Middle Country Public Library Podcast

The kids take over the studio! Check out this episode featuring some of our littlest patrons.

Nicole has some news about the new controversial app coming from Weight Watchers; Sara has some great books you can use to look up pricing on all those antiques you have in your basement; Tracy LaStella is here to chat about the Friends of MCPL and their annual garage sale.

For our next Movie Chat, Sal picks a film that is rated #4 on AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies list, Raging Bull starring Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci. How does the team rate this one? Listen and find out.

Nicole's all about Fan Fiction this week; Sara has a great collection of food-related periodicals for you to check out and make you hungry; and speaking of hungry: Sal's in love with his new commercial-grade griddle.

In this special episode, we are joined by Brookhaven Town Councilman Kevin LaValle, Suffolk County Police Officer Will Zieman, and MCPL Outreach Coordinator Deborah Hempe to give us a preview of this year's National Night Out, an annual community-building campaign that takes place at the Centereach Pool. The event was created to promote police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live.
The event takes place on Tuesday, August 6th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm at the Centereach Pool, 286 Hawkins Road, Centereach.

Nicole tells a story about storytelling. Sara has a preview of August's DVD releases. PLUS Michelle and Kristen are here to talk about this weekend's Island Idol contest at Centereach.

We have a very special episode this week: we chat with Jungle Bob of Jungle Bob's Reptile World about how he got started, what's the best reptile pet for first-timers, what his retail location offers, and more! Plus we ask him what we could expect at tonight's Jungle Bob LIVE Show!

Nicole discusses the Sharing Our Stories program; Sara has a great series of books she'd like to share with all you super music fans out there; plus Sal lets us in on his YouTube viewing habits.

Celebrate your 4th with us: Sal brings back his trivia game for Sara and Nicole as they answer 4th of July themed questions based on data from our fabulous database from the Miller Business Center, Statista! Plus Gilda and Jim are here to announce this year's line-up for MCPL Under the Stars.

Summer is in full swing and Sara has some new DVDs to share. Nicole chats about Twitter and how you can vote for your favorite librarian. And Stephanie is here to talk about the new program, Books & Brews.