Hello and welcome to the librarian is in the New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next.

I am Frank.

And I'm Rhonda.

And here we are. Welcome. Welcome, and be avenue. Welcome. Oh, musical theater. You know what that's from? Oh, of course. Why? That's from, okay, why is the name slipping from me right now? Uh-huh, you don't know. No, I do know. Okay. Give me a second. Welcome on Biavenu. I know because it's Liza Minnelli in the film. Your cabaret. Thank you, Cabaret. I knew it. It was like right on the tip of my tongue. I know. Well, you said Liza Minnelly, so. I think I'm going and Nelly, that's close enough. I think I'm going to keep you guessing in this podcast. I want to

my musical knowledge is not so bad. I, you know, your, your knowledge is very wide ranging I've

discovered. A lot of the references I make or you, you, you know, not that I'm so smart, but like,'m so smart, but like you, you, you, you, you seem to get a lot from a lot of different sources, so I'm not worried about you.

Well, thank you.

I'm a Renaissance woman in terms of my knowledge.

Oh.

You and me both, kid.

Right? Love a little bit of everything. Renaissance knowledge. Aw. You and me both, kid. Right?

Love a little bit of everything.

Renaissance knowledge.

Because I was thinking the other day, like, Gwen and I used to do the guessing game with guests, and I missed that.

So I think I might read you a passage from the book I read and see if you can figure out where it's from.

But I guess this is a free-for-all about what we've been up to and what we've been reading and what we've been watching and what we've been listening to and all sorts of things.

So you want me to launch into in or do you feel like...

Why don't you launch in?

I'm excited to hear what you've been doing, Frank.

I mean, I know it's slightly scandalous, but, you know, I'm, especially in this time right now, and especially with

the wealth of resources that the New York Public Library has, and maybe I shouldn't say this,

and they could edit it out or whatever, but I just sort of don't want to read a book online or

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