Using our Library Voices

This month we celebrate Jewish American Heritage month with  interviews from two great organizations in the Harris County area! First we'll chat with Houston Hillel about their outreach serving the J…

People, let me tell you 'bout my best friend.  They're warm-hearted people that'll love the library to the end and on this month's episode we meet a few of our library friends of all ages and chat wi…

Ever wonder what the kids are thinking? This month Darla talks to Young Adults from our Atascocita Branch Library in Northeast Harris County, to hear what they're loving to read and why they love abo…

As part of our African American History Month celebration, we're getting to know the performers and organizations that will be presenting their talents at our libraries this month.
We have Tommy Terr…

As part of our SciFi celebration— Our host, Jennifer Finch and other HCPL librarians to take part in the eternal debate: Star Wars, Star Trek, or... even more controversial... other

Interested in chec…

Join this month's host, Sadina Shawver as we celebrate National Science Fiction Day or month... with an interview of Neoromancer Cover illustrator, Rick Berry!
Also get a list of our top SciFic book r…

This month we interview with award winning children's  Singer/Songwriter Laurie Berkner, and Jennifer chats with Melissa Martinez about the Project Grad and the Grad Cafe's wonderful work to help peo…

This Month, host Sadina Shawver chats with Leonard Washington at our Evelyn Meador Branch Library in Seabrook, Texas about his passion for True Crime and how that translated to a series of captivatin…

This month, we share spooky stories and experiences from patrons and librarians! Hosted by Jennifer Finch, featuring voices from John Schaffer, Ellen Kaluza, Nancy Hu, and Sana Thalo . We also give o…

On this episode of our podcast we take you into the world of passport services, chat with the League of Women Voters and  learn about Octavia Fields Library in Humble..

As we move through the pandemic…

Join librarians from across Harris County as they discuss fan fiction's influence on pop-culture recorded live at Comicpalooza!

 The participants were Anjela Martinez, Darcy Casavant, Logan Tuttle, an…

A short episode that features some of our awesome Summer Reading Program partners performing at our branches this Summer and one of the core departments at HCPL, CATS...or Collections and Technical S…

In celebration of PRIDE month, our hosts Sadina Shawver and MC Brickell chat with Leigh of History is Gay Podcast about  the history and implications of book banning has on the LGBTQ Community.
Leigh…

Interview with Amy Campbell and HCPL Writes about the Importance of writing, how it supports reading and comprehension and just in time for Summer Reading Program... How to Make Reading Fun!
We also c…

Book Covered: Camp Murderface by Saundra Mitchell & Josh Berk published in May 2020 by Harper Collins. 

Summary: Are You Afraid of the Stacks will go on a brief break for the summer, but before we go,…

Come listen to three librarians from around the county discuss how reading doesn't always mean words on a page and why those other types of reading are important and should be respected. Find our aud…

Did you know that libraries support small business owners ? On this episode, we talk to Jeremy Griswold, from Griswold Solutions.and Million Dollar Climb for Small Business Owners Podcast,  who partn…

Jennifer and Sadina cover a very relatable fear this month: THE DARK! Horror has a way of helping you confront fears and this month, we will give you some book recommendations and reviews to help you…

This month we are telling you about the unexpected places you'll find library services, inside and outside the library's walls.
Harris County is vast and diverse, a land filled with hidden opportuniti…

Come listen to three librarians from around the county discuss how inclusion in media or the lack thereof has affected them and why it is important for everyone to be represented in the media they co…