The Evolution of Joy
The Librarian Is In
The New York Public Library
4.7 • 595 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2019
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
... or the joy of evolution? Frank's book traces the whole history of humankind and Gwen's is a short narrative about big changes. Plus: You can't talk about joy without talking about Christine Baranski. It's the law.
Book Recommendations
Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala
Sapiens: A brief history of humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Non-Book Recommendation
The pure and consuming joy of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
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| 0:00.0 | Hey listeners, we just wanted to give you a heads up. In this week's episode, there are some major spoilers for the book, Speak No Evil, by Uzo Dinaidaela. There's some sensitive content. And also, we just totally talk about the whole thing, beginning, middle, and end. So if you don't want it ruined, then you should stop listening. You can come in right in the middle when Frank gets to his book. Thanks. |
| 0:28.0 | Thank you. come in right in the middle when Frank gets to his book. Thanks. Welcome to the library and is in the New York Public Libraries podcast about books, culture, and what to read next. |
| 0:35.1 | I'm Frank. |
| 0:35.9 | I'm Gwen. |
| 0:37.4 | And here we are. Books, books, books. Before we get to books, books, books, |
| 0:41.8 | tell us about your amazing and fabulous trip to ALA Midwinter, American Library Association's Midwinter in Seattle. |
| 0:51.9 | And then I went to California to visit a good friend. |
| 0:54.7 | Oh, really? |
| 0:55.1 | It's great. |
| 0:56.4 | I don't want to hear about that on air. |
| 0:58.4 | But you're on a panel about podcasting. |
| 1:02.0 | I was. |
| 1:02.7 | It was great. |
| 1:03.8 | The two other podcasters were fantastic. |
| 1:06.9 | And it's so interesting to hear how different everybody's experience is. It was really cool. |
| 1:13.6 | Did you tell a story about me? |
| 1:16.0 | All my stories are about you. Every person I saw pretty much asked for you. |
| 1:20.3 | Did people raise in Hank? Oh, someone even wrote me about Frank. What's he like in real |
| 1:23.7 | name? It wasn't quite like that. Somebody wrote me a note for you. I have to give it to you. |
| 1:27.9 | They were like, |
| 1:28.5 | I know Frank would want this note. And I was like, yeah, he would because he really wants to be here. Is it sexy? I don't know. I didn't read it. Whoa. I got a note. Yes. It also was... Well, congratulations. Thank you. It was the longest that I've been away from my child forever, |
| 1:47.6 | which was hard, but also great. Like, not going to lie, it was really relaxing to only be in charge |
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