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Middle Country Public Library Podcast — 308 episodes

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1

America 250 - Declaration of Independence | Ep. 437

2

America 250 - Pass the US Citizenship Civics Test? | Ep. 436

3

America 250 - Movie/Musical Chat : Hamilton | Ep. 435

4

2026 MCPL Summer Reading Clubs | Ep. 434

5

This Week in History Special : Star Wars | Ep. 433

6

Best AI Practices + Protect Your Skin! | Ep. 432

7

Opossums are our Friends + Romance Graphic Novels | Ep. 431

8

Decoding the 4th Grade Slump + New Music on Hoopla | Ep. 430

9

New Books + Social Media Hanky Panky? | Ep. 429

10

Read Poetry and Watch British TV | Ep. 428

11

Movie Chat : Bugonia | Ep. 427

12

This Week in History | Ep. 426

13

Humanity Returns to the Moon | Ep. 425

14

What's Agentic AI? Plus April New DVDs | Ep. 424

15

March into Trivia | Ep. 423

16

2026 Oscars + Fractured Fairytales | Ep. 422

17

The Eyes Have It + Going Analog | Ep. 421

18

So Much Snow + Library Myths Debunked | Ep. 420

19

Library Lovers Month + Kids Nutrition | Ep. 419

20

February DVDs + Too Many Toys? | Ep. 418

21

Black History Month Trivia | Ep. 417

22

Book Awards with a Side of Fries | Ep. 416

23

American Indian Database + What's New with Libby | Ep. 415

24

New Year, New Goals + Cooking with Kids | Ep. 414

25

This Week in History | Ep. 413

26

Looking Forward to 2026 | Ep. 412

27

Our Favorite Things of 2025 | Ep. 411

28

Real or Fake Holiday Movies + Kid's Winter Programs | Ep. 410

29

Improve Your Child's Reading + Learning Small Talk | Ep. 409

30

Movie Chat : Tokyo Godfathers | Ep. 408

31

Happy Thanksgiving | Ep. 407

32

Seasonal Pies + Toys to Lend | Ep. 406

33

This Week in History | Ep. 405

34

Top Children's Books of '25 + Thanksgiving Sides | Ep. 404

35

Spooktober! - Spooky Movie Franchises & Nightmares, too! | Ep. 403

36

Spooktober! - Horror Flicks & The Barnum Effect | Ep. 402

37

Spooktober! - Scary Books & Even Scarier A.I.! | Ep. 401

38

Our Favorite Library Spots | Ep. 400

39

Spooktober! - Spooky Fact or Fiction? | Ep. 399

40

New Astronauts + DVDs | Ep. 398

41

Wait for Godot but Turn off Those Phones | Ep. 397

42

Postpartum Help + Binge Boxes and Books | Ep. 396

43

2025 Fall Programming Preview | Ep. 395

44

A film on Kanopy, A Cat in Paris | Ep. 394

45

New DVD Releases + Back to School Study Resources | Ep. 393

46

Movie Chat : Late Bloomers | Ep. 392

47

National Dog Month + Parent TV | Ep. 391

48

August Summer Fun + Wellness Month | Ep. 390

49

National Night Out 2025 | Ep. 389

50

New Summer Reads + Sun Safety | Ep. 388

51

This Week in History | Ep. 387

52

Summer in the USA Trivia | Ep. 386

53

Suffolk County Legislator Nick Caracappa | Ep. 385

54

Color Our World : 2025 Summer Reading Clubs | Ep. 384

55

Pride Month Books | Ep. 383

56

2025 Summer Programming | Ep. 382

57

Water Safety + Micro Habits | Ep. 381

58

Comforting Books + June New DVDs | Ep. 380

59

This Week in History | Ep. 379

60

Movie Chat : Jules | Ep. 378

61

Library Trivia | Ep. 377

62

Celebrate Earth Day and Get Funky! | Ep. 376

63

National Poetry Month | Ep. 375

64

Women...IN SPACE! Plus: Spot the Real Romance | Ep. 374

65

2025: Anniversary Party! | Ep. 373

66

Spring 2025 Programming | Ep. 372

67

Women's History Month Book Recommendations | Ep. 371

68

Irish Recipes for St. Pat's Day + Teens & Taxes | Ep. 370

69

90s Trivia with Help from A.I. | Ep. 369

70

Countdown to the Oscars + a resource for teachers on A.I. | Ep. 368

71

Harlem Renaissance + Snakes of New York | Ep. 367

72

Valentine's Day History + Recommendations | Ep. 366

73

Decoding Your Tax Bill | Ep. 365

74

New DVD Releases + Handling Misinformation | Ep. 364

75

Podcast Reflections from Podfest 2025 | Ep. 363

76

This Week in History : Desert Storm + Miracle on the Hudson | Ep. 362

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Golden Globes + Sold a Story | Ep. 361

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Looking Forward to 2025 | Ep. 360

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Ep. 359 - Our "Favorite Things" of 2024

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Ep. 358 - Movie Chat : It's a Wonderful Life

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Ep. 357 - Supersized Tech Talk

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Ep. 356 - This Week in History : Rosa Parks + Washington Monument

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Ep. 355 - Thanksgiving Once Again!

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Ep. 354 - Getting Ready for the Holidays

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Ep. 353 - November DVDs + Learning to Read

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Ep. 352 - This Week in History : Election Edition

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Ep. 351 - SPOOKTOBER! : Happy Halloween

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Ep. 350 - SPOOKTOBER! : Spooky Stories

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Ep. 349 - SPOOKTOBER! : Movie Chat - Pan's Labyrinth

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Ep. 348 - SPOOKTOBER! : New Scary Books & Superstitions

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Ep. 347 - SPOOKTOBER! : Haunted Long Island

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Episode 346 - Banned Book Week + Movie Ratings

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Episode 345 - National Book Awards Longlist 2024

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Episode 344 - Books-a-Plenty

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Episode 343 - 2024 Fall Programming Preview

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Episode 342 - Lemon Juice and DVDs Make a Strange Combination

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Episode 341 - Counting the Days

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Episode 340 - This Week in History : Woodstock at 55

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Episode 339 - New August DVDs + More Social Media Tips

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Episode 338 - National Night Out 2024

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Episode 337 - The Summer Slump

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Episode 336 - Less Screen Time, More Talk Time

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Episode 335 - Watch Kanopy & Eat Ice Cream!

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Episode 334 - This Week in History : Battle of Gettysburg (and more!)

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Episode 333 - Swim Safely and Read this Summer

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Episode 332 - Special : The Seed Library with Amber Gagliardi

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Episode 331 - Summer Reading Clubs 2024

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Episode 330 - 2024 Summer Programming

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Episode 329 - New June DVDs + More A.I.

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Episode 328 - Just Another Podcast about Podcasts

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Episode 327 - Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Trivia

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Episode 326 - Movie Chat : The Sapphires

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Episode 325 - Let's Talk About Bugs

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Episode 324 - Touch grass...but be careful!

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Episode 323 - A Poem on Stress

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Episode 322 - Skin Care and Alligators?!

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Episode 321 - Not Necessarily Musicals

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Episode 320 - This Week in History : Selma March + Polio Vaccine

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Episode 319 - The Great Solar Eclipse of 2024

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Episode 318 - Media Literacy

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Episode 317 - National Parks + Celebrate Reading Month

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Episode 316 - Great Audiobooks in 2024

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Episode 315 - Romance is STILL in the air

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Episode 314 - Warm up with some New Books

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Episode 313 - Super Bowl Cities Trivia!

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Episode 312 - Podfest 2024

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Episode 311 - This Week in History : Challenger Disaster

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Episode 310 - Volunteer Fair + Books about Libraries

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Episode 309 - Madonna’s Greatest Hits + Art Appreciation

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Episode 308 - Bespoke Book Horoscopes!

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Episode 307 - Looking Forward to 2024

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Episode 306 - Our ”Favorite Things” of 2023

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Episode 305 - AFI Best Movie Quotes

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Episode 304 - Attack on Pearl Harbor + December Horoscopes

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Episode 303 - Holiday Movies

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Episode 302 - Thanksgiving History Trivia

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Episode 301 - This Week in History : Channel Tunnel + Gettysburg Address

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Episode 300 - November Horoscopes + Thanksgiving Books

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Episode 299 - Fall Books + November Movies

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Episode 298 - Halloween Song Playlist + A Spooky Short Story

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Episode 297 - Scary Books for Spooky Season

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Episode 296 - Things to do this Spooky Season

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Episode 295 - Spooky Trivia

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Episode 294 - Story Time to Go + DVDs + Women’s EXPO

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Episode 293 - Movie Chat : Dr. Strangelove, or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb

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Episode 292 - Self Care Month

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Episode 291 - September Book Horoscopes + All About Tennis

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Episode 290 - Hurricane Season + First Day of School

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Episode 289 - The Week in History : Lincoln/Douglas Debate + 19th Amendment

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Episode 288 - Name that Movie (Anniversary Edition)

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Episode 287 - Alpha-gal + August Book Horoscopes

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Episode 286 - Let’s Talk Broadway

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Episode 285 - National Night Out 2023

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Episode 284 - Are You Socially Awkward?

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Episode 283 - Movie Chat : Mission Impossible II

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Episode 282 - Hot Wings for your Movie Night

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Episode 281 - This Week in History : Custer’s Last Stand + Battle of Gettysburg

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Episode 280 - Summer Reading Clubs 2023

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Episode 279 - 2023 Summer Programming

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Episode 278 - Coffee Talk (and Trivia)

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Episode 277 - Pride Month Books + Famous Icons

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Episode 276 - May Book Horoscopes + June DVD List

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Episode 275 - Movie Chat : Cocaine Bear

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Episode 274 - Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

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Episode 273 - Breathing Heavily Thinking of Eggs

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Episode 272 - Special: Miller Business Center + Strictly Business

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Episode 271 - Children’s Books About Feelings + AI Podcast Ideas

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Episode 270 - The Hummingbirds are Coming!

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Episode 269 - This Week in History : Richmond Retreat + Hank Aaron

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Episode 268 - Arrrgh...Earworms!

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Episode 267 - Seed Library Trivia

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Episode 266 - Fascinating Facts about Women’s History Month

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Episode 265 - Reducing Social Media + Oscar Preview

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Episode 264 - Wonderful World of Mushrooms

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Episode 263 - Movie Chat : Three Thousand Years of Longing

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Episode 262 - Museum Passes + Taxes

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Episode 261 - Video Games to Movies + President’s Week Children’s Programming

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Episode 260 - Black History Month Music Picks + New Book Roulette

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Episode 259 - This Week in History : The Mac Introduction + End of Prohibition

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Episode 258 - 2023 Music Tours + Books for New Year Resolutions

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Episode 257 - New DVDs and Early Childhood Programming

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Episode 256 - The Innovation Space @ MCPL

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Episode 255 - Looking Forward to 2023

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Episode 254 - Our ”Favorite Things” of 2022

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Episode 253 - Audio Tour of the New Spaces at MCPL

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Episode 252 - Movie Chat Special : The Star Wars Saga (Part III)

187

Episode 251 - Otro Podcast en Español + Citizenship Prep

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Episode 250 - Thanksgiving Jeopardy!

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Episode 249 - This Week in History : Gettysburg Address + Steamboat Willy

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Episode 248 - Native American Authors + Hoopla

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Episode 247 - Vote!

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Episode 246 - Halloween Trivia

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Episode 245 - Four Frightening Flicks & Book Horoscopes

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Episode 244 - Do You Want To Hear A Scary Story?

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Episode 243 - Movie Chat : Hocus Pocus

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Episode 242 - The Miller Business Center + Women’s EXPO

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Episode 241 - The Old Farmer’s Almanac

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Episode 240 - Fall Programming Preview

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Episode 239 - This Week in History : Continental Congress + Nathan Hale

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Episode 238 - Hoopla Digital : Name That Tune

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Episode 237 - Movie Chat : Men

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Episode 236 - An Interview with YouTube Comedian Hew Moran

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Episode 235 - Common Sense Media + TV on DVD

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Episode 234 - August Book Horoscopes + Barnacles!

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Episode 233 - National Night Out + Run the Farm with Councilman Kevin LaValle

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Episode 232 - Beach Reads + Age-Appropriate Books

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Episode 231 - Movie Chat : Vicious Fun

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Episode 230 - This Week in History : Pickett’s Charge + Sliced Bread

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Episode 229 - Get Your July Facts Here

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Episode 228 - Just Another Trivia Episode!

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Episode 227 - Summer Reading Clubs 2022

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Episode 226 - New DVDs + June Book Horoscopes

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Episode 225 - Water Safety + Florida Facts

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Episode 224 - The Seed Library

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Episode 223 - Summer Concerts at Jones Beach + Celebrity Authors

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Episode 222 - Touch-A-Truck & Museum Day

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Episode 221 - Movie Chat Special : The Star Wars Saga (Part II)

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Episode 220 - A Bit of Springtime Readers Advisory

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Episode 219 - BBC Shows + Homesteading

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Episode 218 - This Week in History : Titanic + Lincoln

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Episode 217 - April Book Horoscopes + Award Season Roundup

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Episode 216 - Women’s History Month Trivia

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Episode 215 - A Library of Things Update

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Episode 214 - Addressing War with Children + Daylight Saving Time

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Episode 213 - March Book Horoscopes + Iditarod Facts

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Episode 212 - Survivor + Wordle

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Episode 211 - Movie Chat : Eagle vs Shark

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Episode 210 - Oscar Nominations, NYT Best Sellers, and More Black History Month Book Picks

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Episode 209 - Olympics Facts + Black History Month Books

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Episode 208 - Happy Lunar New Year!

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Episode 207 - Doth Thou Speaketh Shakespeare?

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Episode 206 - Food Trivia

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Episode 205 - World of Color

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Episode 204 - Movie Chat : The Matador (2005)

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Episode 203 - Looking Forward to 2022

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Episode 202 - Our ”Favorite Things” of 2021

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Episode 201 - More Book Horoscopes + Cozy Murder Mysteries

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Episode 200 - Two Hundred!

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Episode 199 - Banksy + New DVDs

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Episode 198 - Thankful for...Romantic Comedies!?

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Episode 197 - This Week in History, Aruba, and the Price of Turkey

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Episode 196 - Movie Chat Special : The Star Wars Saga (Part I)

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Episode 195 - A Chat with Author Douglas A. Bass

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Episode 194 - Happy Halloween with the MCPL Horror Movie Queen!

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Episode 193 - More Scary Stories...

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Episode 192 - Movie Chat : The Descent

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Episode 191 - MGM Comes to Kanopy

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Episode 190 - Banned Books & Baking

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Episode 189 - Upcoming Programming + October DVD List Preview

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Episode 188 - Movie Chat : John Wick

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Episode 187 - What Does Your Birthday Mean + Mansions of Newport

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Episode 186 - Name that Movie

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Episode 185 - Theme Park Movie Rides + Tom Cruise Appreciation

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Episode 184 - Are You Ready for Some Football?!?

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Episode 183 - Free Comic Books + Olympics Wrap-up

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Episode 182 - Your Own Asian Film Festival + August Book Horoscopes

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Episode 181 - National Night Out is Back!

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Episode 180 - Movie Chat : The Birthday Cake

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Episode 179 - Norse Mythology + Attracting Butterflies

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Episode 178 - New DVDs are not for Composting

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Episode 177 - Let's Go Camping!

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Episode 176 - Summer Programming is Here!

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Episode 175 - Summer Reading Club 2021

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Episode 174 - Water Safety + New DVDs

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Episode 173 - Pride Month 2021

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Episode 172 - Trivia Showdown 2021: Part II

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Episode 171 - Virtual Museum Day 2021

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Episode 170 - Movie Chat : Dreamland

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Episode 169 - Mother's Day Movie Picks + Horror Books You Should Know About

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Episode 168 - May 2021 New DVD List Preview + Another Book Riot Quiz

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Episode 167 - What's Available for Teen Community Service + Get Ready to Be Out There

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Episode 166 - Movie Chat : Tesla

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Episode 165 - National Poetry Month

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Episode 164 - Kanopy + Let's Go Bicycling

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Episode 163 - It's Award Season

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Episode 162 - Trivia Showdown 2021: Part I

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Episode 161 - Women's History Month & Irish-American Heritage Month

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Episode 160 - Movie Chat : Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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Episode 159 - Centereach Renovation News, Podcast Recommendations + Library of Things Update

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Episode 158 - Special Episode : History Bites & Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Episode 157 - Valentine's Day to President's Day

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Episode 156 - Suggestions for Black History Month 2021

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Episode 155 - How did this get (re)made?

284

Episode 154 - Presidential Books for Kids + New DVD Preview

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Episode 153 - Movie Chat: Little Women (2019)

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Episode 152 - New Year Resolutions

287

Episode 151 - Looking Forward to 2021

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Episode 150 - Our "Favorite Things" of 2020

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Episode 149 - Movie Chat: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

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Episode 148 - Some Book Recommendations

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Episode 147 - Holiday Movies + Women's EXPO 2020

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Episode 146 - Thanksgiving 2020

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Episode 145 - Movie Chat : Winged Migration

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Episode 144 - Desert Island Picks

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Episode 143 - Do you know your cell phone trivia?

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Episode 142 - Spooky Movie Night Suggestions

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Episode 141 - Scary Stories to Listen to on the Podcast

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Episode 140 - Movie Chat : The Thing (1982)

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Episode 139 - Scary Kids TV Shows + Is this a real horror movie plot??

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Episode 138 - Spooky Kids Reads, Scary Adult Reads, and Horror Flicks!

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Episode 137 - Movie Chat : Ratatouille

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Episode 136 - Video Game Trivia

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Episode 135 - Fall Recipes, September Horoscopes + Eat this, not that

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Episode 134 - Movie Chat : Just Mercy

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Episode 133 - Digital Detox + National Dog Day

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Episode 132 - Binge Watch Some TV Shows + 100 Year Anniversary of Women's Suffrage

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Episode 131 - First Paragraphs (New Book Picks!)

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Episode 130 - Library Trivia