Off the Shelf with Delaware Library

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Hannah Simpson and Matt Davic. Guests include Kelly Cochran, Programming and Youth Service Coordinator for Delaware County District Library.

This week we chat about Summer Reading Club, which kicks off June 1! 

Recommendations include Minecraft games, Women's Hotel by Daniel Lavery, and The Wren in the Holly Library by K.A. Linde.

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ 

This episode originally aired on May 29, 2026

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Hannah Simpson and Matt Davis. Guests include Beth McCollum from Preservation Parks.

This week we chat about the summer exhibits and letterboxing program, "What Lies Beneath" at Preservation Parks of Delaware County.! 

Recommendations include Dark Knights of Steel by Tom Taylor, Something in the Woods Loves You by Jarod Anderson, and Angel Down by Daniel Kraus. 

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ 

This episode originally aired on May 22, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. Guests include Brian Doone, Community Relations Coordinator for SourcePoint. 

This week we chat about upcoming events with SourcePoint like the Health Expo and the Car Show. And, of course, what we're reading! 

Recommendations include Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes and some of Nicole's favorite nonfiction titles. 

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ 

This episode originally aired on May 8, 2026.

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

This week we chat about the America 250 events in May and, of course, what we're reading! 

Recommendations include Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green and Common Sense by Thomas Paine.

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ 

This episode originally aired on May 1, 2026.

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

This week we chat with Kiana Hardy-Butler, Orange branch assistant manager! Check out these fun programs happening at Orange in May.  Including Jeopardy, Romance Book Talk and more!

Recommendations include: How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin, The Quarter Queen by Kayla Hardy, and the boardgame Wavelength. Read more about today's episode here. 

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ 

This episode originally aired on April 24, 2026

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. Guests include Alan Goss, Director of the COSI Science Festival.

This week we chat about DCDL's participation in the COSI Science Festival and associated programs! 

Recommendations include Good Night Gorilla by Peggy Rathman, Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel, Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto, and the American Innovators booklist curated by library staff. Read more about today's episode here. 

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This episode originally aired on April 17, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Hannah Simpson and Molly Myers-LaBadie!

This week's guest is Nicole Klatte, President and Publicity Chair of the DCDL Friends of the Library. Nicole chats with us about some of the Friends of the Library upcoming events and book sales. Including their annual fundraising gala, Night at the Races, on April 30th. 

Recommendations include: Mona's Eyes by Thomas Schlesser, Dear Debbie by Frieda McFadden and Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry. Read more about today's episode here. 

 

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ 

This episode originally aired on April 10, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Hannah Simpson and Matt Davis and guest Jane Hawes from the Delaware County Commissioners' Office.

This week we chat about boardsmanship and how to apply to the vacant seat on the DCDL Board of Trustees. And, of course, what we're reading! 

 

Recommendations include Mozart: The Reign of Love by Jan Swafford, Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby VanPelt, Football by Chuck Klosterman, The WingFeather Saga by Andrew Peterson, and The Path of the Ranger series by Pedro Urvi. Read more about today's episode here. 

 

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This episode originally aired on April 3, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Molly Meyers LaBadie and Hannah Simpson. This weeks guest is Lillie Moore from the Liberty Branch!

This episode we talk about internet safety and a Peeps program happening at the Liberty Branch!

Recommendations include: Guilt and Ginataan by Mia P. Manansala, Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell, and a staff curated list from teaching kids internet safety. Read more about today's episode here.

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ 

This episode originally aired on March 27, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Molly Meyers LaBadie and Hannah Simpson. Guests include Ostrander Branch Manager Mandy Henning. 

This week we chat with Ostrander Branch Manager Mandy Henning about their upcoming STEAM Mario Party. Learn more here. 

Recommendations include Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower, and Who Ate Steve? by Susannah Lloyd. Read more about today's episode here.

 

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/ 

This episode originally aired on March 20, 2026.