Help Me, Rhonda!

The Librarian Is In

The New York Public Library

Arts, Tv & Film, Books

4.7 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Gwen and Frank discover some surprising pieces of family history when Rhonda Evans, Electronic Resources Librarian at NYPL, arrives in the studio with a pile of documents and connects the dots from long-ago paper trails. Plus: Guessing game shenanigans.

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0:00.0	Frankie. Is that some German?
0:03.2	Frank.
0:04.3	Frank. Fronky.
0:05.6	Fronk.
0:06.8	Fronk. I'm yelling again to the mic.
0:12.2	Hi, everybody. Welcome to the librarian is in the New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next. I'm Gwen. I'm Frank. And we are super excited to be joined today
0:26.3	by Rhonda Evans, who is not only one of my favorite people in the entire library, but also
0:31.3	the Electronic Resources librarian in collection development in our research division here. Thanks for
0:36.6	joining us, Rhonda.
0:38.5	Thank you.
0:39.3	Hi, Goyan.
0:44.7	I just realized you have the perfect name for a librarian because of the famous song,
0:45.6	Help me, Rhonda.
0:46.6	You know.
0:48.3	And what a librarians do, but help.
0:50.0	Help me, Rhonda.
0:51.8	Help me, Rhonda.
0:53.5	It just occurred to me.
0:54.1	Yes. I have, no one has ever said that before in terms of like, this me, Rhonda. It just occurred to me. Yes.
0:51.2	I have, no one has ever said that before in terms of like, this is a good librarian name. So, wow, okay. Help me, Rhonda. So help us, Rhonda. Okay. Who even sang that song? I know some 60s. The Beach Boys. Oh. I should know. Look at that. You should know. Because people say that all the time.
0:52.4	Page boys, of course.
0:54.2	So people say the song to you,
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