San Antonio Public Library Podcast — Tuned In

Episode 56: What do you get when you combine dark academia, romantasy, and dragons? Join the Escape Crew as all, well, nearly all, grudgingly admit to maybe not hating this month's selection: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Episode 55: Cities have a life. They are born, live, love, and die just like any mortal. The birthing process is traumatic as the newborn city is thrust into being it destroys the many realties crosses. A newborn avatar is vulnerable. New York has just come alive and its young avatar has already had to fight for its life against the Lovecraftian "Woman in White." New York slips into a coma after the battle forcing new avatars to join the fight: Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island, and the Bronx. Will the five boroughs be enough to save New York? Join the crew and find out!

Episode 54: Don your fry suit and get your pit viper anti-venom ready because the crew is going on a deep dive into the world of Red Rising. Imagine a school where your first assignment is to kill one of your classmates, where you are divided into teenage armies and pitted against one another, where you can only get ahead by being not only brutal but cunning. Plus, why does Erik gaze at balloon artists?

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Episode 53: Forget about evil AI for awhile and start watching out for evil data analysts. Plus, what does evil HR at the evil corporation do all day? Dream up ways to punish staff for upsetting the equilibrium of the boss's pet iguana? And who foots the bill for all of that collateral damage that happens every time superpowers collide? This month we are talking about the world of Natalie Zina Walschot's Hench.

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Episode 52: Our landing party is in trouble. Why? You ask. Because we're all wearing red shirts. It's a sure sign that somebody is about to die a horrible and pointless death for dramatic effect. Set your phasers to kill but don't shoot them at the Borogovian land worms. It just makes them angry. The crew is discussing John Scalzi's Redshirts. Will they all make it out alive?

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