Welcome to the librarian is in.

I'm Frank.

Wait, you have to say our tagline.

I'm going to mess you up.

The New York Public Libraries.

Podcast, The Lib York Public Libraries.

Podcast?

The librarian is in.

You just said it. About? Oh, books, culture, and what to read next. Nice. I actually remember that. Good job. Because you always say it. And I've been written on this paper, so I'm always cheating. True. Yes. Oh, we're in a new studio. We are. It's beautiful.

Okay, wait.

Well, so I'm Gwen.

I'm Frank.

And later we're going to be joined by Michael Inman, who's a curator in our rare book division here at NYPL. And he's recently been in the news to talk about the restoration of our Winnie the Pooh dolls, the original Winnie the Pooh dolls, which belong to the library. And now they're back on display. In 42nd Street? Yes, in the main library. Which the main room is opening soon. The Rosemain Reading Room. That's exciting news. I feel like they're going to take people away from Jefferson Market, but that's okay. It's about time. I mean, they're pretty far away, right? I'm kidding. I'm just, we're the two grandest libraries. I haven't been there since I was a little kid because it closed before I started working here. And so I'm really excited to see it actually because it's like the room you see in all the pictures and like. I remember years ago it was renovated by the Rose family, I believe, funded it. And it was, I went to the opening. This is so many years ago and it was such a glorious

event and day so it's exciting that this public space is now reopening yay that's a good thing

that's a great thing so I interrupted oh the poo is who's at winning the poos at 42nd

children's room right yeah the downstairs children's room and those were cool I hadn't those. I had never seen those either, actually. Oh, cool. And they're really neat. This lighting is nice in here. It is. You look pretty. Everyone looks pretty. Because the producer and Gwen are facing a window, so the light is bathing you in this glorious, and I'm skulking in the shadow staring at like a fluorescent bulb. No, it's really

neat. If I just move my head like three inches to the left, then I can see both Frank and the

Chrysler building at the same time. New York landmarks. Right. No, but yes, this is our new studio and it's

awesome. It's really, it feels like being in like a little cozy room. Yeah, it does.

Yeah. Or a safe room. If anything happens outside, we won't know. We'll be safe. I know it's one of those movies where the world is ending and we're just, ha-da-da-da in here. All right. So, what? Did I cut you all? The world isn't ending outside. I think maybe I'd be able to see some of it out the windows anyway, right?

So we're like... What? Did I cut you off? The world isn't ending outside. I think maybe I'd be able to see some of it out the windows anyway, right? If they were like an asteroid or something. I would just see your eyes wide and I'd be talking about some frivolous thing and then your eyes wide and I'm like, what? What? And that begins the movie. No asteroids today, please. No, thank you. Like 10 Cloverfield Lane. Did you see that movie? Do you think I saw that movie? No. John Goodman?

Really good.

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