A LITTLE TOO QUIET: THE FERNDALE LIBRARY PODCAST

Teen Podcast - School Life in a Pandemic

Three local teens, Mumtaz, Marigold, and Jada, are joining Youth Librarian Ms. Jasmine to discuss how they are adapting to a virtual-school year. Mumtaz and Marigold are both Pages here at the Ferndale Library. Jada, meanwhile, is already a self-published author, she recently released a new book, Tear Stained Pages.

Let's Talk Genre: Sci-Fi and Fantasy

Reference Librarian Maggie Weddell joins us to talk about the collection she develops for circulation here at Ferndale: SCIENCE FICTION and FANTASY. While we discuss the merits of the allegorical tales set in space or in far-off kingdoms, we also touch upon the enriching and enlightening messages that these genres can deliver to readers. We also discuss recent HUGO and NEBULA Award-winning works in the genre of Science Fiction. 

A Memory Called Empire is available in our print collection, and as an Audiobook (for Ferndale Cardholders) through HOOPLA.

Gideon the Ninth is available in our print collection, and as an eBook through the Libby App (from OverDrive)

 

A Song for a New Day is available in our print collection 

Gods of Jade and Shadow is available in our print collection, and as an eBook through Libby (from OverDrive)

A Little Too Quiet w/ Librarian Andrea Perez (Discussing the 300s and more)

Andrea Perez holds degrees in both library sciences and social work, and she was a co-organizer of the Radical Librarianship track at the Allied Media Conference.

She has worked here at Ferndale for a few years, but she's been working in libraries for most of her life, including Southfield and Plymouth, but also Westland, the latter of which resulted in controversy when five librarians were abruptly cut from their positions. But, that anecdote actually has a happy ending, if you listen to the end of the podcast.

Meanwhile, when she's not working weekends here at Ferndale, Andrea's a therapist at the Radical Well-Being Center. 

In this episode, we discuss the collection she develops for circulation: the 300's--the social sciences. 

And she has three recommendations discussed in this podcast. 

ALTQ with Author, Reporter and Journalism Prof Amy Haimerl

Amy Haimerl is a professor of journalism at Michigan State University and covers small business and urban policy for Fortune, Reuters, and the New York Times. She visited this library for a talk & a book signing in 2017 after she published her memoir, Detroit Hustle. We've been eager to speak with her since the release of that book, but we also wanted to talk about the reporting she's been doing recently for the New York Times, covering small businesses. Haimerl was also the entrepreneurship editor at Crain's Detroit Business, where she covered the city's historic bankruptcy trial, and she happens to be the founder of the Shady Ladies Literary Society, which is something of an epic book club! 
https://amyhaimerl.com/detroit-hustle/

 

ALTQ - Information Literacy with Laura Sheble of Wayne State

Laura Sheble is a  computational social scientist, a faculty member at the School of Information Sciences at Wayne State University, and Visiting Research Fellow at SSRI/DNAC. An Asst. Prof at WSU, Sheble is here to talk about two interesting historical examples that can provide context for our current moment. This is another installment in our ongoing series on Information Literacy. Sheble joined us in 2018 for an in-person panel discussion on this subject. She recently co-edited the book Misinformation and Mass Audiences--which is available to circulate from the Ferndale Library's collection. 

https://sites.duke.edu/sheble/ 

ALTQ with JSB (Jesse Shepherd-Bates) of the WAB

A lot of acronyms and initials in the title of this episode: on A Little Too Quiet (ALTQ), it's Jesse Shepherd-Bates (JSB) of the Woodward Avenue Brewers (WAB / WabCo). Today, we're talking with Jesse about his career as an events planner and manager of entertainment venues. We talk about what its been like to be a medium-ish capacity venue in the age of a pandemic. But we also talk about two very uplifting things, one of which is the positive-energy-generating festival that's hosted here in Ferndale known as the DIY Street Fair. We talk about why that is such an important annual event, even though we can't attend it this year. But more than that, Jesse is doing the library proud: he has recommendations for YOU. Jesse is an avid reader of Graphic Novels, and he has plenty of titles to share with you--all of which are available to request for curbside pickups through the Ferndale Library's online catalog. 

If you're eager to search for the titles Jesse mentions, click here: www.ferndalepubliclibrary.org 
If you're eager to check out the venues that Jesse manages, click here: http://www.thewabferndale.com/
If you're eager to see a music video featuring Jesse on piano, with the band Handgrenades (covering Fiona Apple), click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNCrqei0XNY