DC Public Library Podcast

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Jenny speaks with Center for Accessibility Manager Julia Wolhandler about her experience as a member of the disability community, some of her favorite bits of disability media, and how the Center for Accessibility makes the library an even more welcoming place.

Click here for more information about the Tour de DCPL, the library's city-wide bike tour of Washington, DC .

Joanna and Amanda discuss “The Binding” by Bridget Collins, make cultural allegories, and historical-pop culture references

This is a throwback episode that originally aired in January 2018 on https://dcpl.simplecast.com/episodes/6e15903d-931f5fb8.

See Justice Shorter's recommended reads at JusticeShorter.com .

Find more resources about digital preservation and personal archiving in DCPL's Memory Lab Libguide .

Guests: Jamie Sandel & Luke Stewart of CapitalBop, Aaron Myers & Herb Scott of the Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation, and Chris Naoum of Listen Local First. Discover related musical performances at bigmarker.com/dc-public-library

In this episode, we discuss the motion picture award season with Gil Robertson, president and founder of the African American Film Critics Association. An entertainment journalist and author, Gil gives his take on this year's top films, actors and writers, and the honors being awarded by his organization. We also discuss the role libraries play in celebrating filmmakers and film making.

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Guest co-host Joanna Harris takes on millennial women living boldly with Oprah Magazine Digital Director Arianna Davis, who examines the life, loves and activism of Frida Kahlo in her latest book.

Robert LaRose discusses photography, memory, machine learning, and more with Esfandyar Poozesh, who used the Memory Lab to digitize his collection of 35mm negatives.

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/

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 Moch...

Aja Clark leads a conversation with Darlene Taylor, Tara Campbell, and Ahmad Wright from the INKPEN community of writers.

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 i...

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 .

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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 th...

Music in this episode is adapted from DCPL's American Song database. A complete list of the library's music streaming databases can be found here .

Robert LaRose interviews Scott Price about his collection of 35mm slides and digital photos, his efforts to preserve them, and some of the unexpected outcomes of his work.

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A special episode of DC Public Library Presents for Native American Heritage Month: join Allie as she speaks with Renee Gokey of the National Museum of the American Indian. Allie and Renee Gokey discuss food sovereignty, what it means, and how it ties into Indigenous history and culture.