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Eric Mikols and Nic Gunning host the official podcast of the David A. Howe Public Library. Listen for book news, great segments and library events!

Nic Gunning and Eric Mikols


    • May 29, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 54m AVG DURATION
    • 460 EPISODES


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    But Have You Tried... Edna St. Vincent Millay

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 24:24


    Ally dusts off the library poetry corner to introduce Nic to Edna St. Vincent Millay.

    The Lovely Bookshelf of May

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 35:10


    Scrubbing in to talk books, movies and shows including: The Righteous Gemstones Veronica Mars Jo Nesbo Stargirl The Thunderbolts Dating and Dragons Green Teeth  and budget votes!

    But Have You Tried... Animal Farm

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 28:23


    Ally and Nic settle in for the first Wild Card pick, Animal Farm by George Orwell. They also talk Star Wars Day, so it's not a all bleak!

    Star Wars Day Book Club: The Medstar Duology

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 49:45


    Nic and Amanda are joined by Steve from this Endorian Life for a Star Wars Day discussion on The Medstar Duology by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry.

    Bossa Nova Bookshelf

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 47:22


    It's a spring bookshelf with lots to discuss including: Snow White Wicked Kraven The Pit Doctor Who Jojo Rabbit Daredevil: Born Again Flavia DeLuce and more!

    But Have You Tried Robert B. Parker's Sunny Randall

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 32:18


    But Have You Tried Robert B. Parker's Sunny Randall by Nic Gunning

    But Have You Tried... ASL?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 32:00


    Ally gets Nic to try his hand (literally) at sign language!

    Bookshelves and Slugs

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 30:02


    Ally and Nic discuss recent reads and watches including Brandon Sanderson, Black Bag and Slugterra!

    The Shortest Month Bookshelf

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 32:12


    The Shortest Month Bookshelf by Nic Gunning

    But Have You Tried Ben Folds

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 28:01


    But Have You Tried Ben Folds by Nic Gunning

    Episode 50: A Dusty Bookshelf

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 35:48


    It's episode 50 and Nic and Ally combat winter colds to discuss the latest in books, movies and more!

    But Have You Tried... Jens Lekman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 20:46


    Ally makes Nic spin some tunes from Swedish musician Jens Lekman!

    Giant-Sized Annual #4.2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 58:37


    It's part two of our annual comic book romp. This time we focus in on Marvel!

    Comic Book Coffee Break: Giant-Sized Annual #4.1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 47:50


    Comic Book Coffee Break returns! Nic and Eric dive into their reading lists for 2024 and discuss favorites and in Part 1 of Giant-Sized Annual #4!

    So Long 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 35:35


    Ally and Nic take a look at favorite books, movies and shows from 2024.

    Cozy Bros V

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 70:35


    It's the holiday season, let's read some Christmasey books! Beau Hutchings returns for a look at Agatha Christie and James Patterson.

    But Have You Tried... Painting a Winter Scene

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 26:37


    Nic tasks Ally with a winter painting project. Follow the guide we used here: https://youtu.be/NjEY-ki-niA?si=HAz5vGOSmomiUFOr

    november bookmark 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 39:44


    Nic and Ally sit down to discuss what they've been up to this month.

    But Have You Tried... Sir Terry Pratchett

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 24:25


    Ally takes Nic on a journey to Discworld with a look at Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching series.

    The November Breeze Bookshelf

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 42:38


    Ally and Nic discuss all that they are watching, reading and listening to in this November visit to the But Have You Tried Book Shelf.

    But Have You Tried... X-Men (2000)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 37:45


    This time Nic introduces Ally to the 2000 film X-Men.  It came out when he was in high school and she was an infant. Let's see how this goes!

    Halloween Now X: Beetlejuice

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 73:02


    Nic sits down with the Queen of Halloween for a discussion on Beetlejuice, only to be joined by an uninvited guest!

    The Fall Bookshelf

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2024 38:49


    It's Fall! Nic and Ally settle in to discuss: Perfect Couple Studio Ghibli Frasier Pokemon Time Bandits Trial of the Amazons and... Gerald Ford

    But Have You Tried... Chasing Vermeer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2024 29:28


    We cover Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett, plus the most challenged books of 2023

    The Zoo Crew Bookshelf

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 32:41


    It's our September Bookshelf!  We talk: Star Trek Deadpool and Wolverine Detective Pikachu That 90s Show Slugterra and more!

    Star Trek Day 2024: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 66:02


    Amanda scrubs into This Endorian Life for a special Star Trek Day crossover. Tune in!

    But Have You Tried... Star Trek: The Cage

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 28:29


    It's nearly Star Trek Day and Nic subjects Ally to the original Star Trek pilot: The Cage.

    The World Traveling Book Shelf

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2024 38:47


    Ally and Nic check in on  The Acolyte Agatha Christie Gilmore Girls Brandon Sanderson Blade Runner and more!

    But Have You Tried... Leverage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 23:37


    This week Ally makes Nic dust off his DVD player to watch the Timothy Hutton series Leverage.

    Adventure Begins... with Clive Cussler's Gray Ghost

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 45:45


    It's the summer reading program so Nic and Steve and diving head first into The Gray Ghost by Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell

    The Sunny Bookshelf

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 28:16


    This week Nic and Ally catch up on the latest including That 90s Show Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Mean Girls Bridgerton Clive Cussler and more....

    But Have You Tried... The Rolling Stones

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 37:51


    This week Ally tries The Rolling Stones!

    The Prideful Bookshelf

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 40:30


    Nic and Ally sit down to chat about what's currently occupying their bookshelves. Topics include: Pride Month Enola Holmes The Mad Max Series Nicole Maines Star Wars Acolyte Star Trek Discovery Gilmore Girls and more!

    But Have You Tried... The High Kings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 25:45


    In which Ally introduces Nic to the Irish band The High Kings.

    The Allergic Bookshelf

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 36:34


    Nic and Ally talk allergies, Mad Max, Dungeons & Dragons and more...

    But Have You Tried... Ice Cream

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 26:27


    Nic and Ally venture across the street to the historic Texas Hot for a pair of afternoon sundaes.

    Star Wars Day Book Club: Darth Plagueis

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2024 48:03


    We're crossing over with This Endorian Life for a Star Wars Day extravaganza!

    Why Fathers Cry: A Kwame Alexander Spotlight

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024 22:17


    It's Poetry Month and Malik Acosta is back to talk Kwawe Alexander

    The Belated Bookshelf

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2024 31:26


    Nic and Ally return to cover topics such as: T.S. Elliot Ace Atkins Alan Bradley Ghostbusters Netflix's Love at First Sight And Then There Were None Superman and more!

    But Have You Tried... Agent Carter

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 33:38


    In an series of April Fool's Day shenanigans, our hosts got mixed up with those of the Radio Meanwhile Network! Here Hilary Gunning of Previously on X-Men is joined by Caleb Fesmire for a chat on the series Agent Carter, Nic and Ally are over on Previously on X-Men to discuss a Spider-Man/X-Men crossover.

    The Frenetic Bookshelf

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 32:25


    Ally and Nic dig on on Kung Fu Panda, Dune, Rex Stout, the Smiley series and more! It's the But Have You Tried Bookshelf!

    But Have You Tried... The Odd Couple (2015)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2024 26:12


    Nic introduces Ally to one of his favorite comfort food shows, The Odd Couple starring Matthew Perry, Thomas Lennon and Yvette Nicole Brown.

    The Elemental Bookshelf

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 34:33


    Nic and Ally catch on the latest in books movies and shows including: Pokemon Gotham Knights Silver Linings Play Book Bob Marley: One Love Sense and Sensibility The Odd Couple Patrick Stewart The Spy Who Dumped Me and more!

    The Bob Marley Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 28:28


    Malik is back for a special conversation on Bob Marley, just in time for Black History Month.

    But Have You Tried... Knitting!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2024 29:58


    Ally made Nic knit a scarf!

    The Left Handed Bookshelf

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2024 34:11


    Nic And Ally catch up and talk Barbe, The Lost Year, Jack Kirby, Rick Riordan and more!

    But Have You Tried... Jack Finney

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 35:56


    Nic's favorite author, Jack Finney, takes center stage when Ally is tasked with reading the time travel classic, Time & Again.

    Comic Book Coffee Break: Giant Sized Annual #3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2024 59:03


    Nic and Eric present a special episode of the All the Books Show spinoff "Comic Book Coffee Break," where they look back at their favorite comics of 2023.

    The End of the Line, 2023 Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2024 49:27


    We've got a new year on the horizon and we're looking back on the old one for our favorite Books, Movies and Shows from 2023

    Cozy Bros Christmas IV

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 82:17


    Beau Hutchings returns for a very witchy Christmas, with Nic bringing his first Christmas Western to the table.

    But Have You Tried... The Princess Switch

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2023 31:45


    Ally makes Nic watch The Princess Switch in this magical holiday episode.

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