Cook Memorial Public Library Podcast

Phil Christman is the author of the new book Midwest Futures – a collection of interconnected essays about the Midwest. ... Read more

Susie, Andrea, and Nate recommend a powerful new memoir. They try to put into words why the book had such an impact on e... Read more

Jennifer Segal is the classically trained chef and busy mom behind Once Upon A Chef, a popular cooking blog where she us... Read more

Erica, the newest member of our Popular Services department and a Neil Gaiman superfan, thinks now is the perfect time t... Read more

Readers’ Advisor Jo Hansen joins Nate to talk about a handful of great books coming out over the next few months. Jo als... Read more

Popular Services Librarian Jo Hansen shares her thoughts on John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany, a novel she read for ... Read more

Nate and AV Librarian Becky King meet up once again to talk about the past year in film and last Sunday’s Academy Awards... Read more

Mark Russell is the author of DC Comics’ re-imagined version of The Flintstones, one of our favorite comics here at the ... Read more

Local History Librarian Jenny Barry shares some of the quirkiest newspaper headlines and articles she’s encountered in h... Read more

On April 2nd, a little over a week away, you have the opportunity to vote for all things local in the general consolidat... Read more

Many of us find ourselves with a lot more time at home these days. Why not use that time to explore one of the library’s... Read more

Jenny, our local history librarian returns to the podcast to talk about Libertyville’s 19th century claim to fame- the b... Read more

If this cold winter is starting to feel like it was last forever, we’ve got a suggestion for something to give you a bit... Read more

Cook Library’s own horror aficionados Lindsay and Mark deliver the thrills and chills with some horror book recommendati... Read more

As the year wraps up, Readers Advisor Jo talks about the most beloved books of 2019 according to the staff at Cook Libra... Read more

This second week in April is National Library Week – a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and... Read more

Aspen Drive Library Manager Brooke Bahnsen talks about reading Jason Reynolds’ award-winning youth fiction novel Ghost a... Read more

In December Erica set some reading resolutions for herself, which you can read about in her blog post. We thought we wou... Read more

Children’s librarian Melissa Phillips interviews Suzanne Slade, a prolific author whose recent picture book, Astronaut A... Read more

Chances are you’ve never heard of Samuel Insull, but his fingerprints are all over Libertyville. Stick around this town ... Read more