Brooklyn Public Library is full of stories. Borrowed brings the very best of them to you. Borrowed is a narrative series about superhero librarians, neighborhood stories and what it means to be a free, democratic place in today’s changing world. We tell stories about libraries during natural disasters, the challenges of homelessness, and NYC’s fraught relationship with trash. Borrowed and Banned is our limited series about America's ideological war with its bookshelves. From September to Dec ...
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The Wicked Library is a Parsec Award winning show featuring horror fiction stories from upcoming, new, independent and bestselling authors. Our Tales of terror are read by Host / Producer, Daniel Foytik and other popular voice actors and feature custom music to bring the stories to life. Each episode features the work of some of the best voices in independent horror fiction. Authors of all types have contributed stories, like Jessica McHugh, KB Goddard, C. Bryan Brown, Stephanie Wytovich, an ...
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Here’s a little story about a trio of janitors. Might have heard they worked at a well-known film school. They picked up a few things other than trash. They might hate your movie, or if drunk think it’s cool. Every now and then they get together for a lunch break. Trash talk some movie, or TV, or streaming. Rodney and Jason and Sean – they all clean halls. If you listen close you can hear kids screaming: Film School Janitors! 2024 Music "Aries Beats - Escape" is is under a Creative Commons ( ...
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World changing innovation isn’t something you hear about every day. But when you listen to the Vicor Powering Innovation podcast, you can be the first to learn how Vicor’s novel approach to power unlocks the potential of world-changing technologies. Outside-the-box thinking backed by sophisticated engineering discipline has proven to be the formula for success. Our special guests share what they have achieved in their industry and offer some behind-the-scenes engineering insights that enable ...
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The Yiddish Book Center's podcast includes conversations with Jewish culture makers, plus news and stories related to Yiddish literature, language, and culture.
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Educated Hillbillies discussing a wide variety of topics.
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Once Upon a Crescent is a collection of Islamic bedtime stories for children. Written and produced by a Muslim elementary school teacher, these stories aim to impart Islamic morals to kids through light-hearted storytelling. Not only are stories a great way to settle into a bedtime routine, but they also provide rich opportunities for meaningful dialogue between parent and child. Snuggle up with your little one and feel free to use this podcast as a starting point to talk about Islamic value ...
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This is not a podcast of Jay reviewing "ketchups," but it is a catch up on his reviews of THANKSGIVING, RICKY STANICKY, ROAD HOUSE, and one new Film School Janitors review: TOTALLY KILLER!By Film School Janitors
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Episode 0370: Sivan Slapak’s Here Is Still Here
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Writer Sivan Slapak visits with "The Shmooze" to talk about her debut collection, "Here Is Still Here." The stories provide a layered exploration of human connection and the complexities of identity. In conversation, Sivan shares how these stories—which take readers from Montreal to Jerusalem and back again as the main character navigates checkpoin…
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The Film School Janitors are back in school, and they're going to Nic Cage University!Their goal is to watch and review every film Nicolas Cage has ever made... and will ever make! This week's assignment: RAISING ARIZONAIs this a movie you've heard of? It's a short review but Rodney really had to go...…
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Next generation hydrogen powered drones are doing search and rescue, saving lives
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Special Guest: Soon-Suk Roh, Director of Business Development from Doosan Mobility (South Korea). Soon-Suk shares the story behind developing the world’s first commercialized hydrogen fuel cell power pack for UAVs. Soon-Suk details the amazing duration of their UAVs and the humanitarian missions they fly providing relief to people in distress. By m…
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A24 is gonna A24 and just because it has a bigger budget than most of their other output, CIVIL WAR is still very much an A24 film.If you don't know what that means - listen to find out!By Film School Janitors
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ELEMENTARY FSJ: Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender S1 (2024) Review
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The Elementary Film School Janitors Crew is back! And this time their reviewing another version of AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER - the live-action version on Netflix!How does it compare to the original animated show? How does it compare to the live-action movie? Do they pronounce everyone's names correctly? Listen to find out!…
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Listen in on one of BPL's most popular art programs: a theater workshop where, once a week, budding thespians come together to read plays, talk about character motivations, and dig into some surprisingly emotional and political topics. Read a transcript of this episode on our website. Join fellow thespians at Central Library's theater workshop. Or,…
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It took a while, but the Film School Janitors finally watched BLUE BEETLE, which is the only DCEU film that's supposed to maybe be a part of the new DCU? (Well, PEACEMAKER and maybe the second SUICIDE SQUAD? Who knows for sure... it's weird.)While we wait and see what happens to the hero of Palmera CIty, you can check out the Janitors' review!…
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The Film School Janitors watched RICKY STANICKY so you don't have to... unless you want to... or did... and that's not necessarily a bad thing that they did... or you did... or your friend Ricky did...Listen to find out what they thought about it!By Film School Janitors
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The Film School Janitors got sick of cleaning up after students at the university, and took a break to head to the Florida Keys.They found a fun bar called the ROAD HOUSE, and they were asked to use their janitorial skills to clean up the riffraff in the place. They said to call Jake Gyllenhaal instead. That's the movie, and this is their review!…
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"The Shmooze" visits with Sebastian Schulman for a chat about Yiddish culture in America as we celebrate American Jewish Heritage Month. In conversation he shares some of what he’s found on the Yiddish Book Center’s website related to the Jewish American experience—Yiddish writers in America, Jewish food, Yiddish film, immigration, activism, and mo…
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MIXING BLEACH AND AMMONIA: Tuff Turf (1985) & Hugo Pool (1997) Reviews
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It's been awhile since the Film School Janitors were MIXING BLEACH AND AMMONIA, but they've gone and done it again!This time, they make toxic fumes by mixing two ROBERT DOWNEY JR (not?) classics: TUFF TURF and HUGO POOL. One is from very near the beginning of his film career and one is from near where it almost could have ended. Take a listen to fi…
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The Film School Janitors were afforded a rare opportunity... they interviewed a filmmaker!After watching HANKY PANKY, the Janitors had a chat with writer, co-director and star, NICK ROTH. They had a lot to say about the film where the hero is a talking, sentient napkin. You read that right!HANKY PANKY follows a group of friends (who might not all b…
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The Film School Janitors are back in school, and they're going to Nic Cage University!Their goal is to watch and review every film Nicolas Cage has ever made... and will ever make! This week's assignment: DREAM SCENARIOWhen Nic Cage discovers almost the entire world is dreaming about him (in the film as well as the real world of course), he makes a…
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We revisit an episode from January 2021 in honor of National Library Workers Day, and ask: what do librarians do all day? When they're not planning programs or working the reference desk, these librarians are also obscure trivia players, birders and ... sword fighters! Read a transcript here. Have a minute? Vote for Borrowed and Banned in the Webby…
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Would you believe it's time for yet another one of these movies?GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE is a strange creature. Join the Film School Janitors as they dissect the film. (No kaiju were harmed in the making of this podcast...)By Film School Janitors
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Most of the Film School Janitors finally took a dive and watched the last entry in the DC Comics Extended Universe - AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM.Excuse the lack of fanfare and take a dive too - so listen!By Film School Janitors
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A few years back, a couple famous filmmakers named Quentin and Robert tried to emulate the old double-feature B-movies from back in the day. To say that people did not get it is an understatement. In between these two B-feeling-movies there were previews for fake movies, two of which were actually made, and now a third one exists: THANKSGIVINGThe F…
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The Film School Janitors are back in school, and they're going to Nic Cage University!Their goal is to watch and review every film Nicolas Cage has ever made... and will ever make! This week's assignment: THE RUNNERI know, I know... it sounds like one of his direct-to-video action-y revenge pics, but this one is about a politician running for offic…
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LITTER BITS: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Mini-Review
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One of the Film School Janitors watched GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE and did they give a warning or a recommend? Listen to find out!By Film School Janitors
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Max's True Detective: Night Country Review
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If everyone has been wondering, "Hey, what do the Film School Janitors think about seasons one through three of the (moderate) (HBO) Max hit series, TRUE DETECTIVE?" then you might have to keep wondering...The only one the Janitors are (currently) reviewing is TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY. As well as getting (way) back into using parentheses...…
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Teens and older adults are perhaps the two age groups you might think have the least in common. But a new program at BPL seeks to bring the two generations together ... by having them debate. Read a transcript of this episode on our web page. Resources mentioned on this episode: Learn more about services for older adults at BPL and programs for tee…
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From Pikes Peak to Bonneville Salt Flats, Lightning Motorcycles electric bike outpaces the combustion engine motorcycles
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Podcast host David Krakauer, VP of Corporate Marketing and Channel Strategy Special Guest: Richard Hatfield, founder and CEO of Lightning Motorcycles Lightning Motorcycles, located in San Jose, California, is one of the leading electric motorcycle designers in the world. Richard Hatfield, founder and CEO of Lightning Motorcycles, vision for an elec…
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DUNE: PART TWO is a rather long film, so did you think the Film School Janitors could keep their review short?Another question: does Anakin Skywalker like sand?!By Film School Janitors
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The Film School Janitors are back in school, and they're going to Nic Cage University!Their goal is to watch and review every film Nicolas Cage has ever made... and will ever make! This week's assignment: THE COTTON CLUBFrancis Ford Coppola directed this film about a nightclub during segregation and prohibition in the 1930's. It stars Richard Gere …
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Brooklyn has 62 neighborhood libraries, each with a distinct architecture, culture, and soul. To kick off the new season and to celebrate our audio stories coming home to Brooklyn, we'll take a tour of the borough with the help of our neighborhood libraries and some of our stalwart patrons who visited all 62 of them ... in a matter of days! Read a …
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Episode 0368: in a dark blue night: two song cycles on Yiddish/Jewish New York
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Alex Weiser visits with "The Shmooze" to talk about his latest work, "in a dark blue night," consisting of two connected song cycles. The first, “in a dark blue night,” sets to music modernist Yiddish poetry about New York City at night, all written by Jewish immigrant poets at the turn of the 20th century. The second, “Coney Island Days,” transfor…
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Episode 0367: The Yiddish Book Center’s Bossie Dubowick YiddishSchool
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Sonia Bloom and Judith Liskin-Gasparro speak to "The Shmooze" about Yiddish-language learning, their work in the field, and their participation at the Yiddish Book Center’s upcoming Bossie Dubowick YiddishSchool. Episode 367March 11, 2024Amherst, MABy Yiddish Book Center
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Netflix's Master of the Universe: Revolution Review
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So chances are good if you didn't listen to the MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: REVELATION reviews, then the Film School Janitors aren't going to make much sense talking about MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: REVOLUTION.It's He-Man, folks. A new cartoon about a toy hero. This is the "third" season review...By Film School Janitors
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FOUND BEHIND THE VENDING MACHINE: Society (1989) Review
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The 80's were an interesting time, and not too many films can exhibit that quite like SOCIETY!Here's the basic gist of the story - a high schooler isn't quite as high-society as his sister and he has anxiety about that! But are his concerns about them grounded in reality or is it all in his head? Believe me - I made this sound like a normal movie!T…
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Episode 0366:The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
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Ross Perlin, the co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, visits with "The Shmooze" to talk about his new book, "Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York." The book provides a portrait of contemporary New York City through six speakers of little-known and overlooked languages, diving into the incredible his…
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This is a short review for a short film about a short would-be killer!It is highly recommended you watch FINLEY on YouTube before listening to this review. The Film School Janitors implore you! And they don't even know what "implore" means!By Film School Janitors
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YANKED FROM THE TRASH BIN: Jack and Jill (2011) Review
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The Film School Janitors have developed a scale that works to instantly rank films - is it a PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE or a BIG TOP PEE WEE? If you can't guess which is the good and which is the bad, I'll leave that up to you.A challenge was presented on top of that - is there a worse film than BIG TOP PEE WEE?Adam Sandler enters the ring with JACK A…
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NCU 73: The Retirement Plan (2023) Review
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The Film School Janitors are back in school, and they're going to Nic Cage University!Their goal is to watch and review every film Nicolas Cage has ever made... and will ever make!This week's assignment: THE RETIREMENT PLANThis could actually be Nic Cage's "retirement plan"... get a few friends together, find some funding, slap together a string of…
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HNT 266: Old People Rant about the Creeping Crud. Vaccines. Social Media. Gila Monster. Neurolink.
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We’ve had a long lasting crud. We aren’t all the way dead. And we don’t want to turn into the old folks talking about their health concerns. But here we are. It’s only fair since vaccines could help so many kids. The measles are miserable. Does it make a difference if you speak out or explain your opinion on social media? Are we living in 1984? Don…
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There might be a good chance you've never heard of SISU.It's a concept in Finland that is described as "stoic determination, tenacity of purpose, grit, bravery, resilience, and hardiness," according to Wikipedia.SISU is now also a movie. And according to this film, it means don't be a Nazi and try to steal gold from a Laplander carrying a pick axe.…
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The Film School Janitors are back in school, and they're going to Nic Cage University!Their goal is to watch and review every film Nicolas Cage has ever made... and will ever make! This week's assignment: SNAKE EYESNic Cage plays another morally corrupt cop, but this time he might do the right thing. Listen to what the Janitors thought about the 90…
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This LITTER BITS is a mixed bag of comic book-y goodness!One Film School Janitors went to see MADAME WEB and reviewed it here!Two Janitors finally watched THE MARVELS and reviewed it here!Three Janitors caught the DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE trailer and discussed it here!Two Janitors had thoughts about the X-MEN '97 animated reboot and chatted here!One Ja…
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AN EPISODE IN THE BOWL: Disney+'s What If...? (Season 2) Review
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For season one, the Film School Janitors reviewed each episode as a separate podcast.For season two of WHAT IF...?, they will review them all in one! Enjoy!By Film School Janitors
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LITTER BITS: The Postcard Killings Review
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Not all of the Film School Janitors watched THE POSTCARD KILLINGS.One Janitor did and he will warn the others why not to...By Film School Janitors
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Not all of the Film School Janitors watched THE CURSE.This is one Janitors' take on the odd TV series... and the others guess the show's ending.NOTE: Spoilers if you haven't watched it!By Film School Janitors
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