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Get Lit: Mitchell and Dempsey
This 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. Credits: All music is from Pixabay and is…
Get Lit: Cross, Flores Anderson, Dunham, and Fleury (Special Edition)
In 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 Weapons and Lacey N.…
Get Lit: Gray, Angelella, Lennox, Seibel
Please be advised that this episode contains explicit language. Join us this month as we talk to "Sarah Gray, who has a memoir out with HarperOne titled, A Life Everlasting: The Extraordinary Story…
Get Lit: Robbins, Bock, Colson, Scott and Carr
Join 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 Jona Colson, who are…
Get Lit: Christina Tudor, Melissa Scholes Young, Cynthia Via, and OF Cieri
Join 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 Cynthia Via are two of…
Get Lit: Austin Ross, Alan Good, and Joey Hedger
This 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 of DC…
Notes from the Library: Health & Human Services
***From 2019***In this episode, host Victor Benitez interviews Jean Badalamenti, Health & Human Services Coordinator for the DC Public Library and Peer Outreach Specialists Jerome and Renee to…
Get Lit: Margaret Roberts Drucker and Ivy Grimes
Join 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 a glass…
All Things Local:Uncovering Roots: Genealogy and the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland
In this episode Carla Wills and Negest Rucker joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss their family connections to slavery in Maryland and the Catholic Church. Recommended books related to this…
DC Public Library Presents: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail
In this episode, we revisit the reading of Reverend Martin Luther King’s 1963 "Letter From A Birmingham Jail". It was performed annually as a staged reading in the Great Hall of the Martin Luther…
Get Lit: Hannah Grieco and Rose Solari
Join 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. Credits:Java Pop by…
All Things Local: Love DC GO-GO
In 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 the culture of…
Get Lit: Kristi Ferguson and Stephanie Parent
In 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 Parent. She talks about…
All Things Local: Paul Coates
*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 Bakare to discuss his…
Get Lit: Michael Don and Jessica Harris
Join 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 episode comes from C.…
Get Lit: Lauren Woods and Andrew Bertaina
Credits:Dark Ambient Music (Death And Forever) by TheBoseDeity is licensed under the Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License.https://freesound.org/people/TheBoseDeity/sounds/395691/DC Metro - Interior…
Get Lit: George Koors and LJ Pemberton
Join us as we explore what librarians and libraries do. Did you know for example that you can read The Paris Review on PressReader if you have a library card? Also, keeping in theme, we hear from…
All Things Local: Diving With a Purpose
In this episode, host Olubunmi Bakare speaks with Kamau Sadiki. Kamau is a Board of Directors member and Lead Instructor with Diving With A Purpose (DWP), an organization committed to resurrecting…
What the Tech: What is Cryptocurrency?
In this epsiode, we tackle Cryptocurrency with guest Adam Zarazinski. Adam is the CEO of Inca Digital, a local Veteran-owned and run company that helps businesses understand and use Cryptocurrency…
Get Lit: New Year
credits:swirling winter wind gusty grains sand.flac by Kyles is licensed under the CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication license.https://freesound.org/people/kyles/sounds/454213/Arctic…
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