Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast

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We've got a new show up for you! Host Lauren is joined by bestselling author Adriana Trigiani to discuss her latest book The View From Lake Como! Available wherever you get your podcasts 😎

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Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast | rhode island library podcast Overdueing It is a podcast that brings you conversations with library workers, authors, community superstars and other neighbors around Rhode Island and beyond about their current favorite books, TV a...

Excited to share our annual #Pride episode! Host Tayla is joined by academic librarians Alicia, James, and Amanda to share their research project focusing on queer representation in picture books and the creation of the Rainbow Representation Rubric. Listen in anywhere you get your podcasts!

Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast | rhode island library podcast Overdueing It is a podcast that brings you conversations with library workers, authors, community superstars and other neighbors around Rhode Island and beyond about their current favorite books, TV a...

On the latest episode of Overdueing It, host Robin chats with Robert Isenberg about MILE MARKERS, his latest collection of essays about cycling. They also discuss past visions of the future, documentaries, and the Rockettes. Join the conversation anywhere you get podcasts! 🚲

Rhode Island voters: the #FreedomToRead needs you! Lawmakers need to hear from citizens that this bill needs to keep its protections for creators! Stop by Warwick Central Library 10-2 Saturday May 24 & write a postcard!
(Thank you if you’ve written/called in the past - we need you again!)

Dave, Lauren, Tayla, and Emily smiling after their presentation at the Rhode Island library association annual conference.

The Overdueing It team presented today at the Rhode Island Library Association annual conference about podcasting as library outreach! We had a great time talking to our colleagues about how we’ve made community connections and shared our services to a new audience through five years of production 😎

What’s PechaKuchaPVD? Check out our recent episode all about this community building and storytelling event, and then join @9librariespvd.bsky.social for this special event on 5/28! We’ll see you there!

We are excited to be hosting PechaKuchaPVD at Knight Memorial Library next Wednesday! This event will be held outdoors, so bring a chair or blanket to sit on.

Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/pechakucha...

'Freedom to Read Act' passes in RI Senate, along with school cell phone ban. What to know. The act would let authors, booksellers or publishers sue any government entity found to "enforce censorship."

Projo on Senate bill passage: www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast | rhode island library podcast Overdueing It is a podcast that brings you conversations with library workers, authors, community superstars and other neighbors around Rhode Island and beyond about their current favorite books, TV a...

We've got a new episode awaiting you today! Host Tayla talks with local author Donna Russo about her new book, VINCENT'S WOMEN - a historical fiction that traces the life of Vincent van Gogh through the women he knew and loved. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

RHODE ISLAND: it's time to Pull Together. Come dance against dictators, boogie against billionaires, and get connected to the community organizations who are locally doing the good work!

Friday, 5-9pm, Waterplace Park. Hope to see you there.

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Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast | rhode island library podcast Overdueing It is a podcast that brings you conversations with library workers, authors, community superstars and other neighbors around Rhode Island and beyond about their current favorite books, TV a...

You can also find episodes online! Listen in and let us know *your* favorite books, films, and TV series set in Rhode Island:

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This week we're going into the Rhode Island Podcast multiverse! Hosts Emily and Lauren chat with Chris Revill of the Hey Rhody podcast about nostalgic movies, libraries as third spaces, and the many amazing free events and small businesses in Rhode Island. Available wherever you find podcasts!

Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast | rhode island library podcast Overdueing It is a podcast that brings you conversations with library workers, authors, community superstars and other neighbors around Rhode Island and beyond about their current favorite books, TV a...

Lauren had such a great chat with Victoria Atamian Waterman, Pauline Getzoyan, and Dalita Getzoyan, that we couldn’t fit it all into one episode! Check out the 20-min bonus episode “What It Means to Be Armenian-American” wherever you find your podcasts!

Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast | rhode island library podcast Overdueing It is a podcast that brings you conversations with library workers, authors, community superstars and other neighbors around Rhode Island and beyond about their current favorite books, TV a...

April is Genocide Awareness Month here in RI. On our latest episode, host Lauren sits down with author Victoria Atamian Waterman, Dalita Getzoyan, and Pauline Getzoyan, to discuss Victoria's book and the importance of Holocaust and Genocide education. Listen in wherever you get your podcasts.

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Also worth noting: Abdurraqib will appear in Providence at the RISD Auditorium, for free, on April 22. Presented by the RI Center for the Book.

We are so honored to have been in conversation with Hanif and to share this episode with you all! 🤩

Episode graphic. Top third is the Overdueing It podcast logo, fashioned to look like a library ink stamp. In the middle a photo of author Hanif Abdurraqib, a Black man with a beard and short hair, wearing an orange long sleeved shirt with a heart illustration and the words "FADE INTO YOU." He is standing in front of the cover of his book, THERE'S ALWYAS THIS YEAR, which features a photo of a Black boy lounging atop a basketball hoop. Bottom third text reads "Episode 22: Reading Across Rhode Island with Hanif Abdurraqib."

On our latest, host Emily is joined by Hanif Abdurraqib, author of THERE'S ALWAYS THIS YEAR, our 2025 Reading Across RI selection! They talk about the book, their dogs, and declare Columbus, OH, and Providence, RI, unofficial sister cities. Catch the conversation anywhere you get your podcasts!

FIREWALL FOR FREEDOM The ACLU is building barriers to stop anti-democratic attacks on civil rights and liberties. Learn how YOU can support this work MONDAY MARCH 24TH @ 6:30PM NORTH KINGSTOWN FREE LIBRARY Sponsored by the RI ACLU and TANK

Monday March 24 @ 6:30 pm @ NK Free Library.
Join the ACLU and Teach Truth RI to find out how you can support the ACLU’s work to stop anti-democratic attacks on civil rights and liberties. (Not an AABB event, but of interest to #FreedomToRead folks)

Does discussing everything Irish over a hot cup of tea sound like your idea of a great afternoon? Join Kathleen Flaherty at the Mt. Pleasant Library for everything Irish on Tuesday, March 25th at 1pm! clpvd.org/event/irish-...

We were so excited to have local storytelling legend Len Cabral on our most recent episode! In this clip, Len talks about how stories can be a way for folks to stay sharp as they age. Catch the whole conversation anywhere you get podcasts or at our website: www.overdueingit.org/home/episode...

Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast | rhode island library podcast Overdueing It is a podcast that brings you conversations with library workers, authors, community superstars and other neighbors around Rhode Island and beyond about their current favorite books, TV a...

You can also listen on our website!

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It's New Episode Tuesday! 🥰 Host Tayla talks to local storyteller Len Cabral about his experience as honorary co-chair of this year's Reading Across RI. They also talk about his life's work as a storyteller and teacher, and why everyone has a story to tell. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! 📚

The #RhodeIsland state senate is hearing testimony (in person or written) for this Wednesday, 3/12 in support of the RI Freedom to Read Act! If you are a Rhode Islander, pls submit your testimony. I will provide helpful links in the thread #RI #rhody #booksky

ARCHIVE | Overdueing It Check out Overdueing It podcast's past projects!

"But Dave," you say, "didn't Overdueing It just launch in June 2024??" You're right! But this library podcast project was launched by the teams of the Rhody Radio and Down Time with Cranston Public Library podcasts. Check out all our past work here:

We're really excited to share tomorrow's episode with you - a guest we've been hoping to talk to for over 5 years 👀

Rhode Island Freedom to Read Bill SO238 Senate Committee Hearing Wednesday, March 12th 4:00pm Rhode Island State House Testify in person or submit in writing Check out our resources and testimony tips!

Rhode Island! We need your voices in supoort of the Freedom to Read Act S0238 - committee hearing 3/12 at 4 pm. Wondering how to submit written testimony or testify in person? Check out our tips and resources: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #FreedomToRead

RI 'Freedom to Read' bill would protect librarians from censorship prosecution. What to know. Over the last several years, parents and organized groups have targeted 28 books for removal from RI school libraries.

Katherine Gregg’s write up of the Freedom to Read Act and today’s event in the ProJo #freedomtoread @authorsabb.bsky.social www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

Book Bans in Schools Sweep Across Reading Levels, Genres and Topics, While Censorship Erases Stories about People of Color and LGBTQ Topics Most Often - PEN America The removal of books focused on people of color, race and racism, and LGBTQ+ subjects from public schools continues as part of a concerted and dangerous campaign nationwide, according to new analysis ...

@penamerica.bsky.social released new reports on book banning in the US. Facts matter in the face of disinformation campaigns.

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You Are Invited Rhode Island Freedom to Read Coalition Press Conference March 6, 3:00 pm Statehouse Library Rhode Island Authors Against Book Bans will be giving away censored books by RI authors and illustrators from 2:30-4:00 outside of the library. Even if you can’t attend the press conference, please stop by for a book!

All are welcome March 6, 3:00 pm at the RI State House. Join us to celebrate and support the Freedom to Read. @authorsabb.bsky.social will be giving away books by RI creators that have been banned, challenged or soft censored! #FreedomToRead