Reading Room Ruffians
A podcast for the Jackson County Public Library in Ripley, WV. Keep up to date with the library events, librarian thoughts, and a splash of guests for taste.
Episodes
85 episodes
Episode 84 - Where Zac's Audio Got Deleted
Today's episode is a deep dive into some West Virginia "true" ghost stories and a chat about our experiences and ghost stories. Also Zac's audio got deleted and he had to rerecord on vacation, so there is a decent amount of background noise. Oh...
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Episode 83 - Jasper Meets The Ruffians, And Survives!
We chat with author of The Patient (episode 14) Jasper DeWitt about some insight from The Patient, and we give him some fan feedback on a book he's working on - Sleep of Death! We've redacted spoilers with static. You're welcome. We had such a ...
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Episode 83
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Episode 82 - Well You Can't Say We Didn't Warn You
Hello everyone, this episodes a doozy. We are discussing Ariel's deep dive pick Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin and it gets a bit intense. So sit back and strap in for a wild ride of an episode.
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Episode 81 - *Terrible French Accent* "Nous Sommes Bob"
Sorry y'all, no pre show quote today, just straight into the hype music! We have ourselves a happy little book chat, Zac does some terrible French (again), and Ariel hates another book Zac suggested to her! And I quote, "Well, it's not as bad a...
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Episode 81
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Episode 80 - Foodies, This One Is For Us!
We discuss Somebody Feed Phil, The Book, by Phil Rosenthal. Join in as we jump around the world in just over one hour, covering all 22 episodes of Season 1 of Somebody Feed Phil, the show! We suggest having food handy, because this one made us ...
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Episode 79 - Hip-no-sis, Hip-nah-sis, Hype-no-sis. Hypothesis?
Join us as Zac has Mallory levels of Words Are Hard-itis in this Curiosity episode on Hypnosis.
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Episode 79
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Episode 78 - You Miss A Lot Jumping Into the Stairwell Early
Surprise episodes means you get your very own cold open from Mallory. You're welcome? We finish up our DCC episode dulogy with books 4-6. Enjoy from the safety of the safe zone, dear listeners. We'll be out there causing chaos with Carl. Don't ...
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Episode 77 - Come On Barbie, Let's Go Crawling
Strap in, Ruffians, we're going for a surprise 2 episode overview of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman. That's right, we didn't tell you about these before we recorded them! Who even are we?!
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Episode 77
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Episode 76 - The Chip Wars, Where These Ones Are Crunchy Too
In this episode Zac falls deep into the nerd zone and discusses his book The Chip Wars by Chris Miller. He discusses how we developed chips and what they are used for. Please note this is about computer chips not the delicious salt...
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Episode 76
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Episode 75 - Women, Evolution, and Crab Claws. They're All Related!
We discuss The Descent of Woman by Elaine Morgan in this episode. We only go off the rails like twice, but mainly because I cut the other 3 times out. You're welcome. This is a great discussion n evolution and how we maybe haven't learned all t...
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Episode 75
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Episode 74 - There's More, But There's Not
A book chat where Ariel tells us a *whole* book (today's title is from that) twice, Mallory has a couple hot takes and cozy lil romcoms, and Zac makes up for missing our last book chat by talking about 58 books! Not really 58, but it is a lot.&...
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Episode 74
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Episode 73 - Rocks Are Pretty And They Know It
In this episode Ariel and Mallory are talking about their curiosity, rocks...It's more interesting than it sounds we promise!
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Episode 72 - An Interview with A Grandma
On this week's episode, we happy to welcome Sophia Brown, author of I'm Going To Be A Grandma. Make sure to check out her books and enjoy the interview. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201424100-i-m-going-to-be-a-grandma https://www.amazon....
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Episode 72
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Episode 71 - Mallory's Favorite Word Today is H***
Bleeping yourself is just as weird as typing this sentence was. Don't worry, there are only one, two, three - THREE bleeps. *ah ah ah* You better have read that in the correct voice. We deep dive into The Initial Insult by Mindy McGinnis. S...
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Episode 70 - Are You Sure He's Not an Alien
In this episode we discuss Ariel's Non-fiction pick, The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean. Unfortunately this episode isn't as good as most of our others because Zac was sleeping during most of it's recording.
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Episode 70
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Episode 69 - Nice
On this weeks podcast we get a little unhinged talking about the origins of things and interesting facts!
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Episode 69
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Episode 68 - The Dynamic Duo Goes to See Some Bigfoots
Hello all, in this episode we have Mallory and Ariel talking about the first podcast roadtrip to the Bigfoot Festival as well as a general book chat. Have fun listening to all of those cackles!
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Episode 68
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Episode 67 - Become the Cube the Square Wants to Be
Hello all, in this episode we discuss Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott, it's another fun episode but this time there are some very divided opinions on the quality of the book. Have fun with this one everyone!
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Episode 67
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Episode 66 - Where Women Are Wrongfully Committed & Men Get Their Karmic Justice
In this episode we discuss Carla's Nonfiction Pick "The Woman They Could Not Silence" by Kate Moore. A book about Elizabeth Packard and how she was wrongfully committed to an insane asylum and her fight to change the laws and rights of not only...
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Episode 66
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Episode 65 - ...And There's a Centaur?
This week Mallory and Ariel dive into the legends, lore, and even science behind mermaids, sirens, and a surprising amount of other sea legends. Well, and a centaur too. We'll explain later.
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Episode 65
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Episode 64 - Uh-Oh! We Had to Bleep Our Guest
Enjoy our special guest - Angela Collier, physicist and YouTube Creator, who joins us for a book chat full of yays, but more nays. Buckle up, buckos! Make sure to check out her YouTube channels https://www.youtube.com/@acollieralso for books an...
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Episode 63 - Up Where They Walk, Up Where They Run, Up Where They Scream At The Top Of Their Lungs
A really long title for one of our shorter episodes. We gotta make something long, and it ain't just everyone's last name but mine. We discuss Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant. Hold on to your butts when you read this book, y'all. It's a wild ...
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Episode 62 - Appalachian Rage
Join us as we discuss the book Appalachian Reckoning with the coeditors Meredith McCarroll and Anthony Harkins. This book was wrote as a reply from the people of Appalachia to JD Vance.
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Episode 62
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Episode 61 - This One Has Murder!
We discuss Mallory's nonfic pick, I'll Be Gone In the Dark by Michelle McNamara. Be warned, this book and also podcast episode will contain mentions of murder, rape, stalking, and also just general assault. Despite this, I think this is likely ...
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Episode 60 - Breaking Spines and Burning Snowflakes with Chaise!
Do you listen to this podcast? Have you heard about our guest today? Chaise Robertson, aka W. C. Robertson, is back now that he's published his book, and you should totally buy it, read it, and review it everywhere reviewing is possible. <...
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Episode 60
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