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The Free Bin

Toledo Public Library

Join the staff of the Toledo Public Library as they dive deep into history, culture, and the arts! That"s Toledo, Oregon, USA, by the way--not the bigger one in Ohio or the original one in Spain. But a public library serves everyone, so if you are someone, The Free Bin has something for you. Whether it"s cult movies, cultural history, stories, games, or (of course) books, you never know what you"ll find in here, so reach on in! The Free Bin is a production of the Toledo Public Library, which is

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48:14

Raccoons Have Clean Little Hands

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2024/11/23

It's National Model Railroad Month again! Lisa Watson, Executive Director of the Yaquina Pacific Railroad Historical Society (YPRRHS), pulls into the station to teach Cindy and Harrison about the history of the model railroad hobby, and how it relates to the history of railroads in general. Cotton candy vanishes. An ancient temple wonder rotates. Napoleon III earns himself a "World's Greatest Dad" mug. A horse on a treadmill challenges "The Rocket" to a race, with predictable results. Lionel makes

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44:54

Some Good-Lookin' Dudes

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2024/11/15

Get your 20-sided dice ready! Cindy and Harrison sit down with esteemed local Dungeon Master (DM) Thomas Rogers to discuss all things Dungeons & Dragons (DnD). Topics include gameplay basics, the role of narrative, Thomas's tools of the trade, unexpected celebrity players, and DnD's strange cultural moment as a target of the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s. Harrison can't find the on-ramp, Thomas rolls a 20, and Cindy nearly destroys a microphone with a fungus-laden cola.

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Readers' Advisory: Veterans' Day 2024

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2024/11/08

Harrison shares a selection of titles for Veterans' Day. In this episode: "In the Company of Soldiers" by Rick Atkinson "Jarhead" by Anthony Swofford "No Easy Day" by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer "Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body" by Lyle Jeremy Rubin "We're Seabees, Not Regular Navy" by Paul Ferrell "What It Is LikeTo Go To War" by Karl Marlantes

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43:58

The Apple's More in the Smell

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2024/10/25

Harrison and Cindy chat with the Lincoln County Library District's hardworking cataloger/integrated library system (ILS) administrator, Christopher Davis, to learn about internet privacy and boldly imbibe a baffling beverage. Below is Christopher's fantastic resource list, with his own annotations: Background information: https://libguides.up.edu/dpc For those of you who like to research- many articles on how to keep your personal information private- thank you Univ. of Portland

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57:02

Monster Romance with Swords & Starships

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2024/10/19

Harrison joins Brittney and Joshua from Swords & Starships, the Coos Bay Public Library's excellent sci-fi and fantasy podcast (listen wherever you get your podcasts)! The intrepid trio discuss monster and paranormal romance literature in all its myriad manifestations. Content warning for younger or sensitive listeners: This episode deals with human (and non-human) sexuality, so it gets a little spicy. Additional music credits: "Night Vigil" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative

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20:23

Meet Cindy!

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2024/10/12

For The Free Bin's 100th(ish) episode, Harrison welcomes the Library's newest team member (and podcast co-host), Cindy! Cindy shares her favorite book and a very blue soda. In this episode: Found Magazine "The Keeper of Lost Things" by Ruth Hogan "Broadchurch" (TV Series) "Midsomer Murders" (TV Series) "Shetland" (TV Series)

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19:08

The Stuffies Will Be The VIPs

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2024/10/04

Denyse and Harrison discuss their recent leisure reading endeavors. In this episode: "The Clockwork Sparrow" by Katherine Woodfine "Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers" by Frank Figliuzzi

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30:33

Did You Forget It Was Nasty?

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2024/09/28

Denyse and Harrison celebrate Banned Books Week with a couple of stories from history, a quiz game, and a strange liquid. Joyce causes trouble. "Obscene" material goes down a Canadian's pants. Puritans attempt to solve problems. Pynchons persist. In this episode: "Ban This Book" by Alan Gratz "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg "The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption" by William Pynchon "The Paris Bookseller" by Kerri Maher

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30:57

May Shamash Bless Your Life

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2024/09/20

Denyse and Harrison exercise their right of selecting and discuss the complaint tablet(s) to Ea-Nasir--the much-maligned merchant, miscreant, and modern meme. Nanni is furious. Arbituram is confused. Imgur-Sin is tired. In this episode: "Carly Only Eats Carbs" by Katrina Liu "Complaint Tablet to Ea Nasir" (UET V 81) by Nanni "Foreign Trade in the old Babylonian Period" by W.F. Leemans "The Great Book of Archaeology" by Albanese et al. "A History of the World in 100 Objects" "Myths From Mesopotamia"

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06:12

New and Noteworthy: September 2024

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2024/09/14

It's readers' advisory time! Harrison briefly shares a few new and newly-acquired items. In this episode: "The Animator's Survival Kit" by Richard WIlliams "The Great Book of Amber" by Roger Zelazny "Homeland: The War on Terror in American Life" by Richard Beck "Legend" by Marie Lu The "Miss Fortune Mystery" series by Jana DeLeon

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17:06

"The Autumn After Next" by Margaret St. Clair

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2024/09/06

Harrison reads Margaret St. Clair's humorous fantasy short story "The Autumn After Next" (1960).

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23:20

Secret Otter Pockets

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2024/08/23

Denyse and Harrison wrap up their packed summer schedule by sharing the items they are/will be reading/watching. Inspired by actual events. In this episode: "America Fantastica" by Tim O'Brien "Chain Gang All-Stars" by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah "Fifth Sun" by Camilla Townsend "The Long Game" dir. by Julio Quintana "The Mysteries of Harris Burdick" by Chris Van Allsburg "Stopmotion" dir. by Robert Morgan "The Wretched Stone" by Chris Van Allsburg

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30:24

The Good Ice

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2024/08/09

Denyse and Harrison share some road trip memories for American Adventures Month. Denyse feeds a notable hippo and visits a "treesort." Harrison eats a notable hot dog and encounters oversized bovine anatomy among the redwoods. In this episode: "Beekle" by Dan Santat "Campground Kids" series by C.R. Fulton "Oregon Ghost Towns" by Lambert Florin "Oregon Off the Beaten Path" by Myrna Oakley "Tommy Boy" dir. by Peter Segal

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24:17

Minus the Stilts

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2024/08/02

Denyse and Harrison celebrate International Clown Week 2024 with some clown, comedy, and circus-related titles. Denyse shares her family connection to clowning. Clown-shaped gaps in the library collection are identified. The Man in the Yellow Hat continues to confound. Denyse describes a mechanical corndog. Music used during topic introduction: "Circus Tent" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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34:23

Self-Publishing in Another Toledo (with Vinnie Grewal)

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2024/07/27

Thanks to a fortuitous geographical mix-up, Harrison has a chat with self-published author and medical student Vinnie Grewal from Toledo, Ohio. Vinnie's current project is a series of novels with overlapping events and characters. Here, he shares details of his inspirations, philosophy, and writing process. In this episode: "Bruised and Bemused" by Vinnie Grewal "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green "The Final Catharsis" by Vinnie Grewal "The Missing Sapphire of Zangrabar" by Steve Higgs

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34:02

You Can't Ride on That Yoshi

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2024/07/05

Denyse and Harrison share some books about fish, the sea, and related topics. Denyse becomes a puffin. Harrison gets carried away with fish stuff. In this episode: "Eyewitness Handbooks: Aquarium Fish" by Dick Mills "Goldfish: A Complete Introduction" by Robert Mertlich "Life on the Rocks" by Juli Berwald "My Pet Goldfish" by Catherine Rayner "Odder" by Katherine Applegate "Puffins" by Colleen Sexton "Salmon" by Mark Kurlansky "Sea Change" by Sylvia A. Earle "The Soul of an Octopus" by Sy

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13:55

Readers' Advisory: Historical Fiction

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2024/06/28

Harrison shares some historical fiction selections, struggles with his microphone levels, and drinks nothing. In this episode: "The Armor of Light" by Ken Follett "Berlin" by Jason Lutes "Bone Walker" by Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear "His Majesty's Dragon" by Naomi Novik "The Glutton" by A.K. Blakemore "The Memoirs of Cleopatra" by Margaret George "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett "Shogun" by James Clavell "What the River Knows" by Isabel Ibanez "Wolf Hall" by Hilary Mantel

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21:14

Juneteenth 2024

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2024/06/14

Denyse brings some titles to celebrate Juneteenth, and Harrison brings a red beverage! In this episode: "An American Story" by Kwame Alexander "Box" by Carole Boston Weatherford "How Do You Spell Unfair?" by Carole Boston Weatherford "Indigo Dreaming" by Dinah Johnson "Moses" by Carole Boston Weatherford "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia "The Real History of Juneteenth" by Elliott Smith "The Undefeated" by Kwame Alexander

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07:17

Readers' Advisory: 80 Years From D-Day

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2024/06/07

Harrison quickly shares some nonfiction recommendations to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. In this episode: "The Allies" by Winston Groom "Citizen Soldiers" by Stephen E. Ambrose "D-Day" by Stephen E. Ambrose "Easy Company Soldier" by Sgt. Don Malarkey with Bob Welch "June 6, 1944: The Longest Day" by Cornelius Ryan "Smithsonian World War II Map By Map" edited by Rupa Rao "X Troop" by Leah Garrett

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38:30

Genealogy with Muriel King

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2024/05/31

Muriel King from the Lincoln County Genealogical Society (LCGS) stops by to talk about her work and share some events and resources! In this episode: Lincoln County Genealogical Society

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