Lost in the Library Podcast

This week host Fil Deptula and guest Jason Midkiff take a deep dive into one of America's most famous activists and household names, Helen Keller. In this episode, we discuss her childhood, how it was learned that she can be educated, and how she was educated. 
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We're back with a book podcast! This time we get lost in the historical fiction section of the library, continuing our journey through 16th century Poland with the second book of what is simply known as The Trilogy. Host Fil Deptula is joined by his brother and guest, Jacek "the White Rhino" Deptula, to discuss the book by Nobel-laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz and era epically referred to in English as "The Deluge."
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This week in the library, we get lost in the Fantasy section. Dark Fantasy that is. Specifically, we talk about the life and works of the woman credited for creating the Dark Fantasy genre, Gertrude Barrows Bennett, who published her work under the name Francis Stevens. Join host Fil Deptula and guest the Book Mac Daddy, Noah MacGillivray, this week to learn who created this popular genre .
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On this week's episode, host Fil Deptula and guest Nour Noah el-Naboulsi sit down and talk about It Can't Happen Here - Sinclair Lewis's book on how fascism could spread in the US, how it was relevant when it was published, and how it is very, very relevant today.
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Hello, and welcome back to the library. This week, we got lost in the politically dystopian section of the library as host Fil Deptula and guest Nour Noah el-Naboulsi discuss the historical context that caused Sinclair Lewis to write the novel It Can't Happen Here, and why this book is still so pertinent in the United States today.
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Mr. Vernacular Spectacular (Davis Peck) and Fil Deptula sit down to chat about Carl Sandburg, aka the People's Poet.
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Fil Deptula and the Book Mac Daddy, Noah MacGillivray, sit down to discuss Arthur Rimbaud - a famous 19th century French poet who gave up his craft at the age of 20. Listen and learn about this young rapscallion's writing journey, his tumultuous love affair, and what caused him to end his brief writing career.
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Photo comes from David Wojnarowicz's collection "Arthur Rimbaud in New York" (Coney Island). 

It's a multi-generational, family affair on this book episode. Fil Deptula is joined by his brother, Jacek "the White Rhino" Deptula, as well as Babcia and little baby Quinn, to discuss the lore of how the Three Musketeers was written, the historical context important to the book, and to diverge and talk briefly about French rugby.
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Andrew Kenney joins Fil Deptula to talk about the legacy of Stieg Larsson. We discuss his commitment to making sure everyone has a better life, the consistency of his belief system he held his entire life, his travels to Africa, the greatest work he did while in Sweden and in Great Britain, the writing of the Millennium series, and the aftermath of his estate.
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We are off to Paris (the authentic one) to discuss the French Romantic writer and playwright Alexander Dumas (père), Fil Deptula sits down with his brother, Jacek, go over how sugarcane, a couple of Napoleon Bonapartes, and a half dozen revolutions all deeply affected his life and work.
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