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    Borrowed & Returned

    Brooklyn Public Library is full of stories. Borrowed brings the best of them to you.

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    Borrowed & Returned is a new podcast series that examines what our reading public borrowed in the past, and what we’re all reading now. In conversations with library workers, authors and readers across the country, we’ll return to the books that changed us, and changed America, too. 

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    Borrowed and Banned is BPL’s Peabody-nominated series about America’s ideological war with its bookshelves. From September to December 2023, we released ten episodes featuring the stories from students, librarians, and teachers on the frontlines of intellectual freedom, and writers whose books have become political battleground. This series also won a Webby Award and was nominated for an Ambie Award.  

    BPL’s Anthem Award-winning podcast is a narrative show about superhero librarians, neighborhood stories, and what it means to be a free, democratic place in today’s changing world. We’ve told stories about libraries during natural disasters, the challenges of homelessness, and NYC’s fraught relationship with trash.

    For transcripts, pictures, book lists, and resources, please visit our web page: bklynlib.org/podcasts 

    The views, thoughts, and opinions of the guests do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of Brooklyn Public Library.

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    Latest Episodes:
    That All May Participate Apr 07, 2021
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    "To me, what all these books say is independence and personal choice," says Nefertiti Matos of the stacks of Braille books at NYPL's Andrew Heiskell Library. In this episode, we talk about what inclusion means, whether it's creating tactile graphics so that all may encounter the visual world, or making our virtual classes accessible to kids with disabilities.

    Read our transcript and check out our book list here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/all-may-participate


    Good News Mar 24, 2021
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    It’s been a rough year. So, we gathered all the good news we could find to brighten your podcast feed. Hear kids read to a therapy dog, a library love story, babies learning ASL, and adults age 90 and older learning to use Zoom.

    Read our transcript and check out our book list here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/good-news


    Education For All Mar 12, 2021
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    Ingrid Douglas never finished high school as a teenager. When she started looking for a better job at age sixty, she found not having a degree was a huge barrier. So, Ingrid came to the library to get her diploma. In this episode, we talk to students and instructors at BPL about how the library can be a refuge for those who have experienced trauma or adversity on their path to education.

    Read our transcript and check out our book list here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/education-for-all


    Rekindling from Burnout Feb 25, 2021
    Show notes Burnout from work is something a lot of us are thinking about right now. It's been on the minds of librarians, too. We talk to a group of library workers who got together to combat the stress of the profession, and support each other. Read our transcript and check out our book list here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/rekindling-burnout

    Hear Me Out: Part Two Feb 10, 2021
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    Hear me out: A Vietnamese refugee opens a restaurant to keep her kids out of gangs, Brooklynites on their changing borough, a daughter seeks justice after her father's death from COVID-19, giving birth during a pandemic, the meaning of shelter for families experiencing homelessness, and the last lesbian bar in Brooklyn. These are all Brooklyn stories, created as part of BPL's first ever audio storytelling workshop.

    Listen to full audio stories here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/hear-me-out-part-two


    Hear Me Out: Part One Feb 03, 2021
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    Hear me out: a Bed-Stuy kid grapples with her Brooklyn identity, a Chassidic woman follows her faith to from South Africa to Crown Heights, musicians find belonging in the South Indian music diaspora, a Brooklynite memorializes early activism in the borough, and a Black Puerto Rican land worker paves her own career path. These are all Brooklyn stories, created as part of BPL's first ever audio storytelling workshop.

    Listen to the full audio stories here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/hear-me-out-part-one


    Showing Up Jan 20, 2021
    Show notes Our work in the correctional facilities in New York City didn't stop during the pandemic. We talked with the Justice Initiatives team at BPL to hear how they are connecting with patrons who are incarcerated and supporting families with loved ones in jails and prisons. Read the transcript and check out our book list here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/showing

    Secret Lives of Librarians Jan 06, 2021
    Show notes What do librarians do all day? When they're not planning programs or working the reference desk, these librarians are also obscure trivia players, birders and ... sword fighters! Read the transcript and check out our book list here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/secret-lives-librarians

    Storytime Anytime Dec 21, 2020
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    "We want all the kids to see themselves in all the stories," says Raakhee Mirchandani, author of Super Satya Saves the Day. This episode, we hear Drag Queen Cholula Lemon read Mirchandani's book, and we visit BPL's wildly popular Tibetan language storytime, which provides language refuge for thousands of Tibetan-speaking New Yorkers, and reaches thousands more across the world. Bring a kiddo along to this episode!

    Read the transcript and check out our book list here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/storytime-anytime


    Missing Them Dec 10, 2020
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    A special episode, created in partnership with Queens Memory and the online newspaper The CITY, on grief and mourning during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how we can move forward as a community.

    Read our trasncript here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/missing-them


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