Join Buddy Hanson and guests for a wide-ranging discussion of movies, filmmakers, and cinematic story references. The show places special emphasis on titles that are available from the library collection of DVDs and streaming services like Kanopy and hoopla.

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Episode #14: SPY vs. SPY vs. SPY

Buddy continues the discussion with Alex Paxton about the spy genre focusing on spy novels and movies.

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Episode #13: KC Filmmaking with Alex Paxton

Buddy is joined by Alex Paxton to discuss the book and movie Order 86.

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Episode #12: Trust Me: What You Should Know About Disinformation

Buddy is joined by Jenny Garmon to discuss the documentary Trust Me and disinformation.

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Episode #11: Horror & Sci-Fi – Part II

Buddy is joined by Jeremy Weese to discuss two films that blend horror and science fiction.

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Episode #10: Horror & Sci-Fi – Part I

Buddy is joined by Jeremy Weese to discuss two films that blend horror and science fiction.

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Episode #09: The Moral Compass: 2 Films w/Sidney Poitier

Buddy is joined by the Library's supervisor of the film and music vault, Eric Petersen, to discuss two films starring screen legend Sidney Poitier.

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Episode #08: Health & Wellness Films with Guest Jeni Starr (Part Two)

Buddy welcomes the Library's Health & Wellness Specialist, Jeni Starr, to discuss two films, one about end of life decision making, and another featuring a fascinating care tactic for people with dementia.

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Episode #07: Health & Wellness Films with Guest Jeni Starr (Part One)

Buddy welcomes the Library's Health & Wellness Specialist, Jeni Starr, to discuss four films about health, diet and self-care.

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Episode #06: Guest Martin Howard from 'California Typewriter'

Typewriter enthusiast and one of the subjects of Doug Nichol's 2016 film, California Typewriter dials in to talk with Buddy. They discuss collecting, analog versus digital, and what it's like being filmed for a documentary.

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Episode #05: Scratch: The history of 'turntablism' and roots of hip hop music/culture

On part two of Buddy and Leanne's discussion of music documentaries, they talk about the 2001 film Scratch, by Doug Pray.

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Episode #04: Rudeboy

Buddy and Leanne talk about the 2018 documentary about Trojan Records, the influential record label responsible for popularizing reggae and ska music in England.

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Episode #03: Hoopla (part 2)

In this episode, Buddy and Leanne (KCPL librarians) discuss films that are available on the Library's Hoopla Streaming platform.

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Episode #02: Hoopla (part 1)

In this episode, Buddy and Leanne (KCPL librarians) discuss films that are available on the Library's Hoopla Streaming platform.

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Episode #01: I Heart Kanopy

In this episode, Buddy and Leanne (KCPL librarians) discuss films that are available on the Library's Kanopy Streaming platform.

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