stories read to you by the authors. In July we had a flash fiction contest here at the library. Participants had to stop into the library to use our manual typewriter to write their piece of flash fiction. They got one page of paper, a…
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Writing Children's Books with Lisl Detlefsen
Today Teen Librarian Jennie Bahnaman talks with local author Lisl Detlefsen. They talk about Lisl’s children’s book writing, publishing, and more. It’s always great to hear how an author creates and imagines the words and worlds we love so much. Join us at the McMillan Library, May 23rd at…
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Wisc. Rapids Boxing with Dale "The Hurricane" Horn
Today we talk to local man Dale Horn who boxed out of the Wisconsin Rapids Boxing Club. I came to start talking to him as he was doing some research on his old boxing bouts using the library’s microfilm reels of old newspapers. His story intrigued me, so asked him if he would do a podcast when he...
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Hiking the Appalachian Trail with Greg an Jen Seymour
Greg and Jen Seymour gave a presentation for our Author's @ McMillan Series. The Appalachian Trail is the longest continuous hiking-only trail in the United States. Starting in Georgia and ending in Maine, the “AT” traverses 2200 miles through 14 states and takes the average “thru-hiker” six…
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Authors At McMillan Series: Troy Schoultz
Ride down Wisconsin backroads to old men's backyards, roadside taverns, and the apartments of lost loves. Troy Schoultz offers reflection, foresight, and clarity in his relatable and honest verse. This presentation was recorded December 6th, 2018 at the McMillan Memorial Library. You can view the...
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Making Connections with Misty Urban
Misty Urban from Kellner and now living in Iowa is a short fiction writer that is releasing her next book. Learn more about this 1993 Lincoln High school graduate on Making Connections. You can view the video footage here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaD4aWbHuOg More podcasts at:...
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Wood County Drug Task Force Presents Dr. Doug Galuk
McMillan Library is collaborating with Wisconsin Rapids Community Media to bring you audio of presentations and conversations that they have recorded to the podcast. Wood Co. Drug Task Force invited Dr. Doug Galuk to talk about prescription pain medication, pain management and alternatives to...
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Wisconsin Life and Publishing with David Wright and Eleonore Hebal
David Wright and Eleonore Hebal from Blue Bus Publishing join us to talk about their publication Journal From the Heartland. They describe it as: The intention of this publication is to provide a platform for local writers to offer their work to an inquiring public. It is hoped this project will...
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Bluegrass in Wisconsin with Art Stevenson
Guitarist, harmonicist and lead singer Art Stevenson has been playing bluegrass music in the Midwest for 25 years. We were lucky enough to have him on the MCM Podcast today—he also played a few songs in studio! You don't want to miss this one. http://www.highwatermusic.com/ More podcasts at:...
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Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There
00:03:19 — Chapter One: Looking Glass House 00:21:00 — Chapter Two: The Garden of Live Flowers 00:37:33 — Chapter Three: Looking Glass Insects 00:54:22 — Chapter Four: Tweedledum and Tweedledee 01:11:20 — Chapter Five: Wool and Water 01:32:20 — Chapter Six: Humpty Dumpty 01:53:20 — Chapter Seven:...
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McMillan Mixtape Summer 2018
Well here it is, a mixtape of music created by staff, and South Central Wisconsin community members. Mostly created with the software the library uses in its recording studio, which is Logic Pro X.The recording studio is open during open makerspace hours for you to come work on projects using our...
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Cheeseheads, Packers, and Life in Wisconsin with Chester Marcol and John Mitchell
We have former Green Bay Packer, Chester Marcol, and director of the documentary film Cheeseheads, John Mitchell with us. On Saturday August 11th they both came out for our Celebrate McMillan community event and solar fund-raiser. There’s more information about our solar project and information…
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Mindfulness, Chinese Herbs, And Slacklining With Brian Brown
Join Brian Brown and Colin McGinnis to learn about Mindfulness and Slacklining. Slacklining offers a host of benefits including, strengthening stabilizing muscles and increasing working memory capacity. They will be having another workshop at the Jensen Center in Amherst, WI, on August 28, at…
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An Interview with The Accidentals
Today we a re joined by The Accidentals. The Accidentals are an American musical band, formed in Traverse City, Michigan, United States in 2012, by Savannah Buist and Katie Larson, joined by percussionist Michael Dause in 2014. Librarians, Brian and Jennie, interview the band about their...
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Bibliognost #3: Librarian Book Reviews with Colin and Jennie
A new monthly podcast brought to you by the McMillan Conversation Maker Podcast called, Bibliognost: Librarian Book Reviews with Colin and Jennie. Each month they will talk YA and Adult books both old and new, and sometimes TV series and movies. More podcasts at: mcmillanlibrary.org/podcast
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Intro to Food Preservation with Jackie Carattini
Today Jackie Carattini from the UW-Ext. talks food preservation, jams, and canning. Did you know that jam recipes are created in labs? Learn all the ins and outs of canning, and then come to one of her monthly presentations at the library! For more podcasts visit: www.mcmillanlibrary.org/Podcast
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Patents, Literacy, and the Best Science Fiction Books Ever Written with Marc Thompson
Marc Thompson joins us to discuss the Central Wisconsin Literacy Council, patents, and his recommended science fiction reading list. For more podcasts visit: http://www.mcmillanlibrary.org/Podcast
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Bibliognost #2: Librarian Book Reviews with Colin and Jennie
A new monthly podcast brought to you by the McMillan Conversation Maker Podcast called, Bibliognost: Librarian Book Reviews with Colin and Jennie. Each month they will talk YA and Adult books both old and new, and sometimes TV series and movies. This episode features: A Wrinkle in Time by…
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Good Medicine in Bad Places with Bob Barteck
Today we have Fire Department Capt. Robert Barteck on to discuss his deployments with Disaster Medical Assistance Teams to Texas in response to Hurricane Harvey and Puerto Rico in response to Hurricane Maria. He is presenting at the McMillan Library, Thursday April 12 at 7:00pm in the All-Purpose...
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What is the Prost Proxima Book Club?
A quick recap of our new offsite bookclub called Prost Proxima. This is also a nice teaser if you're on the fence about reading Ready Player One. We talk about some of the positive points, and negative. In the next Bibliognost book review podcast, Jennie and Colin will discuss Ready Player One,...
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Bibliognost #1: Librarian Book Reviews with Colin and Jennie
A new monthly podcast brought to you by the McMillan Conversation Maker Podcast called, Bibliognost: Librarian Book Reviews with Colin and Jennie. Each month they will talk YA and Adult books both old and new, and sometimes TV series and movies. This episode features: The Hate U Give by Angie...
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Soil, Gardening, Plants, and the UW Extension with Jeremy Erickson
Today we have Jeremy Erickson, Horticulture Assistant, from the Wood County UW Extension. He talks about what the UW Extension is trying to do, and unique services that are offered to the community for free. We talk soil, gardening, micro-greens, hemp, and literature. If you have more questions,...
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Why Yoga? with Tarah Mancl
We have Tarah Mancl on, who is a yoga instructor at the Wellness Barn, located right across the street from the library in Wisconsin Rapids. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher through YogaFit; also a registered member of Yoga Alliance. On January 15th Tarah will be teaching a class, “Gentle Yoga…
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How to Get Your Novel Published with Michelle Grajkowski
Michelle Grajkowski from 3 Seas Literary agency was kind enough to drive up from Madison to record a podcast with us, and to speak to our local National Novel Writing Month participants about the publishing industry. We had a discussion about publishing, query letters, literary agents, and more....
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Keep Writing with NaNoWriMo ML Sarah
We have a short show for all the writers out there embarking on the journey that is NaNoWriMo. Every state is broken up into regions. These regions have forums on the NaNoWriMo website, and ML’s. An ML is a municipal liaison, someone who has previously written 50,000 words during a NaNoWriMo and...
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For The Health Of It with Galynne Goodwill
The McMillan Conversation Maker Podcast hosted by Colin from the McMillan Library. Local musician Galynne Goodwill joins us to discuss music, creative process, and local foods. She came equipped with a ukulele and guitar, which she used to play us a few songs at the end of the podcast. Find more…
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Oral History Project with Jennie Bahnaman
Episode 2, the first full length podcast from the McMillan Library. We have Jennie Bahnaman, the Young Adult Services Manager, on the podcast to introduce us to the One Room Schoolhouse Project. She conducted interviews with community members who attended one room schoolhouses, and we feature one...
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Intro To The MCM Podcast
The inaugural episode of the MCM Podcast! Your host is a librarian from the McMillan Memorial Library, who delivers a little intro to the podcast, and news about NaNoWriMo. Next, a full episode coming soon... Visit us at mcmillanlibrary.org/podcast for archives and photos.
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MCM Podcast Theme, feat. Eric Ross
This is the theme to the McMillan Conversation Maker Podcast. Composed by Colin McGinnis and Eric Ross, recorded by Eric Ross. The tune is so good that we are making it available as a stand-alone download for your listening pleasure! It will become the familiar intro and outro to the MCM Podcast....
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