Check Me Out: A Podcast for Book Lovers: Recent Episodes
Panhandle PBS
Check Me Out: A Podcast for Book Lovers is a production of Panhandle PBS and Amarillo College's FM90 in Amarillo, TX. Originated in conjunction with PBS' The Great American Read, episodes feature authors, teachers, librarians, and experts.
Season 3 of Check Me Out is made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
"Texas Monthly" writer, Skip Hollandsworth, discusses his book "The Midnight Assassin" and his podcast "Tom Brown's Body" with host Amy Hart.
Paralleling the Amarillo Public Library’s 2022 exhibit, “Americans and the Holocaust,” and Panhandle PBS’s premiere of the new film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, “The U.S. and the Holocaust.”
Guests: Cynthia Hunt, Melody Boren
Exploring family history and Amarillo Public Library’s extensive genealogy resources.
Guests: Cindy Wallace, Natalie Barrett
The Black experience through fiction and non-fiction books.
Guests: Delores Thompson, RJ Soleyjacks, Stacy Clopton
Parelleling Panhandle PBS’s new series on exploring “The Little Things” we can do to improve our mental health.
Guests: Cindi Wynia, Karen Welch
What makes a book a bestseller? Why are certain books overlooked? In this episode we discuss what books should have been bigger and why they weren’t.
Guests: Stacy Clopton and Amanda Barrera.
In this episode local author Ryan McSwain discusses his writing process, his inspiration for writing, and if there will be a sequel to his novel 'Four Color Bleed'.
In this episode our guests Ande Parlow and Richard McGowan discuss YA Novels.
Books discussed include: Layoverland, Stamped, Clap When You Land, The Patron Saints of Nothing, Dig, Class Act and more!
In this episode, guests Monica Hart and Ruth Landelius discuss their love of cookbooks! What makes a cookbook great? Who are their favorite cooks/authors? And how did Ruth leaving French onion soup on her back porch kick off her cooking career? All of this and more on this episode!
In this episode we discuss Queer Literature with our guest Lytton St. Stephen.
Books discussed include: The Price of Salt, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Well of Loneliness and more.
In this episode we talk Historical Fiction! Guests Reagan Hales and Karen Schrader discuss their favorites and tell us the parameters for the genre. Books discussed include: The Devil in the White City, The Pillars of the Earth, The Book Thief, The Outlander Series.
In this episode we talk about the importance of literacy with guests Bailey Orr and Kinsey Bellar. We discuss Storybridge and how the organization is bringing books to children in need.
In this episode we talk "Pandemic Reads" with Stacy Clopton and Marley Hoggatt. Is reading more or less popular during a time of tragedy? And what are good re-reads during a time of uncertainty?
Books discussed this episode: One to Watch, The House in the Cerulean Sea and more.
Johnathan Aaron Baker and Brandon Presley discuss the works and life of Ernest Hemingway. In conjunction with the release of Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's documentary "Hemingway" airing on PBS.
On this special episode of Check Me Out: Off The Page, Amy and Hilary sit down with writer Rye Curtis to discuss his new novel Kingdomtide, his writing style, and why 100-year-old books about the Texas Panhandle inspire him.
In our first Minisode guests Chris Hudson and Emily Gilbert discuss Latin American Literature.
In this episode we talk to Mary Badham, who played Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird! We discuss her love of education, her memories of shooting the film, and The Great American Read winning book!
In this episode, we will discuss the winner of The Great American Read, and The Great Panhandle Read. Plus, we'll have a behind-the-scenes look at this season of Check Me Out.
The spookier side of PBS' The Great American Read. This week's guests Sadie Newsome, Brian Frank, and Karly McCutchan discuss some of their favorite books from the list that make their spines tingle.
Books discussed: 1984, The Stand, The Giver and more!
Is the book always better? Our guests this week, Jonathan Baker, Chip Chandler, and Hilary Hulsey discuss some of the books adapted to film on The Great American Read list.
Books discussed: The Godfather, Gone Girl, Harry Potter, Dune, Lord of the Rings
In this episode, a group of area teachers, librarians, and book-lovers discuss books series on PBS' The Great American Read list. Books included in this podcast: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Foundation, Flowers in the Attic, Chronicles of Narnia.
Hilary Hulsey sits down with young readers, Haven and Olivia, to discuss some of the YA novels on the Great American Read list.
Books discussed include: The Giver, The Outsiders, Harry Potter, Looking for Alaska, and more!
English scholars Jonathan Baker and Chris Hudson discuss books that fall under the "cult" category, from Moby Dick to Harry Potter, on the Great American Read book list.
Warning: May Contain Spoilers
Panhandle PBS' Chip Chandler sits down with TGAR panel member and former Teacher of the Year Shanna Peeples. They discuss the selection process for The Great American Read, teaching, and Shanna's favorite novels.
Books discussed include: The Chronicles of Narnia, Cirque du Freak, Pippi Longstocking, Hansel and Gretel, The Lorax, graphic novels, Lonesome Dove and more!
Our newest episode discusses the more polarizing picks for PBS's Great American Read list — notably, Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey.
Warning: May Contain Spoilers
Our newest episode discusses books left off of PBS's Great American Read list — most notably, graphic novels.
Warning: May Contain Spoilers
Our latest installment of Check Me Out: a podcast for book lovers features three special guests (a professor, an artist, and a licensed counsellor) who discuss books on an emotional scale. Books discussed from The Great American Read List include: Frankenstein, The Great Gatsby, Gone with the Wind, The Help, To Kill a Mockingbird, Siddhartha, Where the Red Fern Grows.
Discussion of books on the list for The Great American Read, as well as books commonly remembered from childhood Summer Reading lists.
Warning: May Contain Spoilers