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"I've tried to, at every step of the way, reject the traditional true crime lens. Whether it was the podcast, the book I'm working on, any of the stories I worked on, it was always supposed to be one that put the police process and the victims first."

- Justin Ling, journalist, author and host of Uncover: The Village

Content Warning: this episode discussed violent crimes. The topics are sensitive in nature and may be difficult for some people.

Books discussed:

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Missing from the Village by Justin Ling (out in September 2020)

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan by Jake Adelstein

The Billionaire Murders: The Mysterious Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman by Kevin Donovan

Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami

The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine by Benjamin Wallace

Podcasts discussed:

Serial

Uncover: The Village

Missing and Murdered

In the Dark

Undisclosed

Books, movies and comics discussed:

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

The Nix by Nathan Hill

French Exit by Patrick deWitt

Ramen Heads

The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman

Library services discussed:

Overdrive (Getting Started with Overdrive Guides)

Hoopla (Getting Started with Hoopla Guide)

Kanopy (Getting Started with Kanopy Guide)

Flipster (Getting Started with Flipster Guide)

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Three of Canada’s best-loved writers talk about their experiences as Indigenous artists competing on Canada Reads. With Canada Reads host Ali Hassan, Dimaline (Marrow Thieves), Lindberg (Birdie), and Vermette (The Break) consider how their works have been received by the public in both positive and negative ways and what their celebrity defenders learned about Indigenous experiences in the process. Recorded in the Toronto Public Library’s Appel Salon (part of the TPL’s regular event series, Indigenous Celebrations) in October 2018.

Books or books-related topics referenced in Episode Five:

• Katherena Vermette: The Break (TPL holdings)
• Tracey Lindberg: Birdie (TPL holdings)
• Cherie Dimaline: The Marrow Thieves (TPL holdings)
• CBC's Canada Reads webpage
• Maria Campbell (TPL holdings)
• Lee Maracle (TPL holdings)

In this episode we are talking about the case — or really the many, MANY cases — for open space. While it would take several libraries to thoroughly go through all the reasons why open space is important, we went to the expert on land use policy and economic development issues.

Ed McMahon is the senior resident fellow at the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Ed is a sought after thought leader and author on economic development and land use policies and trends. During the past 30 years, he has worked with more than 600 communities in all 50 states on a wide variety of land use and economic development issues.

In this episode, Ed helps us answer questions like why placemaking is so important and why land developers should always invest in parks and open space. He also talks about why initiatives like the 10-Minute Walk Campaign – a joint initiative between NRPA, ULI and the Trust for Public Land (TPL) – are beneficial to all cities.

Resources mentioned:

• ULI’s Case for Open Space Report
• Information about the 10-Minute Walk Initiative
• Ed McMahon’s Ted X Talk

"It's not 'happily ever after' - it's 'happy enough for now'." - Vicki Essex

In this episode, Mike and Wendy ponder their feelings about romance, and Wendy recounts her foray into the world of romance publishing. Then, Mike interviews romance writer Vicki Essex - and they correct some fusty stereotypes about the genre. Finally: a reckoning.

Books, movies and articles mentioned in this episode:

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante

The Dim Sum of All Things by Kim Wong Keltner

Avatar, the Last Airbender

Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James

Matinees with Miriam by Vicki Essex

Dangerous Books for Girls by Maya Rodale

Red Carpet Arrangement by Vicki Essex

Love Between the Covers

The Original Sinners by Tiffany Reisz

The Night Mark by Tiffany Reisz

The Devil's Revolver by Vicki Essex

"In Harlequin's new Dare series, heroines own their sexuality" by Joseph Saraceno in The Globe and Mail

"Authors of Fiction Confront a Problem: How to Write About Sex" by Sarah Lyall in The New York Times

Outline by Rachel Cusk

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

Find Vicki Essex at http://www.vickiessex.com and http://www.vsmcgrath.com. The Devil's Pact, the third book in The Devil's Revolver series, will be released on December 18th, 2018.

Note: This episode has been edited from a previous version.

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On October 10, 2017, the Trust for Public Land (TPL), the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) came together to launch a campaign called 10-Minute Walk.

The 10 Minute Walk campaign concept is simple — every should have access to parks within a 10-minute walk of where they live, work and play.

To date, over 140 mayors have signed on to the 10-Minute Walk campaign. They’ve signed on because they recognize that proximity and accessibility to parks is important and the benefits are almost too innumerable to count.

This campaign has a big goal and it’s not one that could be accomplished by one organization alone. That’s why three have come together to make this happen.

In today’s podcast, we chat with TPL’s Adrian Benepe, ULI’s Rachel McCleary and NRPA’s Kevin O’Hara about how this campaign came to be, why a 10-minute walk and more.