Scandal!

The Librarian Is In

The New York Public Library

Arts, Tv & Film, Books

4.7 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Who's up for some dubious morality? We're all about the scandal this week, as Frank and Gwen tackle controversial essays, what makes a "beach read," and, um, porcupines in library book drops.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone.
0:05.6	Welcome to the library.
0:08.6	Welcome to the library.
0:10.7	The New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next.
0:18.6	I'm Gwen and I'm Frank.
0:23.4	All right.
0:24.0	And we're awesome.
0:26.1	We're a little off the rails.
0:27.8	Just a tiny bit off the rails.
0:29.2	So to speak.
0:29.8	Yes.
0:30.2	Yeah, like that's the craziest we get was we talk together.
0:32.7	We're becoming one person, basically.
0:34.5	That would be amazing.
0:35.5	The guank.
0:36.1	I love to see.
0:40.4	If we were like a romance movie tag,
0:46.9	Gwank or friend, oh, Gwank is way better than a friend. I love that. What's Gwank up to?
0:51.4	Benifer. Or Gwank separating? What are they doing? Never.
1:00.7	Gwank. Before we really get started, Gwank would like to remind you that next week is our second annual reading challenge.
1:02.1	We're going to be reading The Secret History by Donna Tart and Tales from Ovid, translated
1:07.2	by Ted Hughes.
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