DC Public Library Podcast

Get Lit: Mitchell and Dempsey

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 03:05:00 +0000

This Month we talk to Emily Mitchell about her new book The Divine Church of Electricity (UW Press) and to Tyler Dempsey, host of Another F@cking Podcast.

Credits:

All music is from Pixabay and is used in their content license.

Chill Trip Hop (Short Version) by BoDleasons https://pixabay.com/music/beats-chill-trip-hop-short-version-401932/

Velvet Silence (Ambient Pop) by 9JackJack8

https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-velvet-silence-ambient-pop-419531/

Debussy - Clair de Lune - L. 75 - Arranged for Music Box (Version 2) by Debussy performed by GregorQuendel

https://pixabay.com/music/lullabies-debussy-clair-de-lune-l-75-arranged-for-music-box-version-2-228857/

For Her Chill Upbeat Summel Travel Vlog and IG Music Royalty Free Use by Anonymous

https://pixabay.com/music/beats-for-her-chill-upbeat-summel-travel-vlog-and-ig-music-royalty-free-use-202298/#/

Get Lit: Cross, Flores Anderson, Dunham, and Fleury (Special Edition)

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (DC Public Library) — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 23:00:00 +0000

In this episode, Chris Stevenson talks to four writers with emphasis on why they write and what to do about it. We also get to hear excerpts from Tracy Cross’s A Gathering of Weapons and Lacey N. Dunham’s The Belles.

Credits:

Tracy Cross

Melissa Flores Anderson

Lacey Dunham

Spencer Fleury

Music:

All music is from Pixabay and is used in their content license.

Psychedelic Chilled Trip Hop Full by catch22music

https://pixabay.com/music/beats-psychedelic-chilled-trip-hop-full-366217/

Debussy - Clair de Lune - L. 75 - Arranged for Music Box (Version 2) by Debussy performed by GregorQuendel

https://pixabay.com/music/lullabies-debussy-clair-de-lune-l-75-arranged-for-music-box-version-2-228857/

Halloween Piano~Nightmare Friday by pianocafe_Kumi

https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-halloween-pianonightmare-friday-366032/

Chill Trip Hop (Short Version) by BoDleasons

https://pixabay.com/music/beats-chill-trip-hop-short-version-401932/#/

For Her Chill Upbeat Summel Travel Vlog and IG Music Royalty Free Use by Anonymous

https://pixabay.com/music/beats-for-her-chill-upbeat-summel-travel-vlog-and-ig-music-royalty-free-use-202298/#/

Vampiric Heritage - Victorian Gothic Piano by Joel Fazhari https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-vampiric-heritage-victorian-gothic-piano-music-241158/

Dreadful Darlings (horror trailer) by MYCATWROTETHIS

https://pixabay.com/music/horror-scene-dreadful-darlings-horror-trailer-285546/

Je vais trouver by olleaugust

https://pixabay.com/music/electronic-je-vais-trouver-441385/#/

Get Lit: Gray, Angelella, Lennox, Seibel

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 22:05:00 +0000

Please be advised that this episode contains explicit language.

Join us this month as we talk to "Sarah Gray, who has a memoir out with HarperOne titled, A Life Everlasting: The Extraordinary Story of One Boy's Gift to Medical Science – A Powerful Memoir of Loss, Discovery, and Organ Donation."

We also have the director of my old Alma Mater, the Jimenez Porter Writers House at the University of Maryland. Ross Angelella. He is an award winning novelist and screenwriter.

Then we talk with the prolific (over 200 books written) Best-Selling and self-published author Valerie Lennox. We talk to her about work and writing and the work of writing.

Then we finish up with indie favorite Kyle Seibel, whose latest book Hey You Assholes (from Clash Books)! Is catching buzz everywhere. We talk to him about work, working and writing, and the work of writing.

Credits 8/12/2025

Java Pop by Spires That in the Sunset Rise is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Spires_That_in_the_Sunset_Rise/Curse_the_Traced_Bird/Java_Pop/

Washington, DC by The Nighttime Adventure Society is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society/Chapter_One_The_First_Chapter/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society_-_Chapter_One-_The_First_Chapter_-_01_Washington_DC/

$x4 (MicroSong) by sthm is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/x4_MicroSong/

Re-Function! by junior85 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/junior85_-_08_-_Re-Function/

Radiate Instrumental (GLASS).mp3 by Nuisance is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/nuisance/glass-instrumental/radiate-instrumental-glassmp3/

zate it with a spork by Uncle Milk is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/zate_it_with_a_spork_1516/

Get Lit: Robbins, Bock, Colson, Scott and Carr

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:45:00 +0000

Join us this month as we talk with author Denise S. Robbins who has a new book out called The Unmapping; the Washington Writers Publishing House co-president Caroline Bock and Jona Colson, who are celebrating WWPH’s 50th anniversary; author Rion Amilcar Scott who reads from his book, The World Does Not Require You; and indie lit legend Brian Allen Carr, author of Bad Foundations, Opioid, Indiana, Short Bus, and others.

Denise S. Robbins is from Madison, Wisconsin, the city where she grew up and to which she returned after sixteen years of living and working in climate activism on the East Coast. In Madison, she lives with her husband in a yellow house circled by oaks and pines and two owls, and works as a consultant for several climate advocacy groups. She is a Pushcart Prize–nominated author whose stories have been published in literary journals including The Barcelona Review, Gulf Coast, and many more. Her debut novel, The Unmapping, was published in June 2025 from Mareas at Bindery Books. It is number 2 on People Magazine’s top reads for the summer. The Unmapping is on order at DCPL. You can place a hold for when it arrives.

Caroline Bock’s short story collection, Carry Her Home, received the 2018 WWPH Fiction Prize. She is the author of two critically acclaimed young adult novels, LIE and Before My Eyes, from St. Martin’s Press. In addition to her role as co-president, she is the prose editor at WWPH Writes, our bi-weekly literary journal, and the co-editor of our 2021 anthology This Is What America Looks Like Fiction and Poetry from D.C. Maryland, and Virginia. Her new novel, THE OTHER BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. (Regal House Publishing) will be published on June 2, 2026.

Jona Colson’s poetry collection, Said Through Glass, won the 2018 Jean Feldman Poetry Prize from WWPH. He teaches English at Montgomery College. Notably, in addition to his role as co-president, he is the poetry editor of WWPH Writes, our bi-weekly literary journal, and the co-editor of This Is What America Looks Like: Poetry and Fiction from D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. He is also the translator for Aguas/Waters by Miguel Avero, our first work in translation, published in May 2024.

Rion Amilcar Scott was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland. His parents are from Trinidad and came to the United States to study at Howard University. He graduated from George Mason University and teaches at The University of Maryland, College Park. His book Insurrections: Stories is available from DCPL

2019:The World Doesn't Require You is available from DCPL

Brian Allen Carr is an Aspen Words Finalist and two time Wonderland Book Award winner.

His books include Opioid, Indiana, Bad Foundations and several others.

He is from Texas and lives in Indiana.

His novel Sip is available through DCPL.

His novel Opioid, Indiana is available through DCPL.

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Credits

Dream Pop by HoliznaCC0 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/only-in-the-milky-way-part-3/dream-pop/

Dark Ambient Music (Death And Forever) by TheBoseDeity

is licensed under the Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License.

https://freesound.org/people/TheBoseDeity/sounds/395691/

Java Pop by Spires That in the Sunset Rise is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Spires_That_in_the_Sunset_Rise/Curse_the_Traced_Bird/Java_Pop/

Washington, DC by The Nighttime Adventure Society is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society/Chapter_One_The_First_Chapter/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society_-_Chapter_One-_The_First_Chapter_-_01_Washington_DC/

kalas by Uncle Milk is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/kalas_1886/

Function! by junior85 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/junior85_-_07_-_Function/

Re-Function! by junior85 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/junior85_-_08_-_Re-Function/

Tipping Point by Ellennerv is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/Tipping_Point/

Pasty Cline “I’m Gonna Walk Some Dog” is in the public domain and is an official record of the United States Army. Armed Forces Radio Service.

Arkansas Traveler by ecfike is licensed under a CC0 license

https://freesound.org/people/ecfike/sounds/135127/

All audio comments are consented to by the The Labs Consent and Release form.

Chorale by Andrew Christopher Smith is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.

Palimpseste by Iliaque is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.

Times square 1700.m4a by olofguf is licensed under CC0.

https://freesound.org/people/olofgud/sounds/639703/

Get Lit: Christina Tudor, Melissa Scholes Young, Cynthia Via, and OF Cieri

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:40:00 +0000

Join us as we celebrate the publication of Grit and Gravity, volume 11 of the Grace and Gravity series, a series dedicated to women writers in the DC area. Christina Tudor and Cynthia Via are two of the excellent writers in the series. (and are both alums of the DC Public Library writers workshops). We chat briefly with Melissa Scholes Young, the editor of the series. As part of a new spot on writers and their jobs and the business of writing, we talk to OF Cieri.

Credits

Dream Pop by HoliznaCC0 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/only-in-the-milky-way-part-3/dream-pop/

Dark Ambient Music (Death And Forever) byTheBoseDeity

is licensed under the Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License.

https://freesound.org/people/TheBoseDeity/sounds/395691/

Java Pop by Spires That in the Sunset Rise is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Spires_That_in_the_Sunset_Rise/Curse_the_Traced_Bird/Java_Pop/

Washington, DC by The Nighttime Adventure Society is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society/Chapter_One_The_First_Chapter/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society_-_Chapter_One-_The_First_Chapter_-_01_Washington_DC/

Inside the Crystal Cave by Kate Kody is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/kate-kody/single/inside-the-crystal-cave/

$x4 (MicroSong) by sthm is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/x4_MicroSong/

kalas by Uncle Milk is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/kalas_1886/

Function! by junior85 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/junior85_-_07_-_Function/

Re-Function! by junior85 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/junior85_-_08_-_Re-Function/

Tipping Point by Ellennerv is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/Tipping_Point/

Pasty Cline “I’m Gonna Walk Some Dog” is in the public domain and is an official record of the United States Army. Armed Forces Radio Service.

Arkansas Traveler by ecfike us licenssed under a CC0 license

https://freesound.org/people/ecfike/sounds/135127/

All audio comments are consented to by the The Labs Consent and Release form.

Get Lit: Austin Ross, Alan Good, and Joey Hedger

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Alan Good, Joey Hedger, Austin Ross, Chris Stevenson) — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:55:00 +0000

This month we have local writers Austin Ross and Joey Hedger, both with books out with Malarkey Books. We also have Alan Good, editor of Malarkey Books, who has published a slew of DC writers.

Credits

Java Pop by Spires That in the Sunset Rise is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Spires_That_in_the_Sunset_Rise/Curse_the_Traced_Bird/Java_Pop/

Washington, DC by The Nighttime Adventure Society is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society/Chapter_One_The_First_Chapter/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society_-_Chapter_One-_The_First_Chapter_-_01_Washington_DC/

Always Faithful by Ketsa is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/cc-by-free-to-use-for-anything/always-faithful/

Bantu by Sneaky Club is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/sneaky-club/single/bantu/

Cellar Door by HoliznaCC0 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/lo-fi-and-chill/cellar-door/

zate it with a spork by Uncle Milk is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/zate_it_with_a_spork_1516/

Re-Function! by junior85 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/junior85_-_08_-_Re-Function/

CHASIN' IT by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Shaw/Audionautix_Acoustic/CHASIN_IT_________________________1-14/

BACK TO THE WOODS by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Shaw/Audionautix_Acoustic/BACK_TO_THE_WOODS____1-03/

SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Shaw/Audionautix_Acoustic/SOLO_ACOUSTIC_GUITAR_3-11/

Notes from the Library: Health & Human Services

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Victor Benitez, Jean Badalamenti) — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 06:35:00 +0000

***From 2019***

In this episode, host Victor Benitez interviews Jean Badalamenti, Health & Human Services Coordinator for the DC Public Library and Peer Outreach Specialists Jerome and Renee to talk about about the library's role in assisting DC's most vulnerable and at-risk residents.

Get Lit: Margaret Roberts Drucker and Ivy Grimes

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Chris Stevenson, Margaret Roberts Drucker, Ivy Grimes) — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:20:00 +0000

Join as Margaret Roberts Drucker returns with another scary story, Chris makes a soothing song for these troubling times, and Ivy Grimes reads her piece about someone swallowing a glass piano.

Credits

Re-Function! by junior85 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

Life’s Small Pleasures by Christopher Stevenson:

DC Metro - Interior 1 by crashoveride6 is licensed under CC0

https://freesound.org/people/crashoverride6/sounds/219233/

Baby Girl 1 year old - Coos, Gurgles, Drops Toys by Sauron974 is licensed under CC0

https://freesound.org/people/Sauron974/sounds/244237/

Soothing Serenade by Universfield is licensed under Attribution 4.0

https://freesound.org/people/Universfield/sounds/719269/

Mockingbird by AlucardsBride is licensed under CC0

https://freesound.org/people/AlucardsBride/sounds/179928/

Goog rain and thunder by Soundman9826 is licended under CC0

https://freesound.org/people/soundman9826/sounds/193331/

Kingston NY late summer midnight crickets - some mic and freeway noise from middle.wav by samwd is licensed under CC0

https://freesound.org/people/samwd/sounds/402734/

Brazilian_Waterfall_River .wav by SuperStudioBR is licensed under Attribution 4.0

https://freesound.org/people/SuperStudioBR/sounds/669180/

Jamesport Wind Chimes.wav by acclivity is licensed under Attribution 4.0 NonCommercial

https://freesound.org/people/acclivity/sounds/30606/

Improvisation on Lydian Scale - Saxophone (2) by emirdemiral is licensed under Attribution 4.0

https://freesound.org/people/emirdemirel/sounds/424911/

Tokyo - Drum Circle in Yoyogi Park by Manuke is licensed under CCO

https://freesound.org/people/manuke/sounds/315885/

Dark Ambient Music (Death And Forever) by TheBoseDeity
is licensed under the Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License.
https://freesound.org/people/TheBoseDeity/sounds/395691/

Flower Dance by Serge Quadrado is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Hoba by JAYUS JAZZ is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Java Pop by Spires That in the Sunset Rise is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Spires_That_in_the_Sunset_Rise/Curse_the_Traced_Bird/Java_Pop/

Washington, DC by The Nighttime Adventure Society is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society/Chapter_One_The_First_Chapter/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society_-_Chapter_One-_The_First_Chapter_-_01_Washington_DC/

All Things Local:Uncovering Roots: Genealogy and the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Carla Wills, Negest Rucker, Olubunmi Bakare) — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:30:00 +0000

In this episode Carla Wills and Negest Rucker joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss their family connections to slavery in Maryland and the Catholic Church.

Recommended books related to this episode:
The 272 : the families who were enslaved and sold to build the American Catholic Church / Rachel L. Swarns.
The ledger and the chain : how domestic slave traders shaped America / Joshua D. Rothman
Slavery and freedom on the middle ground : Maryland during the nineteenth century / Barbara Jeanne Fields.
Facing Georgetown's history : a reader on slavery, memory, and reconciliation / edited by Adam Rothman and Elsa Barraza Mendoza.
The half has never been told : slavery and the making of American capitalism / Edward E. Baptist.
Tobacco and slaves : the development of southern cultures in the Chesapeake, 1680-1800 / Allan Kulikoff.
Gleanings of freedom : free and slave labor along the Mason-Dixon Line, 1790-1860 / Max Grivno.

Music used in this episode
Title: Good Kids Inst
Author: HoliznaRAPS/https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznaraps/good-kids/good-kids-inst/
Source: Free Music Archive / https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznaraps/good-kids/good-kids-inst/
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

DC Public Library Presents: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 20:00:00 +0000

In this episode, we revisit the reading of Reverend Martin Luther King’s 1963 "Letter From A Birmingham Jail". It was performed annually as a staged reading in the Great Hall of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library prior to the library's renovation. Today, we continue that tradition in virtual form, blending voices familiar and new, including DC Public Library staff and community members.

Get Lit: Hannah Grieco and Rose Solari

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Christopher Stevenson, Hannah Grieco, Rose Solari) — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:00:00 +0000

Join us with the opening episode of the year as we join local writers Hannah Grieco and Rose Solari as we discuss writing, teaching, and running a small press in Washington, DC.

Credits:
Java Pop by Spires That in the Sunset Rise is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Spires_That_in_the_Sunset_Rise/Curse_the_Traced_Bird/Java_Pop/

Washington, DC by The Nighttime Adventure Society is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society/Chapter_One_The_First_Chapter/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society_-_Chapter_One-_The_First_Chapter_-_01_Washington_DC/

Dark Ambient Music (Death And Forever) by TheBoseDeity
is licensed under the Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License.
https://freesound.org/people/TheBoseDeity/sounds/395691/

Dream Pop by HoliznaCC0 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/only-in-the-milky-way-part-3/dream-pop/

2 hour Delay by HoliznaCC0 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/only-in-the-milky-way-part-3/dream-pop/

zate it with a spork by Uncle Milk is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/zate_it_with_a_spork_1516/

Re-Function! by junior85 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

All Things Local: Love DC GO-GO

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Montu Mitchell, Olubunmi Bakare) — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 22:45:00 +0000

In celebration of Go Go preservation week at the DC Public Library, Montu Mitchell joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss his Love DC Go Go clothing campaign and its connection to the culture of Washington, DC.

Music by BOPD
elevator by BOPD is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Get Lit: Kristi Ferguson and Stephanie Parent

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Stephanie Parent, Kristi Ferguson, Christopher Stevenson) — Wed, 4 Sep 2024 18:00:00 +0000

In this episode DC based writer Kristi Ferguson discusses writing, growing up in Brazil and the DC writing scene. Also joining the podcast is Baltimore based writer Stephanie Parent. She talks about sex work and her memoir My Dungeon Love Affair.

Credits:

Start to Finish by C. Scott is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/C_Scott/Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3/CScott_-_Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3_-_03_Start_to_Finish1/

Afrikaans by C. Scott is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/C_Scott/Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3/CScott_-_Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3_-_02_Afrikaans1/

Humphrey by C. Scott is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/C_Scott/Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3/CScott_-_Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3_-_07_Humphrey1/

Flagstaff by C. Scott is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/C_Scott/Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3/CScott_-_Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3_-_16_Flagstaff1/

Zuegma by C. Scott is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/C_Scott/Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3/CScott_-_Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3_-_14_Zuegma1/

Calming Piano Tune for Serene Moments by UNIVERSFIELD is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/universfield/calm-music/calming-piano-tune-for-serene-moments/

My Dreams by UNIVERSFIELD is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/universfield/calm-music/my-dreams/

Java Pop by Spires That in the Sunset Rise is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Spires_That_in_the_Sunset_Rise/Curse_the_Traced_Bird/Java_Pop/

All Things Local: Paul Coates

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Paul Coates, Olubunmi Bakare) — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 18:00:00 +0000

*Original air date: January 29, 2020.*Paul Coates is owner and operator of Black Classic Press, one of the oldest Black publishing companies in the U.S. He joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss his life, publishing company and how books shaped his life.

Get Lit: Michael Don and Jessica Harris

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Christopher Stevenson, Mike Don, Jessica Harris) — Wed, 7 Aug 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Join us for our August episode, featuring interviews with George Mason Professor Michael Don and DC Library worker and poet Jessica Harris. Also, the bulk of the music on this episode comes from C. Scott's album Beats Vol. 3, a trip hop album in CCO, often used in tween games.

Credits

What A Beautiful Sunset is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
https://soundcloud.com/user-659340737/what-a-beautiful-sunset

Steak Fingers by C. Scott is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/C_Scott/Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3/CScott_-_Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3_-_17_Steak_Fingers1/

Humphrey by C. Scott is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/C_Scott/Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3/CScott_-_Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3_-_07_Humphrey1/

Belview by C. Scott is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/C_Scott/Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3/CScott_-_Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3_-_06_Belview1/

Knuckle Uo by C. Scott is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/C_Scott/Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3/CScott_-_Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3_-_13_Knuckle_Up1/

Power Glove by C. Scott is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/C_Scott/Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3/CScott_-_Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3_-_01_Power_Glove1/

Gentle Landscapes by Vira Miller is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
https://freesound.org/people/ViraMiller/sounds/743842/

Calm Wilderness by Vira Miller is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
https://freesound.org/people/ViraMiller/sounds/743841/

Dark Ambient Music (Death And Forever) by TheBoseDeity
is licensed under the Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License.
https://freesound.org/people/TheBoseDeity/sounds/395691/

Every path but your own is the path of fate [Instrumental] by Robert Farmer is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Robert_Farmer/solo-guitar-instrumentals-2015/every-path-but-your-own-is-the-path-of-fate-instrumental/

Get Lit: Lauren Woods and Andrew Bertaina

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Chris Stevenson, Lauren Woods, Andrew Bertaina) — Tue, 2 Jul 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Credits:

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/

Java Pop by Spires That in the Sunset Rise is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Parallel by Beat Mekanik is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.

relaxation music #54.mp3 by ZHR0 is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
https://freesound.org/people/ZHR%C3%98/sounds/572358/

Amicus Meus by Anonymous Choir is licensed under a Public Domain License.

apex chappelle by Uncle Milk is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

Camille Saint Saens - Carnaval des animaux - I La Marche Royale du Lion by Aitua is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License.

BWV 769a: Canonic Variations - 2. Canone alla quinta by James Kibbie is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Song is untouched in full play.

Mushrooms by HoliznaCC0 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

Get Lit: George Koors and LJ Pemberton

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Chris Stevenson, LJ Pemberton, George Koors) — Tue, 4 Jun 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Join 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/music/holiznacc0/only-in-the-milky-way-part-3/dream-pop/

Cello Classical instrumental | Sky by Alex-Productions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/alex-productions/single/cello-classical-instrumental-sky/

Bucket Drummer by Logan Circle2 is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
https://freesound.org/s/454637/

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/

Settouna Show 1 by Cyweb is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License
https://freesound.org/people/CyWeb/sounds/256183/

Re-Function! by junior85 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/junior85_-_08_-_Re-Function/zate it with a spork by Uncle Milk is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/zate_it_with_a_spork_1516/
Java Pop by Spires That in the Sunset Rise is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Spires_That_in_the_Sunset_Rise/Curse_the_Traced_Bird/Java_Pop/

Washington, DC by The Nighttime Adventure Society is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society/Chapter_One_The_First_Chapter/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society_-_Chapter_One-_The_First_Chapter_-_01_Washington_DC/

All Things Local: Diving With a Purpose

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Kamau Sadiki, Olubunmi Bakare) — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:10:00 +0000

In 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.youtube.com/watch?v=2M8ESS9hSAQ

Diving With A Purpose
https://divingwithapurpose.org/

Slave Wrecks Project
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/initiatives/slave-wrecks-project

"Whatever" by HoliznaCC0 was used in this episode. Whatever by HoliznaCC0 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

What the Tech: What is Cryptocurrency?

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (chelsea kirkland, caleb bess, Adam Zarazinski.) — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 04:10:00 +0000

In 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 info@inca.digital to connect.

Get Lit: New Year

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Christopher Stevenson, Georgina Warren, D. Lincoln Burbank) — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 20:45:00 +0000

credits:

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/sounds/339815/

ALS_AG.wav by CaveAnu is licensed under the Attribution 3.0 license
https://freesound.org/people/CaveAnu/sounds/561044/

Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns. Performed by Joseph Finkberg. Public Domain.

https://librivox.org/auld-lang-syne-by-robert-burns/

Get Lit: Winter Holiday Edition

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 17:10:00 +0000

Join 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 Stevenson.

Humpty Dumpty was Framed by Kim Renay Anderson by DCPL Labs Contract. All rights revert to author.

Where are My Keys? By Kim Renay Anderson by DCPL Labs Contract. All rights revert to author.

Why Holidays are Important by Reverend Veronica Graves by DCPL Labs Contract. All rights revert by author.

Dark Ambient Music (Death And Forever) by TheBoseDeity is licensed under the Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License.

https://freesound.org/people/TheBoseDeity/sounds/395691/

Angela, Angela. Irish Christmas Song is licensed under Attribution NonCommercial 4.0

https://freesound.org/people/annabloom/sounds/321250/

Irish Whistle.mp3 by Nigelnix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License https://freesound.org/people/nigelnix/sounds/130108/

St. John Cathedral female choir 0012.wav by klanbeeld is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/169039/

P. I. Tchaikovsky: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a (Dutoit) Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit. Public Domain

https://archive.org/details/NutcrackerSuiteOp.71adutoit/03Tchaikovsky_TheNutcrackerOp.71-Overture.mp3

Moaus Zur by The Max and Frieda Weinstein Archive of YIVO Sound Recordings. Public Domain.

https://archive.org/details/moaus-zur

Sleigh Bells, Long, A.wav by InspectorJ is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License

https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/402521/

Ambient Wave Marker 33.flac by Erokia is licensed under Attribution 4.0 Noncommercial

https://freesound.org/people/Erokia/sounds/586380/

Christmas Bells by tripjazZ is licensed under CC0 Public Domain. https://freesound.org/people/tripjazz/sounds/664697/

The Kendal Revellers 2015 ~.mp3 by TitusL108 licensed under Attribution NonCommercial 3.0

All Things Local: Climate Change in the District

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Erin Garnaas-Holmes, Olubunmi Bakare) — Wed, 8 Nov 2023 02:00:00 +0000

In 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

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Christopher Stevenson) — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:00:00 +0000

Get 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 (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

https://freesound.org/people/PhonosUPF/sounds/499699/

Evil Laugh Wav by Nanaksian Is licensed under licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.

https://freesound.org/people/Nanakisan/sounds/132746/

01385 witch cackle 3 natural.wav by Robinhood76 is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.

https://freesound.org/people/Robinhood76/sounds/84746/

Organ Ambience, Calm, A.wav

By inspectorJ is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.

https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/411991/

Reception Background Chatter is licensed under NC 3.0 DEED Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported

https://freesound.org/people/MorneDelport/sounds/326404/

Piano Improvisation by Betabeats is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.

https://freesound.org/people/betabeats./sounds/666981/

The Door Creaks-Your Not Alone is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

https://freesound.org/people/MATRIXXX_/sounds/704612/

Owl Hoot by Breviceps is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

https://freesound.org/people/Breviceps/sounds/465697/

Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre byKevin MacLeod is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Danse_Macabre/

Horror Music Box 2 by UNIVERSFIELD

Is licensed under 4.0 DEED Attribution 4.0 International

https://freesound.org/people/UNIVERSFIELD/sounds/695621/

Somber Music by Speedenze is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.

https://freesound.org/people/Speedenza/sounds/209643/

Smokescreen by Margaret Roberts Drucker is licensed by DCPL Labs Recording Contract

A Dirge by Anne Boleyn

Read by Newgatenovelist for Librivox is in the Public Domain

https://ia802302.us.archive.org/32/items/spc220_2110_librivox/spc220_dirge_el_128kb.mp3

To the Dead In the Graveyard Under my Window by Adelaide Crapsey

Read by Olivereading for Libribox is in the Public domain

https://ia800501.us.archive.org/12/items/short_ghost_and_horror_collection_023_1312_librivox/ghohor023_todeadingravetardunderwindow_adelaidecrapsey_la_128kb.mp3

What the Tech: Extended Reality

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Joseph Cathey, Chelsea Kirkland, Caleb Bess) — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 20:45:00 +0000

In 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

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Christopher Stevenson, Siobhan Pascal) — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 05:45:00 +0000

Credits:

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/

Dark Scary Castle, Hall is licensed underCC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

https://freesound.org/people/MATRIXXX_/sounds/657538/

Dark Ambient Music (Death And Forever) byTheBoseDeity

is licensed under the Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License.

https://freesound.org/people/TheBoseDeity/sounds/395691/

Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1 byKevin MacLeod is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution License.

Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 2 byKevin MacLeod is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution License.

Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 3 byKevin MacLeod is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution License.

Heavy Rain bylebaston100 is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.

https://freesound.org/people/lebaston100/sounds/243629/

J. S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor byKevin MacLeod is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution License.

News Report Music byehohnke is licensed underCC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

https://freesound.org/people/ehohnke/sounds/376306/

No Good byQleq islicensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.

https://freesound.org/people/Qleq/sounds/677698/

S32-02 Fog horn with echo.wav by Craig Smith is licensed underCC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675697/

Thunder - Thunder Cracks Like Wind byPNMCarrieRailfan is licensed under the Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 License.

https://freesound.org/people/PNMCarrieRailfan/sounds/681613/

Pasty Cline “I’m Gonna Walk Some Dog” is in the public domain and is an official record of the United States Army. Armed Forces Radio Service.

“Jumbie See, Jumbie Do” by Siobhan Pascal is read by the author . All rights retained by S. Pascal.

The Swans at Coole by WB Yeats, When You are Old by WB Yeats, Autumn Movement by Carl Sandberg, and Fall Leaves Fall by Emily Bronte are in the public domain.

What The Tech: Chat GPT

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (caleb bess, chelsea kirkland) — Wed, 6 Sep 2023 00:50:00 +0000

In 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

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Naomi Fraser-Jones, Maya Schindler) — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 21:45:00 +0000

In 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.

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Music credit – “No One is Perfect.” By HoliznaCC0

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/be-happy-with-who-you-are/no-one-is-perfect/

Sound – “Wind Chimes – rough.wav.” By Anthosai

https://freesound.org/people/Anthousai/sounds/398495/

This episode was produced by Naomi Fraser-Jones and Maya Schindler

What the Tech: Passwords

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (DC Public Library) — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 00:40:00 +0000

In 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

Fri, 21 Apr 2023 18:30:00 +0000

In 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.

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Links to programs and events discussed in the podcast

Urban Forestry Division, all topics in DC Urban Forestry, maintenance, tree preservation, history, forest health, urban wood reuse: https://trees.dc.gov/

Urban Wood Reuse: https://urban-wood-reuse-dcgis.hub.arcgis.com/

Forest invasive species: https://trees.dc.gov/pages/forest-health#spot

DC Open Streets: https://open-streets-dcgis.hub.arcgis.com/

Where to go if you have an issue with a tree, call 311 or try https://311.dc.gov/

Here are some of the links we mentioned:
Capital Nature

City Nature Challenge

Ana leading City Nature Challenge observation events for DPR and Friends of Oxon Run on Saturday, April 29 at Pope Branch Park and Oxon Run Park

Download the free citizen science app iNaturalist

DC Street Tree Map

UDC's DC Master Naturalist program

DOEEE - Urban Agriculture

Washington is has the #1 ParkScore in the country

Casey Trees

One of our favorite books: City of Trees by local naturalist and forest bathing guide Melanie Choukas-Bradley

Pulitzer Prize winning fiction book about trees: The Overstory by Richard Powers

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Earth by HoliznaCC0 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

All Things Local: Mary McLeod Bethune in Washington, DC

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Dr Ida Jones, Olubunmi Bakare) — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:25:00 +0000

In 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 .

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For more information on the Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation , please visit www.womensmonument.org.

Save Yourself by Makaih Beats is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License

DCPL Presents Sustainably Social: In Conversation With Carolyn Becker of Goodwill Greater Washington and DC Vegan Life

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Carolyn Becker, chelsea kirkland) — Wed, 8 Mar 2023 19:05:00 +0000

**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

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Janet Sims-Wood, Olubunmi Bakare) — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 03:20:00 +0000

In 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.

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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 http://onsound.eu/
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

All Things Local: Preserving the BLM Memorial Fence

Wed, 18 Jan 2023 18:15:00 +0000

In 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

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Chills by HoliznaCC0 used in this episode. For more information visit the link below.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/sad-beats

All Things Local: Adebayo Folarin is Mr Entertainment

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Adebayo Folarin, Olubunmi Bakare) — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 00:15:00 +0000

In 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.

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Link to wild turkey attacking woman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7VZECeVKJw

Celebrations by Ketsa was used in this episode. For more information visit the link below.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/1000/celebrations/

Celebrations by Ketsa is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Preserving Native American Artifacts at MLK Library

Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

For 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 for increased education of Native Americans in the District.

All Things Local: Go Go Live

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Natalie Hopkinson, Olubunmi Bakare) — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 05:25:00 +0000

In 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

Tue, 1 Nov 2022 19:00:00 +0000

On 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

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (olubunmi bakare, tracy myers) — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 15:20:00 +0000

On 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

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (DC Public Library) — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 18:00:00 +0000

This 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

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (DC Public Library) — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 18:00:00 +0000

This 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

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Ronald "Smokey" Stevens, Olubunmi Bakare) — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 05:05:00 +0000

On 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

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Amy Landau, Olubunmi Bakare) — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 00:30:00 +0000

Treasure 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

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (A. Peter Bailey, Olubunmi Bakare) — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:20:00 +0000

*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

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (A.Peter Bailey, Olubunmi Bakare) — Thu, 19 May 2022 22:00:00 +0000

*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

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Aryssa Damron) — Tue, 10 May 2022 18:00:00 +0000

In 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

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Alyscia Cunningham, Olubunmi Bakare) — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 21:25:00 +0000

From 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

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Alysha Clark, Tora Burns) — Fri, 8 Apr 2022 18:30:00 +0000

A 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

Tue, 5 Apr 2022 18:00:00 +0000

In 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

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (DC Public Library) — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 18:17:03 +0000

At 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 (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats

Access This: Slavery & Disability, A relationship that shapes disability in America today

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (DC Public Library) — Tue, 8 Mar 2022 19:00:00 +0000

Deborah 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

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (DC Public Library) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 19:00:00 +0000

Black 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

April 28, 1968 recording of the Friday Morning Music Club in Dig DC

All Things Local: African American Genealogy

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (DC Public Library) — Wed, 9 Feb 2022 04:16:19 +0000

Linda 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

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 19:00:00 +0000

Music 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

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library) — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:03:43 +0000

On 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

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 22:05:28 +0000

Tora 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

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library, Goethe-Institut) — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 21:00:00 +0000

Part 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

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 19:00:00 +0000

Check 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

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (DC Public Library) — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 19:00:00 +0000

Robert 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

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 19:00:00 +0000

Jenny 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

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library, Goethe-Institut) — Tue, 9 Nov 2021 19:00:00 +0000

Part 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 the National Parks Service National Capital Region.

All Things Local: Roye Okupe and the Rise of African Superheroes

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library) — Tue, 2 Nov 2021 21:57:25 +0000

Author and founder of YouNeek Studios discusses his comic book series, Afrofuturism and the blockbuster hit Black Panther. This episode originally aired in March 2018.

Secret Passage: Spooky Stories

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 18:00:00 +0000

In this episode of Secret Passage, we celebrate the mystery, horror, and suspense of spooky stories. Listeners will be on the edge of their seats as theatrical retellings of a monster story, a classic English folktale, and the urban legend the Babysitter come to life.

Get Lit: Literary Musings - VillanElle

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library) — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Joanna & Amanda discuss the first novel in the VillanElle trilogy by Luke Jennings, touching on the realities of the female assassin and remark on the LGBTQ+ lens that is prominent in the Killing Eve TV series (based on the books) and how that escalates the narrative.

The People's Podchive: The Great Migration, Go-Go, and More!

Tue, 5 Oct 2021 21:43:17 +0000

Introduction to Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Project
Interview with Edith Crutchfield, Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Project
Interview with Reverend Irene Pierce, Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Project
Interview with Deacon Clarence Haywood, Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Project
Chip Py Go-Go Collection
Friday Morning Music Club
Emergency Committee on the Transportation Crisis Posters
Check out a copy of The Warm of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson at DCPL

Secret Passage: Hispanic Heritage Month

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Secret Passage is your podcast portal to stories and storytelling from around the world. Episodes feature reader’s theatre performances that are sure to delight listeners, including children of all ages and their families. In this episode, we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with oral storytelling from Colombia, Mexico, and Cuba.

Access This: DC Office for the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing (ODBH)

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Jenny learns about the new DC Office for the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing (ODBH) from activists Brianne Berger and Robb Dooling in honor of the International Week of the Deaf, taking place September 20-26, 2021.

Get Lit: Literary Musings - A discussion of NVK by Temple Drake

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (DC Public Library) — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 20:08:10 +0000

Joanna & Amanda discuss NVK by Temple Drake.

All Things Local: A Life of Service

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 18:15:52 +0000

Labs Library Associate Olubunmi Bakare speaks with Adult Education Specialist Toni White-Richardson about growing up in Washington, DC and her life's mission.

Memories on Tap: Inspired by Disaster

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library) — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Click here for more information about the Memory Lab.

Click here to book an appointment at the Memory Lab.

The People’s Podchive: Happy Birthday Washington City Paper

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Lisa and Laura talk about how the People's Archive preserves and amplifies local stories. In this episode, they explore the Washingtoniana periodicals collections and celebrate Washington City Paper’s 40th birthday with a look back at DC in the 1980s.

Access This: Crip Camp

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:48:21 +0000

As part of a month-long celebration of the ADA, Jenny chats with co-creator of the Oscar-nominated Documentary "Crip Camp," Jim LeBrecht, along with activist and author Judy Heumann.

Get Lit: Literary Musings on 'Animal Farm' by George Orwell

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library) — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 14:02:15 +0000

Joanna & Amanda discuss George Orwell's Animal Farm, discuss Putin's attempts to reunify the Soviet Union, the influence Russian Lit can have in ones life.

Access This: Poet Marlena Chertock

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Click here for more information about the 2021 OutWrite Festival.

Click here to read the poems Marlena shared in their original format

NINTH&G: Know Your Power Arts Contest For Teens

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Mellanie Lassiter, Ryan Williams, Joanna Harris) — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0000

In this very special episode of NINTH & G, Ryan Williams speaks with DC Public Library Teen Coordinator Joanna Harris and Mellanie Lassiter of PEPCO about the second annual KNOW YOUR POWER civic engagement arts contest for Teens with Siobhan O’Brien, a 2020 Know Your Power winner.

The People's Podchive: Privacy in Protest

Tue, 25 May 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Access This: Julia Wolhandler

Tue, 18 May 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Jenny speaks with Center for Accessibility Manager Julia Wolhandler about her experience as a member of the disability community, some of her favorite bits of disability media, and how the Center for Accessibility makes the library an even more welcoming place.

Memories on Tap: A Bike, A Book, and a Bundle of Photos

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (DC Public Library) — Tue, 11 May 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Click here for more information about the Tour de DCPL, the library's city-wide bike tour of Washington, DC.

Get Lit: Literary Musings on 'The Binding' by Bridget Collins

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library) — Tue, 4 May 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Joanna and Amanda discuss “The Binding” by Bridget Collins, make cultural allegories, and historical-pop culture references

All Things Creative: Guatemalan Genocide with Juan Pablo Guzman

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library) — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 18:00:00 +0000

This is a throwback episode that originally aired in January 2018 on https://dcpl.simplecast.com/episodes/6e15903d-931f5fb8.

Access This: Justice Shorter

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 18:00:00 +0000

See Justice Shorter's recommended reads at JusticeShorter.com.

Memories on Tap: Telling Your Story

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library) — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Find more resources about digital preservation and personal archiving in DCPL's Memory Lab Libguide.

All Things Local : Jazz Advocacy

Wed, 7 Apr 2021 16:08:00 +0000

Guests: Jamie Sandel & Luke Stewart of CapitalBop, Aaron Myers & Herb Scott of the Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation, and Chris Naoum of Listen Local First.

Discover related musical performances at bigmarker.com/dc-public-library

NINTH&G: And the Award Goes to...with Gil Robertson, President of the African American Film Critics Association

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Ryan Williams, Gil Robertson) — Thu, 1 Apr 2021 18:00:00 +0000

In this episode, we discuss the motion picture award season with Gil Robertson, president and founder of the African American Film Critics Association. An entertainment journalist and author, Gil gives his take on this year's top films, actors and writers, and the honors being awarded by his organization. We also discuss the role libraries play in celebrating filmmakers and film making.

The People's Podchive

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 18:00:00 +0000

See everything in more detail at these links:

Women in the Life, Winter 2002

Washington Free Press, April 26, 1967

City Paper, April 15, 1988

The Washington Blade, April 22, 1994

Archive This Moment D.C. in Dig DC

Contribute to Archive This Moment D.C.

NINGTH&G: Living Boldly with Oprah Magazine Digital Director Arianna Davis

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Arianna Davis, Ryan Williams, Joanna Harris) — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Guest co-host Joanna Harris takes on millennial women living boldly with Oprah Magazine Digital Director Arianna Davis, who examines the life, loves and activism of Frida Kahlo in her latest book.

Memories on Tap: Your Memories are Fragile

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library) — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Robert LaRose discusses photography, memory, machine learning, and more with Esfandyar Poozesh, who used the Memory Lab to digitize his collection of 35mm negatives.

Access This: METAS International

Tue, 9 Mar 2021 19:00:00 +0000

Jenny talks about braille literacy, beep baseball, and the importance of mentorship with Daniel Martinez and Richie Flores from METAS (Mentoring Engaging and Teaching All Students), a non-profit working in Mexico to empower and encourage equal access to education for blind and low vision students. You can follow their work on METAS' Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/metasllc/

NINTH&G: A Passion for the Printed Word with Rochelle Riley & Mocha Ochoa

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Ryan Williams, Mocha Ochoa, Rochelle Riley) — Thu, 4 Mar 2021 19:00:00 +0000

NINTH & G brings together two extraordinary women with a passion for the printed word and how they've used their passions separately to inspire and create change: Rochelle Riley, Director of Arts & Culture for the City of Detroit, and author of “That They Lived, African Americans Who Changed the World,” in how she is giving closure to those who lost loved ones due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Mocha Ochoa, a former book publicist-turned-publisher and host of the new MLK Library series, “The Literary Lounge with Mocha.”

Get Lit: Writing in Community

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library) — Tue, 2 Mar 2021 19:00:00 +0000

Aja Clark leads a conversation with Darlene Taylor, Tara Campbell, and Ahmad Wright from the INKPEN community of writers.

NINTH&G: DC Library Board Chair Monte Monash

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Monte Monash, Richard Reyes-Gavilan) — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 19:00:00 +0000

In this special episode, we recognize the one hundred, twenty-fifth anniversary of the DC Public Library system with newly-elected Board Chair Monte Monash, and DC Public Library Executive Director Richard Reyes-Gavilan. A native Washingtonian, we discuss Monte's personal connection to the library, her vision as the new board chair and role the city, community partners and everyday citizens play in its success.

Memories on Tap: To Be Continued

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library) — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 19:00:00 +0000

For more information about the Memory Lab and personal digital archiving, see our Memory Lab Libguide.

For information about preserving movie film, check out the Center for Home Movies.

Notes From the Library: Looking Through the Lense of Photographer Ed Fletcher

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 19:00:00 +0000

View the "Washington, DC: City of Interest, City of Change" virtual exhibition.

NINTH&G: A Family Affair with Architect Peter Cook

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Kerrie Williams, Peter Cook) — Thu, 4 Feb 2021 19:00:00 +0000

In celebration of Black History Month, we premiere the NINTH&G podcast in conversation with local architect Peter Cook. With a portfolio that includes the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Watha T. Daniels/Shaw Library, and the embassy of South Africa, Peter shares his roots in the District and the field of design, his experience designing in the city, and what lesson his family and mentors carry with him today in his work. Joining us is our guest co-host, Kerrie Cotten Williams, Manager of The People's Archive at DC Public Library. NINTH&G celebrates those in and around the nation's capital doing the extraordinary. Hosted by Ryan L. Williams of DC Public Library, look for new episodes every two weeks. Be sure to subscribe to the DC Public Library podcasts for our array of programming.

DC Public Library Presents: Letter from a Birmingham Jail

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library) — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 19:00:00 +0000

Music 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.

Memories on Tap: A Picture is Worth A Thousand Memories

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (DC Public Library) — Tue, 5 Jan 2021 19:00:00 +0000

Robert LaRose interviews Scott Price about his collection of 35mm slides and digital photos, his efforts to preserve them, and some of the unexpected outcomes of his work.

DC Public Library Presents: Digital Preservation 101

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 19:00:00 +0000

Web content archived by the People's Archive

DigDC: DCPL's digitized archival content

Email the Labs at DCPL

Email the People's Archive

Library of Congress' Recommended File Formats for Preservation

Access This: SchoolTalk DC

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:00:00 +0000

Click here for a transcript of this episode.

Get Lit: DC Reads 2020

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library) — Wed, 2 Dec 2020 19:45:28 +0000

DC Public Library Presents: Food Sovereignty

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library) — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 20:11:28 +0000

A special episode of DC Public Library Presents for Native American Heritage Month: join Allie as she speaks with Renee Gokey of the National Museum of the American Indian. Allie and Renee Gokey discuss food sovereignty, what it means, and how it ties into Indigenous history and culture.

Get Lit: WOC Book Club, "When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir"

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library) — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 19:00:00 +0000

This is a throwback episode that originally aired in November 2019 on https://soundcloud.com/dc-public-library.

Memories on Tap: Hooked on Preservation

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library) — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 19:00:00 +0000

Click here for more information about the DC Public Library Memory Lab.

DC Public Library Presents: Morale Music of the Civil War

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library) — Tue, 3 Nov 2020 19:00:00 +0000

Upcoming events at DC Public Library

DC Public Library's online music resources

All Things Local: Gerald Anderson is Still Standing

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library) — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 18:00:00 +0000

This episode uses music by Casey Danielson and sound clips from the following:

Storm Coverage. (2004, June 9). Hurricane Katrina Coverage: Larry King Live (8/30/2005) - CNN [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=EEcZBNfVa_Y&feature=youtu.be&t=360

Notes From the Library: MLK's Opening Ceremony

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library) — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000

Amanda and Robert interview Maryann James-Daley and Ryan Williams on the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library opening ceremony, their impressions of the pre- and post-renovation and visions for the library's future.

DC Public Library Presents: Xenobia Bailey's 'Aesthetic of Funk'

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library, People's Archive) — Tue, 6 Oct 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Kerrie Cotten Williams, People's Archive Manager, in conversation with Xenobia Bailey, artist, the 'aesthetic of funk', on her mural for the Grand Reading Room at the historic, modernized, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.

Notes From the Library: MLK Reopens and the launch of DCPL Podcast

dcpl.podcast@dc.gov (Labs at DC Public Library) — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Join Casey, Jervey, Olubunmi and Will as they discuss their quarantine projects, MLK's reopening, first impressions of the Labs, and the launch of 'DCPL Podcast' recorded from the Recording Studio at the historic, modernized, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.