Dewey Decibel System Podcast

We have a podcast! The Dewey Decibel System is the official podcast of the Buchanan District Library. Each episode Meg, Karen, and Grant will discuss books, movies, music, video games and more...basically anything that can be checked out with a library card! A special guest from the community will be part of each conversation.

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If you want to read/watch/listen/play along with us, here is what we discuss each episode!

Episode 1 (special guest Molly Thornton): Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone by Harvey Danger (music album), Animal Crossing (game), Nurturing Young Minds: Mental Wellbeing in the Digital Age by Dr. Ramesh Manocha, Northern Exposure (tv show)

Episode 2 (special guest Adam Burck): Spy Family by Tatsuya Endo, Crank by Ellen Hopkins, Taylor Swift Essential Holiday Collection (album), Mama Bears (movie)

Episode 3 (special guest Laura Hauch): Discussion of the top checkouts of the year, and our favorites from the year, which included Scythe by Neal Shusterman, Death Note by by Tsugumi Ohba, Deep: Free Diving, Renegade Science and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves by James Nestor, Murdock Mysteries (tv show)

Episode 4 (special guest Trinity Young): Encino Man (movie), Spyro Reignited (video game), A Summer of Silk Moths by Margaret Willey and Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney. 

Episode 5 (special guest Carla Mayer): Heavyweights (movie), To Infinity and Beyond by Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Lindsey Nyx Walker, Tracy Chapman’s self-titled 1988 album, We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson.

Episode 6: Special live show, “Podcasting 101”

Episode 7 (special guest Brian Pruett): The Mini ADHD Coach by Alice Gendren, The Matrix (movie), Scythe by Neal Shusterman, The Best of Lionel Richie: The Millennium Collection (album).

Episode 8 (special guest Grace Fredenburg): The Hunger Games (movie), Cricut Machine, The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Frog & Toad by Arnold Lobel.

Episode 9 (special guest Dr. Greta Pope): Ella & Louis (album), Super Mario RPG (video game), Happy Place by Emily Henry, and Paris Noir: African Americans in the City of Light by Tyler Stovall.

Episode 10 (special guest Nathanael Lyon): The Maid by Nita Prose, Fantastic Mr. Fox (movie), The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (album), Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (audiobook)

Episode 11 (special guest Bobby Blaylock): Michigan Chillers series by Johnathan Rand, Five Nights at Freddy's Core Collection for the Nintendo Switch, The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, and the 1984 movie Ghostbusters

Episode 12 (special guest Mindi Trotter): The Mexican Slow Cooker Cookbook by Marye Audet, From Crook to Cook by Snoop Dogg, The All-American Dessert Book by Nancy Baggett, and the Pillsbury Holiday Baking book.