Ferguson Library Podcast

In this episode we bring you the Dudley N. Williams memorial lecture, delivered by the honorable Richard A. Robinson, chief justice of the Connecticut supreme court, on the subject of unconscious bias.

In this episode we bring you a conversation with author Michael Harriot about his book Black AF History: the Un-Whitewashed Story of America. His interlocutor is Alvin Hall, author of Driving the Green Book.

In this episode we bring you Andrew Morton, author of The Queen and other best-selling books about the British royal family, in conversation with Victoria Arbiter, who comments on the House of Windsor for CNN. This event took place on November 15, 2022.

In this episode we bring you Darryl McDaniels, AKA DMC from the seminal rap group Run-DMC, speaking about his new book for children, Darryl’s Dream. Darryl McDaniels spoke at the Ferguson Library on June 8th, 2022.

In this episode we bring you Casey Hallen, a teacher, mother, and Stamford resident who also happens to be an award-worthy baker. She was the winner of the first season of The Great Chocolate Showdown, a Canadian confectionary competition you can see on Hulu and via the CW Network.

In this episode we meet Selina Policar, AKA Frankie M. Cyanide, the busiest drag king in Connecticut. When not rocking local punk drag shows, Policar has served as a Stamford city official, worked at a local school, and busily advocated for LQBTQ rights.

In this episode we bring you Malaika Adero, author of Vice President Kamala Harris: Her Path to the White House.

In this episode we bring you a talk by Gregory Zuckerman about his book A Shot to Save the World: The Inside Story of the Life-or-Death Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine. Zuckerman writes for the Wall Street Journal and has published two other books on the world of business.

This talk was sponsored by The Dilenschneider Group, Hearst Media Group in Connecticut and the Ferguson Library. It took place on November 18, 2021 and was streamed via Zoom.

The library presents a seminar by Pat Ippolito on what Medicare is and how to apply for it.

Valerie Smith, president of Swarthmore College, giving a keynote lecture on Toni Morrison’s Beloved, the subject of the library’s 2021 Big Read event.