Attack of the Killer Spelling Bees: The Librarian Is In Podcast, Ep. 40
Welcome to The Librarian Is In, The New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next.
This is Times Square in 1914—can you believe it!? Image ID: 836171. New York Public Library Digital Collections.
Our annual spelling bee, words we can't pronounce, a trio of music recommendations, and of course what we're reading now.
Guest Star: Jay Vissers
- Jay works in The New York Public Library's Picture Collection ( they have an awesome Instagram) and is also the winner of this year's City-Wide Library Staff Spelling Bee!
- Staff Spelling Bee photos (photo credit: Jonathan Blanc)
- That crazy word that won the National Spelling Bee last year
- Words Readers Can't Say blog post
Book & Non-Book Recommendations
Camp Lisa and more music by Lisa Loeb
Frank: The Art of Noise
gif: zttrecords
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