EBPL Podcast from the East Brunswick Public Library

Enjoy this special spooky episode from our "Intro to Voice Over and Monster Audition" workshop led by NextGen Acting.Performers: Alicia, Kim, Tamara Canady, Brandon, Sklyer, and Nickie.

On this episode of Read, Watch, Listen, host Chris Barnes interviews Lycett Thiel, our Consumer Health Librarian. Check out the recommended titles using your EBPL or STELLA library card! https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/read-watch-listen-lycett-thiel READThe Art of Exile by Andrea MaxSorcery and Small Magics by Maiga DoocyWATCHThe Flash (TV, Season One)Shrek (2001)LISTENBlue Neighbourhood by Troye SivanBrat by Charlie XCX

On this episode of Read, Watch, Listen, host Chris Barnes interviews Rachel Botnick of Eyes on EB. Check out the items recommended using your EBPL or STELLA library card! https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/read-watch-listen-rachel-botnick-eyes-eb Learn more about Eyes on EB on their website at https://eyesoneb.com/ and their podcast "Eyes on EB": https://www.youtube.com/@EyesOnEBREADVanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Andersoon CooperInside Out by Demi MooreWATCHCBS Mornings High PotentialLISTENDogs and Coffee Podcast

On this episode of Read, Watch, Listen, host Chris Barnes sitsdown with Jen Fitzgerald, our Youth Services manager.Check out the items recommended using your EBPL or STELLAlibrary Card! https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/read-watch-listen-jen-fitzgeraldREADCrow Mary by Kathleen GrissomWe Still Belong by Christine DayWATCHFringeHavenDon’t Worry Darling LISTENThe Answer is…Reflections on My Life by Alex TrebekCarbon Leaf

We are back with our annual short story competition, "73 Words in the 732." Enjoy these stories ready by local voiceover talent from the 2025 selectees.You can enjoy all of the stories online at https://ilove.ebpl.org/short-storiesAmruta BeriAlicia Soriano-Roa Monica ShahAlicia Soriano-Roa Kim TrachtenbergMusic courtesy of HitsLab https://pixabay.com/users/hitslab-47305729/ through Creative Commons

Presented on June 4, 2025Shirley Russak Wachtel, East Brunswick author of the bestselling A Castle in Brooklyn, discusses the subject of generational trauma and how a daughter of the second generation of Holocaust survivors carries the parents' heartbreaking loss in her latest novel, THE BAKER OF LOST MEMORIES (Little A). A question and answer session will be held after Shirley's presentation along with a book signing.Shirley Russak Wachtel is the author of A Castle in Brooklyn (Little A), and her latest book, The Baker of Lost Memories (Little A). She is the daughter of Holocaust survivors and was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Shirley holds a doctor of letters degree from Drew University and for over thirty-five years has taught English literature at Middlesex College in Edison, New Jersey. Her podcast, EXTRAordinary People, features inspiring individuals who have overcome obstacles to make a difference. The mother of three grown sons and grandmother to three precocious granddaughters, she and her husband, Arthur, have lived in East Brunswick, New Jersey for thirty-seven years.

On this episode of Match+Book, host Paul takes you throughsome recommendations of newer nonfiction books to “sink your teeth into.”Read them with your EBPL or STELLA library card here: https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/matchbook-nonfiction-sink-your-teethCue the sun! : the Invention of Reality TV by Emily NussbaumNuclear War: a Scenario by Annie JacobsenThe Bookshop: a History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss

On this episode of Match+Book, librarian Paul delves throughsome short story collection recommendations in celebration of National Short Story Month.You can check out these titles with your EBPL or STELLAlibrary card: https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/matchbook-short-story-collections.To submit a short story in our 2025 short story competition,visit https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/73-words-732-2025.Tenth of December : stories by George SaundersGet in trouble stories by Kelly LinkThe paper menagerie and other stories by Ken Liu

On this episode of Match+Book, host librarian Paul helps uspull ourselves out of hibernation and into our natural world.Check out any of these titles with your EBPL or STELLAlibrary card:  https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/matchbook-coming-springThe Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy TanThe Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam ZhangEntangled Life: how fungi make our worlds, change ourminds & shape our futures by Merlin Sheldrake

On this episode of Read, Watch, Listen, host Chris Barnes chats with teen library associate Sarah Zyto, whose love of books in many genres is undeniable!Check out the items recommended using your EBPL or STELLA library Card: https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults-teens/news/read-watch-listen-sarah-zyto READ Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingslover Pachinko by Jin Min Lee Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C FordWATCH Fences (2016) Victor/Victoria (1982)LISTENFinding Me by Viola DavisAlligator Bites Never Heal by DoechiiJapanese Breakfast

On this episode of Read, Watch, Listen, host Chris Barnessits down with Dr. Wilbur Pan, who is newly elected to the East Brunswick Board of Education and a library super user.Check out the items recommended using your EBPL or STELLA library Card!https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/read-watch-listen-wilbur-panFollow Wilbur’s band Blaming Ray:https://www.facebook.com/BlamingRay READInterior Chinatown by Charles YuWATCHDune: Part 2LISTENLinda Linda’s No ObligationThe Smile – Cutouts and the Wall of EyesKending Lamar – GnxShellac – To All Trains

On this episode of Read, Watch, Listen, host Chris Barnes sits down with Samantha Michael, IT Supervisor here at EBPL. Check out the items recommended using your EBPL or STELLA library Card! https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/read-watch-listen-samantha-michael READ Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk WATCH Ugly Betty: the complete first season Mashle: Magic and Muscles  LISTEN Mezmerize by System of a Down

On this episode of Read, Watch, Listen, host Chris Barnes sits down with Isaac Osores, NASA Solar System Ambassador and the founder of the East Brunswick Astronomy Club. Check out the items recommended using your EBPL or STELLA library Card by clicking here: https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/read-watch-listen-isaac-osores Follow Isaac online at https://linktr.ee/3dastrogeek . READ Sams teach yourself SQL in 24 hours by Ryan K Stephens Starting & building a nonprofit : a practical guide by Peri Pakroo What if? : serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions by Randall Munroe   WATCH Battlestar Galactica. Season one The X files. The complete first season   LISTEN We Might be Drunk Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@WeMightBeDrunkPod WVFRM Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@Waveform

On this episode of Match+Book, librarian Paul shares some of his favorite reads this near in the nonfiction genres. Check out the titles with your East Brunswick or STELLA library cards now at https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/matchbook-nonfiction-favorites Kitchen confidential : adventures in the culinary underbelly by Anthony Bourdain The wide wide sea : imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides The art thief : a true story of love, crime, and a dangerous obsession by Michael Finkel

Our Intro to Voice Over and Monster Audition students led by Dennis Connors of NextGenActing created a few spooky monologues. We hope you enjoy on this Halloween. Performers: Brandon A, Laura D, Skyler G, Tamara C, Tom R.

Host Paul Kibala is back with Match+Book, where this episode he shares some of his favorite, more unique horror novels. To check out a title with your EBPL or STELLA Library card, click here: https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/matchbook-unique-horror-titles Want to find a book you match perfectly with? Try Match+Book at https://ilove.ebpl.org/content/ebpl-matchbook ! Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay Middle of the Night by Riley Sager Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

Sunit Patel, Pragati J. Parikh, Esq., and Ronnie Hsieh Li from the East Brunswick Regional Chamber of Commerce joined us for a panel discussion, where they shared their stories of using their entrepreneurial business spirit, drive, and determination to start a new professional life in the United States. Sunit Patel, is the Regional Vice President and Registered Principal at Primerica Advisors Pragati J. Parikh, Esq., is the owner of the Law Office of Pragati J. Parikh, LLC Ronnie Hsieh-Li, MS CCC, Bilingual Speech/Language Pathologist, Rehab Medicine This event was co-sponsored by the East Brunswick Regional Chamber of Commerce. Recording on September 18, 2024

On this episode of the podcast, Chris Barnes sits down with new Library Director Karen Parry. Karen is a long-time resident of East Brunswick, and a librarian here at EBPL. As the former Information Services Manager and founded of the Just for the Health of It! consumer health initiative, she wants to focus on becoming a welcoming and supportive library for all.

On this episode of, “Cooking through the Collection,” I try to make a fast and tasty veggie burger from Cara Mangini’s “The Vegetable Eater: The New Playbook for Cooking Vegetarian”. Check it out with your EBPL or STELLA library card: The vegetable eater : the new playbook for cooking vegetarian Ingredients: https://cookthecollectionpod.com/episode-10/ Follow the pod on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cookthecollectionpod/ Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cookthecollectionpod

Community Spotlight is back and Melissa Hozik interviews Isaac Osoroes, who is the President and founder of the East Brunswick Astronomy Club. EB Astronomy Club Past Lectures on YouTube Website Instagram Facebook Music by Grand_Project on Pixabay