DC Public Library Podcast
101 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago -Hear book talks, conversations, special presentations, stories about the happenings in the library, the Labs, and Washington, DC, and much more! This show is recorded from the Labs Recording Studio at the historic, modernized, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in downtown Washington, D.C. This podcast was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Episode transcripts may be requested by emailing [email protected], please include the episode name and date in your request.
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Get Lit: Lauren Woods and Andrew Bertaina
July 02, 2024 18:00 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBCredits: Dark Ambient Music (Death And Forever) by TheBoseDeity is licensed under the Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License. https://freesound.org/people/TheBoseDeity/sounds/395691/ DC Metro - Interior 1 by crashoveride6 is license under CC0 https://freesound.org/people/crashoverride6/sounds/219233/ Washington, DC by The Nighttime Adventure Society is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Nighttime_Adventur...
Get Lit: George Koors and LJ Pemberton
June 04, 2024 18:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBJoin us as we explore what librarians and libraries do. Did you know for example that you can read The Paris Review on PressReader if you have a library card? Also, keeping in theme, we hear from Takoma Park librarians, Writer and Adult Librarian George Koors about his novel Always the Wanderer, and writer LJ Pemberton, whose acclaimed novel Still Alive is in our digital collection. Credits Dream Pop by HoliznaCC0 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License. https://freemusicarchive.org/...
All Things Local: Diving With a Purpose
February 22, 2024 07:10 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBIn this episode, host Olubunmi Bakare speaks with Kamau Sadiki. Kamau is a Board of Directors member and Lead Instructor with Diving With A Purpose (DWP), an organization committed to resurrecting the stories of shipwrecks involved in the Transatlantic Era of African Enslavement (TEAE) through maritime archaeology. They discuss his mission to find and document vessels of enslavement. "DESCENDANT" a must-see documentary about the Clotilda descendants now streaming on Netflix https://www.yout...
What the Tech: What is Cryptocurrency?
February 15, 2024 04:10 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBIn this epsiode, we tackle Cryptocurrency with guest Adam Zarazinski. Adam is the CEO of Inca Digital, a local Veteran-owned and run company that helps businesses understand and use Cryptocurrency and related technologies. In our interview, Adam breaks down cryptocurrency- what it is, how it works, how to avoid crypto scams, and more. Have you been the victim of a crypto scam? Inca Digital is collecting data on crypto scams and wants to hear from you- email [email protected] to connect.
Get Lit: New Year
January 16, 2024 20:45 - 26 minutes - 24 MBcredits: swirling winter wind gusty grains sand.flac by Kyles is licensed under the CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication license. https://freesound.org/people/kyles/sounds/454213/ Arctic by Sonically Sound is licensed under the Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 License. https://freesound.org/people/sonically_sound/sounds/612871/ Hand Bells, Low-C, Single.wav by Inspector J is licensed under the Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 License. https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/s...
Get Lit: Winter Holiday Edition
November 29, 2023 17:10 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBJoin us as we explore the winter holiday season. We hear from writers Kim Renay Anderson and Rev. Veronica Graves, listen to the ending of The Dead by James Joyce and ruminate over what it is that’s so important about these days. Is it just the food? Is it the religious aspects? Is it family? What is it? Credits The Lass of Aughrim. Traditional. Performed by Christopher Stevenson. Performance is in the Public Domain. The Dead by James Joyce. Public Domain. Performed by Christopher Steven...
All Things Local: Climate Change in the District
November 08, 2023 02:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBIn this episode Erin Garnaas-Holmes lead climate adaptation planner with the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment's Urban Sustainability Administration joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss climate change and the effects it will have on the District. Bus Stop by HoliznaCC0 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Website dclibrary.org Social @dcpubliclibrary on Instagram @dcpl on X
Get Lit: Halloween Tales
October 31, 2023 18:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBGet Lit with Halloween this year as we take a look at why people like scary stories, then hear an eerie story from local writer Margaret Roberts Drucker and listen to a poems from Adelaide Crapsey and Anne Boleyn. Credits Halloween Episode Horror Background Atmosphere For Suspenseful Moments by UNIVERSFIELD Is licensed under 4.0 DEED Attribution 4.0 International https://freesound.org/people/UNIVERSFIELD/sounds/702870/ Howling by PhonosUPF is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal (...
What the Tech: Extended Reality
October 25, 2023 20:45 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBIn our third episode of "What the Tech", we learn about Extended Reality (which includes Virtual and Augmented Reality) from local expert Joseph Cathey of Capitol Interactive. We discuss what it is, some examples of how it's being used locally for education and art, and where it might be going in the future.
Get Lit: Fall Folklore
September 28, 2023 05:45 - 32 minutes - 30 MBCredits: Ambience, Nightlife by Inspector J is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License. https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/352514/ Blind Haitian singer on Place Boyer (Petillon Ville, Port au Prince) by Felix.Blumeis licensed under the Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 License. https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/396104/ Bucket Drummer by Logan Circle2 is licensed underCC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication https://freesound.org/s/454637/ ...
What The Tech: Chat GPT
September 06, 2023 00:50 - 19 minutes - 18 MBIn our second episode of "What the Tech", we talk about Chat GPT, the Artificial Intelligence-powered chat service. We learn a bit about what it is, how to use it, what to use it for, and some of its pros and cons.
All Things Local: A Mixtape from Real World History 2022-2023
July 11, 2023 21:45 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBIn the Real World History program, DC high school students study the Great Migration by reading The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson and conducting oral history interviews with people who came to the DC region as part of the Migration. Listen to a series of clips from the 2022-2023 cohort of Real World History curated by two of the student oral historians, Maya Schindler and Naomi Fraser-Jones. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
What the Tech: Passwords
June 14, 2023 00:40 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBIn our first episode of “What the Tech”, we’re starting with the basics, passwords. They’re something that we all have to use and often forget, so we’ll get into why we have to use them, how to make good ones that you won’t forget, and what’s next in the world of passwords.
All Things Local: Discovering Nature in the DMV
April 21, 2023 18:30 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBIn this episode, host Olubunmi Bakare is joined by Ana Ka'ahanui and Stella Tarnay, founders of Capital Nature and Forest Health and Community Outreach Specialist, Kasey Yturralde of the DC Department of Transportation's Urban Forestry Division. They discuss exploring and learning about the natural environment in Washington, DC and the surrounding area. ************************************************************************************************************************************ L...
All Things Local: Mary McLeod Bethune in Washington, DC
March 22, 2023 17:25 - 37 minutes - 34 MBIn honor of Women's History Month, author, professional archivist and historian Dr Ida Jones joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss her work , Mary McLeod Bethune in Washington, DC : Activism and Education in Logan Circle. Jones also discusses her role as a part of the Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on the Women's Suffrage N...
DCPL Presents Sustainably Social: In Conversation With Carolyn Becker of Goodwill Greater Washington and DC Vegan Life
March 08, 2023 19:05 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MB**From 2018**On this episode of DCPL Presents, we sit down with Carolyn Becker, digital communications manager of Goodwill Greater Washington and founder of the popular Instagram account, DC Vegan Life. With a passion for sustainable living and tasty vegan treats, Caroyln explores how she uses social media to create community, promote sustainability, and ways you can, too!
All Things Local: Remembering Dorothy Porter Wesley
February 24, 2023 03:20 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBIn this episode Janet Sims-Wood, author of Dorothy Porter Wesley at Howard University: Building a Legacy of Black History, joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss the life and legacy of Dorothy Porter Wesley. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chilling by Alex-Productions was used in this episode. Lo-Fi Chill Hip Hop | Chilling by Alex-Productions | https://youtu.be/y_ShwSq40G8 Music promoted by ...
All Things Local: Preserving the BLM Memorial Fence
January 18, 2023 18:15 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBIn this episode Olubunmi Bakare is joined by by activists Nadine Seiler and Karen Irwin along with archivists Aliza Leventhal and Laura Farley to discuss their mission to preserve artifacts from the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in Washington, DC. Link to Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence Artifact Collection https://www.dclibrary.org/node/69429 **************************************************************************************************************************************** Chil...
All Things Local: Adebayo Folarin is Mr Entertainment
December 21, 2022 00:15 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBIn this episode Olubunmi Bakare interviews Adebayo "De' De' " Folarin . De' De' is a comedian, DC Public Library Technician and vocalist for the Washington, DC based Go-Go band, Rare Essence. He discuses his life growing up in Washington, DC and how he became a multi-talented entertainer. ************************************************************************************************************************************** Link to wild turkey attacking woman https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Preserving Native American Artifacts at MLK Library
November 23, 2022 00:00 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBFor Native American Heritage Month, we discuss the archaeological artifacts archived at the MLK Library with State Archaeologist Ruth Tricolli, Chief Jesse James Swann of the Piscataway Conoy Tribe, and Armand Lione of the DC Native History Project. We reveal what these artifacts tell us about the Indigenous peoples who made a home and livelihood in for thousands of years. We’ll also connect the neighborhoods of Washington DC, their roots to Native American History and Culture, and the need f...
All Things Local: Go Go Live
November 17, 2022 05:25 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBIn celebration of DC Public Library's Go Go Preservation Week, we are revisiting a previously aired podcast. Host Olubunmi Bakare talks with author Natalie Hopkinson to discuss her book Go-Go Live. For more information, please visit https://www.dclibrary.org/gogo
All Things Local: The Till Trilogy
November 01, 2022 19:00 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBOn this episode of All Things Local, host Natalie Campbell is joined by playwright Ifa Bayeza and Mosaic Theater's artistic director Reginald Douglas to discuss The Till Trilogy, playing through November 20th at Mosaic Theater. DC Public Library's Adult Services Coordinator David Quick also joins the conversation talk about the Library's ongoing partnership with Mosaic. Listen to learn more.
All Things Local : Halloween Edition
October 25, 2022 15:20 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBOn this episode host Olubunmi Bakare interviews Supervisory Librarian of the Chevy Chase Library and paranormal investigator Tracy Myers. They discuss ghosts and paranormal activity. Both speakers share their experiences with paranormal activity.
9th & G: Una conversación un restaurantero en DC
October 18, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBThis podcast is in Spanish in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Rafael Ulloa, vicepresidente ejecutivo de contenido para El Tiempo Latino DC, entrevista a Luis Reyes, restaurantero, de Laurel Plaza para el mes de la Herencia Hispana.
9th & G: Una conversación con el fundador del Teatro Gala
October 11, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBThis podcast is in Spanish in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Rafael Ulloa, vicepresidente ejecutivo de contenido para El Tiempo Latino DC, entrevista a Hugo Medrano, fundador del Teatro Gala en Columbia Heights, Washington, DC para el mes de la Herencia Hispana.
All Things Local: From DC to Broadway
September 23, 2022 05:05 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBOn this episode, Washington, DC native, author, filmmaker, and performer Ronald "Smokey" Stevens sits down with host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss his life and work as a performer.
Museums and the COVID-19 Pandemic
August 17, 2022 00:30 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBTreasure by Ketsa was used in the introduction and ending of this episode. For more information visit the link below. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/mini-lp/treasure/
All Things Local: Remembering Malcolm X: A Conversation with A. Peter Bailey Part 2
June 22, 2022 22:20 - 42 minutes - 58.2 MB*Original air date: November 6, 2018.* On this episode, A Peter Bailey joins host host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss the aftermath of Malcolm X's assassination, his career as a journalist working for Ebony and Jet magazines and in Black theatre. This is part two of their conversation.
All Things Local: Remembering Malcolm X : A Conversation with A.Peter Bailey Part 1
May 19, 2022 22:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MB*Original air date: September 24, 2018.* A. Peter Bailey is an author, journalist and playwright and lecturer. On this episode, he joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss his early life, personal relationship with Malcolm X and witnessing Malcolm X's assassination. This episode is part one of their conversation.
All Things Local: Remembering Malcolm X : A Conversation with A.Peter Bailey
May 19, 2022 22:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MB*Original air date: September 24, 2018.* A. Peter Bailey is an author, journalist and playwright and lecturer. On this episode, he joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss his early life, personal relationship with Malcolm X and witnessing Malcolm X's assassination. This episode is part one of their conversation.
Get Lit: Newbery-centric DCPL Podcast
May 10, 2022 18:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBIn honor of the 100th anniversary of the John Newbery Medal, children's staff at the DC Public Library discuss their favorite books that have won the prize, one of the two most prestigious awards for children's literature in the United States.
All Things Creative: I Am More Than My Hair
April 20, 2022 21:25 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBFrom 2019. On this episode, author, photographer and filmmaker Alyscia Cunningham joins DC Public Library's Olubunmi Bakare to discuss photography, filmmaking, and her current project I Am More Than My Hair: My Outward Appearance Does Not Define Me. In 2022 I Am More than My Hair was nominated as an official selection for the 30th Anniversary of the Pan African Film Festival.
Special: Celebrating National Library Week with Alysha Clark
April 08, 2022 18:30 - 34 minutes - 30.5 MBA discussion with Washington Mystics Player, Alysha Clark about her love for reading, National Library week, and her appreciation for library staff.
NINTH & G: A conversation with outgoing Urban Libraries Council President and CEO Susan Benton
April 05, 2022 22:00 - 49 minutes - 28.8 MBIn this episode of NINTH & G, DC Public Library Adult Services Coordinator, David Quick speaks with an outgoing Urban Libraries Council President and CEO, Susan Benton and DC Public Library Executive Director, Richard Reyes-Gavilan.
NINTH&G: A conversation with outgoing Urban Libraries Council President and CEO Susan Benton
April 05, 2022 18:00 - 49 minutes - 28.8 MBIn this episode of NINTH & G, DC Public Library Adult Services Coordinator, David Quick speaks with an outgoing Urban Libraries Council President and CEO, Susan Benton and DC Public Library Executive Director, Richard Reyes-Gavilan.
All Things Local: Second Chances with Marcus Bullock
March 16, 2022 18:17 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBAt the age of 15, Marcus Bullock was sentenced to eight years in a maximum security prison. Today he is the CEO of Flikshop, a company he founded that helps keep families connected to their loved ones while they are incarcerated. Marcus sits down with host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss what led to his incarceration and his drive to become an entrepreneur. ***This episode originally aired in January 2019 on Full Service Radio The music used in the introduction is titled High Definition (...
Access This: Slavery & Disability, A relationship that shapes disability in America today
March 08, 2022 19:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MBDeborah and Dr. Dea Boster discuss the themes from the historian's book African American Slavery and Disability: Bodies, Property and Power in the Antebellum South, 1800-1860
The People's Podchive
February 22, 2022 19:00 - 20 minutes - 18 MBBlack Studies Collection at The People’s Archive Black Studies digital resources Buses are a comin' : memoir of a freedom rider by Charles Person, with Richard Rooker The Griots' cookbook : rare and well-done by Alice McGill, Mary Carter Smith & Elmira Washington Where is My Place? Experimental Arts Community Building and Re-Building in Washington, D.C. in Dig DC Pastor Angeloyd Fenrick interview in the Center for Inspired Teaching ‘Real World History’ Oral History Project in Dig DC Ap...
African American Genealogy
February 09, 2022 04:16 - 41 minutes - 29.1 MBLinda Crichlow White, President of the DC Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS), joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss the origin of AAHGS and shares tips for those who are beginning their genealogical research. This episode originally aired in February of 2020 on Full Service Radio.
All Things Local: African American Genealogy
February 09, 2022 04:16 - 41 minutes - 29.1 MBLinda Crichlow White, President of the DC Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS), joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss the origin of AAHGS and shares tips for those who are beginning their genealogical research. ***This episode originally aired in February of 2020 on Full Service Radio.
DC Public Library Presents: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail
January 17, 2022 19:00 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBMusic in this episode is adapted from DCPL's American Song database. A complete list of the library's music streaming databases can be found here.
All Things Local: Lamont Carey: From Prison to Poetry
January 13, 2022 18:03 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBOn this month's episode of All Things Local, guest Lamont Carey discusses his life growing up in Washington, being incarcerated as a juvenile and re-entering society as an adult. We also discuss his life's work. NOTE: This episode originally aired on February 20, 2018 on DCPL Radio in partnership with Full Service Radio.
All Things Local: Lamont Carey
January 13, 2022 18:03 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBOn this month's episode of All Things Local, guest Lamont Carey discusses his life growing up in Washington, being incarcerated as a juvenile and re-entering society as an adult. We also discuss his life's work. NOTE: This episode originally aired on February 20, 2018 on DCPL Radio in partnership with Full Service Radio.
Secret Passage: STEM in Storytelling
December 21, 2021 22:05 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBTora and Tara will focus on STEM in storytelling, including its seeming absence in pourquoi tales and STEM teachings in Native American stories.
All Things Creative: Reimagining Civic Engagement and Participatory Planning
November 30, 2021 21:00 - 46 minutes - 43 MBPart 2 in a series of conversations on a just D.C., featuring fellows from the Public Interest Design Lab, a partnership between the Goethe-Institut and the DC Public Library. This episode pairs two DC based fellows—Jenn Low, an integrative designer, educator and landscape architect, and Anna McCorvey, an architect and city planner, with guest expert Rosten Woo, a designer, writer and educator living in Los Angeles.
The People's Podchive: Up From the People
November 30, 2021 19:00 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBCheck out a copy of The Washington Century Check out a copy of Chocolate City Washington Community Video Center Collection in Dig DC Seng Luangrath’s oral history in Dig DC Transgender Histories of D.C. in Dig DC.
Memories on Tap: A Habit of Documentation
November 23, 2021 19:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MBRobert LaRose speaks with Emily Wagner about her extensive collection of written family history and photographs dating back to the mid-19th century, as well as how to preserve important family memories.
Access This: Allie Genia
November 16, 2021 19:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBJenny chats with The Labs' own Allie Genia about how they make library programs more accessible, navigating an invisible disability, and dream projects they'd love to do with The Labs.
All Things Creative: The Past, Present, and Future of Black Lives Matter Plaza
November 09, 2021 19:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBPart 1 in a series of conversations on a just D.C., featuring fellows from the Public Interest Design Lab, a partnership between the Goethe-Institut and the DC Public Library. This episode pairs fellow Josef Palermo, an artist, producer, and arts organizer, with guest experts Bryan C. Lee, Architect and Design Justice Advocate, and the Founder/Director of Colloqate Design in New Orleans, and Dr. Roneva Keel, a historian and fellow with the American Council of Learned Societies partnered with ...
All Things Local: Roye Okupe and the Rise of African Superheroes
November 02, 2021 21:57 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBAuthor and founder of YouNeek Studios discusses his comic book series, Afrofuturism and the blockbuster hit Black Panther. This episode originally aired in March 2018.