NASHVILLE TALKING LIBRARY PROGRAM GUIDE May / June 2017
About the Talking Library The Nashville Talking Library is an audio-information service of the Nashville Public Library. We provide books, magazines, and the local newspaper to print-impaired consumers. We are on the air 24/7 and listeners use special receivers which we loan at no charge to eligible individuals in Davidson County. If you or someone you know would benefit from our service call: (615) 862.5874 for an application. You can download an application from our website: www.library.nashville.org/locations/nashville-talking-library You can listen to the daily program schedule line by calling: (615) 862.5876 Please call us weekdays at (615) 862.5874 with your comments, questions, and address changes. Nashville Talking Library office hours are: Monday - Friday from 9am - 5pm.
bb 2017 May / June Daily Schedules Page Monday 1 Tuesday 3 Wednesday 5 Thursday 7 Friday 9 Saturday 11 Sunday 13 Book Descriptions 15-16 DDd ecember How to use this guide: Programs are listed by day with two facing pages for each day. Descriptions of the books are on the last 2 pages of the guide. Local newspapers, news magazines, and disability topics are in bold type. Volunteer reader names and/or sources for programming are in parentheses following the title of the reading.
MONDAY Monday Morning 6:00 New Yorker (Audio Reading Service) 7:00 Atlantic (Audio Reading Service) 8:00 Get Up & Go / Checklist (Ramsey Doran) 8:30 Southern Living (Janet Tidwell) 9:00 The Tennessean (Live) 9:00 Top Stories / Music City Beat / Local News 9:30 Local News / Local Business 10:00 Opinions / Features / Sports 10:30 Obituaries / Miscellaneous (Katie Brooks, Rose Mary Reed) 11:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 Monday Afternoon 12:00 Self Help (Dana Pirtle) 12:30 Diabetes in the News (Chris Wood) 1:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 2:00 The Tennessean (Repeat) 2:00 Top Stories / Music City Beat / Local News 2:30 Local News / Local Business 3:00 Opinions / Features / Sports 3:30 Obituaries / Miscellaneous (Katie Brooks, Rose Mary Reed) 4:00 Wall Street Journal (Audio Reading Service) 5:00 Get Up & Go /Checklist (Ramsey Doran) 5:30 Southern Living (Janet Tidwell) 1
MONDAY Monday Evening 6:00 The Tennessean (Repeat) 6:00 Top Stories / Music City Beat / Local News 6:30 Local News / Local Business 7:00 Opinions / Features / Sports 7:30 Obituaries / Miscellaneous (Katie Brooks, Rose Mary Reed) 8:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 9:00 New York Times (TIC Network) 10:00 Book Repeat - Description on page 15-16 11:00 Book Repeat - Description on page 15-16 Early Tuesday 12:00 Book Repeat - Description on page 15-16 1:00 New Yorker (Audio Reading Service) 2:00 Atlantic (Audio Reading Service) 3:00 Get Up & Go / Checklist 3:30 Southern Living (Janet Tidwell) 4:00 Self Help (Dana Pirtle) 4:30 Diabetes in the News (Chris Wood) 5:00 Wall Street Journal (Audio Reading Service) 2
TUESDAY Tuesday Morning 6:00 Sports (Paul Scott) 7:00 Mother Jones (Dan Crowe) 8:00 Get Up & Go / Checklist (Ramsey Doran) 8:30 T.V. Guide (Audio Reading Service) 9:00 The Tennessean (Live) 9:00 Top Stories / Music City Beat / Local News 9:30 Local News / Local Business 10:00 Opinions / Features / Sports 10:30 Obituaries / Miscellaneous (Jeanette Lambert, Paula Larocque) 11:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 Tuesday Afternoon 12:00 Around the World (Vickie Carrico) 12:30 Discover (Maureen Schlacter) 1:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 2:00 The Tennessean (Repeat) 2:00 Top Stories / Music City Beat / Local News 2:30 Local News / Local Business 3:00 Opinions / Features / Sports 3:30 Obituaries / Miscellaneous (Jeanette Lambert, Paula Larocque) 4:00 Stories Once Told (Dan Church) 5:00 Get Up & Go / Checklist (Ramsey Doran) 5:30 T.V. Guide (Audio Reading Service) 3
TUESDAY Tuesday Evening 6:00 The Tennessean (Repeat) 6:00 Top Stories / Music City Beat / Local News 6:30 Local News / Local Business 7:00 Opinions / Features / Sports 7:30 Obituaries / Miscellaneous (Jeanette Lambert, Paula Larocque) 8:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 9:00 New York Times (TIC Network) 10:00 Book Repeat - Description on page 15-16 11:00 Book Repeat - Description on page 15-16 Early Wednesday 12:00 Book Repeat - Description on page 15-16 1:00 Sports (Paul Scott) 2:00 Mother Jones (Dan Crowe) 3:00 Get Up & Go / Checklist (Ramsey Doran) 3:30 T.V. Guide (Audio Reading Service) 4:00 Around the World (Vickie Carrico) 4:30 Discover (Maureen Schlacter) 5:00 Stories Once Told (Dan Church) 4
WEDNESDAY Wednesday Morning 6:00 In The Kitchen (Mind s Eye) 7:00 AARP / Independent Living (Audio Reading Service) 8:00 Get Up & Go / Checklist (Ramsey Doran) 8:30 Disability News (Benjamin Weddle) 9:00 The Tennessean (Live) 9:00 Top Stories / Music City Beat / Local News 9:30 Local News / Local Business 10:00 Opinions / Features / Sports 10:30 Obituaries / Miscellaneous (John Bowers, Gera Summerford) 11:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 Wednesday Afternoon 12:00 At Home (Shirley Overby) 12:30 Animal House (Anita Chesney) 1:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 2:00 The Tennessean (Repeat) 2:00 Top Stories / Music City Beat / Local News 2:30 Local News / Local Business 3:00 Opinions / Features / Sports 3:30 Obituaries / Miscellaneous (John Bowers, Gera Summerford) 4:00 Poetry in the Air (Chris Hassel) 4:30 Nashville Lifestyles (Sada Perry) 5:00 Get Up & Go / Checklist (Ramsey Doran) 5:30 Disability News (Benjamin Weddle) 5
WEDNESDAY Wednesday Evening 6:00 The Tennessean (Repeat) 6:00 Top Stories / Music City Beat / Local News 6:30 Local News / Local Business 7:00 Opinions / Features / Sports 7:30 Obituaries / Miscellaneous (John Bowers, Gera Summerford) 8:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 9:00 New York Times (TIC Network) 10:00 Book Repeat - Description on page 15-16 11:00 Book Repeat - Description on page 15-16 Early Thursday 12:00 Book Repeat - Description on page 15-16 1:00 In The Kitchen (Mind s Eye) 2:00 AARP / Independent Living (Audio Reading Service) 3:00 Get Up & Go / Checklist (Ramsey Doran) 3:30 Disability News (Benjamin Weddle) 4:00 At Home ( Shirley Overby) 4:30 Animal House (Anita Chesney) 5:00 Poetry in the Air (Chris Hassel) 5:30 Nashville Lifestyles (Sada Perry) 6
THURSDAY Thursday Morning 6:00 Smithsonian (Audio Reading Service) 7:00 National Review (TIC Network) 8:00 Get Up & Go / Checklist (Ramsey Doran) 8:30 World Tales (Shelley Gotterer) 9:00 The Tennessean (Live) 9:00 Top Stories / Music City Beat / Local News 9:30 Local News / Local Business 10:00 Opinions / Features / Sports 10:30 Obituaries / Miscellaneous (Mark Campbell, Barbara Sullivan) 11:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 Thursday Afternoon 12:00 Reader s Digest (Denise Pridemore) 12:30 Consumer Info (Abbey Wegman) 1:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 2:00 The Tennessean (Repeat) 2:00 Top Stories / Music City Beat / Local News 2:30 Local News / Local Business 3:00 Opinions / Features / Sports 3:30 Obituaries / Miscellaneous (Mark Campbell, Barbara Sullivan) 4:00 Men s Hour (TIC Network) 5:00 Get Up & Go /Checklist (Ramsey Doran) 5:30 World Tales (Shelley Gotterer) 7
THURSDAY Thursday Evening 6:00 The Tennessean (Repeat) 6:00 Top Stories / Music City Beat / Local News 6:30 Local News / Local Business 7:00 Opinions / Features / Sports 7:30 Obituaries / Miscellaneous (Mark Campbell, Barbara Sullivan) 8:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 9:00 New York Times (TIC Network) 10:00 Book Repeat - Description on page 15-16 11:00 Book Repeat - Description on page 15-16 Early Friday 12:00 Book Repeat - Description on page 15-16 1:00 Smithsonian (Audio Reading Service) 2:00 National Review (TIC Network) 3:00 Get Up & Go / Checklist (Ramsey Doran) 3:30 World Tales (Shelley Gotterer) 4:00 Reader s Digest (Denise Pridemore) 4:30 Consumer Info (Abbey Wegman) 5:00 Men s Hour (TIC Network) 8
FRIDAY Friday Morning 6:00 People (Mind s Eye) 7:00 Stories Once Told (Dan Church) 8:00 Get Up & Go / Checklist (Ramsey Doran) 8:30 Southern Living (Janet Tidwell) 9:00 The Tennessean (Live) 9:00 Top Stories / Music City Beat / Local News 9:30 Local News / Local Business 10:00 Opinions / Features / Sports 10:30 Obituaries / Miscellaneous (Bonnie Dobbins, Kathleen Harkey) 11:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 Friday Afternoon 12:00 Entertainment Weekly (Debbie Caldwell) 12:30 Diabetes in the News (Chris Wood) 1:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 2:00 The Tennessean (Repeat) 2:00 Top Stories / Music City Beat / Local News 2:30 Local News / Local Business 3:00 Opinions / Features / Sports 3:30 Obituaries / Miscellaneous (Bonnie Dobbins, Kathleen Harkey) 4:00 Time (Audio Reading Service) 5:00 Get Up & Go /Checklist (Ramsey Doran) 5:30 Southern Living (Janet Tidwell) 9
FRIDAY Friday Evening 6:00 The Tennessean (Repeat) 6:00 Top Stories / Music City Beat / Local News 6:30 Local News / Local Business 7:00 Opinions / Features / Sports 7:30 Obituaries / Miscellaneous (Bonnie Dobbins, Kathleen Harkey) 8:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 9:00 New York Times (TIC Network) 10:00 Book Repeat - Description on page 15-16 11:00 Book Repeat - Description on page 15-16 Early Saturday 12:00 Book Repeat - Description on page 15-16 1:00 People (Mind s Eye) 2:00 Stories Once Told (Dan Church) 3:00 Get Up & Go / Checklist (Ramsey Doran) 3:30 Southern Living (Janet Tidwell) 4:00 Entertainment Weekly (Debbie Caldwell) 4:30 Diabetes in the News (Chris Wood) 5:00 Time (Audio Reading Service) 10
SATURDAY Saturday Morning 6:00 New Yorker (Audio Reading Service) 7:00 People (Mind s Eye) 8:00 Economist (Audio Reading Service) 9:00 Atlantic (Audio Reading Service) 10:00 Nashville Highlights (Janet M. Noble) 10:30 Nashville Scene (Scott Ball) 11:00 Sports (Paul Scott) Saturday Afternoon 12:00 Stories Once Told (Dan Church) 1:00 At Home (Shirley Overby) 1:30 Animal House (Anita Chesney) 2:00 Poetry in the Air (Chris Hassel) 2:30 Financial Omnibus (Ed Branding) 3:00 Consumer Info (Abbey Wegman) 3:30 Southern Living (Janet Tidwell) 4:00 Time (Audio Reading Service) 5:00 Men s Hour (TIC Network) 11
SATURDAY Saturday Evening 6:00 Nashville Highlights (Janet M. Noble) 6:30 Nashville Scene (Scott Ball) 7:00 Entertainment Weekly (Debbie Caldwell) 7:30 Diabetes in the News (Chris Wood) 8:00 Economist (Audio Reading Service) 9:00 Nashville Lifestyles (Sada Perry) 9:30 Poetry in the Air (Chris Hassel) 10:00 Time (Audio Reading Service) 11:00 Men s Hour (TIC Network) Early Sunday 12:00 New Yorker (Audio Reading Service) 1:00 People (Mind s Eye) 2:00 AARP / Independent Living (Audio Reading Service) 3:00 Atlantic (Audio Reading Service) 4:00 Nashville Highlights (Janet M. Noble) 4:30 Nashville Scene (Scott Ball) 5:00 Sports (Paul Scott) 12
SUNDAY Sunday Morning 6:00 Smithsonian (Radio Reading Service) 7:00 In the Kitchen (Mind s Eye) 8:00 Mother Jones (Dan Crowe) 9:00 National Review (TIC Network) 10:00 Time (Audio Reading Service) 11:00 Men s Hour (TIC Network) Sunday Afternoon 12:00 Nashville Highlights (Janet M. Noble) 12:30 Nashville Scene (Scott Ball) 1:00 AARP / Independent Living (Audio Reading Service) 2:00 Self Help (Dana Pirtle) 2:30 Diabetes in the News (Chris Wood) 3:00 Around the World (Vickie Carrico) 3:30 Discover (Maureen Schlacter) 4:00 World Tales (Shelley Gotterer) 4:30 Financial Omnibus (Ed Branding) 5:00 New Yorker (Audio Reading Service) 13
SUNDAY Sunday Evening 6:00 Disability News (Benjamin Weddle) 6:30 Consumer Info (Abbey Wegman) 7:00 Reader s Digest (Denise Pridemore) 7:30 Southern Living (Janet Tidwell) 8:00 At Home (Shirley Overby) 8:30 Animal House (Anita Chesney) 9:00 Self Help (Dana Pirtle) 9:30 Diabetes in the News (Chris Wood) 10:00 Economist (Audio Reading Service) 11:00 People (Mind s Eye) Early Monday 12:00 Smithsonian (Audio Reading Service) 1:00 In the Kitchen (Mind s Eye) 2:00 Mother Jones (Dan Crowe) 3:00 National Review (TIC Network) 4:00 Time (Audio Reading Service) 5:00 Men s Hour (TIC Network) 14
11 AM & 10 PM BOOK SCHEDULE May 11: Save Room for Pie / Roy Blount Jr. / 8 EP Read by John Bowers. In this lively collection, comic writer Roy Blount Jr. talks about food in surprising and innovative ways. May 23: Commonwealth / Ann Patchett / 11 EP Read by Ramsey Doran. Two people meet at a party which sets in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families. June 7: A Gentleman in Moscow / Amor Towles / 17 EP Read by Norm Nelson. In 1922 Moscow, a young Count is sentenced to house arrest in a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. 1PM & 11 PM May 5: The Risen / Ron Rash / 6 EP Read by Dan Church. In the summer of 1969, two brothers meet a young woman who will forever change their lives. May 15: The Fall Guy / James Lasdun / 8 EP Read by Clara Chesebro. A couple and their house guest get caught in a deadly web of secrets, obsession, and revenge. May 25: Underground Railroad / Colson Whitehead / 11 EP Read by Jim Burgin. In the antebellum South, a young slave makes a desparate bid for freedom. June 9: Mischling / Affinity Konar / 16 EP Read by Chris Hassel. In 1944, twelve-year-old twins are sent to Auschwitz where they take refuge in their identical natures. 15
BOOK SCHEDULE 8PM & Midnight May 1: Underground Airlines / Ben H. Winters / 14 EP Read by Dan Church. In this imaginary tale, slavery continues in four states in America where a black bounty hunter who is working for the government begins to have conflicting thoughts. May 22: Barkskins / Annie Proulx / 30 EP Read by Marianne Bentley. A dazzling dramatic novel about the taking down of the world s forests. 16
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