DC Public Library Podcast

By Labs at DC Public Library

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... more

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The podcast currently has 104 episodes available.

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June 22, 2022 All Things Local: Remembering Malcolm X: A Conversation with A. Peter Bailey Part 2
*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.
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43min
May 19, 2022 All Things Local: Remembering Malcolm X : A Conversation with A.Peter Bailey Part 1
*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.
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48min
May 10, 2022 Get Lit: Newbery-centric DCPL Podcast
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.
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17min
April 20, 2022 All Things Creative: I Am More Than My Hair
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.
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43min
April 08, 2022 Special: Celebrating National Library Week with Alysha Clark
A discussion with Washington Mystics Player, Alysha Clark about her love for reading, National Library week, and her appreciation for library staff.
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35min
April 05, 2022 NINTH&G: A conversation with outgoing Urban Libraries Council President and CEO Susan Benton
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.
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50min
March 16, 2022 All Things Local: Second Chances with Marcus Bullock
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
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49min
March 08, 2022 Access This: Slavery & Disability, A relationship that shapes disability in America today
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
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58min
February 22, 2022 The People's Podchive
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
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21min
February 09, 2022 All Things Local: African American Genealogy
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.
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42min

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How many episodes does DC Public Library Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 104 episodes available.