Entertainment

Podcast of the Month with Karolin Frohnert Chasing Cosby by LA Times As you can imagine, this podcast series is not always easy to listen to and has some tough emotional segments. The episodes are centred around victims telling their stories: how they were lured into trusting Cosby, why they…

March Readingwith Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes Libraries Adults’ Read Agatha Ann Cathrine Bomann F BOM – (Frankton, Arrowtown, Queenstown) Can you help someone find a way to live when you’re lost yourself? Set in the suburbs of 1940s Paris, a psychiatrist counts the days until his retirement. He lives…

February Readingwith Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes Libraries Adults’ Read The Chicken Sisters K.J. Dell’Antonia F DEL – (Frankton) Three generations. Two chicken shacks. One recipe for disaster. Merinac, Kansas. Chicken Mimi’s and Chicken Frannie’s have spent a century vying to serve up the best friend chicken in the state.…

Podcast of the Month with Karolin Frohnert Hidden Brain by NPR and Shankar Vedantam Hidden Brain is one of my all time favourite podcasts. Host Shankar Vedantam explores why we behave the way we do by revealing unconscious patterns that drive our behaviour, influence our choices and impact our relationships.…

Summer Readingwith Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes Libraries Adults’ Read Navigating the Stars: Māori Creation Myths Witi Ihmaera 398.208994 IHI – (Frankton, Queenstown, Arrowtown) Fresh off his recent talk at this year’s Queenstown Writer’s Festival, we couldn’t recommend more Witi Ihmaera’s latest book Navigating the Stars: Māori creation Myths. In…

Podcast of the Month with Karolin Frohnert Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen by Campsite Media This new True Crime series has been getting a lot of attention since the first episodes aired in early October, with Vanity Fair, Rolling Stones Magazine, the Financial Times and many others publishing articles. I was…

Podcast of the Month with Karolin Frohnert Passport by Frequency Machine This podcast series is a really fun and informative antidote to the fernweh I’ve been experiencing recently and gives me a sense of exploring the world on my way to work. Passport however is not a traditional travel podcast.…