New Year, New (Reading) You
The Librarian Is In
The New York Public Library
4.7 • 595 Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2018
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Want to broaden your reading horizons this year? Librarian extraordinaire Meredith Mann joins Frank and Gwen to debate the pros and cons of annual reading challenges. Plus: secret database magic, sci-fi written by robots, and our favorite British bakers. Get links to the books discussed in the episode at nypl.org/podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | 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. |
| 0:12.6 | And we are here today with Meredith Mann, who is, wait, I have your actual title. I wrote it down, a specialist in our manuscripts, archives, and rare books division. |
| 0:20.7 | That's right. |
| 0:21.1 | So in addition to talking about her work, we are also going to talk about New Year's resolutions and reading challenges and stuff like that. |
| 0:28.9 | So happy New Year, everybody. |
| 0:30.5 | Yeah, thanks for having me. |
| 0:31.9 | Thanks for coming, Meredith. |
| 0:32.9 | I love that phrase. |
| 0:34.0 | Thanks for having me. |
| 0:35.0 | Thanks for having me. |
| 0:35.8 | Thanks for having me. |
| 0:36.7 | Thanks for having me. Of for having me. Thanks for having me. |
| 0:37.6 | Of course. |
| 0:38.5 | You're our guest. |
| 0:39.8 | Your title is pretty awe-inspiring. |
| 0:43.2 | Specialist. |
| 0:44.0 | Specialist. |
| 0:44.9 | It means anything and everything. |
| 0:47.6 | It sounds like an action movie, the specialist. |
| 0:50.2 | There is an action movie called The Specialist. |
| 0:51.7 | But anyway. |
| 0:52.1 | Is there? |
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