BPL Podcast

The BPL Podcast features concise, informative discussions with select guests from our top-notch programming lineup. 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.

BPL Podcast is a education podcast hosted by Bexley Public Library, with 66 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Bexley Public Library hosts BPL Podcast, a education show with 66 episodes published.

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  Episode #80

  Between Home and Here: Ghanaian-American Poets on Identity and Voice

  Aug 28, 202559 minS0

  <p>In this episode, WIR Cynthia Amoah sits down with Ghanaian-American poets Claudia Owusu and Tasha Lomo for a layered conversation about language, place, and what it means to write and create from the in-between. Together, they explore how heritage shapes creative voice, the role of poetry as both resistance and refuge, and the ways they each build community through art—from spoken word albums to filmmaking to advocacy for Black women.</p> <p>Special thanks to fo/mo/deep for lending us their song, "Bourbon Neat" for the podcast!</p> <p>Find out about upcoming Bexley Public Library events at https...

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  Episode #79

  Four Women with Dr Jack Marchbanks and Gamal Brown

  Feb 27, 202533 minS0

  <p>Dr Jack Marchbanks and Gamal Brown sit down with us to talk about the legacies of Four Women: Maya Angelou, Lorraine Hansberry, Abbey Lincoln, and Nina Simone. These icons of African American artistic achievement, activism, courage and vision will be highlighted at the Lincoln Theatre’s Community Conversation on March 6th at 6pm!</p> <p>Special thanks to fo/mo/deep for lending us their song, "Bourbon Neat" for the podcast!</p> <p>Find out about upcoming Bexley Public Library events at https://www.bexleylibrary.org</p> <p>Follow Bexley Public Library across platforms @bexleylibrary</p>

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  Episode #78

  Y2K Twenty Five Years Later with Directors Brian Becker and Marley McDonald

  Dec 30, 202455 minS0

  <p>Happy New Year! </p> <p>Explore the Y2K scare with technology librarian, Josh, as he interviews Marley Mcdonald and Brian Becker, directors of the HBO documentary Time Bomb Y2K. We'll revisit the global panic, technological fears, and lessons learned from the turn of the millennium.</p> <p>More about Time Bomb Y2K</p> <p>As the clock counted down to the 21st century, the world faced a potential technological disaster: a bug that could cause computers to misinterpret the year 2000 as 1900. Crafted entirely from archival footage and featuring first-hand accounts from computer experts, survivalists, scholars, militia...

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  Episode #77

  Hanif Abdurraqib on Basketball and Ascension

  May 9, 202440 minS0

  <p>We are excited to invite Hanif Abdurraqib back to the podcast to discuss writing, building community around art, and basketball! Hanif is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio whose new book "There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension" is both an Indie and New York Times bestseller. </p> <p>Hanif will return to the library on June 6th, in conversation with poet and essayist Franny Choi, as a part of Bexley Centennial Author Series. We hope to see you there!</p> <p>Special thanks to fo/mo/deep for lending us their song, "Bourbon Neat" f...

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  Episode #76

  The Space Episode!

  Mar 28, 20241h 14mS0

  <p>The first part of this episode is an interview with Dr. Wayne Schlingman and Dr. Stephan Frank from the OSU Astronomy Department to talk about the eclipse: the science, the history, and general coolness of having a eclipse past through our backyard! </p> <p>The second part is a discussion between BPL Director Ben Heckman and the first American woman to conduct a spacewalk, Astronaut Kathy Sullivan. She discusses her new children's book, How to Spacewalk: Step-by-Step with Shuttle Astronauts and being the "the world's most vertical woman!"</p> <p>Special thanks to fo/mo/deep for lending us t...

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