Completely Booked - Official Podcast of the Jacksonville Public Library

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#45 Stumbling Into Sobriety - Tracy "Dot Com" Collins Apr 15, 2019

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Tracy Collins, aka Tracy Dot Com, is on the show today to discuss her new book, Stumbling Into Sobriety. We discuss what it's like to live a sober life as a media personality, as well as her biggest challenges writing her book.

#44 Short Box Podcast - Badr Milligan Apr 08, 2019

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Badr Milligan is one of the founders and co-hosts of The Shortbox Podcast, Jacksonville's premier comic book and pop culture podcast! Hurley and Jenna were featured on their show in February 2019 to talk Goosebumps and Jax Book Fest. Badr discusses his show and love of comic books. Jenna and Producer Bryan give you an overview of our upcoming Comic Con events!

#43 Stronger Than Stigma - Gabrielle Magid Apr 01, 2019

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Gabrielle Magid is Stronger Than Stigma. The nonprofit organization founder started focusing on millennial mental health advocacy back in 2013 when she was a student at the University of Florida. During our conversation, Gabrielle shares the challenges of running a nonprofit from a young age, the mission behind her Nobody's Happy comedy tour, as well as the reasons why we should stop throwing around words like "crazy" and "depressing."

#42 Curious Music - Keith Marks Mar 25, 2019

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Keith Marks wants us all to get curious. He's the founder of Avant, a nonprofit organization bringing musical acts to the Jacksonville area—many of which the people of Jacksonville have never heard of. He's also the donor of the Jacksonville Public Library's Radical Jewish Music collection, which he tells us all about during our engaging conversation.

#41 Jumbo Shrimp - Ken Babby Mar 18, 2019

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In this episode of Completely Booked, Ken explains the vision and process of the name change and what he hopes to bring to the Jacksonville community. He discusses his career at the Washington Post; starting as an intern and rising to the position of Vice President of Advertising, and most recently, Chief Revenue Officer of Washington Post Media and General Manager of Washington Post Digital.

The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Baseball 2019 season starts April 4, and you can purchase tickets on their website or at the box office at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.

#40 Down the Hatch - Jessica Hatch Mar 11, 2019

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Ever wondered what it takes to take a book from manuscript to publication? Literary editor Jessica Hatch of Hatch Editorial Services is here to walk us through the process. How does a book get picked up for trade publishing? What does it take for a book to become a bestseller? Find out on this episode!

Jessica also tells us some of her favorite books:

Tonight I'm Someone Else by Chelsea Hodson

Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

#39 Goosebumps - R.L. Stine Mar 04, 2019

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This is it! R.L. Stine is on Completely Booked this week. We fainted just before we recorded this so hopefully you can't tell. Bob (he let us call him Bob) was one of the nicest and most jovial people ever. He told us about his start writing for a comedy magazine, and how he tried to resist writing the Goosebumps books at first. He also tells us why he thinks Jack Black did such a poor job portraying him in the first Goosebumps movie.

#38 Duval Folx - DJ Geexella Feb 25, 2019

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DJ, rapper and queer-identifying social justice warrior GeeXella is on our show today. We discuss Duval Folx, an inclusive dance party they established in 2018, as well as the tragic car accident that shaped their life.

Follow GeeXella on Instagram.

BONUS: Meet R.L. Stine at Jax Book Fest! Feb 20, 2019

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Jax Book Fest is this Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019! Goosebumps author R.L. Stine and author of the Black Lagoon series, Mike Thaler will be there to meet you and sign your books. Hurley and Jenna are giving you the inside scoop on how to guarantee you have a spot in line for R.L. Stine's presentation and book signing. Don't miss this incredible event! More details and full event schedule can be found at jaxbookfest.org.

#37 Civil Rights in Jacksonville - Rodney L. Hurst Feb 18, 2019

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Rodney Hurst is a civil rights activist, a black historian, and the author of two award-winning books. He joins Hurley and Jenna on Completely Booked to tell the real history of the bloody events of August 27, 1960, when 200 whites with ax handles and baseball bats attacked members of the Jacksonville, Florida Youth Council NAACP who were demonstrating peaceably at White lunch counters in downtown Jacksonville. This event is now known as Axe Handle Saturday.

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