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The Librarian Is In

The New York Public Library

Arts, Tv & Film, Books

4.7 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

It's time again for our Summer Reading Challenge! In this mini-episode, Frank and Gwen pick a book to dive into together and invite you to read along with them, so place those library holds for a copy of "America Is Not the Heart" by Elaine Castillo. Discussion to air August 9!

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0:00.0	Hello, listener, the one that's left.
0:05.0	We've outlived you all.
0:08.0	The podcast is a thing, a beast.
0:15.0	Hi, everybody. Welcome to The Librarian is in the New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, everybody. Welcome to The Library and is in the New York Public Libraries podcast about
0:24.2	books, culture, and what to read next. I'm Gwen. This is Frank. What? And I'm, and this is a very special,
0:33.5	I love, I know you love it when I say that, a very special mini episode. Why, because it's teeny tiny. People don't have to endure us for 40 minutes. Yes, you don't have to adore us for as long as usual right now. This is episode 99. I can't believe this is on 99. Do you know Agent 99? Do you know what that means? No? Do you know the TV show Get Smart?
0:55.7	I've heard of it?
0:57.1	It's from the 60s?
0:58.4	It's a comedy.
0:59.8	It was like a male Brooks, I think.
1:03.2	It was a comedy, like a spoof of James Bond, really.
1:03.5	Okay.
1:05.4	Maxwell Smart.
1:11.1	He was a James Bond kind of dude, and his cohort was Agent 99.
1:11.9	Oh.
1:13.4	Anyway.
1:15.4	That's any Agent 90, whatever.
1:16.5	Episode 99.
1:19.0	People out there of a certain age.
1:22.7	I grew up seeing them on like, you know, reruns.
1:26.4	99 episodes of a podcast on the wall. 99 podcasts on the wall.
1:28.1	In your ears.
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