San Antonio Public Library Podcast — Tuned In
The San Antonio Public Library changes lives through information, imagination, and ideas… and podcasts! Join the San Antonio Public Library Tuned In crew as they share and reveal some of the inner workings of the library, highlight the many features and programs on offer, and discuss topics which are important in the library world… like eReaders, public services, books, tacos, and more. We want your feedback. Feel free to contact us at the email address below. We're always interested in what you have to say, or in any ideas you may have for the podcast. Thank you.
Episodes
August 1, 2025 • 46 mins
Episode 46: The last remnants of humanity consist of violent extremists or small numbers of settlers living under the control of the Majoda, an alien race that destroyed Earth because their supercomputer predicted it to be the course of action with the best outcome for the most people. Or did it? Join the crew as they explore the time loop and all the questions that come along with it.
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July 1, 2025 • 58 mins
Episode 45: Grab your dearest pig, bottle up your blue lightning and gear up to do some black ops in the world of BRZRKR! Join the crew as they explore the world created by Keanu Reeves and China Mieville. It's dark and philosophical fantasy at its best.
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June 2, 2025 • 45 mins
Episode 44: Meeting "the one." Something most feeling, sentient creatures long for. We all want to be able to tell a great story about how we met our life partners. Even if they are time travelling assassins attempting to undo your entire existence, you can't really help who you love right? Join the crew as they break the wax seal on Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone's This Is How You Lose the Time War.
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April 30, 2025 • 59 mins
Episode 43: Throw on some Talking Heads or adorn yourself in doll heads and meet the crew in Tabula Rasa, a futuristic Las Vegas on steroids as we team up with Zoey Ashe to both demean and defeat a roid raging ultra-male named Molech.
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April 3, 2025 • 37 mins
On this episode, we take a deep dive into a local nonprofit educational organization, SAY SI. This program is designed exclusively to cater to young students interested in the arts, mostly film and media related. Join us as Jared sits down and interviews Alex Ramirez, an educator for Say Si and Grace Goen, an alum of the organization. Both give their prospective takes on the benefits that something like Say Si gives to the communit...
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March 31, 2025 • 49 mins
Episode 42: It's time for a showdown. Join the Crew as they discuss the thrilling conclusion to Rebecca Roanhorse's Between Earth and Sky Trilogy. Thank goodness the ship isn't powered by shadow magic, or is it?
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March 4, 2025 • 28 mins
Episode 39.5: Join Crewmembers Tim and Elissa as they sit down with Jinwoo Chong the author of Flux to discuss the book, culture and influences, writing, and the importance of having a community.
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February 27, 2025 • 53 mins
Episode 41: Get your rigs ready to do some hacking! What would you do with a key that could unlock anything? Follow along as the crew discusses their favorite parts of Sancia Grado's misadventures in the city Tevanne, run by cutthroat merchant houses on one side and by criminals on the other. Can an escapee from the plantation foil an attempt to bring back the age of the hierophants without getting killed in the process?
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February 2, 2025 • 54 mins
Episode 40: Gear up crewmates as we're taking a trip down the rabbit hole to learn all about diverging realities. In the aftermath of World War II, the United States is divided up with Germany controlling the east coast and Japan in control of the west coast. This is the backdrop for Philip K. Dick's classic, The Man in the High Castle.
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January 8, 2025 • 55 mins
Episode 39: This month the Escape the Earth crew discusses Jinwoo Chong’s elegantly written time travel novel “Flux.” We liked it, but it left us with a lot of questions. Join us in our own state of flux as we unravel the timeline of this book.
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December 3, 2024 • 74 mins
Episode 38: Join the crew as they search for Chernobog with a 200-year-old vampire who runs a ritzy preschool in upstate New York. From the vomit sloshing hold of a ship to the French Alps during World War II to Alexandria, everywhere Colette goes, Chernobog is not far behind.
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November 18, 2024 • 58 mins
Episode 37: Join the crew as they explore the world of the Priory in Samantha Shannon's, A Day of Fallen Night, where dragons, Queendoms, and intrigue shape the fate of all.
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October 24, 2024 • 49 mins
It’s spooky season at the San Antonio Public Library! Jared Thompson sits down today and interviews 2 horror film buffs: Mark Anthony Ramos, a local social media sensation and podcaster, who operates his own Instagram page dedicated entirely to his love of the horror genre. Also, Miguel Cantu, a professional makeup and prosthetic artist with over 20 years of experience in the film industry and an extensive portfolio of horror makeu...
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October 1, 2024 • 60 mins
Episode 36: Join the crew as they explore a snowman's chance of survival in the apocalypse. Grab your chickie nobs and your favorite rakunk for a deep dive into the world of Oryx and Crake.
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September 4, 2024 • 57 mins
Episode 35: Join the crew as they venture into the void and explore all the dark corridors of the Scholomance while discussing Naomi Novik's Deadly Education.
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August 1, 2024 • 26 mins
Episode 34.5: The crew speak with Nino Cipri about writing inspirations and cults.
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July 1, 2024 • 55 mins
Episode 34: Ever have one of those days where you’re called into work on your day off and nothing seems to go as expected? Yeah. Welcome to the world of Nino Cipri’s Finna. In this episode the Crew tracks the adventures of two retail employees at a Swedish big box furniture store (not that one) who travel through alternate universes in search of a lost granny. Oh, did we mention they just broke up?
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June 7, 2024 • 55 mins
On this episode we welcome 3 local independent filmmakers from right here in San Antonio, whose films were showcased at the library this year as part of a new SAPL film program entitled Film Virtuosity. Filmmakers Kerry Valderrama, Justin Rodriguez and Danny Geraldo Martinez sat down with Jared Thompson and JD Elizondo to discuss independent film and its importance in the local community as well as to talk about their recent film p...
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June 3, 2024 • 60 mins
Episode 33: This month the crew ventures off to the Verdant planet of Sask-E where we'll discuss the appropriate punishment for eating poached meat, define personhood, explore life in a city under a volcano, and ponder the virtue of copyrighting our genomes. We may also dedicate some time to discussing Annalee Newitz's book The Terreformers.
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May 1, 2024 • 39 mins
Episode 32: Brew up a cup of your favorite hot beverage and join the crew for this month’s discussion of Travis Baldree’s Legends & Lattes. We’ll discuss potential jobs for retired orcs, technological inventions we’d introduce to fantasy worlds, and names for our alternate universe coffee shop fan fiction. Bonus topics include the Durias’s racial identity, Pendry’s creation of Norwegian death metal, and Mary Elizabeth’s desire for ...
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