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The Librarian Is In

Herding Cats? Or Herding Horses..., Ep. 228

The Librarian Is In

The New York Public Library

Arts, Tv & Film, Books

4.7595 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Our hosts discuss their free read book picks! Frank read We Spread by Iain Reid and Crystal read My Pinup by Hilton Als. 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Do you want to be shot at doing the introduction?

0:14.8

I do want to do it.

0:16.7

I'm good.

0:17.7

Hello and welcome to the librarians in, the New York Public Library podcast about books, culture, and what to read next. I'm good. Hello, and welcome to the librarians in, the New York Public Library podcast about books, culture, and what to read next.

0:24.0

I'm Crystal.

0:25.0

Wow, I'm Frank.

0:26.7

It's incredible.

0:27.8

It's only because I wrote that down.

0:29.4

I'm blown away.

0:30.3

I was like, Frank is going to do this to me again, so I'm going to write this down.

0:34.4

You really come prepared.

0:36.3

I have to say, your stentorian, assertive, confident manner

0:41.9

made me feel instantly safe. Okay, let me Google Stentorium now. I know.

0:49.3

Stentorian. Wild and powerful. Wow, I've never been described as loud. No, I have been described as loud, but not powerful. And I like it. I like the feeling. That's the vocab word today's Tentorian. But you, yes, and I instantly was like, I feel comforted, safe and serene. I can get through this day, thanks to Crystal's assertive intro.

1:12.6

Like you're being wrapped in the blanket. Can you tell I don't want to be in charge, really?

1:17.9

None of us do, really. Chrissy should be the one that's in charge here, honestly.

1:22.6

Although most of the time it is like Chrissy cook, corraling cats with the two of us.

1:27.1

Even though I feel conscious that I'm a senior member in many ways of the podcast,

1:32.7

Delio,

1:33.2

but I want to defer to you.

1:34.9

So you have to take,

1:37.5

I know,

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