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🗓️ 24 January 2017
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Celebrity Librarian (yes - that's a thing), and regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition Nancy Pearl is one of Rachel's favorite people. And she isn't your average librarian: She's been made into an action figure, had a bluegrass band named after her, and her best-selling Book Lust series has helped millions of people discover their new favorite stories.
Nancy's choice for last meal is as classic as a dusty old tome: good ol' macaroni and cheese. We'll learn the history of one of America's most beloved dishes.
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0:00.0 | Alaska Airlines has teamed up with Hawaiian Airlines to create new nonstop international flights. |
0:05.8 | Go to Alaskaair.com or Hawaiian Airlines.com and I'll tell you more details later in the show. |
0:23.2 | This is your last meal. |
0:24.3 | I'm your host, Rachel Bell. |
0:28.1 | Every episode, I interview a celebrity about what they would eat for their last meal. |
0:32.9 | And then we explore the history of that food, the culture, and whatever else we can cram into 30 minutes. |
0:37.0 | Today on the program, Nancy Pearl. So Nancy Pearl is a celebrity librarian based in Seattle. |
0:41.5 | Nancy Pearl went from being Tulsa's librarian to Seattle's librarian, and now she is America's |
0:47.8 | librarian ever since she came out with a line of best-selling books called Book Lust. She regularly |
0:54.1 | talks books on NPR's Morning Edition |
0:56.0 | and NPR affiliate stations in Seattle and Tulsa. |
0:59.6 | Nancy Pearl is the 50th winner of the Women's National Book Association Award. |
1:03.4 | She was named 2011 Librarian of the Year by Library Journal, |
1:07.9 | and she speaks around the country often to huge crowds, standing room only. |
1:12.1 | But accolades aside, you know you've really made it as a celebrity librarian when you've |
1:17.2 | been transformed into an action figure. Yes, this action figure, which is discontinued. |
1:22.8 | I am sad to say. And it's a very weird feeling to have been discontinued. |
1:27.8 | That is sad. |
1:28.5 | It came out in 2003. |
1:30.3 | It's about five inches, and it has an action, which is the amazing shushing action. |
1:36.4 | So if you push the little button on the back, then the finger will come up very close to her nose. |
1:42.7 | And you could imagine her saying shush. So there's no |
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