Off the Shelf with Delaware Library

Off the Shelf Radio Show - January 17, 2025

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie and guest Beth McCollam, Marketing & Communications Manager for Preservation Parks of Delaware County.

This week we chat about the Winter 100 and Winter Letterbox Adventure, as well as their sledding hills at Gallant Woods, Blue Creek, and Hickory Woods parks! And, of course, what we're reading!! 

Recommendations include Flight Risk by Cherie Priest, "Leap!", a movie available on Hoopla, and The Anxious Generation by Johnathan Haidt. Read more about today's episode here. 

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM https://wdlrradio.com/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/ 

This episode originally aired on January 17, 2025

Off the Shelf Radio Show - January 10, 2025

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie and guest Adam Smith, VP of Enrollment for Ohio Wesleyan University.

This week we chat about the Delaware County Promise program, that guarantees free tuition for qualifying Delaware County students. It will be presented at the Orange Branch on 1/30. And, of course, what we're reading!! 

Recommendations include If Cats Disappeared From The World by Genki Kawamura and The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. Read more about today's episode here. 

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM https://wdlrradio.com/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/ 

This episode originally aired on January 10, 2025

Off the Shelf Radio Show - January 3, 2025

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly LaBadie with guests Kinjal, Shreya, Varshita, and Harshini who are all sophomores at Olentangy High School. 

This week we chat about a presentation Kinjal, Shreya, Varshita, and Harshini are doing for HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America) about the loneliness epidemic and ways the Library can help too.  And, of course, what we're reading!! 

Recommendations include Christmas, Criminals, and Campers by Tonya Kappes, Just Mercy by Brian Stevenson, and Nicole talks about a list of recommended mysteries made by the Library Teen Advisory Board (TAB). Read more about today's episode here. 

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM https://my967.net/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/

This episode originally aired on January 3, 2025.

Off the Shelf Radio Show - December 20, 2024

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Jayna McDaniel-Browning with guest Chris Baker, President and CEO of the Delaware County Foundation.

This week we chat about funds that were granted to DCDL earlier this year, and made a big announcement that the Delaware County Foundation will be providing our Friends with a $25,000 gift in 2025 to give to DCDL for youth programming!! WAHOO!!  And, of course, what we're reading!! 

Recommendations include Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson, and Nicole talks about DCDL Wrapped Books & Playlist. Read more about today's episode here. 

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM https://my967.net/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/

This episode originally aired on December 20, 2024.

Off the Shelf Radio Show - December 13, 2024

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Hannah Simpson with Mark Bingman.

This week we chat about the most checked-out items of 2024! And, of course, what we're reading!! 

Recommendations include The Night in Question by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson, Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey, and The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. Read more about today's episode here. 

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM https://wdlrradio.com/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/ 

This episode originally aired on December 13, 2024.

Off the Shelf Radio Show - December 6, 2024

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly LaBadie and with guest Mandy Henning, Branch Manager of the Ostrander Branch. 

This week we chat about what we did on our Thanksgiving holiday, delicious food, the Imagination Library, and Christmas in the Village in the town of Ostrander! 

Recommendations include The Art Thief by Michael Finkle, Good Lookin' Cookin' by Dolly Parton, and The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon. Read more about today's episode here. 

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM https://my967.net/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/

This episode originally aired on December 6, 2024

Off the Shelf Radio Show - November 22, 2024

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly LaBadie. 

This week we chat about hobbies and how the library can help with CreativeBug! 

Recommendations include The September House by Carissa Orlando and A Letter to Three Witches (first of A Cupcake Coven Romance series) by Elizabeth Bass. Read more about today's episode here. 

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM https://wdlrradio.com/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/ 

This episode originally aired on November 22, 2024

Off the Shelf Radio Show - November 15, 2024

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and (update to co-host  and guest.) 

This week we chat about Holiday Stress Management and PBS's The Great American Read! 

Recommendations include Another Country by James Baldwin and The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. Read more about today's episode here. 

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM https://wdlrradio.com/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/ 

This episode originally aired on November 15, 2024

Off the Shelf Radio Show - November 8, 2024

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie and guest Kiana Hardy-Butler and Melissa Daugherty from the Orange Branch.

This week we chat about the Orange Branch internet being back online, meeting Kiana, and the Fairytale Bash! 

Recommendations include No Cure For Being Human by Kate Bowler, The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo, Circe by Madeline Miller, and I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 by Lauren Tarshis. Read more about today's episode here.

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://wdlrradio.com/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/ 

This episode originally aired on November 8, 2024.

Off the Shelf Radio Show - November 1, 2024

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie and guest Matt Betts.

This week we chat about National Novel Writing Month and, of course, what we've been reading! 

Recommendations include My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland, The United States of Cryptids by J.W. Ocker, Freaky Folklore by Darkness Prevails, and Cackle by Rachel Harrison. Read more about today's episode here.

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://wdlrradio.com/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/ 

This episode originally aired on November 1, 2024.