DC Public Library Podcast

In our first episode of “What the Tech”, we’re starting with the basics, passwords. They’re something that we all have to use and often forget, so we’ll get into why we have to use them, how to make good ones that you won’t forget, and what’s next in the world of passwords.

In this episode, host Olubunmi Bakare is joined by Ana Ka'ahanui and Stella Tarnay, founders of Capital Nature and Forest Health and Community Outreach Specialist, Kasey Yturralde of the DC Department of Transportation's Urban Forestry Division. They discuss exploring and learning about the natural environment in Washington, DC and the surrounding area.

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Links to programs and events discussed in the podcast

Urban Forestry Division, all topics in DC Urban Forestry, maintenance, tree preservation, history, forest health, urban wood reuse: https://trees.dc.gov/

Urban Wood Reuse: https://urban-wood-reuse-dcgis.hub.arcgis.com/

Forest invasive species: https://trees.dc.gov/pages/forest-health#spot

DC Open Streets: https://open-streets-dcgis.hub.arcgis.com/

Where to go if you have an issue with a tree, call 311 or try https://311.dc.gov/

Here are some of thelinks we mentioned:
Capital Nature

City Nature Challenge

Ana leading City Nature Challenge observation events for DPR and Friends of Oxon Run on Saturday, April 29 at Pope Branch Park and Oxon Run Park

Downloadthe free citizen science app iNaturalist

DC Street Tree Map

UDC's DC Master Naturalist program

Green Spaces for DC

NCR PRISM

City Wildlife

Bug Guide.net

DOEEE - Urban Agriculture

Washington is has the #1 ParkScore in the country

Casey Trees

One of our favorite books: City of Trees by local naturalist and forest bathing guide Melanie Choukas-Bradley

Pulitzer Prize winning fiction book about trees: The Overstory by Richard Powers

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Earth by HoliznaCC0 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

In honor of Women's History Month, author, professional archivist and historian Dr Ida Jones joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss her work , Mary McLeod Bethune in Washington, DC : Activism and Education in Logan Circle. Jones also discusses her role as a part of the Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation .

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For more information on the Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation , please visit www.womensmonument.org.

Save Yourself by Makaih Beats is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License

**From 2018**On this episode of DCPL Presents, we sit down with Carolyn Becker, digital communications manager of Goodwill Greater Washington and founder of the popular Instagram account, DC Vegan Life. With a passion for sustainable living and tasty vegan treats, Caroyln explores how she uses social media to create community, promote sustainability, and ways you can, too!

In this episode Janet Sims-Wood, author of Dorothy Porter Wesley at Howard University: Building a Legacy of Black History, joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss the life and legacy of Dorothy Porter Wesley.

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Chilling by Alex-Productions was used in this episode.

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In this episode Olubunmi Bakare is joined by by activists Nadine Seiler and Karen Irwin along with archivists Aliza Leventhal and Laura Farley to discuss their mission to preserve artifacts from the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in Washington, DC.

Link to Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence Artifact Collection https://www.dclibrary.org/node/69429

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Chills by HoliznaCC0 used in this episode. For more information visit the link below.

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In this episode Olubunmi Bakare interviews Adebayo "De' De' " Folarin . De' De' is a comedian, DC Public Library Technician and vocalist for the Washington, DC based Go-Go band, Rare Essence. He discuses his life growing up in Washington, DC and how he became a multi-talented entertainer.

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Link to wild turkey attacking woman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7VZECeVKJw

Celebrations by Ketsa was used in this episode. For more information visit the link below.

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For Native American Heritage Month, we discuss the archaeological artifacts archived at the MLK Library with State Archaeologist Ruth Tricolli, Chief Jesse James Swann of the Piscataway Conoy Tribe, and Armand Lione of the DC Native History Project. We reveal what these artifacts tell us about the Indigenous peoples who made a home and livelihood in for thousands of years. We’ll also connect the neighborhoods of Washington DC, their roots to Native American History and Culture, and the need for increased education of Native Americans in the District.

In celebration of DC Public Library's Go Go Preservation Week, we are revisiting a previously aired podcast. Host Olubunmi Bakare talks with author Natalie Hopkinson to discuss her book Go-Go Live. For more information, please visit https://www.dclibrary.org/gogo

On this episode of All Things Local, host Natalie Campbell is joined by playwright Ifa Bayeza and Mosaic Theater's artistic director Reginald Douglas to discuss The Till Trilogy, playing through November 20th at Mosaic Theater. DC Public Library's Adult Services Coordinator David Quick also joins the conversation talk about the Library's ongoing partnership with Mosaic. Listen to learn more.