DC Public Library Podcast
by Labs at DC Public Library
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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 the historic, modernized, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in downtown Washington, D.C. This podcast was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Episodes
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- Coming Into Spooky Season · 1 h 14 min · Episode 113In this episode, we’re coming into spooky season. In Get Lit Chris Stevenson interviews Amber Sparks about her debut novel “Happy People Don’t Live Here” which is now in…
- Remember September: Hispanic Heritage and Concopia · 40 min · Episode 112We’re coming into September in full swing! Christopher Stevenson and Get Lit ask the recently reopened Petworth Library Manager Alberto Jacome, Children’s Librarian Yuri Casas…
- Back to School: Vision, Books, and Model Schools · 1 h 11 min · Episode 111In this episode, we’re getting ready to go Back to School! In our newest segment, Stacks in the City, Donna Arrendell sits down with Damian Carroll and Ramiro Hernandez from…
- America at 250: District Vibes & The Flag Was Still There · 55 min · Episode 110In this episode celebrating 250 years of America, we explore how the nation’s identity has been shaped locally and nationally. First, Olubunmi Bakare talks with Monica Miller…
- Get Lit: Mitchell and Dempsey · 47 min · Episode 109This 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.
- Get Lit: Cross, Flores Anderson, Dunham, and Fleury (Special Edition) · 59 min · Episode 108In 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…
- Get Lit: Gray, Angelella, Lennox, Seibel · 1 h 6 min · Episode 106This month we get down to the nitty gritty. Whatever that means?
- Get Lit: Robbins, Bock, Colson, Scott and Carr · 1 h 0 min · Episode 105Join 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…
- Get Lit: Christina Tudor, Melissa Scholes Young, Cynthia Via, and OF Cieri · 1 h 0 min · Episode 104Join 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…
- Get Lit: Austin Ross, Alan Good, and Joey Hedger · 49 min · Episode 103This 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…
- Notes from the Library: Health & Human Services · 43 min · Episode 102***From 2019*** In this episode, host Victor Benitez interviews Jean Badalamenti, Health & Human Services Coordinator for the DC Public Library and Peer Outreach Specialists…
- Get Lit: Margaret Roberts Drucker and Ivy Grimes · 46 min · Episode 101Join 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…
- All Things Local:Uncovering Roots: Genealogy and the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland · 1 h 29 min · Episode 100It's our 100th episode! Yay! In this episode, Carla Wills and Negest Rucker joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss their connection to Jesuit enslavement and the legacy of slavery…
- DC Public Library Presents: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail · 50 min · Episode 99In honor of Dr Martin Luther King Jr's birthday, we revisit a previously aired episode. Reverend Martin Luther King’s 1963 "Letter From A Birmingham Jail" was performed annually…
- Get Lit: Hannah Grieco and Rose Solari · 56 min · Episode 97Join 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.
- All Things Local: Love DC GO-GO · 38 min · Episode 96In 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…
- Get Lit: Kristi Ferguson and Stephanie Parent · 47 min · Episode 95In 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…
- All Things Local: Paul Coates · 43 min · Episode 94*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…
- Get Lit: Michael Don and Jessica Harris · 42 min · Episode 93Join 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…
- Get Lit: Lauren Woods and Andrew Bertaina · 43 min · Episode 92Join us this month as we hear from DC literary power couple Lauren Woods and Andrew Bertaina. Lauren Woods is the 2024 Autumn House Press fiction and prize for her book The Great…
