Connections: A Podcast of the James L. Hamner Public Library
218 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIf you want book reviews, don't listen here. The mission of the James L. Hamner Public Library is to facilitate connections that provide free learning opportunities. That means almost anything is relevant to the library. In Connections, library workers take advantage of this and talk about whatever interests them. Sometimes, they even talk about the library. Dance, religion, why the library thinks you're a terrible person (spoiler... it doesn't... usually), almost anything is up for grabs.
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Episodes
Jonblazing: Songwriting and Music Production
September 14, 2022 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBJill talks with Jonblazing, a recording artist and music producer, about songwriting and his upcoming album Liminality. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Local History Digital Archives
Author Ellen Klages: Because Hopefully, There Is Always Something Else That Happens Next
July 06, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBAuthor Ellen Klages talks to Jill about Terry Gordon's parenting style in Out of Left Field. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Nature Backpack
Last Chapter: As American as Paneer Pie
June 30, 2022 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.44 MBJill reads the last chapter of As American as Paneer Pie by Supriya Kelkar. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Local History Archives
Happy Workplaces with Dr. Paul Wyss
June 15, 2022 04:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBDr. Paul Wyss shares his thoughts about what makes the kind of workplace where people are happy and comfortable. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Nature Backpack
Welcome Back, Maple Mehta-Cohen, Chapter 1
June 01, 2022 04:00 - 3 minutes - 2.53 MBJill reads the first chapter of Welcome Back, Maple Mehta-Cohen by Kate McGovern. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Nature Backpack
Last Chapter: Future Perfect
May 25, 2022 04:00 - 6 minutes - 4.2 MBJill reads the last chapter of Future Perfect by Jen Larsen. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Nature Backpack
The History Museum: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
May 18, 2022 04:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBKristi Dunn and Kristen Madden from The History Museum in South Bend, IN give an overview of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Local History Archives Other Resources: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League The History Museum
The History Museum: All American Girls Professional Baseball League
May 18, 2022 04:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBKristi Dunn and Kristen Madden from The History Museum in South Bend, IN give an overview of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Local History Archives Other Resources: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League The History Museum
All-American Muslim Girl, Chapter 1
May 04, 2022 04:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBJill reads chapter 1 of All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Access Video on Demand
Last Chapter: Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
April 27, 2022 04:00 - 6 minutes - 4.38 MBJill reads the last three poems from Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Access Video on Demand
Jennifer Francis: Baseball Player
April 20, 2022 04:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBJennifer Francis talks about her experience as a woman playing baseball. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Access World News Other Resources: Baseball for All Women's Baseball History with Dr. Leslie Heaphy:Connections Episode #200 Eastern Women's Baseball Conference
Michael Albert: Modern Pop Artist
April 13, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBArtist Michael Albert talks to Jill about his work, including his library programs. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Libby Photo Credit: Michael Albert
The Voting Booth, Chapter 1
April 06, 2022 04:00 - 6 minutes - 4.75 MBJill reads Chapter 1 of The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Libby
Last Chapter: Harbor Me
March 31, 2022 04:00 - 6 minutes - 4.38 MBJill reads the last chapter of Harbor Me by Jaqueline Woodson. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Black Life in America
Women's Baseball History with Dr. Leslie Heaphy
March 23, 2022 04:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBDr. Heaphy takes 30 minutes to tell Jill 160 years of women's baseball history. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Access Video on Demand Other Resources: Baseball for All International Women's Baseball Center Meet the Dolly Vardens by Sabrina A. Brinson Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Out of Left Field by Ellen Klages Society for American Baseball Research
The Thing I'm Most Afraid Of, Chapter 1
March 02, 2022 05:00 - 10 minutes - 7.43 MBJill reads Chapter 1 of The Thing I'm Most Afraid Of by Kirstin Levine. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Access Video on Demand
Last Chapter: House Without Walls by Ching Yeung Russell
February 23, 2022 05:00 - 4 minutes - 2.85 MBJill reads the last chapter of House Without Walls by Ching Yeung Russell. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Access World News
Barry Trott: Historical Christmas Music
February 09, 2022 05:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBJill talks with musician and librarian Barry Trott about Christmas music from the 1600 and 1700s in the United States and Europe. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: World Book Online Other Resources: Christmas Storms and Sunshine: Connections Episode #191 The Oxford Book of Carols
Bump, Chapter 1
February 02, 2022 05:00 - 9 minutes - 6.4 MBJill reads the prologue and first chapter of Bump by Matt Wallace. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Rosetta Stone for Libraries
Last Chapter: Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
January 27, 2022 05:00 - 7 minutes - 5.02 MBJill reads the last chapter of Daniel Nayeri's Everything Sad is Untrue. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Rosetta Stone
Speechless, Chapter 1
January 05, 2022 05:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBJill reads the first chapter of Speechless by Adam P. Schmitt. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Access World News
Christmas Storms and Sunshine by Elizabeth Gaskell
December 25, 2021 05:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBJill reads Christmas Storms and Sunshine by Elizabeth Gaskell. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Rosetta Stone
A Christmas Tree and a Wedding by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
December 24, 2021 05:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBJill reads A Christmas Tree and a Wedding by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Heritage Hub
"What Christmas Is As We Grow Older" by Charles Dickens
December 20, 2021 05:00 - 13 minutes - 9.48 MBJill reads "What Christmas Is As We Grow Older" by Charles Dickens. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Black Life in America
Why Do We Wear Holiday-Themed Clothing?
December 16, 2021 05:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBJill and Circulation Manager Katie theorise on why people wear holiday-themed clothing. Contact Us: [email protected] Featured Resource: Local History Digital Archive Other Resources: Minding Appearances by Susan Kaizer Salome of the Tenements by Anzia Yezierska
"Autumn" by Alexander Posey
November 30, 2021 05:00 - 1 minute - 945 KBJill reads "Autumn" by Alexander Posey. Contact Us: [email protected]
"Fall, Leaves, Fall" by Emily Brontë
November 29, 2021 05:00 - 1 minute - 935 KBJill reads "Fall, Leaves, Fall" by Emily Brontë. Contact Us: [email protected]
"On Friendship" by Kahlil Gibran
November 28, 2021 05:00 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MBJill reads "On Friendship" by Kahlil Gibran. Contact Us: [email protected]
"To Autumn" by John Keats
November 27, 2021 05:00 - 2 minutes - 1.82 MBJill reads "To Autumn" by John Keats. Contact Us: [email protected]
"Memory" by George Moses Horton
November 26, 2021 05:00 - 1 minute - 1.25 MBJill reads "Memory" by George Moses Horton. Contact Us: [email protected]
"Thanksgiving" by Edgar Guest
November 25, 2021 05:00 - 2 minutes - 1.68 MBJill reads "Thanksgiving" by Edgar Guest. Contact Us: [email protected]
"Thanksgiving" by James Whitcomb Riley
November 24, 2021 05:00 - 2 minutes - 1.51 MBJill reads "Thanksgiving" by James Whitcomb Riley. Contact Us: [email protected]
"Signs of the Times" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
November 23, 2021 05:00 - 2 minutes - 2.09 MBJill attempts to read "Signs of the Times" by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Contact Us: [email protected]
"Thanksgiving Turkey" by George Parsons Lathrop
November 22, 2021 05:00 - 3 minutes - 2.23 MBJill reads "Thanksgiving Turkey" by George Parsons Lathrop. Contact Us: [email protected]
"A Song of the Road" by José Santos Chocano
November 21, 2021 05:00 - 3 minutes - 2.65 MBJill reads "A Song of the Road" by José Santos Chocano. Contact Us: [email protected]
"If I Had Known" by Alice Dunbar-Nelson
November 20, 2021 05:00 - 1 minute - 1.19 MBJill reads "If I Had Known" by Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Contact Us: [email protected]
"Life is Fine" by Langston Hughes
November 19, 2021 05:00 - 1 minute - 1.34 MBJill reads "Life is Fine" by Langston Hughes. Contact Us: [email protected]
"Spider, Say Again" by Matsuo Basho
November 18, 2021 05:00 - 1 minute - 1.38 MBJill reads "Spider, Say Again" by Matsuo Basho and "As I Grow Older" by Langston Hughes. Contact Us: [email protected]
"Autumn" by Emily Dickinson
November 17, 2021 05:00 - 1 minute - 1.04 MBJill reads "Autumn" by Emily Dickinson. Contact Us: [email protected]
"A Little Poem" by George Orwell
November 16, 2021 05:00 - 2 minutes - 1.55 MBJill reads "A Little Poem" by George Orwell. Contact Us: [email protected]
"A November Night" by Sara Teasdale
November 15, 2021 05:00 - 4 minutes - 3.3 MBJill reads "A November Night" by Sara Teasdale. Contact Us: [email protected]
"Who Has Seen the Wind" by Christina Rossetti
November 14, 2021 05:00 - 1 minute - 823 KBJill reads "Who Has Seen the Wind" by Christina Rossetti. Contact Us: [email protected]
"Theme in Yellow" by Carl Sandburg
November 13, 2021 05:00 - 1 minute - 919 KBJill reads "Theme in Yellow" by Carl Sandburg. Contact Us: [email protected]
"Success" by Emily Dickinson
November 12, 2021 05:00 - 1 minute - 904 KBJill reads "Success" by Emily Dickinson. Contact Us: [email protected]
"To Her: In Time of War" by E. Nesbit
November 11, 2021 05:00 - 1 minute - 1.13 MBJill reads "To Her: In Time of War" by E. Nesbit. Contact Us: [email protected]
"The Wind" by Emily Dickinson
November 10, 2021 05:00 - 1 minute - 1.09 MBJill reads "The Wind" Emily Dickinson. Contact Us: [email protected]
"The Falling of the Leaves" by W. B. Yeats
November 09, 2021 05:00 - 1 minute - 968 KBJill reads "The Falling of the Leaves" by W. B. Yeats. Contact Us: [email protected]
"Willow Poem" by William Carlos Williams
November 08, 2021 05:00 - 1 minute - 1.24 MBJill reads "Willow Poem" by William Carlos Williams. Contact Us: [email protected]
"From The Kitten and Falling Leaves" by William Wordsworth
November 07, 2021 04:00 - 1 minute - 1.25 MBJill reads "From The Kitten and Falling Leaves" by William Wordsworth. Contact Us: [email protected]
"October" by Helen Hunt Jackson
November 06, 2021 04:00 - 1 minute - 1.27 MBJill reads "October" by Helen Hunt Jackson. Contact Us: [email protected]