Best Riverside Public Library Podcasts (2025)

“Many young authors finding themselves so satisfactorily situated would have waded into the choppy seas of their ambitions without a moment’s delay...."By Betty Martin

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'An Unfinished Love Story' 1:47

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“There was a buzz of excitement when I arrived at my Harvard oﬃce on a June morning in 1972. Richard “Dick” Goodwin had just taken an oﬃce on the third floor."By Betty Martin

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Locked Ward' 1:39

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“It’s the crime of the decade! The early-morning headline explodes across my iPhone as I scan it through bleary eyes."By Betty Martin

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Hidden Nature' 1:46

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“The day Sloan Cooper died began before dawn and ended shortly before midnight. As a corporal in the Natural Resources Police, she’d helped take down a trio of men who spent most of the fall harassing, robbing and assaulting hikers on the trails in the Western Maryland mountains.”By Betty Martin

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Martin's Must Reads: 'Horse' 1:50

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“Theo couldn’t imagine wanting anything in this sadness-infused pile of discards.... There were some old paperbacks slugged into a beer carton. He was always curious about what people read. He reached down to check the titles. And that is when he saw the horse.”By Betty Martin

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Here One Moment' 1:44

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“Later, not a single person will recall seeing the lady board the flight at Hobart Airport."By Betty Martin

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Boys of Riverside' 1:46

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“Phillip. The story begins before the reporters and the television correspondents flocked to interview the team."By Betty Martin

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Playground' 1:50

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“Day and Night, the final pages of “Clearly It Is Ocean” haunted me. I couldn’t stop rereading them."By Betty Martin

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Austen at Sea' 1:56

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“April 6, 1865. Well, father, who won the majority? Emma or Mansfield Park? William Stevenson answered from behind his newspaper at the head of the breakfast table, “Emma, of course.”By Betty Martin

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Nicked' 1:33

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“The monk heard that a ship had arrived carrying one of the dog-headed people whom travelers speak of when they tell tall tales of the one-eyed and the winged, and he went out to the docks to see if it was true.”By Betty Martin

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Plain Truth' 1:43

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“As the fist in her belly pulled tighter, she bit her bottom lip. Ignoring the pain that rippled and receded, she tiptoed barefoot into the night."By Betty Martin

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Sunflower House' 1:47

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"For years, Allina had begged her aunt and uncle for more information about her real parents. Your mother and father loved you very much, they’d always reply, but it’s best to keep the past in the past.”By Betty Martin

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'American Dirt' 1:44

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“One of the first bullets comes in through the open window above the toilet where Luca is standing. He doesn’t immediately understand that it’s a bullet at all, and it’s only luck that it doesn’t strike him between the eyes."By Betty Martin

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Familiaris' 1:43

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“And in northern Wisconsin, in the middle of the middle of nowhere, John Sawtelle and his new pup walked down a dirt road toward a farm that would turn out to be unoccupied and for sale."By Betty Martin

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Briar Club' 1:46

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“June sunshine poured over the street, the sounds of a jazz saxophone drifted over from next door, somewhere on Capitol Hill Senator McCarthy was waving lists of card-carrying American Commies, and a new guest had come to the Briarwood boardinghouse.”By Betty Martin

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Birnam Wood' 1:40

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“The Korowai Pass had been closed since the end of the summer, when a spate of shallow earthquakes triggered a landslide that buried a stretch of the highway in rubble."By Betty Martin

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Breath of the Dragon' 1:49

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Full disclosure…this week’s book is very diﬀerent than my usual selections. It might help to know that I have always loved a good action movie.By Betty Martin

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Jackie: A Novel' 1:42

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“Jackie is a novel, a work of fiction inspired by the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. It is the story of a woman who projected a myriad of selves and who was, at her core, a deeply private person, with a nuanced and formidable intellect."By Betty Martin

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Little Liar' 1:45

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“1943. 'It’s a lie.' The large man’s voice was deep and hoarse. 'What’s a lie?' Someone whispered. 'Where we’re going.' 'They’re taking us North.' 'They’re taking us to die.'"By Betty Martin

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Bottle of Corn 16:03

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Join us this week to talk about a mysterious bottle of corn and interview one of Riverside Library's very own pageBy Riverside Public Library

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Episode 3 - The Summer Jam Episode 31:45

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In episode three we talk books, music, and the summer movies we love and love to hate.By Riverside Public Library

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Check It Out Epidsode 2 17:27

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Riverside volunteers join us to judge a book by its cover, get in a superfight, and talk about Percy Jackson books and movies.By Riverside Public Library

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Episode 1 - Edit it Out! 13:14

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This is the introduction episode of Riverside Public Library's YA summer reading podcast CHECK IT OUT! In it library assistants Lucas and Danielle discuss plans for the podcast, what they've been reading, and what a sweet summer it's going to be. Check it out!By Riverside Public Library

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Martin's Must-Reads

Betty Martin, Mark Martin

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Check It Out!

Riverside Public Library

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Dressmakers of London' 1:42

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Table for Two' 1:50

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'An Unfinished Love Story' 1:47

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Locked Ward' 1:39

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Hidden Nature' 1:46

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Martin's Must Reads: 'Horse' 1:50

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Here One Moment' 1:44

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Boys of Riverside' 1:46

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Playground' 1:50

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Austen at Sea' 1:56

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Nicked' 1:33

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Plain Truth' 1:43

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Sunflower House' 1:47

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'American Dirt' 1:44

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Familiaris' 1:43

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Briar Club' 1:46

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Birnam Wood' 1:40

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Breath of the Dragon' 1:49

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Jackie: A Novel' 1:42

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Little Liar' 1:45

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Bottle of Corn 16:03

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Episode 3 - The Summer Jam Episode 31:45

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Check It Out Epidsode 2 17:27

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Episode 1 - Edit it Out! 13:14