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Shelf Motivated is a library book chat podcast. Join librarians Sharon, Sarah, and Eric as they discuss books and reading, what they're currently reading and what they want to read next, book recommendations, and all things library related.
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Signup to Generate a PitchShelf Motivated is a library book chat podcast. Join librarians Sharon, Sarah, and Eric as they discuss books and reading, what they're currently reading and what they want to read next, book recommendations, and all things library related.
Shelf Motivated is hosted by Mt. Lebanon Public Library. The show has published 32 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 34" (14 October 2026, 48 minutes), "Episode 33" (18 August 2026, 53 minutes), and "Episode 32" (9 December 2025, 56 minutes).
Shelf Motivated publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 55 minutes across 32 episodes.
Booking probability for Shelf Motivated is 21%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Shelf Motivated requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Shelf Motivated's contact route on record: verified email.
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Mt. Lebanon Public Library hosts Shelf Motivated, an arts podcast with 32 episodes published.
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Episode #34
Happy Spooky Season! That means this is our Annual Spooky Season Reading Episode, so break out some Halloween candy and dig in. We talk about folk horror, classic horror, horror comedy and more. Come for the horror...
Episode #33
We're back! After a break, Sharon, Sarah, and Eric are back behind the microphones to bring you episode 33 of Shelf Motivated. Come for the book chat, stay for continued discussion of a movie that Sarah says was better...
Episode #32
<p>'Tis the season! It's time for another Shelf Motivated end of year holiday extravaganza! Come for the time-tested classics… stick around for the Victorian Ghost Stories and Folk Horror adjacent seasonal reads. Sarah...
Episode #31
<p>Happy Spooky Season! This year on the Shelf Motivated Spooky Season Spectacular Special we get into a few classics of American horror from the 1970s, some folk horror, some horror anthologies, and a few British books...
Episode #30
<p>Even if you aren't a comics reader, come for the graphic novel chat, stay for the dive into a hyper-local figure who changed the face of comics and publishing forever! This time on the pod we sit down with MLPL Clerk...
Episode #29
<p>Come for the Summer Reads, stay for a chat about college kids and if they've ever actually read books, and more talk of The Meg!</p> <p>This time on the podcast the crew tackles "The Elite College Students Who Can't...
Episode #28
<p >It's Summer Reading season! You know what that means…beach reads, sunshine, and good times! So of course, on this episode of Shelf Motivated you'll hear about:</p> <p >Late capitalism and the Potemkin City Limits of...
Episode #27
<p>Summer 2025: KEEP READING FUN!</p> <p>This episode, join us as we talk reading with MLPL Children's Librarian Elizabeth! We talk about what we read as kids and discuss our childhood public libraries. We also chat...
Episode #26
<p >Come for the second-ever GUEST on Shelf Motivated and stay for the poetry! In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Shelf Motivated crew invited local poet and force behind Mt Lebanon Public Library's own poetry...
Episode #25
<p>Celebrate Small Press Month with us on Shelf Motivated! Come for the strange coming of age stories, stay for the 500-page Icelandic translation that features a gravestone with a Kierkegard quote, and a playlist...
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<p>Come for the discussion of romance as a genre, stick around for our first ever guest of the podcast, Flannery! We discuss romance, whatever it was that Sharon read that is arguably romance adjacent, hockey romance...
Episode #23
<p>Come for the 2024 reading review, stay for what we're looking forward to in 2025! We navigate the vicissitudes of Good Reads vs a paper journal vs some kind of voice recorder that Sharon wants to utilize. Hear what...
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Come for the comfort reads, stay for uncomfortable to-be-reads! This time on the podcast Sarah dives into a kids' book from the 1930s, and a book about bookshops, Eric slows down with a local writer, and a master of...
Episode #21
<p>Come for the local color, stay for the HORROR! It's our annual spooky season episode, and this time around we discuss everything from classics of American lit that have a horror/gothic angle, to contemporary horror...
Episode #20
<p>Come for memories via Istanbul, stay for satire via Norway! This time around on the show we get into the subject of re-reading, Sharon's inability to picture anyone other than David Mitchell as Proust, Eric reading a...
Episode #19
<p>Come for the contemporary thrillers, stay for the Marcel Proust and the Teapot Dome Scandal!<br /> This time around on the podcast Sharon digs deep into Proust's Swann's Way, while Eric gets into more Dad books on...
Episode #18
<p >Come for the discussion of the Jason Statham shark movie The Meg, stay for Dad Book Watch 2024! Join us this time on the podcast for Summer Reading goals (Sarah as a Book Tube judge [again!], Sharon takes on Proust...
Episode #17
<p>This time on the podcast we span the globe! From wading into the folk tales and literary essays of Appalachia, to swimming in the waters of the Booker International Prize, books on classic American cinema, poetry in...
Episode #16
<p>Come for the Crested Grebes, stay for the conspiracy theories! This time around on the podcast we check in with our own book-prize judge Sarah as her current Book Tube judging comes to an end, we get into the...
Episode #15
<p>You know what they say… "Genre, genre, genre!" Well, OK, maybe nobody is saying that, but on this episode, we discuss genre, A LOT! Come for the genre, but stick around for a check-in on Sarah's Book Tube judging...
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