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The Librarian Is In

Bros, Shakespeare, & Nudity... Not All at the Same Time: Ep. 10

The Librarian Is In

The New York Public Library

Arts, Tv & Film, Books

4.7595 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2016

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Doug Reside from NYPL’s Library for the Performing Arts joins Gwen and Frank to talk about the Bard and the Great White Way. He even raps a teeny tiny bit from Hamilton.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey.

0:11.2

I've been wanting to do the intro, and I'm going to do it.

0:15.8

No, I can't.

0:17.1

Welcome to the library and is in.

0:18.7

The New York Public Law.

0:19.6

I can't wait.

0:20.3

You were, like like the cutest person.

0:22.0

Oh my God. What? Welcome to the libraries in the New York Public Libraries podcast about books. It's weird not to look at the thing. All right. Welcome to the library in the New York Public Libraries podcast about books, culture, and what to read next.

0:38.9

I'm Frank.

0:40.7

And later we'll be joined by Doug Nassi.

0:43.8

See, I don't. Reside?

0:44.8

Reside.

0:44.9

I think it's Reside.

0:46.0

We'll be joined by Doug Reside, a curator in NYPL's Billy Rose Theater Division at the Library for the Performing Arts and a Shakespeare, aficionado. Hey, arts and a Shakespeare aficionado.

0:56.4

Aficionado.

0:57.1

Aficionado.

0:59.3

Aficionado.

1:01.0

We're going to talk us.

1:02.2

What?

1:02.9

We're going to talk to us.

1:04.6

He's going to talk to us about the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.

1:09.3

Well, that was never going to happen again. That was amazing. I don't know what's going to... Well, at least I got to introduce. Hey, Gwen. That, hi, friend. See, isn't it weird to be like, hey, man. You started, it is weird, but you started us off on such a good note today. Oh, good. You're making our producer earn his paycheck to edit that. Oh, he's smiling. The producer is smiling. Oh, my gosh. That was amazing. Which he usually has resting bee face. So smiles are good. So how are you? Do you have resting bee face? I look sad. You do? I have a downward face. No, you're right. And I'm getting older, so. I don't know. You don't? You don't? Like my dog. What's his name? Moose. Oh. He's some kind of like lab basset hound thing. And so he's really, he looks like a lab, but he's really short, and he has these paws that turn out. Do they have a truncation? Like they have the concocted name of two like Labradoodle or? It's Bassador. Isn't that cute? He's a Bassador and he's so friendly so it's perfect actually. Well, see, again, I'm always fascinated with that because I love words and we always talk about that and I bring it up a lot and I might bring it up again but like that kind of phenomenon I feel like now more than ever maybe because of

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