KPL Podcast

Updated: 11 Apr 2025 • 270 episodes
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Each week the Kirkwood Public Library Podcast delves into in depth conversations with bestselling authors, provides book and film recommendations. 

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This week on the KPL Podcast check out The Grand Scheme of Things by Warona Jay.  A fascinating book that examines implicit bias in the theater industry.  A black playwright has difficulty getting her play accepted until she has her white male friend submit under his name. The play is accepted and wins awards.  Listen

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This week we are back with a fake relationship romance between a singer and a baseball player.  The book is No Ordinary Love by Myah Ariel.  The story is wonderful with great characters from the hero/heroine to the secondary characters.  Listen to learn more. You Got A Place Here Too, An Anthology of Black Love Stories

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KPL podcast is back with another fun episode.  This week we spoke with Orlando Murrin about his culinary mystery, Knife Skills for Beginners.  If you love food and mysteries then this book is for you.  There"s even recipes in the book.  Also check out Orlando"s amazing website

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We are back again with another great book.  This week we have the Holly Kennedy to discuss, The Sideways Life of Denny Voss.  A neurodivergent man sets out to fight a murder charge and discovers unexpected truths about himself, his family, and the world at large.  Author Reads Beartown by Fredrik Backman American Dirt

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This week on the podcast we have an amazing new book, The Sexual Evolution, How 500 Million Years Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern Relationships.  Author Nathan Lents spoke about new discoveries and interpretations in the science of sex, gender, and mating.  Listen to learn more. 

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This week on the KPL Podcast we have Deanna Raybourn to discuss her latest novel, Kills Well with Others.  This book is the sequel to Killers of a Certain Age. The assassins are back, retirement was not what they expected and unresolved aspects of an old case pulls the ladies back together. Author reads 1. The Girl fro

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