A LITTLE TOO QUIET: THE FERNDALE LIBRARY PODCAST

Marvel: It’s Not Just A ”Phase” w/April Baer

Jeff and Aby welcome April Baer, award-winning broadcast journalist and host of Michigan Radio (91.7)'s Stateside--explicitly to discuss ALL THINGS MARVEL! It's a post-Comic-Con / post-Phase-5 announcement RECAP episode! We talk about what it is about these films that we admire so much, and we wind up hitting upon some fairly emotional / deeply philosophical / dare-we-say existential points, all inspired by the storytelling of these mega-blockbuster movies which sprung from the pages of comic books. 

Disney’s Filmography

Today on the podcast, Rodi, Jeff, and Mary Grahame discuss DISNEY, particularly their favorite films and their least-favorite films. What's worked? Sometimes when Disney has been daring, and tried something a little more experimental, the results have PARTICULARLY connected with US, if not with the rest of mainstream audiences...

 

Video Games

On this week's episode, Damon, Jeff, Kerrie and Simon are discussing VIDEO GAMES, which is one of the many items that our library circulates! We're talking about our favorite games from our formative years, as well as the games we enjoy playing today! We also talk about some of the misconceptions commonly held over "gaming" as a recreation. You can find "A Little Too Quiet" wherever you get your podcasts.

 

 

Some of the quirkier games discussed today include:
Untitled Goose Game (Nintendo Switch/PS4/PS5)
Judgment (Yakuza) (PS4/PS5/Xbox)
Kingdom Hearts The Story So Far (PS4/Xbox)
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (Nintendo Switch/Xbox)
Monster Prom (Xbox/Nintendo Switch/PS4)

 

Kayla Cottingham - My Dearest Darkest

Kayla Cottingham is a Boston-based YA author and librarian. She is passionate about connecting young people with books featuring diverse voices so they can see themselves and their communities represented on the page. We're discussing Kayla's debut novel, My Dearest Darkest, a cosmic horror story about boarding school students who unknowingly awaken a supernatural evil. https://www.kaylacottingham.com/ 

An Anime for Everyone

Rodi and Jeff welcome Aby back to the podcast to discuss anime & manga. We particularly talk a lot about our favorite anime shows, genre breakdowns, favorite narrative tropes, and how there really is "an anime for everyone." 

Titles discussed include:
Demon Slayer
Attack on Titan
Gundam
Shinichirō Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Carole & Tuesday et. al.)
Jujutsu Kaisen
My Hero Academia
Gangsta
Dragonball Z
Films of Mamoru Hosoda 

Audiobooks / Interview with Dan John Miller (Professional Narrator/Performer)

Jeff and Kelly discuss some of their favorite audiobooks, particularly their appreciation for each title's narrator! Then, in the second half of the episode, (at 25:44) we feature an interview with Dan John Miller, an award-winning Detroit-area audiobook narrator (as well as musician/actor), discussing the nuances of the profession and what he enjoys most about performing a book. 

Dan has garnered multiple Audie Award nominations, winning for The Wrecking Crew by Kent Hartman; has twice been named a Best Voice by AudioFile magazine; and has received several AudioFile Golden Earphones Awards and a Listen-Up Award from Publishers Weekly. 

Titles discussed include: 
It by Stephen King read by Seven Weber
The Fireman by Joe Hill read by Kate Mulgrew
Marid Audran Trilogy by George Alec Effinger by Jonathan Davis
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson read by Scott Brick
Born Standing Up by & read by Steve Martin
1984 by George Orwell read by Simon Prebble
Stephanie Plum read by Lorelei King
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King read by Anne Heche
14 by Peter Clines narrated by Ray Porter
Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking by Leonard Mlodinow narrated by Dan John Miller