Gwen can barely contain herself this week when she and Frank are joined by Biz Ellis, one of the hosts of the One Bad Mother podcast, to talk kids and parents and books. And Biz’s 6-year-old daughter makes a book recommendation! Find show notes and…

It’s the first-ever Reading Challenge episode! Gwen and Frank assigned books to each other to read and discuss on the air. Hijinks ensue…

Amanda Nelson, managing editor of Book Riot and host of BR’s own book recommendation podcast, joins Frank and Gwen to discuss book recommendations. (What else?) Find show notes and more at

Frank and Gwen keep it local this week, from a fashion show at Jefferson Market and Open Book Night with Mid-Manhattan’s Elizabeth Waters to a great read about the city’s Chintz Age and a karaoke trip around Broadway.

Margaret H. Willison, a.k.a. The Coolest Funniest Pop-Culture-iest Librarian Ever, joins Gwen and Frank this week for the ultimate high/low-culture episode.

Along with Susen Shi from Mid-Manhattan Library, Frank and Gwen reveal their librarianship origin stories on this week’s episode. Plus: Self-help books, plays in print, and the legacy of the Indigo Girls. Learn more:

Frank and Gwen turn the tables on NYPL’s Jessica Strand this week, interviewing the host of Books at Noon about the coolest authors she’s ever interviewed herself. Plus: Prince’s book-related legacy and Frank’s best Carson impression.

Doug Reside from NYPL’s Library for the Performing Arts joins Gwen and Frank to talk about the Bard and the Great White Way. He even raps a teeny tiny bit from Hamilton.

Gwen and Frank discuss books that defy description and throw reality for a loop. Longtime residents of Harlem, Greenwich Village, the Bronx, and more get shout-outs in an interview with NYPL’s Alex Kelly about the Library’s oral history projects. Plus, T