Facts from the Stacks

Join us today to talk about camping, campfire stories, and more! Talk about our camping experiences and chat with us about the nostalgia of the campfire-esque Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark. Share your stories with us as well, we would love to hear from you!

Join us for this exciting episode on the world of VR! Learn about how it all started and listen to our experiences with VR as we gear up for our Virtual Reality Adventures program in July! Come and test VR for yourself in our MakerSpace or book an appointment to try our selection of programs and games that will transport you to another world.

Join us with special guest Rachel, the library's own foraging enthusiast! Learn about plants in our area, the basics and ethics of foraging, and more! We even try a sample of a foraged plant in the spirit of foraging leading up to our Foraging Basics event at Muse Park on June 15th at 10 a.m.

Come listen to our episode today about Jane Austen and all of her wonderful works! Talk about Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and even the cult classic Clueless (which is based on Emma!). Celebrate Austen and her works with us as we lead up to our Summer Reading Program and prepare for our Tea and Trivia event at Turntable Coffee Counter!

If our candy episode made us happy, our snack episode had us over the moon! Join us to talk about some of our favorite snacky foods to indulge in, from Milano to Pringles and Little Debbies to Flamin' Hot Cheetos. Then take a little quiz to see how much you know about some of your favorite snack foods!

What is a better and more uplifting topic than CANDY??? We talk about some favorites and not-so-favorites and reminisce about favorite flavors and sugary sweets. Then take a quiz and test your know-how!

Join us for our 25th episode as we discuss tea! Where does it come from and what cultures surround tea in different parts of the world? British afternoon tea, Chinese wedding tea ceremonies, tea pets, and more!

Join us and our special guest this episode as we talk about movies and television! Our favorite movies and facts related, including The Mummy, Some Like It Hot, The Devil Wears Prada, Toy Story, and much, much more! We had a lot of fun discussing film this episode and hope you enjoy listening!

Join us with our guest from our children's library, Jennifer, as we discuss children's literature and stories. We reminisce about books we read as children and talk about some facts about children's books and authors. Then a little quiz about children's book characters and other things about kids' lit!

Join us in this episode for a laser-focused discussion about video games. We discuss our first video game experiences, some video game lore, and a quiz about the gaming industry!

Join us this episode as we talk about Dewey Decimal number 670, Manufacturing Technology. We discuss e-textiles, how things are made, and various facts about the manufacturing industry! We also have guest Kasie, our MakerSpace Manager, to talk with us about how you can use the library to make things of all kinds!

Join us today to talk about busting myths of science and how some science experiments actually work! And if you're feeling really motivated, check out any book in Dewey Decimal number 507. Then take our quiz about general science and see what you know!

Join us this episode as we test our memory and how well we remember basic things about media. Did Nelson Mandela die in prison in the '80s, or did he pass away in 2013? Did the movie Shazaam even exist? Is it Berenstein or Berenstain? Answer these questions and more in this episode of Facts from the Stacks!

Join us this episode to learn about the origin of some English words and phrases! Do you know why we call them "hot dogs"? What about Winston Churchill and his famously eccentric wordsmithing? We talk about popular words that fade from existence and then take a quiz on some Gen Z phrases. 

Join us today to talk about one of today's most consumed resources-- coffee and the caffeine therein! Learn about how we discovered it, how it works, and why it doesn't work for everyone!

Have a happy Thanksgiving and don't forget to join us for a new episode about etymology in two weeks!

Today, we talk about Dewey Decimal Number 595, which covers arthropods-- bugs, scorpions, spiders, crabs, lobsters, and more! Listen for some kinda creepy facts about creepy crawlies, which we hate, and plenty of laughs about things we just didn't know.

We're diving into the world of plants once again in this episode, this time with guest circulation clerk, Rachel! We'll discuss plants, botany, and you'll learn some things about plants that we didn't know either! Then, the return of our quiz segment will have your brain buzzing!

Join us this episode to learn about Dewey Decimal number 737-- Numistmatics and Sigilography. That's money and seals for archival purposes. We'll talk about real world money, fictional money, and those fancy rings you press into wax to seal a letter. 

Explore Dewey Decimal number 794 with us as we talk about some nerdy stuff-- video games, board games, and Dungeons and Dragons! Learn about eSports, facts about board games, and everyone's favorite tabletop roleplaying game.