Using our Library Voices

It's a jam packed episode! Where we're expresses our passion in all sorts of ways in this episode, first with "Heart" book recommendations from our library staff, books that travel with you and definitely worth checking out.  We extend our passion for democracy with an interview with Harris County Clerk, Teneshia Hudspeth,  and learn about the unique voting landscape that is Harris County.  And we end on a chat with Librarians Delaney and Katelyn about Novelist and our Book Hunters program which allows real life librarians to select books to your unique specifications.

As always if you'd like to learn more about Harris County Public Library or any of materials, check out www.hcpl.net for more information.

This episode was hosted by Gisele Parker, featuring the voices of Julie Hermonant , Daisy Preciado, Jasmine Washington, Casey Morris , Delaney Daly, Teneshia Hudspeth, Mary Mink, Sadina Shawver and was edited by Logan Tuttle.

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Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

Original Music created by Bryan Kratish

It’s a new year, and re-cap episodes are so 2023.  Are we going to talk about resolutions?  No, instead, we’re so excited about things coming in 2024. 

Topics include HCPL getting sanctuary status, as well as interviews with staff from Baldwin Boettcher and Atascocita as they discuss their journeys to getting their branches up and running and so much more!

Visit www.hcpl.net to learn about all 27 of our branches.

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Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

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Winter stories to keep you warm and chill your bones, following the tradition of telling ghost stories on Christmas eve...the Harris County Public Library's podcast team present to you 3 stories as we take a nod to the history of storytelling to connect with those around you. So gather 'round the car radio, share an airpod or turn up the volume for our final episode of the year.
And remember, there are thousands more stories waiting for you at your local public library.

Enjoy! 
  
Visit www.hcpl.net for more stories!

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Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

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This month, we shine light on National Adoption Month by sharing stories from three family on the adoption process and how they grew their families. We also talk with our Early Literacy program manager, Anjela Martinez, about Family Place Libraries and how the library provides different resources for families.

This episode features the voices of host Beth Kripple, and guests Fred Schumacher, Jim Johnson, and Anjela Martinez.
Edited by Dylan Smith and Nancy Hu

For more information about our Family Place Libraries in Harris County, Please visit: www.hcpl.net/

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Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

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Join Harris County Public Library Staff and members of Students Engaged in Advancing Texas to discuss censorship and libraries in honor of the American Library Association's Banned Books Week. 

Banned Books Week Website: https://bannedbooksweek.org/ 

Office of Intellectual Freedom: https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/oif 

Top 13 Most Challenged Books: https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10 

Texans for the Right to Read: https://texansfortherighttoread.com/ 

Students Engaged in Advancing Texas: https://www.studentsengaged.org/about 

Harris County Public Library's Collection Policy: https://hcpl.net/collection-policy/ 

National Coalition Against Censorship: https://ncac.org/ 

Host/Producer: Jennifer Finch 

Panelists: Lanna Sell; Kate Hunziker; Nyla Vela; Hayden Cohen; Da'Taeveyon Daniels 

Music: Scanglobe by Sputnik; link to license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ 

Editor: Beth Krippel 

In memory of Darcy Cassavant 

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Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

Original Music created by Bryan Kratish

It's officially spooky season! We're kicking off our favorite time of the year with a way to get your own little shadow with an interview with Citizen for Animal Protection's Freddy about black cat adoptions, and then come with us to chat with Elyssa about Tarot cards and how they work. Katelyn and Sadina then talk about body horror books in honor of Darcy C.

Interview with Freddy from Citizens for Animal Protection about Black Cat adoptions. https://www.cap4pets.org/

Link to body horror book list here

Interested in learning more about Spooky Cores and aesthetics, see our book lists! 

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Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

Original Music created by Bryan Kratish

It’s September and you know what that means! Cooler weather? Not likely. Fall leaves? Sadly, not in Harris County. Library Card Sign Up Month? You bet! And who are libraries for?
Voting season is looming and along with that questions such as who can vote, how do you register to vote, and how do you report voting issues. Sadina Shawver interviews elections officials, Kyle Cummins and Lynn Mumford, about all your voting questions.
Out in the community, Katelyn Helberg highlights a new HCPL collection at Sunrise Lofts, a housing center for youth aging out of foster care.

For more information about voting in Harris County visit www.harrisvotes.org
And for more information about library outreach and our work to provide access to resources visit our website at www.hcpl.net 

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Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

Original Music created by Bryan Kratish

Have you ever wondered how a book gets to you from another branch? It may seem like library magic, but a book passes through many hands and beeps before it gets to you. This month, we follow the journey of a book getting from one borrower to another.  

We’ll also take a look at the different borrowers that we have that inhabit the library eco-system. Listen now to find out where you fit into the reader’s food web.  

 
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Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu 
 
Original Music created by Bryan Kratish 

Music in this Episode:
Little Troll 2 by Frank Schroeter
Only Forward by RomanSenykMusic
Spring Awakening [Full version] by MusicLFiles
Informative Pizzicato by Steven OBrien
Little Break/LoFi Beat by SoulProdMusic
Crime Time by Frank Schroeter
Documentary Story by RomanSenykMusic
Secrets of the Old Library by Geoff Harvey
Epicaly by LiteSaturation
Piano by Lesfm

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Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

Original Music created by Bryan Kratish

It's a Compicpalooza extravaganza episode as this month's host, Jennifer Finch, brings us voices from vendors and cosplayers alike, highlights from the live Gabbing with the Librarians podcast session, and an interview with fantasy author Kij Johnson. 

This episode was produced by  Sadina Shawver edited by Katelyn Helberg and features the voices of Kij Johnson, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Sadina Shawver, attendees and vendors at Comicpalooza, and our Host, Jennifer Finch 

Check out some of the titles mentioned in this episode from your local library! Click HERE for books from this episode  

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Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

Original Music created by Bryan Kratish

It maybe a dated phrase these days, but the "Summer Blockbuster" was a Summer time staple for kids who grew up in the 70s, 80s and 90s. This month's episode we celebrate and recall what the biggest Summer Blockbusters were to give listeners today a peek into what made these movies iconic for generations!

If you're like to watch any of these blockbusters from the comfort of your own home, check out our online streaming service, Kanopy. Available with your Harris County Public Library card. Visit www.hcpl.net for more information.

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Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

Original Music created by Bryan Kratish

On this Gabbing with the Librarians episode, we explain and talk about the Writing Guild of America's writing strike and how it will affect your T.V., Movies and Entertainment in the future. 

This  episode was edited by Beth Krippel and features the voices of  to Jennifer Finch and Mary Mink from the Spring Branch Memorial Branch Library.

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Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

Original Music created by Bryan Kratish

This month we celebrate Jewish American Heritage month with  interviews from two great organizations in the Harris County area! First we'll chat with Houston Hillel about their outreach serving the Jewish LGBTQIA community and we talk to Joel Bangilan of the Laurie and Milton Boniuk Library at the Holocaust Museum Houston about the different resources they have available .


For more information about the museum, please visit www.hmh.org
and if you're searching for more resources to explore the Jewish faith or culture, please visit https://www.houstonhillel.org

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Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

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People, let me tell you 'bout my best friend.  They're warm-hearted people that'll love the library to the end and on this month's episode we meet a few of our library friends of all ages and chat with them about the different ways they support the Harris County Public Library.

If you'd like to be a friend to the library, please donate to or join
https://www. hcfol.org
 
This episode features the voices of Logan Tuttle, Mary Mink, Sadina Shawver, John Harbaugh,  and Kelly Hayden with guests Jennifer Nandal and the FRIENDS and Patrons of Katy Branch Library and Spring Branch Memorial Branch Library.

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Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

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Ever wonder what the kids are thinking? This month Darla talks to Young Adults from our Atascocita Branch Library in Northeast Harris County, to hear what they're loving to read and why they love about the library! We  also chat with TeenBook Con organizer, Elizabeth Boggs and we learn from Anjela Martinez about Tournament of Books, a book club battle for teens ! 
With the launch of our new library TikTok Account, @HarrisCountYPL ,  we chat with Jasmine Washington, the awesome lady who's been running her own BookTok Account since joining the platform last year.

Learn more about the programs and events that we mentioned in this episode by visiting www.hcpl.net/ And follow our new TikTok account at @HarrisCountyPL

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Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

Original Music created by Bryan Kratish

As part of our African American History Month celebration, we're getting to know the performers and organizations that will be presenting their talents at our libraries this month.
We have Tommy Terrific, a  traveling magician who adds a historical twist to his show that delights kids of all ages.
Meet the Jalen Trio, a young up and coming jazz trio who perform their music as part of DACAMERA.
And then we chat with Christelyn Nash of Young Audiences, who tells us about their many performing and visual arts programs available to Harris County Residents.

To see any of these wonderful performers or programs this month, please visit www.hcpl.net/events
and see our African American History month reads on https://hcpl.overdrive.com/

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Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

Original Music created by Bryan Kratish

As part of our SciFi celebration— Our host, Jennifer Finch and other HCPL librarians to take part in the eternal debate: Star Wars, Star Trek, or... even more controversial... other

Interested in checking out some of the books and fandoms mentioned in this podcast? Check out our Science Fiction list on www.hcpl.net

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Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

Original Music created by Bryan Kratish

Join this month's host, Sadina Shawver as we celebrate National Science Fiction Day or month... with an interview of Neoromancer Cover illustrator, Rick Berry!
Also get a list of our top SciFic book recommendations to explore more of this exciting genre.
Episode was produced by  Darla Pruitt and. edited by Christian Ornelas and features the voices of John Harbaugh, Gisela Parker and  Katelyn Helberg and our Host, Sadina Shawver

Learn more about Rick's art at www.rickberrystudio.com

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Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

Original Music created by Bryan Kratish

This month we interview with award winning children's  Singer/Songwriter Laurie Berkner, and Jennifer chats with Melissa Martinez about the Project Grad and the Grad Cafe's wonderful work to help people explore career pathways. We also learn about the Career Online High School program at the library from Gaspar Guevara, our Adult Literacy Specialist, who tells all about ways you can earn your high school diploma.

For more information about the library and our literacy programs please visit www.hcpl.net
Find more music from Laurie Berkner at here
Find more information about Project Grad and Grad Cafe at: https://www.gradcafe.org/

This episode was edited by Beth Kripple, Produced by Jennifer Finch and Jennifer Nandlal and hosted by Ellen Kaluza

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Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

Original Music created by Bryan Kratish

This Month, host Sadina Shawver chats with Leonard Washington at our Evelyn Meador Branch Library in Seabrook, Texas about his passion for True Crime and how that translated to a series of captivating programs at our library.

For more True Crime and Mystery, visit your local library, or visit us online at www.hcpl.net 

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Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

Original Music created by Bryan Kratish

This month, we share spooky stories and experiences from patrons and librarians! Hosted by Jennifer Finch, featuring voices from John Schaffer, Ellen Kaluza, Nancy Hu, and Sana Thalo . We also give out of this world romance book recommendations from Darcy Casavant!

Stop by one of our library locations for yourself! Find your nearest location at www.hcpl.net or if you're looking for one of the book recommendations, find them at hcpl.overdrive.com 

Created by the Podcast Team at the Harris County Public Library.
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Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Lana Sell, Ellen Kaluza, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

Original Music created by Bryan Kratish