JCPLA Reader's Advisory Roundtable: April 2021

Mark your calendars for the next Reader’s Advisory Roundtable on Wednesday, June 9^th at 9am on Zoom! We’ll be sharing and discussing LGBTQ fiction and nonfiction. This morning, RART met to discuss podcasts.

18 in attendance:

Holley W, O’Neal (Mountain Brook)
Samm H, Hoover
Nicole L, Tarrant
Shawn C, Pinson
Cara W, Center Point
Leslie W, Homewood
Maura D, Trussville
Alisha J, BPL Central
Lynn H, BPL Central
Samuel R, Springville Road
Jenn P, Smithfield
Russell L, Smithfield
Reba W, Smithfield
Jiemin F, BPL Central
Riana M, Pinson
Anicha C
twest
1 anonymous participant

From true crime to book nerds to oddity enthusiasts…there’s probably something for everyone on this list!

Derry Public Radio: A Stephen King Book Club Podcast
Provides you with a variety of perspectives on Stephen King’s work – ranging from the comfortably familiar to the frighteningly fanatic. Derry Public Radio is here to keep you up-to-date with all that’s happening in Derry, Maine and “beyond.”
Samm

Ghoul School: Horror & History
Host Andy Sell guides you through the history of horror movies!
Holley

Ghoul Guides
The Ghoul Guides is a digital multimedia project created by Lauren Nixon and Mary Going that is devoted to exploring, understanding, and enjoying the wonders and weirdness of the Gothic.
Holley

Authentic Living with Andrea Mathews
You’ll learn how to see your true self in the midst of life’s twists and turns and be challenged to think outside the box when it comes to the mysteries of life. Authentic Living airs live Wednesdays at 1 PM Pacific on the VoiceAmerica Empowerment Channel.
Leslie

Sunday with Sterling & Linda G
Welcome to my channel where I share insight about the future of present circumstances in the world by using my Psychic Medium gift.
Leslie

Intuitiview with Kim Richey
Intuitiview [in-too-i-tiv-yoo] explores Kim's intuitive and psychic abilities through references to movies, television, and images.
Leslie

Wiwibloggs
wiwibloggs is the world’s most-visited independent web site devoted to the Eurovision Song Contest.
Samuel

Toy & Goy
In Toy and Goy we talk about stuff (currently Eurovision coverage!), do silly things, discuss about not very important things and basically just be us!
Samuel

True Crime Horror Story
In each episode your host JD Horror brings you his take on some of the most disturbing cases in history, highlighting both obscure and notorious incidents of real life murder.
Holley

This Podcast Will Kill You
Grad students studying disease ecology, Erin and Erin found themselves disenchanted with the insular world of academia. They wanted a way to share their love of epidemics and weird medical mysteries with the world, not just colleagues.
Nicole

A Slob Comes to Clean
Reality-based cleaning and organizing with Dana “Nony” White
Nicole

Coronavirus: Fact vs Fiction (CNN)
Join CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta for the latest news about the coronavirus. He'll make sense of the headlines, speak with the experts and give you all the information you need to stay safe and healthy.
Maura

Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives.
Holley

Marvel’s Wolverine
Marvel’s “Wolverine: The Lost Trail” is an epic quest that takes place in the Louisiana bayou. Following the events of Marvel’s “Wolverine: The Long Night,” Logan (Richard Armitage) returns to New Orleans in search of redemption, only to discover that his ex-lover, Maureen is nowhere to be found.
Samm

Ru Paul: What’s the Tea with Michelle Visage
In this podcast RuPaul and his cohost Michelle Visage discuss pop culture, advice, beauty advice and behind the scenes of their hit show, RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Samm

Atlas Obscura
With its new podcast, Atlas Obscura co-founder and host Dylan Thuras will take listeners on an audio journey to discover new and hidden places; perhaps on the other side of the world, or perhaps in one's own backyard.
Holley

99% Invisible
99% Invisible is a sound rich, narrative podcast hosted by Roman Mars about all the thought that goes into the things we don’t think about — the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world.
Holley

The Vibe of Muscle Shoals Sound
Muscle Shoals Sound Studios produced this series to capture the colorful stories of musicians, like the members of the Swampers, the studio musicians who can be heard on hundreds of songs.
Holley

Canary
Two women (one from Birmingham) and a shared refusal to stay silent, a 7-part podcast hosted by investigative reporter Amy Brittain.
Holley

Under the Skin
Russell Brand talks about revolutionary politics and spiritual awakening.
Samm

Life is Short with Justin Long
Host Justin Long gets personal with all kinds of people, from actors to musicians to deep thinkers to learn how they find meaning in life.
Samm

Armchair Expert
A podcast with Dax Shepard that celebrates the messiness of being human.
Samm

Kevin Smith podcasts
Samm

Chameleon, Hollywood Con Queen
For the past 6 years, someone – or some group – has been terrorizing a certain class of Hollywood workers. Strivers – day players and physical trainers and make-up artists and security guards – receive a phone call or email offering the job of a lifetime. It’s all a fraud. This is the incredible true story of one of the longest and strangest cons in history.
Cara

The Opportunist
The Opportunist tells true stories of regular people who turn sinister simply by being opportunistic. How does an everyday person turn into a thief, a cult leader, or a scammer? Instead of portraying criminals as distinctly “other,” we explore our similarities and reveal the dark potential lurking inside of all of us.
Cara

Leslie was unable to join in this morning, but sent me her picks via email!

History Chicks
Introduces you to female characters in history, both factional and fictional. Also encourages listeners to independently explore and learn more about women's history.
Leslie D

Ear Hustle
Exposes daily realities of life inside San Quentin prison, shared by those inside and others, post-incarceration.
Leslie D

How to Be A Girl
A mom produced this podcast about life with her young transgender daughter as they both attempt to sort out what it means to be a girl.
Leslie D

Two participants sent me their delicious lists of favorites!

Jenn from Smithfield suggests…

True Crime:

American Scandal

Last Podcast on the Left (don't go earlier than episode 150)

Women and Crime - A+ (2 PhD ladies that teach criminology talk about cases involving women. Listen to "Direct Appeal" first - this is a spin-off)

Supernatural with Ashley Flowers

The Clearing

Root of Evil

Your Own Backyard

The Immaculate Deception - a fertility specialist used his own sperm and has over 80 children

Breakdown - A+ (ATL based podcast by an awesome reporter about GA crimes)

Amy Should be Forty

Dr. Death - A+ (2 seasons, each focusing on a doctor doing wrong)

CounterClock

UnCover - A+ (About NXIVM cult in first season, rest of seasons are good too)

Solved Murders

Motive for Murder

Someone Knows Something (Canada based reporter, each season about a different case)

Confronting OJ

Atlanta Monster (about the ATL child murders

Over My Dead Body

Up and Vanished (A cold case about a missing women - break in case happens DURING the taping of the podcast)

The Thing About Pam

Cold

Accused

Bear Brook - A++ (Mindblowing connection between the stories)

Broken Harts

Heaven's Gate

In the Dark - A++ (All seasons good, but an appeal by the accused murderer in season 2 goes all the way to the Supreme Court during taping)

Son of a Hitman

The Dating Game Killer

Something was Wrong - A+ (Great telling of stories incorporating research about different mental illnesses)

Scam Goddess

RedHanded - A+ (Similar to My Favorite Murder, but British - and maybe a little funnier)

True Crime Adjacent:

Oh, Hello: the P'dcast (Satire/Comedy podcast about True Crime)

Crime Writers On…

The Black Tapes - A+ (Non-fiction, scripted horror/supernatural podcast that kept me up at night!)

The Alarmist

You're Wrong About - A++ (2 hosts go back to give you the full story - not just what media covers. The female host especially likes focusing on maligned females like Monica Lewinsky, Tonya Hardy, Lorena Bobbitt)

Informative:

Ologies with Alie Ward

Sawbones - A+ (a medical history/comedy show)

Harry Potter and the Sacred Text - A+

By the Book - A+ (2 friends read self-help books and live by them for 2 weeks to see if they change their life)

Comedy:

Shagged, Married, Annoyed

A Very Fatal Murder