Children’s librarian Louise Lareau joins Frank and Gwen to talk about NYPL’s annual Best Books for Kids list and why you should say “underpants” during first-grade storytime. Plus: Eve Babitz, Joan Didion, Zadie Smith, joy, suffering, existentialism, etc.

Gwen and Frank are joined by Sarah Ball from NYPL’s Correctional Services unit to talk about library services for people in jail or prison. Plus: what we’re reading, books we’re thankful for, and a whole lot of Frank’s singing.

Lynn Lobash, manager of Readers Services, peels back the curtain how how to make great book recommendations—and puts Gwen and Frank to the recommendations test.

As fall sets in and Halloween approaches, things get a little creeeeeeepy in the studio as Frank and Gwen bravely welcome horror expert and YA librarian Brian Stokes.

Manga madness overtakes the podcast when Frank and Gwen are joined by YA librarian Chantalle Uzan. Plus: Love for Liesel… not so much for Lionel Shriver.

Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga, and Roo join Frank and Gwen in the studio this wee… just kidding. But we have the next best thing: Michael Inman, curator of NYPL’s Rare Book Division, who tells us about the restoration of the Library’s historic Winnie-the-Pooh d

Frank and Gwen are joined by Julia Pistell, co-host of the Literary Disco podcast! We play multiple rounds of guess-the-book, talk about whaling ships and virtual reality and Garfield Minus Garfield, and offer a bazillion book recommendations.

Humidity can’t exist in outer space! Beat the heat by blasting off into orbit with Frank and Gwen’s brand-new segment. Plus: Do audiobooks “count” as reading?

Up for some agony? Frank and Gwen chat about suffering in literature and movies, debate the gender politics of picture books, and hang out with one of our funniest guests ever: Genoveve Stowell, manager of NYPL’s new 53rd Street branch. Learn more at