DC Public Library Podcast

Robert LaRose speaks with Emily Wagner about her extensive collection of written family history and photographs dating back to the mid-19th century, as well as how to preserve important family memories.

Jenny chats with The Labs' own Allie Genia about how they make library programs more accessible, navigating an invisible disability, and dream projects they'd love to do with The Labs.

Part 1 in a series of conversations on a just D.C., featuring fellows from the Public Interest Design Lab, a partnership between the Goethe-Institut and the DC Public Library. This episode pairs fellow Josef Palermo, an artist, producer, and arts organizer, with guest experts Bryan C. Lee, Architect and Design Justice Advocate, and the Founder/Director of Colloqate Design in New Orleans, and Dr. Roneva Keel, a historian and fellow with the American Council of Learned Societies partnered with the National Parks Service National Capital Region.

Author and founder of YouNeek Studios discusses his comic book series, Afrofuturism and the blockbuster hit Black Panther. This episode originally aired in March 2018.

In this episode of Secret Passage, we celebrate the mystery, horror, and suspense of spooky stories. Listeners will be on the edge of their seats as theatrical retellings of a monster story, a classic English folktale, and the urban legend the Babysitter come to life.

Joanna & Amanda discuss the first novel in the VillanElle trilogy by Luke Jennings, touching on the realities of the female assassin and remark on the LGBTQ+ lens that is prominent in the Killing Eve TV series (based on the books) and how that escalates the narrative.

Introduction to Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Project
Interview with Edith Crutchfield, Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Project
Interview with Reverend Irene Pierce, Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Project
Interview with Deacon Clarence Haywood, Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Project
Chip Py Go-Go Collection
Friday Morning Music Club
Emergency Committee on the Transportation Crisis Posters
Check out a copy of The Warm of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson at DCPL

Secret Passage is your podcast portal to stories and storytelling from around the world. Episodes feature reader’s theatre performances that are sure to delight listeners, including children of all ages and their families. In this episode, we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with oral storytelling from Colombia, Mexico, and Cuba.

Jenny learns about the new DC Office for the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing (ODBH) from activists Brianne Berger and Robb Dooling in honor of the International Week of the Deaf, taking place September 20-26, 2021.

Joanna & Amanda discuss NVK by Temple Drake.