Off The Shelf Radio Show - June 26, 2025

Off the Shelf Radio Show - July 31, 2026

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Molly Meyers LaBadie and Nicole Fowles. This week's guests is national bestselling author Thao Thai. We discussed Thao's new book The Seekers of Deer Creek [https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4308448]! Tickets for her upcoming event at Beanbag Books are available on on their website [https://beanbagbooks.com/event/2026-08-14/thao-thai-author-visit]. Thank you to our Friends of the Library for putting on this special event! Recommendations include: The Women [https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3834738] by Kristin Hannah, The Artist and the Feasts [https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4263012] by Lucy Steeds, We Are Mighty [https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4304588] by Sharon McMahon and As I Lay Dying [https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C839383] by William Faulkner. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ [https://my967.net/]  This episode originally aired on July 31, 2026

Off the Shelf Radio Show - July 24, 2026

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Molly Meyers LaBadie and Hannah Simpson. Guests include Suzanne Pingry from Connections Volunteers Center [https://connectionsvolunteercenter.org/] and Helpline [https://helplinedelmor.org/], and Neha Hariharan and Jan Davis from the Sages & Seekers program [https://connectionsvolunteercenter.org/programs/]. This week we chat about the connections made during this summer's Sages & Seekers session, which met at the Library for several weeks. And, of course, what we're reading!  Recommendations include Should the Waters Take Us by Stephanie Soileau [https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4332595], The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak [https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3125881], Country People by Daniel Mason [https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4306702], and Upward Bound by Woody Brown [https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4294693]. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ [https://my967.net/]  This episode originally aired on July 24, 2026

Off the Shelf Radio Show-July 20, 2026

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. Guest this week is Lori Kipfer from the Board of Library Trustees. This week we chat about what we have been reading and back to school readiness.  Recommendations include: Jurassic Park [https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C1908884] by Michael Crichton, Born Lucky [https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4258046] be Leland Vittert and The Odyssey [https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3745519] by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson.   Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ [https://my967.net/]  This episode originally aired on June 17, 2026.

Off the Shelf Radio Show - July 10, 2026

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Hannah Simpson. Guests include author Kevin Williams. This week we chat about Kevin's new book "Not So Simple. My Adventures Among the Amish, Mennonites, Shakers, and other Plain People". [https://www.amazon.com/Not-So-Simple-Adventures-Mennonites/dp/B0GZCF3L9W/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ZY0UWF02QH7&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.sxoQXLAh74yTpttYu6CuJxGlOSvRIFcBYp05WDriKA9cUVd8cTXQXM2W5vg1160yL0wAar64rKr9gkaBXVPilJ6tDuAte3fGUU69hQxBvAo7SaA4VnR58auST4JxbMdFQ40Ioki8e_-079ZLbvnkCqid9IDQHXN5Wag4H4JnkJeSVE5hpaDCp52sB-dBUF-KCteDP1Ffd0C43QOv2wndciX9mKIneIRNYx975AVjEO0.VB61j5FcGIdYmOWT35iQd3R6LPfdPTwNXSN1vsXh_Hg&dib_tag=se&keywords=not+so+simple+book+kevin+williams&qid=1783699155&sprefix=not+so+simple%2Caps%2C146&sr=8-1]An, of course, what we're reading. Recommendations include Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry [https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2012521], The Summer of Death by Geoffrey Williams [https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4322156], and The Last Resort by Erin Entrada Kelly. [https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4243486] Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ [https://my967.net/]  This episode originally aired on July 10, 2026.

Off The Shelf Radio Show - June 26, 2025

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. Guests include Garrett Guillozet, Health Commissioner, and Adam Howard, Deputy Health Commissioner of Preventative Health from the Delaware Public Health District [https://www.delawarehealth.org/]. This week we chat about the Mobile Health Clinic [https://delawarelibrary.libnet.info/event/15899733] stops at the Ostrander Branch Library, the Walk with Ease program, and the Baby Expo on August 8. And, of course, what we've been reading!  Recommendations include Starry Messenger [https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3678117]by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Dreamland [https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2014491] by Sam Quiones, The Astral Library [https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4269684] by Kate Quinn, and The Phoenix Pencil Company [https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4213115] by Allison King. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ [https://my967.net/]  This episode originally aired on June 26, 2026.