Popmatic Podcast
The Popmatic Podcast is where you can find reviews and recommendations of the best books, movies and music available for check out and download from Nashville Public Library.
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Popmatic Podcast July 2012: The Girl with the Alien in Her Womb
Did Prometheus leave you too scared and confused to leave ...
Did Prometheus leave you too scared and confused to leave your house? We dissect the movie and provide you with a plethora of other alien themed SF titles for you to check out. We end with what is tickling our fancy (besides tentacles). ALIENS! Noomi Rapa
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Popmatic Podcast June 2012: Summer Reading and Hot Dogs
Listen to find out what we will be reading for ...
Listen to find out what we will be reading for Summer Reading. Isn’t it counter intuitive to read long books in summer? We finish by revealing what’s tickling our fancy this month. I don’t want to give too much away, but it ends with gre
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Popmatic Podcast May 2012: Fifty Shades of BBC
We sort of go over the top with our love ...
We sort of go over the top with our love of BBC shows. Though we only mention Sissy Spacek, amazing authors Ron Rash, Andrea Wulf, and Colin Powell will all be here in May. We close by finding out which members of the podcast team will admit to reading Fi
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Popmatic Podcast April 2012: Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84
This is a big show! April is Community of Many ...
This is a big show! April is Community of Many Faces. We go the whole way across the world to discuss Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84. It is a long, complex book, and we barely scratch the surface. (Speaking of surface, the beautiful cover of the American ed
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Popmatic Podcast March 2012: Series Fiction Old and New
A lot of series fiction has made it to the ...
A lot of series fiction has made it to the big screen recently. We discuss popular favorites and hidden gems. Our conclusion: whether romance, crime drama, or dragon lairs – sex sells. Stuff we talked about: Chasing Light by Joseph Schwantner This i
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Popmatic Podcast February 2012: Grammy Awards
On this month’s show, we tackle the increasingly perplexing Grammy ...
On this month’s show, we tackle the increasingly perplexing Grammy Awards. Amanda explains confusing categories. The rest of us wonder “who are these people?” We close with some books that are tickling our fancy. Things we talk about: Gr
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Popmatic Podcast January 2012
Special thanks to Adam Deane for the rad new theme ...
Special thanks to Adam Deane for the rad new theme song. The crew gives our unprofessional opinion on ebooks and ereaders. Tickling our fancy is (surprise, surprise) other book-themed podcasts, wizards, science fiction nonfiction on TV, and hunky men. Bes
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Popmatic Podcast December 2011: Best of the Year
Looking for the some great presents this holiday season? Try ...
Looking for the some great presents this holiday season? Try Popmatic Podcast‘s best of the year picks. Something for everyone – even your grumpy uncle. Think about it this way: he’s not going to like whatever you get him anyway so just
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Popmatic Podcast November 2011: John McPhee vs. Typhoid Mary vs. Neal Stephenson
It is November and we are thankful for a lot ...
It is November and we are thankful for a lot of things, but especially that John McPhee is coming to NPL. We have to ask the question that is on everyone’s mind: are he and Dr. Seuss the same person? In honor of turkey day we feature our favorite fo
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Popmatic Podcast October 2011: Halloween Scariness!
The only things really scary in our Halloween episode are ...
The only things really scary in our Halloween episode are Bryan’s embarrassing attempt to talk about fashion and his usual bad jokes. We throw in zombies, tiny people, and gentlemen demons for good measure. What’s tickling our fancy: church cu
