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Episode one fifty nine – part three

Jane Igharo dazzled us with THE SWEETEST REMEDY, a heartfelt and funny novel about Hannah, a young bi-racial woman who travels to Nigeria to attend the funeral of a father she never knew. Along the way Hannah bonds with her half siblings, learns so much about herself, and finds a love interest who was connected to her far before they met.

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Episode one fifty nine – part two

Ralph sat down with Don Hollway, to talk about King Harald Hardrada — the titular “Last Viking” of his historical book. Among other things, Ralph and Don chat historical accuracy of modern viking depictions (horns were not “a thing”) and Don’s time as a historical re-enactor!

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Episode one fifty nine – part one

Barney welcomes Nathaniel Philbrick to discuss Travels with George, Philbrick’s well researched book about the first President’s tour across a newly minted nation. Of course, Washington’s stops on Long Island are highlighted.

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Episode one fifty eight – part three

Author and podcaster Dana Schwartz zoomed in to discuss nobles behaving badly and the joys of extensive research. Of course we touched upon Noble Blood, Dana’s popular podcast.

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Episode one fifty eight – part one

Author Cadwell Turnbull sat down with Ralph (of Turn the Page Intro fame) to discuss his book NO GODS NO MONSTERS, and eventually lands on the topic of video games.

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Episode one fifty eight – part two

Andrea Bartz brings us WE WERE NEVER HERE –  a BONKERS thriller about two globetrotting best friends whose last two trips ended in murder.

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Episode one fifty seven – part three

Paleontologist Elsa Panciroli got to chat with us about the evolution of mammals and why we should be thinking of it in terms of BEFORE the astroid that ended the dinosaurs.

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Episode one fifty seven – part two

In his first picture book, Cory Doctorow tackles the importance of information and research through the eyes of Poesy, a little girl who learns to fight what goes bump in the night with the help of research! In this episode, we chat about this and so much more.

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Episode one fifty seven – part one

Just in time for the first days of school! BonHyung Jeong joined us from Korea to discuss Kyle’s little sister, a middle grade graphic novel which captures the middle school experience so well that the reader will smell the wax on the floor. *

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Episode one fifty six – part three

Barney zoomed in with Gary Grossman and Ed Fuller, authors of Red Hotel and Red Deception — a riveting series that sets a tale of National Security set in a form of America’s Infrastructure we never expect to be under attack. Hotels.