The Librarian's Almanac

By Elizabeth Nyman

The Librarian's Almanac is a daily podcast curated by a professional librarian that looks back into that day's history for literature, letters, and journalism to help us better understand the past in ... more

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July 13, 2020 July 13: Et Tu, Brute?
Around this day in 100 BCE, Julius Caesar was born in Rome, Italy. It is uncertain if he was born on July 12 or July 13.
Learn about how his legacy is rooted in our cultural remembrance of his assassination as much as anything else.
Today is July 13, 2020.
This is the Librarian’s Almanac.
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8min
July 12, 2020 July 12: The Walden Effect
On this day in 1817, Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts in the United States.
Learn about his purposes with his book Walden and how others took his message to make it their own.
Today is July 12, 2020.
This is the Librarian’s Almanac.
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6min
July 11, 2020 July 11: Some Pig
On this day in 1899 E. B. White was born in Mount Vernon, New York in the United States.
Learn about his creative process for constructing the story of Charlotte's Web and how it connected to his philosophical observations about life.
Today is July 11, 2020.
This is the Librarian’s Almanac.
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4min
July 10, 2020 July 10: The King of Beer
On this day in 1839, Adolphus Busch, German brewer and co-founder of Anheuser-Busch, is born in Mainz-Kastel, a district of Wiesbaden, Germany.
Learn about the King of Beer who reigned before him.
Today is July 10, 2020.
This is the Librarian’s Almanac.
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5min
July 09, 2020 July 9: Gothic Lit Metonymy
On this day in 1764, Ann Radcliffe is born in Holborn in the West End of London.
Learn how her signature style permeated literature so much, Jane Austen even parodied her.
Today is July 9, 2020.
This is the Librarian’s Almanac.
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6min
July 08, 2020 July 8: They’re Out There! Maybe?
On this day in 1947, radio reports broadcasted a UFO crash landing in Roswell, New Mexico.
Learn how merely years earlier the idea of aliens and UFOs gripped public imagination for one brief night.
Today is July 8, 2020.
This is the Librarian’s Almanac.
Feel free to check out more from the Librarian's Almanac on their website: http://www.librariansalmanac.com/
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5min
July 07, 2020 July 7: Richard Starkey, Ringo Starr
On this day in 1940, Richard Starkey was born on Madryn Street in Liverpool.
Learn how he became Ringo Starr and created one of the most beloved songs in the Beatles cannon about an Octopus’s Garden.
Today is July 7, 2020.
This is the Librarian’s Almanac.
Feel free to check out more from the Librarian's Almanac on their website: http://www.librariansalmanac.com/
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5min
July 06, 2020 July 6: Frida and her Diago
On this day in 1907, Frida Kahlo is born in Mexico City.
Learn how her marriage to Diago Rivera helped shape her love and her art.
Today is July 6, 2020.
This is the Librarian’s Almanac.
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4min
July 05, 2020 July 5: Bikinis in Love and War
On this day in 1946, the bikini debuted in France, just days after an American nuclear weapon test at the Bikini Atoll.
Learn how sex and war converge throughout the Cold War in pop culture as we look at Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
Today is July 5, 2020.
This is the Librarian’s Almanac.
Feel free to check out more from the Librarian's Almanac on their website: http://www.librariansalmanac.com/
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5min
July 04, 2020 July 4: ‘Merica! On the Brink...Again
On this day in 1776, the Second Continental Congress formed by some English colonies in North America adopted the United States Declaration of Independence.
Learn how these experiences affected a dividing country as Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated.
Today is July 4, 2020.
This is the Librarian’s Almanac.
Feel free to check out more from the Librarian's Almanac on their website: http://www.librariansalmanac.com/
I'd also love to hear from you directly. Feel free to send me an email at [email protected]
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4min

FAQs about The Librarian's Almanac:

How many episodes does The Librarian's Almanac have?

The podcast currently has 94 episodes available.