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The Checkout Stack is for library lovers and bookworms everywhere. Each episode Maria interviews a new librarian to discuss their recent reads, get book recommendations, and learn how their library impacts the community it serves. This podcast is a celebration of the reading life, join us to make sure your library checkout stack is always piled sky high.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Checkout Stack is for library lovers and bookworms everywhere. Each episode Maria interviews a new librarian to discuss their recent reads, get book recommendations, and learn how their library impacts the community it serves. This podcast is a celebration of the reading life, join us to make sure your library checkout stack is always piled sky high.
The Checkout Stack is hosted by Maria Skogen. The show has published 17 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "A Different Kind of Romance With Jenny in HI" (14 April 2025, 37 minutes), "Boost Your Mental Health With Kris Hickey in OH" (31 March 2025, 35 minutes), and "Appalachian Fiction with Natalie Seabolt in WV" (17 March 2025, 56 minutes).
The Checkout Stack publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 35 minutes across 17 episodes.
Booking probability for The Checkout Stack is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Checkout Stack requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Checkout Stack's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for The Checkout Stack are Libraries, Archives & Web Portals. The Checkout Stack has an arts audience.
Maria Skogen hosts The Checkout Stack, an arts podcast with 17 episodes published.
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The Checkout Stack
Recent Reads Maria: Maisie Dobbs by Jacquiline Winspear Jenny: So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan Recommendations New: First-Time Caller by B.K Borison Backlist: When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal Local...
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Recent Reads: Maria: Liars by Sarah Manguso Kris: Sirens by Emilia Heart Reccommendations: New: Witchcraft For Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix Backlist: Terrace Story by Hilary Leitcter Local: There's Always This Year by...
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Recent Reads: Maria: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes Natalie: The Bear by Andrew Krivak Reccommendations: New: The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich Backlist: Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson Local: Night Watch by Jayne Ann...
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Recent Reads: Maria: Family Family by Laurie Frankel Kelley: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Recommendations: New Book: Don't Let the Forest In by CG Drews Backlist Book: The House in the...
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Recent Reads Maria: Sandwich by Catherine Newman John: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Reccommendations: New: The Women by Kristen Hannah Backlist: Circe by Madeline Miller Local Author: Loren by Jessica...
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Recent Reads: Maria - Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne Tara - Cash by Jessica Peterson Recommendations: New - Quicksilver by Callie Hart Backlist - Book Lovers by Emily Henry Local - Wildest Dreams by Kristen Proby...
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Recent Reads: Maria - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley Kaite: This Is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter Reccommendations: New - My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past,Present, and Future by...
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Recent Reads: Maria - Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors Carla - The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory by Thomas Fuller Recommendations: New Title - The Small and Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans...
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Recently read Maria: The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Kelly: Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir by Ina Garden Recommendations: New book: Sandwich by Catherine Newman Backlist book: Winter...
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Recently read Maria: Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty Maddie: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Book Reccomendations: New book: You Like it Darker by Stephen King Backlist book: Animal Farm by George Orwell Local...
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Recent Reads: Maria: The Wedding People by Alison Espach Megan: The Husbands by Holly Garmazio Alyisha: And the Birds Rained Down by Jocelyne Saucier translated by Rhonda Mullins Reccommendations: New (Megan): The...
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Recent Reads: Maria - Lessons in Chemistry by Garmus Bonnie C - The Witch King by Martha Wells Book Recommendations: New - The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang Backlist - The Song of Achilles by...
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Enjoy this bonus episode of halloween book recs with librarian Abigail Hubbard from the Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County in Alabama. Recent Reads: Maria: The Examiner by Janice Hallett Abigail: You Bring the...
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Book Recommendations: Book End Topic: An Ernest Desire to Save the World - Ishmael , The Story of B, and My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn New Book: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears Backlist Book: The Motley Fool...
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Recent Reads: Maria's : Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados Chris's: How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristin Perrin Book Recomendations: New Book: The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer Backlist Book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho...
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Recent Reads: Maria's : The Bee Sting by Paul Murray Jody's: One of Us is Dead by Jeneva Rose New Book: House with a Story: A Dragon’s Den, a Ghostly Mansion, a Library of Lost Books, and 30 More Amazing Places...
The Checkout Stack
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