NASHVILLE TALKING LIBRARY PROGRAM GUIDE January / February 2018
About the Talking Library The Nashville Talking Library is a free audio-information service of Nashville Public Library, providing books, magazines, local and national newspapers, and more to residents in Middle Tennessee with certified reading disablities, broadcast over the radio 24/7. If you or someone you know would benefit from our service, please call us for an application at (615) 862.5874 You can download an application from our website: www.library.nashville.org/talking-library Listen to the Daily Schedule Line by calling: (615) 862.5876 NASHVILLE TALKING LIBRARY STUDIO HOURS: MONDAY - FRIDAY 9AM - 5PM
bb 2018 January / February September / October Daily Schedules Page Monday 1 Tuesday 3 Wednesday 5 Thursday 7 Friday 9 Saturday 11 Sunday 13 Book Descriptions 15-16 How to use this guide: Programs are listed by day with two facing pages for each day. Descriptions of the books are pages 15-16 of the guide. Newpapers 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 Magazine (Audio Reading Service) 7:00 Atlantic Magazine (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 Diabetic News (Audio Reading Service) 1:00 Wall Street Journal (TIC Network) 2:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 3:00 New York Times Magazine (TIC Network) 4:00 Harper s Magazine (TIC Network) 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 Magazine (Audio Reading Service) 2:00 Atlantic Magazine (Audio Reading Service) 3:00 Get Up & Go / Checklist 3:30 Southern Living (Janet Tidwell) 4:00 Self Help (Dana Pirtle) 4:30 Diabetic News (Audio Reading Service) 5:00 Harper s Magazine (TIC Network) 2
TUESDAY Tuesday Morning 6:00 Spotlight on Sports (Audio Reading Service) 7:00 The Nation (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 Wall Street Journal (TIC Network) 2:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 3:00 Good Old Days (TIC Network) 3:30 Gardening (TIC Network) 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 Spotlight on Sports (Audio Reading Service) 2:00 The Nation (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 Wall Street Journal (TIC Network) 2:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 3:00 Popular Science Magazine (TIC Network) 3:30 Wired Magazine (TIC Network) 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 Reports (Sam Petschulat) 1:00 Wall Street Journal (TIC Network) 2:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 3:00 Men s Hour (TIC Network) 4:00 Newsweek (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 Reports (Sam Petschulat) 5:00 Newsweek (TIC Network) 8
FRIDAY Friday Morning 6:00 People (Mind s Eye) 7:00 Business Week (TIC Network) 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) 11:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 Friday Afternoon 12:00 Entertainment Weekly (Debbie Caldwell) 12:30 Rolling Stone (Maggie Patterson) 1:00 Wall Street Journal (TIC Network) 2:00 Book - Description on page 15-16 3:00 Oprah Magazine (TIC Network) 3:30 National Geographic Magazine (TIC Network) 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) 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 Business Week (TIC Network) 3:00 Get Up & Go / Checklist (Ramsey Doran) 3:30 Southern Living (Janet Tidwell) 4:00 Entertainment Weekly (Debbie Caldwell) 4:30 Rolling Stone (Maggie Patterson) 5:00 Time (Audio Reading Service) 10
SATURDAY Saturday Morning 6:00 New Yorker (Audio Reading Service) 7:00 AARP / Independent Living (Audio Reading Service) 8:00 Economist (Audio Reading Service) 9:00 Atlantic Magazine (Audio Reading Service) 10:00 People (Mind s Eye) 11:00 Spotlight on Sports (Audio Reading Service) Saturday Afternoon 12:00 Self-Help (Dana Pirtle) 12:30 Diabetic News (Audio Reading Service) 1:00 Around the World (Vickie Carrico) 1:30 Discover (Maureen Schlacter) 2:00 At Home (Shirley Overby) 2:30 Animal House (Anita Chesney) 3:00 Reader s Digest (Denise Pridemore) 3:30 Consumer Reports (Sam Petschulat) 4:00 Entertainment Weekly (Debbie Caldwell) 4:30 Rolling Stone (Maggie Patterson) 5:00 Stories Once Told (Dan Church) 11
SATURDAY Saturday Evening 6:00 Nashville Scene (Gloria Cavanaugh) 7:00 Nashville Highlights (Janet M. Noble) 7:30 Nashville Lifestyles (Sada Perry) 8:00 New York Times Magazine (TIC Network) 9:00 Good Old Days (TIC Network) 9:30 Gardening (TIC Network) 10:00 Business Week (TIC Network) 11:00 Men s Hour (TIC Network) Early Sunday 12:00 New Yorker (Audio Reading Service) 1:00 AARP / Independent Living (Audio Reading Service) 2:00 Economist (Audio Reading Service) 3:00 Atlantic Magazine (Audio Reading Service) 4:00 Nashville Scene (Gloria Cavanaugh) 5:00 Spotlight on Sports (Audio Reading Service) 12
SUNDAY Sunday Morning 6:00 Smithsonian (Audio Reading Service) 7:00 National Review (TIC Network) 8:00 The Nation (Dan Crowe) 9:00 Newsweek (TIC Network) 10:00 Time (Audio Reading Service) 11:00 Harper s Magazine (TIC Network) Sunday Afternoon 12:00 Nashville Scene (Gloria Cavanaugh) 1:00 Nashville Highlights (Janet M. Noble) 1:30 Nashvile Lifestyles (Sada Perry) 2:00 Self Help (Dana Pirtle) 2:30 Diabetic News (Audio Reading Service) 3:00 Around the World (Vickie Carrico) 3:30 Discover (Maureen Schlacter) 4:00 Business Week (TIC Network) 5:00 New Yorker (Audio Reading Service) 13
SUNDAY Sunday Evening 6:00 World Tales (Shelley Gotterer) 6:30 Disabilty News (Benjamin Weddle) 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 Diabetic News (Audio Reading Service) 10:00 Economist (Audio Reading Service) 11:00 Newsweek (TIC Network) Early Monday 12:00 Smithsonian (Audio Reading Service) 1:00 National Review (TIC Network) 2:00 The Nation (Dan Crowe) 3:00 Newsweek (TIC Network) 4:00 Time (Audio Reading Service) 5:00 Men s Hour (TIC Network) 14
BOOK SCHEDULE 11 AM & 10 PM Jan 18: The Frozen Hours / Jeff Shaara / 20 EP Read by Norm Nelson. Jeff Shaara, the master of historical fiction, turns his eye to the Korean War in this riveting novel. Feb 15: Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans / Brian Kilmeade / 8EP Read by Jim Burgin. During the War of 1812, General Andrew Jackson must convince President Madison that the key to victory lies in taking control of New Orleans. Feb 27: Killers of the Flower Moon / David Grann / 11 EP Read by Dan Church. The true story about the murder of dozens of American Indians and how the killers were allowed to go unpunished for a long time. 15
BOOK SCHEDULE 2PM & 11PM Jan 17: Origin / Dan Brown / 19 EP Read by Clara Chesebro. In this latest thriller from popular author Dan Brown, symbology professor Robert Langdon must evade a tormented enemy whose all-knowing power could change the face of science forever. Feb 13: Since We Fell / Dennis Lehane / 13 EP Read by Deborah McClain. A former journalist must find the strength to conquer unimaginable fears when she is sucked into a conspiracy thick with deception, violence, and possibly madness. 8PM & 12AM Jan 1: The Lost City of Z / David Grann / 12 EP Read by Paul Scott. The intriguing story of British explorer Percy Fawcett who ventured into the Amazon jungle in search of a fabled civilization never to return. Jan 17: The Thirst / Jo Nesbo / 21 EP Read by Geneine Snell. Maverick Oslo detective Harry Hole must try to find a killer who is wrecking revenge on the police force. Feb 15: The Good People / Havanah Kent / 15 EP Read by Chris Hassel. Three women in nineteenth-century Ireland are drawn together in the hope of rescuing a child from a superstitious community. 16
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