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SPECIAL: Library for all! Free to be You & Read
Using our Library Voices - June 24, 2022 16:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn celebration of PRIDE month, our hosts Sadina Shawver and MC Brickell chat with Leigh of History is Gay Podcast about the history and implications of book banning has on the LGBTQ Community. Leigh shares their knowledge of queer history with Sadina and MC within the framework of rising trend...
Summer Reading & Writing
Using our Library Voices - June 20, 2022 05:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsInterview with Amy Campbell and HCPL Writes about the Importance of writing, how it supports reading and comprehension and just in time for Summer Reading Program... How to Make Reading Fun! We also check in with Ellen K. from our Northwest Branch Library to hear about what's been happening on t...
Summer Reading & Writing
Using our Library Voices - June 20, 2022 05:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsInterview with Amy Campbell and HCPL Writes about the Importance of writing, how it supports reading and comprehension and just in time for Summer Reading Program... How to Make Reading Fun! We also check in with Ellen K. from our Northwest Branch Library to hear about what's been happening on t...
SPECIAL: Are You Afraid of the Stacks? Summer Camp Screams
Using our Library Voices - June 06, 2022 05:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsBook Covered: Camp Murderface by Saundra Mitchell & Josh Berk published in May 2020 by Harper Collins. Summary: Are You Afraid of the Stacks will go on a brief break for the summer, but before we go, we talk about summer camp with Camp Murderface by Saundra Mitchell and Josh Berk. Book Recom...
Gabbing with the Librarians: The Different Types of Reading
Using our Library Voices - May 23, 2022 17:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsCome listen to three librarians from around the county discuss how reading doesn't always mean words on a page and why those other types of reading are important and should be respected. Find our audiobook collection at hcpl.overdrive.com Host: Jennifer Finch Editor: Beth Krippel Guests: Rebecc...
How to Start a Business
Using our Library Voices - May 13, 2022 19:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDid you know that libraries support small business owners ? On this episode, we talk to Jeremy Griswold, from Griswold Solutions.and Million Dollar Climb for Small Business Owners Podcast, who partners with our Maud Smith Marks Branch library to help regular people start their own businesses. L...
How to Start a Business
Using our Library Voices - May 13, 2022 19:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDid you know that libraries support small business owners ? On this episode, we talk to Jeremy Griswold, from Griswold Solutions.and Million Dollar Climb for Small Business Owners Podcast, who partners with our Maud Smith Marks Branch library to help regular people start their own businesses. L...
SPECIAL: Are You Afraid of the Stacks? We Against the Dark
Using our Library Voices - April 26, 2022 16:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsJennifer and Sadina cover a very relatable fear this month: THE DARK! Horror has a way of helping you confront fears and this month, we will give you some book recommendations and reviews to help your little ones conquer the dark. Book Recommendations: The Dark by Lemony Snicket Tiny T.R...
Services Hidden in Plain Sight
Using our Library Voices - April 06, 2022 17:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis month we are telling you about the unexpected places you'll find library services, inside and outside the library's walls. Harris County is vast and diverse, a land filled with hidden opportunities for discovery and creation. Our libraries harbor some of the best spaces for patrons to explo...
SPECIAL: Gabbing with the Librarians- The Importance of Inclusion
Using our Library Voices - April 01, 2022 16:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsCome listen to three librarians from around the county discuss how inclusion in media or the lack thereof has affected them and why it is important for everyone to be represented in the media they consume. Host: Jennifer Finch Editor: Beth Krippel Guests: Erica Koop and Desmond London Create...
SPECIAL: Are You Afraid of the Stacks? Give Yourself Goosebumps...
Using our Library Voices - March 22, 2022 23:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsYou Choose the Scare ! Sadina and Jennifer cover the subject of choice and how it can be influential when it comes to consuming horror as a young reader. Give Yourself Goosebumps by R.L. Stine is a fun way to learn about choice and how our choices affect outcomes. Book Recommendations: Choose ...
Growing Readers at the Harris County Public Library
Using our Library Voices - March 07, 2022 16:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe’re growing readers at Harris County Public Library! Logan visits with Jennifer and Anjela about the systemwide Growing Readers program launched earlier this year. Sadina gets a parent’s perspective on the LENA project when she chats with Nikki and Nikki’s son, Noah. We also learn more abou...
Growing Readers
Using our Library Voices - March 07, 2022 16:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe’re growing readers at Harris County Public Library! Logan visits with Jennifer and Anjela about the systemwide Growing Readers program launched earlier this year. Sadina gets a parent’s perspective on the LENA project when she chats with Nikki and Nikki’s son, Noah. We also learn more abou...
SPECIAL: Are You Afraid of the Stacks? Zombies in Love
Using our Library Voices - February 23, 2022 18:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis month's Are You Afraid of the Stacks covers zombies in children's literature. Zombies can be scary but Sadina and Jennifer look to dispel the fear. Books Mentioned: Zombie in Love by Kelly DiPucchio Zombie in Love 2 +1 by Kelly DiPucchio Gustavo the Shy Ghost by Flavia Drago Even Monsters...
Creators in the City
Using our Library Voices - February 10, 2022 17:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe are celebrating and honoring Creators this month with interviews with Harold Trotter and the Jalen Baker Trio. We stop by the Crosby Branch Library for a highlight of what's happening, and end with a Database Drill for all you Genealogists out there. Credits: Host: Darla Pruitt Producer:...
SPECIAL: Are You Afraid of the Stacks? Alienation in a Small Town
Using our Library Voices - January 18, 2022 22:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis month on Are You Afraid of the Stacks, Jennifer and Sadina explore alienation, toxic parenting, and communication through sci-fi horror. Book and Media Mentioned: The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away by Ronald L. Smith Stranger Things This podcast was produced by Jennifer Nandlal...
New in 2022
Using our Library Voices - January 06, 2022 16:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsJanuary marks the start for new opportunities to learn, grow, and connect with those in your community and beyond. Harris County Public Libraries is here to help with our robust programs and events. This month's spotlight features our amazing collaboration with the Society for the Performing Art...
A Year of Podcasting
Using our Library Voices - December 15, 2021 06:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe end the year with a look back. Meet the voices behind "Using the Library Voices" podcast as they discuss all they experienced behind the scenes. This episode was produced by Darla Pruitt, edited by Beth Krippel, and hosted by Sadina Shawver and John Harbaugh. Featured staff in this episo...
SPECIAL: Are You Afraid of the Stacks? Holiday Stranger Danger
Using our Library Voices - December 06, 2021 18:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis month on Are You Afraid of the Stacks, Jennifer and Sadina discuss navigating the holidays through horror and exploring stranger danger. Book and Media Mentioned: 12 Terrors of Christmas by John Updike, Illustrations by Edward Gorey The Berenstain Bears Learn about Strangers by Stan & ...
SPECIAL: Gabbing with Librarians - Fandoms: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Using our Library Voices - November 29, 2021 15:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsJoin librarians, Jennifer, Daniel, Tony, and Margaret, to talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of fandoms and the effects they have on modern society. Host: Jennifer Finch, Spring Branch-Memorial Branch Participants: Margaret Powell, Katy Branch Daniel Burch, Atascocita Branch Tony Go...
SPECIAL: Are You Afraid of the Stacks? Horror in the First Nations
Using our Library Voices - November 17, 2021 20:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsHonoring Native American Heritage Month with a discussion on The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline of the Georgia Bay Metis Nation of Ontario. Jennifer and Sadina talk about important themes and characters from the book and how they can lead to lifelong lessons at home. Media Mentioned: The M...
Writing and Authorship
Using our Library Voices - November 10, 2021 17:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis month, our host Logan Tuttle, speaks to native Houstonian, award winning young adult fantasy author J.Elle, urban fantasy writer Whit McClendon, and short fiction author Isabel Yap about their writing processes. Then we check in with Darcy and Amy Campbell about how to get your book into...
Writing and Authorship
Using our Library Voices - November 10, 2021 17:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis month, our host Logan Tuttle, speaks to native Houstonian, award winning young adult fantasy author J.Elle, urban fantasy writer Whit McClendon, and short fiction author Isabel Yap about their writing processes. Then we check in with Darcy and Amy Campbell about how to get your book into...
SPECIAL Meet the Harris County Public Library's FRIENDS
Using our Library Voices - October 25, 2021 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThere are groups of devoted library lovers out there working hard to improve libraries for everyone, they raise awareness of the importance of libraries to their communities, raise money to help pay for many programs in the library, and generally act as champions for libraries. These are the Fr...
SPECIAL Meet the Harris County Public Library's FRIENDS
Using our Library Voices - October 25, 2021 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThere are groups of devoted library lovers out there working hard to improve libraries for everyone, they raise awareness of the importance of libraries to their communities, raise money to help pay for many programs in the library, and generally act as champions for libraries. These are the Fr...
Are You Afraid of the Stacks? For Kids and Parents who enjoy spooky books
Using our Library Voices - October 12, 2021 17:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAre You Afraid of the Stacks is a show, where we talk about the spookier side of children’s literature. Librarians Sadina Shawver and Jennifer Nandlal break down the psychology of horror books and give a couple recommendations on how scary books, aren't always all about the fright. This month'...
Spooktacular- Real Scary Tales from You , Meet Frankenstein's Bride & All about Zombies
Using our Library Voices - October 04, 2021 21:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsHello and welcome to another episode of “Using Our Library Voices”. For those of you who like to look at an old tale through a new lens...We have FrankenStory where we dissect old stories and then reimagine them for modern times. For this episode, we examine the Bride of Frankenstein. Our nex...
Spooktacular- Real Scary Tales from You , Meet Frankenstein's Bride & All about Zombies
Using our Library Voices - October 04, 2021 21:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsHello and welcome to another episode of “Using Our Library Voices”. For those of you who like to look at an old tale through a new lens...We have FrankenStory where we dissect old stories and then reimagine them for modern times. For this episode, we examine the Bride of Frankenstein. Our nex...
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
Using our Library Voices - September 20, 2021 20:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThank you for joining us! This episode of Using our Library Voice, we celebrate Hispanic Heritage month through the colorful and imaginative ways the different cultures are portrayed in literature. We start off with an "Are you Afraid of the Stacks" segment where Jennifer N. & Sadina, suggest s...
SPECIAL: Remembering 9/11
Using our Library Voices - September 10, 2021 10:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsOn this 20 years anniversary, we find ourselves reflecting back on September 11th, 2001. Where were you when you heard the news? How did it make you feel? How did it change your life and the lives of those around you? On this special episode of Using Our Library Voices, our Podcast cast recall ...
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