Like a book club, but for podcasts!

This group aims to explore new topics, build community, and foster conversation using podcasts as a springboard. The group meets roughly every-other month. Before each meeting a librarian will curate a "menu" of high-quality podcasts around a topic. Listen to one, two, or all of the podcast episodes to prepare for the discussion.

New members are always welcome. 

New to podcasts? No problem- this group if for seasoned listeners and newbies alike. 

Want to start your own podcast discussion group? You are welcome to use these selections as a guide. Detailed discussion questions are available upon request. Please email hposey@scarboroughlibrary.org for details.  

Here is a list of our upcoming/past meetings and podcast selections:

Podcast Club: Gossip Edition. February 2024. 

• The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane. Is it really that bad to gossip? (50 minute listen) 
• Normal Gossip. I Love All the Corgis with Dr. Eve L. Ewing (1 hour 19 minute listen) 

Libraries, Challenged Books, Censorship, and Curation. September 2023. 

• 99% Invisible. Goodnight Nobody. (48 minutes) 
• On the Media. The Lasting Impact of the Library of Alexandria. (17 minutes) 
• Borrowed. Something to Offend Everyone. (22 minutes) 
• Consider This. Bonus: Banned Books. (30 minutes) 
• The Stacks Podcast. Banned Books in the Stacks with Ghazala Hashmi and Hannah Oliver Depp. (46 minutes)

Awe, Wonder, and Happiness. June 2023.

• Hidden Brain. Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button (1 hour) 
• Radiolab. Space. (1 hour) 
• Kelly Corrigan Wonders: Gretchen Rubin on Using Our Five Senses to Explore the World. (50 minutes) 
• On Being. Nature, Joy, and Human Becoming. (50 minutes)

Earth Day and the Natural World. April 2023. 

• Threshold. Season 4, Episode 1. 1.5 to Stay Alive. (46 minutes)
• Invisibilia. Season 6, Episode 6. The Last Sound. (45 minutes)
• Ted Radio Hour. Ted Radio WOW-er. How Do Trees Collaborate? (12 minutes)