Hello everyone. Hello, everyone. Hello, everyone. Hello, everyone. And happy Thanksgiving. You have reached,

the librarian is in.

The podcast.

The New York Public Library podcast about books, culture, and what to read next.

She's Gwen.

He's Frank.

And we're here at a very, very special Thanksgiving episode, sort of like, what is the Charlie Brown special called?

It's Thanksgiving Charlie Brown?

Anyway, something like that, like a very special episode with a very special guest.

Yes.

Hi.

Would you like to introduce yourself, Gene?

Hi, I'm Gene, and I'm a colleague at the library. Yes. Hi. Would you like to introduce yourself, Gene? Hi. I'm Gene and I'm a colleague at the

library. Do you want to talk a little bit about your job? Sure. So I work in the public programs department

and we run author talks and artist talks and we often have people come to late night parties so you should definitely follow us

on Instagram, follow us on social media and we'll tell you what's happening at the Schwartzman

building. Awesome. Are you NYPL events? We're NYPL events. That's your, yes, I've thought so. I should

know that. And we're actually coming to your library shortly to do a live taping of this very podcast. We should talk about that. I didn't. I forgot about that. Plus, also, your department also runs the Halloween parade that we did. Yeah. That we did with Tim Gunn. Did we mention that? That was a good party. Oh, right. We have a very special podcast. It's going to be live in front of an audience. I'm already terrified. Every time this comes up, I feel this cold, chill of dread go down my spine because I am so scared of doing a live show, and I don't really know why. Maybe Jean has some tips for me. But yes, with Eric Kleinenberg. Yeah, who wrote Palaces for the People.

We're going to be discussing that book with him. I'm really excited to read that book, actually. I have not read it yet. I want to read it right up to the minute of the podcast so it's fresh in my mind. Me too. Because I'm sure I'm going to have a lot to ask and talk about it. So, oh, wow. So that's happening on December 4th. Yes, and we're going to put it.

It's going to come out as a librarian is in episode so that all of you will be able to hear it too. But if you're in New York, if you're local, you should come. You can meet us in person. You can see Frank's library in person. You can give me a hug and tell me to stop freaking out. And it'll be great.

Oh, well, I'll give you hugs. Don't worry. Maybe we'll even bring some buttons and stuff. Well, I have them. I have a whole bunch of librarians as in buttons. Great. Okay. Okay. So we're not here to talk about any of that today, though. We're not here to talk about your expertise about programming and authors and stuff. we are here to talk about Thanksgiving and food and food memoirs and your favorite books about food stuff because you're

also a food expert, right? It turns out I am. A food fan. I'm a food fan. I mean, who isn't?

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