This week Tayla is joined by Lee Ann Freitas from the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center and Renee Gamba from the Roger Williams Park Natural History Museum. Many people know the Roger Williams Park Zoo, but our guests join us to discuss some of the other attractions at the park. They also discussed mushrooms and sci-fi books. During The Last Chapter they discuss the question: What is the first book you decided to re-read and why?

Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you’d like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your topic suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening!

BooksEntangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake

Gardens of the High Line by Piet Oudolf & Rick Darke

Queen’s Hope by E. K. Johnston

Artemis by Andy Weir

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Dune by Frank Herbert

Must Love Dogs by Claire Cook

Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood

The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx

The Stand by Stephen King

Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel

AVDune (2021)

Fantastic Fungi (2019)

Stranger Things (2016- )

Ted Lasso (2020- )

Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)

MythBusters (2003-2018)

Adam Savage’s Tested (YouTube)

OtherMuseum of Natural History and Planetarium, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

Roger Williams Park Botanical Center, Providence, RI

James Webb Space Telescope, NASA

Cranston Public Library 2022 Adult Summer Reading