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The interview with Rebecca Mead was painful. She was wonderful, but it’s as if he wanted to belittle the author and mock her love for this book.

Interesting topics but insufferably pretentious.

pompous, know-it-all

Alec Baldwin is great. The interviewee is a pretentious, arrogant twit!

Is this podcast still active? I’m having trouble finding any more episodes since last June. I’ve been listening to the show for a number of years and would be glad to see the programming continue! I had the chance to actually go to a talk at the NYPL in person during a trip to NY (am listening from LA) and it was so exciting to see Paul in person, and hear a great literary conversation with Anne Enright. These recordings of NYPL events have been wonderful opportunities to sit in on programming that rarely happens in other cities—especially those conversations with contemporary writers and artists. Many episodes have led me on to find new authors and texts, so thank you!

Appreciate all the thoughtful interviews. Great bookish listen.

This podcast delivers educational content so beautifully! I always feel like I'm right there in the room with everyone, a part of all sorts of conversations I'm so grateful to be a part of.

You might think the subject matter of this podcast would be dry and didactic. You will learn a great deal but the overriding emotion throughout the many episodes I've heard is joy. There are lots of laughs. Listen to Zadie Smith's conversation with Chimimanda Adichei and Joy-Ann Reid's interview with Nikki Giovanni and tell me you're not more joyful afterwards.

Great and interesting guests; no hidden agenda that I can detect - it’s nice to be exposed to different thinkers and perspectives. This ‘cast should be on your short-list for general curiousity about the world today. 👍

If you're looking for a new book to read, or what further insight into a book you've read or are currently reading, the NYPL podcast is place to be enlightened.

A great listen regularly.

Follows up with current events in politics, pop culture, religion and literature. Very well produced and curated. Thanks!

Host Aiden Flax-Clark and the crew behind this podcast make for extraordinary listening. Next to This American Life, this is my most eagerly awaited weekly cast. Great work!

I've listened to several episodes of this podcast, and some were quite fine. I have several problems with this podcast, however. First, there is a decided lack of consistency. It seems like they often just record the programming that is put on at the library and call it a podcast. The result is a mishmash of panel discussions, interviews, etc. with no consistent voices or points of view or progression in topics. One episode featured a speaker who was clearly referring to things that the live audience could see but that was not available to the podcast audience. Second, with episodes often going well in excess of an hour in length, it is not practical to listen in one sitting. Maybe that is some people's preference, but not mine. Third, and most important, the whole thing has an unprofessional feel. In more than half of the episodes I have listened to or attempted to listen to, the podcast suffered from either poor sound quality, weird and distracting verbal ticks from the presenters, uncomfortably long dead air, or some other thing detracting from the listenability. The worst of these was the episode on Emmitt Till. I was really looking forward to this episode because it is a fascinating subject that I do not know enough about. The inescapable smacking sound coming from the presenter every few seconds rendered it utterly unlistenable.

I think the speakers are really interesting. In this case I was listening to the speakers on the Emmett Till story -- an important and fascinating topic, but after a few minutes I simply couldn't listen anymore because it sounded like the speakers were smacking gum, swallowing, some kind of weird feedback into the microphone that was so distracting I finally couldn't stand it. Please fix the feedback issue and this will be a GREAT podcast.

I love this podcast! So many intriguing conversations....

The NYPL Podcast are refreshing, and truly a much needed pleasure to add to ones life. If I missed a live broadcast (i.e. Steinem w/Roberta Kaplan, Esq., Eve Ensler, or Timberland in Harlem at the Schomburg 11/17/15); I have the luxury of regrouping my time and search for the outstanding Podcast and listen to such in the comfort of my home. Simply wonderful!! AWESOME NYPL!!!

Thank you, NYPL! The guest selection is great. Loving all of these. Excellent content.

Love this podcast. Thank you NYPL.