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 ...
Nov 23, 2022•52 min•Ep. 72
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
Nov 17, 2022•50 min•Ep. 71
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.
Nov 01, 2022•50 min•Ep. 69
On this episode host Olubunmi Bakare interviews Supervisory Librarian of the Chevy Chase Library and paranormal investigator Tracy Myers. They discuss ghosts and paranormal activity. Both speakers share their experiences with paranormal activity.
Oct 25, 2022•47 min•Ep. 68
This podcast is in Spanish in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Rafael Ulloa, vicepresidente ejecutivo de contenido para El Tiempo Latino DC, entrevista a Luis Reyes, restaurantero, de Laurel Plaza para el mes de la Herencia Hispana.
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 70
This podcast is in Spanish in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Rafael Ulloa, vicepresidente ejecutivo de contenido para El Tiempo Latino DC, entrevista a Hugo Medrano, fundador del Teatro Gala en Columbia Heights, Washington, DC para el mes de la Herencia Hispana.
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 67
On this episode, Washington, DC native, author, filmmaker, and performer Ronald "Smokey" Stevens sits down with host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss his life and work as a performer.
Sep 23, 2022•38 min•Ep. 66
Treasure by Ketsa was used in the introduction and ending of this episode. For more information visit the link below. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/mini-lp/treasure/
Aug 17, 2022•34 min•Ep. 65
*Original air date: November 6, 2018.* On this episode, A Peter Bailey joins host host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss the aftermath of Malcolm X's assassination, his career as a journalist working for Ebony and Jet magazines and in Black theatre. This is part two of their conversation.
Jun 22, 2022•42 min•Ep. 64
*Original air date: September 24, 2018.* A. Peter Bailey is an author, journalist and playwright and lecturer. On this episode, he joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss his early life, personal relationship with Malcolm X and witnessing Malcolm X's assassination. This episode is part one of their conversation.
May 19, 2022•48 min•Ep. 63
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the John Newbery Medal, children's staff at the DC Public Library discuss their favorite books that have won the prize, one of the two most prestigious awards for children's literature in the United States.
May 10, 2022•17 min•Ep. 62
From 2019. On this episode, author, photographer and filmmaker Alyscia Cunningham joins DC Public Library's Olubunmi Bakare to discuss photography, filmmaking, and her current project I Am More Than My Hair: My Outward Appearance Does Not Define Me. In 2022 I Am More than My Hair was nominated as an official selection for the 30th Anniversary of the Pan African Film Festival.
Apr 20, 2022•42 min•Ep. 61
A discussion with Washington Mystics Player, Alysha Clark about her love for reading, National Library week, and her appreciation for library staff.
Apr 08, 2022•34 min•Ep. 60
In this episode of NINTH & G, DC Public Library Adult Services Coordinator, David Quick speaks with an outgoing Urban Libraries Council President and CEO, Susan Benton and DC Public Library Executive Director, Richard Reyes-Gavilan.
Apr 05, 2022•50 min•Ep. 59
At the age of 15, Marcus Bullock was sentenced to eight years in a maximum security prison. Today he is the CEO of Flikshop, a company he founded that helps keep families connected to their loved ones while they are incarcerated. Marcus sits down with host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss what led to his incarceration and his drive to become an entrepreneur. ***This episode originally aired in January 2019 on Full Service Radio The music used in the introduction is titled High Definition (makaih.com) ...
Mar 16, 2022•49 min•Ep. 58
Deborah and Dr. Dea Boster discuss the themes from the historian's book African American Slavery and Disability: Bodies, Property and Power in the Antebellum South, 1800-1860
Mar 08, 2022•58 min•Ep. 57
Black Studies Collecti on at The People’s Archive Black Studies digital resourc es Buses are a comin' : memoir of a freedom rid er by Charles Person, with Richard Rooker The Griots' cookbook : rare and well-do ne by Alice McGill, Mary Carter Smith & Elmira Washington Where is My Place? Experimental Arts Community Building and Re-Building in Washington, D. C. in Dig DC Pastor Angeloyd Fenrick interview in the Center for Inspired Teaching ‘Real World History’ Oral History Proje ct in Dig DC Ap...
Feb 22, 2022•21 min•Ep. 56
Linda Crichlow White, President of the DC Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS), joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss the origin of AAHGS and shares tips for those who are beginning their genealogical research. ***This episode originally aired in February of 2020 on Full Service Radio.
Feb 09, 2022•41 min•Ep. 55
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 .
Jan 17, 2022•50 min•Ep. 54
On this month's episode of All Things Local, guest Lamont Carey discusses his life growing up in Washington, being incarcerated as a juvenile and re-entering society as an adult. We also discuss his life's work. NOTE: This episode originally aired on February 20, 2018 on DCPL Radio in partnership with Full Service Radio.
Jan 13, 2022•47 min•Ep. 53
Tora and Tara will focus on STEM in storytelling, including its seeming absence in pourquoi tales and STEM teachings in Native American stories.
Dec 21, 2021•50 min•Ep. 52
Part 2 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 two DC based fellows—Jenn Low, an integrative designer, educator and landscape architect, and Anna McCorvey, an architect and city planner, with guest expert Rosten Woo, a designer, writer and educator living in Los Angeles.
Nov 30, 2021•47 min•Ep. 51
Check out a cop y of The Washington Century Check out a co py of Chocolate City Washington Community Video Center Collecti on in Dig DC Seng Luangrath’s oral histo ry in Dig DC Transgender Histories of D. C. in Dig DC....
Nov 30, 2021•20 min•Ep. 50
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.
Nov 23, 2021•45 min•Ep. 49
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.
Nov 16, 2021•22 min•Ep. 48
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...
Nov 09, 2021•47 min•Ep. 47
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.
Nov 02, 2021•48 min•Ep. 46
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.
Oct 26, 2021•56 min•Ep. 45
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.
Oct 19, 2021•54 min•Ep. 44
Introduction to Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Projec t Interview with Edith Crutchfiel d, Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Project Interview with Reverend Irene Pierc e, Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Project Interview with Deacon Clarence Haywoo d, Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Project Chip Py Go-Go Collectio n Friday Morning Music Clu b Emergency Committee on the Tran...
Oct 05, 2021•20 min•Ep. 43
