Andrea and Emma discuss the Oscar-nominated animated film Flow (2024): a story of a cat, capybara, dog, and ring-tailed lemur journeying through a rapidly flooding world. Is this film an adventure story or a deeper parable? Who represe...

John and Emma discuss the classic novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. They talk about morality, nihilism, existentialism, their favorite characters, their favorite scenes, what it's like to re-read the book, and much more.

Alex, Andrea, and John talk about their top 5 songs they listened to in 2024. Country, rock, ambient, metal, folk, pop, fusion, and more!

Alex and John discuss The Apprentice, a 2024 biographical film about Donald Trump, his relationship with Roy Cohn, and his rise as a real estate businessman in New York in the 1970s and 1980s. Sebastian Stan plays the role of Donal...

Alex and Emma each offer their top 10 scenes from Netflix's crime thriller Mindhunter.Mindhunter debuted in 2017 and ran for two seasons. The series follows the founding of the Behavioral Science Unit in the FBI in the late 1970s, and t...

Alex and Emma discuss Cormac McCarthy's landmark western novel Blood Meridian. They discuss the violence, the mythology, the strange aesthetics of the novel, the dark humor, the Judge, the Kid, the themes of fate and destiny, divination, the sy...

Andrea and Emma discuss the 2024 action adventure epic Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the prequel to 2015's innovative Mad Max: Fury Road. Is this film better than the groundbreaking 2015 film? What's with all the religious symbolism? Is this movie s...

Alex, Emma, and John discuss two movies from 2024: the first chapter of Kevin Costner's movie Horizon and the third installment of the Quiet Place franchise called Quiet Place: Day One. 

Andrea and Emma talk about graphic novels and recommend some of their favorites. 

Alex and Emma talk about what's new, what they're reading, and then discuss the Esquire piece "Is It A Betrayal To Publish Dead Writers' Books" by Alex Belth. 

Alex and Emily shine a light on what's going on in the library and behind the scenes in this crazy shelf life of ours. The topic this week: Why don't straight men read novels? 

"If you know it in one podcast, it's legendary / What we thought was for all time was momentary"Alex and John are back creating their individual playlists of Taylor Swift's latest album The Tortured Poets Department (2024). What are the...

Alex, Emily, and John discuss Christopher Nolan's 2023 movie Oppenheimer. They also discuss Taylor Swift's cultural omnipresence, Emily's ranking of the Jurassic Park franchise movies, the idea of "You Must Watch This..." as a future podcast th...

Andrea and Emily discuss two albums of alternate rock band Death Cab for Cutie: Transatlanticism (2003) and Asphalt Meadows (2023). An episode 6 months in the making, they talk about these albums that are separated in tim...

Alex and Emily discuss two of the big movies released in 2023: The Killer (David Fincher) and Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese). They start the conversation with a short discussion of the band The Killers, and Alex gives a top 5 of s...

Vince Breunig and Bryan Bilse stop by the library to talk about the Lodi Pride Campaign, which aims to create a sense of unity around the wonderful things happening at the school and in the broader Lodi community. The theme this year is "Guardi...

Alex, Andrea, Emily, and John share the meaningful songs of their lives in five year increments until the present day. 

Andrea and Emily discuss The Super Mario Bros Movie (2023)! Does it live up to the hype? Is it better than the 1993 live-action Super Mario Bros.? Find out as they touch on topics of voice acting, story structure, adaptation, plumbing, and more...

 Alex, Emily, and John discuss Iain Reid's psychological thriller I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS (2016). What did you think the book was about when you first saw the title? Is the book funny? Is it frightening? What was your re...

"Monday, I'm all highGet me out of FLAIn school, yeahI fooled yaNow I know I made a podcast"Alex and John create individual playlists for Wilco's 1996 alt-country double album "Being There," discussing country music, Unc...

Alex, Emily, and John discuss George Orwell's landmark fable ANIMAL FARM (1945). Is the satirical allegorical novella funny? Does it secretly loathe the animals on the farm? What truth does it capture about life inside a totalitari...

Not to be confused with Disney's Pinocchio (2022)! In this episode, Emily and Andrea discuss Guillermo del Toro's stop-motion masterpiece - a strong contender for Best Animated Film. You haven't seen Pinocchio quite like this, in a tale about f...

Andrea and Emily talk about the 1977 psychedelic Japanese horror film, House, which has gained a cult following for its unique visuals. They also talk about the differences between Japanese and Western horror and horror archetypes.Recom...

Andrea and Emily talk about the animated mini-series Over the Garden Wall. It's a show full of autumn imagery and Americana that is sure to get you into the spooky spirit. We follow the adventures of the brothers Wirt and Greg and their friend ...

In light of the announced upcoming Super Mario movie, Andrea and Emily talk about the infamous 1993 film, Super Mario Bros! Critically and financially unsuccessful, this film has nonetheless gained a cult following. It's a wild, adventurous sto...