DC Public Library Podcast

DC Public Library Podcast

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DC Public Library Podcast episodes

  • Memories on Tap: Your Memories are Fragile
    Robert LaRose discusses photography, memory, machine learning, and more with Esfandyar Poozesh, who used the Memory Lab to digitize his collection of 35mm negatives. Connect with us!
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    43 min
  • Access This: METAS International
    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/ Connect with us!
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    39 min
  • NINTH&G: A Passion for the Printed Word with Rochelle Riley & Mocha Ochoa
    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.” Connect with us!
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    52 min
  • Get Lit: Writing in Community
    Aja Clark leads a conversation with Darlene Taylor, Tara Campbell, and Ahmad Wright from the INKPEN community of writers. Connect with us!
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    53 min
  • NINTH&G: DC Library Board Chair Monte Monash
    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. Connect with us!
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    33 min
  • Memories on Tap: To Be Continued

    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.

    Connect with us!

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    46 min
  • NINTH&G: A Family Affair with Architect Peter Cook
    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. Connect with us!
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    33 min

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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…