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The BPL Podcast features concise, informative discussions with educators, writers, and community figures from Bexley and beyond. Tackling a range of topics from horror films to Ohio's opioid epidemic, we capture conversations that are sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, but always human.
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Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Owen dives into the history of banning books, reasons books are challenged, and he even recommends his favorite challenged title. Here is a list of all the books Owen mentions:
- Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Looking for Alaska by John Green
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Special thanks to fo/mo/deep for lending us their song, "Bourbon Neat" for the podcast!
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Saturday Oct 01, 2022
Saturday Oct 01, 2022
Pamela Espinosa de los Monteros, Assistant Professor and the Latin American, Iberian, and Latino/a Studies Librarian at The OSU University Libraries, and Patti Vocal, The OSU Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) Outreach Coordinator, discuss the importance of bringing authentic Latinx and Latin American stories into K-12 classrooms through children's literature. Pamela and Patti talk to us about the CLAS BookBox project and share tips on how we can all celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month which is celebrated annually from September 15 - October 15.
Discover more Hispanic Heritage Month resources here.
Special thanks to fo/mo/deep for lending us their song, "Bourbon Neat" for the podcast!
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Saturday Jun 18, 2022
Saturday Jun 18, 2022
Jack Marchbanks sits down with Dionne Custer Edwards, Scott Woods, and Is Said for a discussion about Black poetry using James Weldon Johnson's groundbreaking anthology The Book of American Negro Poetry as a springboard.
Dionne Custer Edwards is a writer, educator, and the Director of Learning & Public Practice at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Scott Woods is a poet, writer, and the founder and director of the performing arts organization Streetlight Guild, and Columbus poetry legend Is Said, has received the King Arts Complex Legends & Legacies Award and was inducted into the Lincoln Theater Hall of Fame.
This program is generously funded by Jack Marchbanks and The Kridler Family Fund at The Columbus Foundation.
Special thanks to fo/mo/deep for lending us their song, "Bourbon Neat" for the podcast!
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Saturday Mar 05, 2022
Saturday Mar 05, 2022
Ohio State University Eastern European experts, Theodora Dragostinova, Marianna Klochko, and Mykyta Tyshchenko, to try and make sense of the evolving crisis in Ukraine following the Russian invasion.
The panel discussed the history and progression of the conflict, the ensuing humanitarian crisis, and the international repercussions of the events.
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Friday Nov 26, 2021
Friday Nov 26, 2021
The best of 2021!
Special thanks to fo/mo/deep for lending us their song, "Bourbon Neat" for the podcast!
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Here is the list of highlighted items from the BPL staff:
Books
- American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears by Farah Stockman
- Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson
- Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide by Cecily Wong and Dylan Thuras
- Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
- Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
- The Guncle by Stephen Rowley
- The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois By Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Youth/Teen Books
- Woodland Dance by Sandra Boynton
- B is for Bison! by Greg Paprocki
- Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty
- Every Little Kindness by Marta Bartolj
- Outside, Inside by LeUyen Pham
- Dog Man: Mothering Heights by Dav Pilkey
- Max and the Midnights by Lincoln Peirce
- Super Sidekicks by Gavin Than
- Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters, by Chris and Laura Samnee
- Lotería by Karla Arenas Valenti
- Pahua and the Soul Stealer by Lori Lee
- Tristan Strong Keeps Punching by Kwame Mbalia
- Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
- The Infinite by Patience Agbabi
- Don’t Breathe a Word by Jordyn Taylor
- The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzie Lee
- Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer
Movies
- Loki
- Falcon and the Winter Soldier
- Wandavision
- Black Widow
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Eternals
- Jungle Cruise
- Cruella
- Suicide Squad
- Godzilla vs Kong
- Army of the Dead
- Red Notice
- The Harder They Fall
- Malignant
- Quiet Place Part Two
- Candyman
- Halloween Kills
- Luca
- Mitchells vs The Machines
- Space Jam: A New Legacy
- No Time To Die
- Roadrunner
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- Minari
- Cry Macho
- Dune
- Green Knight
Music
- Moontype - Bodies of Water
- Sarah Jaroz - Blue Heron Suite
- Genesis Owusu - Smiling with No Teeth
- Aaron Frazer - Introducing…
Friday Nov 05, 2021
Friday Nov 05, 2021
New York Times best seller, Natalie D Richards, sat down with Josh to talk about Five Total Strangers becoming a Big Library Read, her book Seven Dirty Secrets coming out this month, and the inspiration for her writing. Visit her website, instagram, and twitter for up-to-date information about her work.
Special thanks to fo/mo/deep for lending us their song, "Bourbon Neat" for the podcast!
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Friday Oct 29, 2021
Friday Oct 29, 2021
Kristopher and Gretchen Armstrong sit down with Josh to talk about their literary journal Tomorrow and Tomorrow, how it highlights artists from Bexley, the importance of mixtapes, and ghost stories that are too unsettling for the campfire.
Join writers and artists highlighted in Tomorrow and Tomorrow's "Ghosts" issue at Austen & Company (or virtually!) on November 4th for an evening of readings and conversation!
Special thanks to fo/mo/deep for lending us their song, "Bourbon Neat" for the podcast!
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Friday Sep 24, 2021
Friday Sep 24, 2021
LC Johnson, founder and CEO of Zora's House, shares her journey from the dream (literally!) of a co-working-community-space for women of color in Columbus to the bright future ahead for Zora's House. LC talks about how she, with the support of community, made it through one of the most challenging and uncertain times of her life.
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Friday Sep 10, 2021
Friday Sep 10, 2021
Ron Holmes of fo/mo/deep talked to Josh about the ever-evolving sound of the band, expressing emotion instrumentally, and the beauty of 70s music. They listen to the songs "Bourbon Neat" and "Maple St" from their latest record Syzygy. Visit their website, instagram, and facebook for up-to-date information about the band.
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Friday Aug 27, 2021
Friday Aug 27, 2021
Seth Alexander and Frankie Wantuch of the Largemouth Brass Band sat down with Josh to talk about traditional New Orleans Jazz, working in a band with eight members, and deep listening. They listen to the songs "Night Lightning" and "Taracula" from their latest record Repilot. Visit their website, instagram, and facebook for up-to-date information about the band.
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