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Hello listeners, welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you are listening to episode 325 of Sustainable

Minimalists, a twice weekly show about intentional and eco-minimalist living.

On today's show, we are discussing all the reasons why our libraries are phenomenal.

Specifically, I'm giving you seven free items and services you never knew,

perhaps you never knew, you could get from your local library.

Now before we talk about libraries let's talk about capitalism for a quick minute.

Capitalist societies of course depend on financial transactions.

You pay something, you get something.

And here in America in 2022, almost 2023, we are certainly paying. We are on board with the financial aspect of the transaction.

Many of us subscribe to the latest video streaming service or services, the biggest

audiobook subscription. Let's not forget about music streaming. The reality is

that all of these financial transactions add up and they

add up in a big way. We're going to put numbers to how exactly they add up later in the show. But I would be remiss if we don't also

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