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Library Talks

The New York Public Library

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Join The New York Public Library and your favorite writers, artists, and thinkers for smart talks and provocative conversations from the nation's cultural capital.
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Story of the Day

NCPR: North Country Public Radio

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Get your daily dose of what's happening in New York's North Country, the Adirondacks, Vermont, Canada, and beyond. Host David Sommerstein presents the best stories from North Country Public Radio's award-winning newsroom. You'll hear the most interesting voices on the most important issues in the region. There's even a micro-newscast to keep you up to date. When you miss
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Martin's Must-Reads

Betty Martin, Mark Martin

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There are one million new books published each year. With so many books and so little time, where do you begin to find your next must-read? There’s the New York Times Bestseller list, the Goodreads app, the Cape Library’s Staff picks shelf and now Martin’s Must-Reads.Every Wednesday at 6:42 and 8:42 a.m., and Sunday at 8:18 a.m., Betty Martin recommends a must read based on her own personal biases for historical fiction, quirky characters and overall well-turned phrases. Her list includes WW ...
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Overbrook

Brainrot Presents

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Scenic nature parks home to unnatural occurrences. A cozy public library where the doors sometimes vanish. Residents that disappear for a bit and come back…different. In a small, (too) quiet town in upstate New York, a pair of friends juggle dodging horrors beyond imagination while navigating the all too tangible terror of adulthood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Deep beneath the stacks of the New York Public Library, Brian & Eric stumble through strange, spooky, and macabre while trying not to get cursed. Bigfoot? Obviously real. UFOs? The government is hiding them. The Dogman? Definitely not just a bear. Killer Robots? Coming for us all! Join two idiots as they explore these topics and more while making each other laugh.
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A Streetcar Named Rejection

Andrew L. Ricci and Catherine Mullins

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Have you ever been told you’re just not right for the part? Maybe, you’ve been on a hundred auditions and heard back from zero? Or are you merely a terrible actor searching for mediocre advice? All are welcome. Join Andrew and Catherine as they break down the day-to-day life of an early-career actor, discuss constant rejection, and provide tools that will guide you through this artistic mess. We’re new at this too, so let’s learn together.
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Our Streets, Our Stories

Brooklyn Public Library

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OUR STREETS, OUR STORIES is a project of the Brooklyn Public Library's Department of Outreach Services that seeks to explore the Brooklyn that is and was, from the words of the community that lives here. Our hope is to create neighborhood-specific history archives based around interviews with Brooklyn residents. We seek to not only witness the change taking place all around us, but also to record and preserve the history of our neighborhoods before that history is forgotten. *Nominee, 2016 & ...
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A Corpus, Not a Canon

Oxford University

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The Library of Arabic Literature is a remarkable undertaking. It is publishing, in Arabic and English dual-language volumes, key works of classical and pre-modern Arabic literature from the pre-Islamic era to the cusp of the modern period. Several of these works have not been translated before, while others have not received such careful editing and translation until now, when the editors and translators are consulting original manuscripts. The series launched its first title in December 201 ...
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Engelberg Center Live!

Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy

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This season of Engelberg Center Live! contains audio from Engelberg Center events. Previous seasons of Engelberg Center Live! included a history of ebooks from Library Futures, a deep dive into the datasets used to train AI with Knowing Machines, an oral history of the unionization effort at Kickstarter, and (of course) audio from a range of Engelberg Center events. To learn more about the Engelberg Center, please visit https://www.nyuengelberg.org/
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Synchronicity machines. Difference engines melded with the iChing. Geomancy: the art of making stone float with sound. The hacker collective 'Anonymous'. Secret societies … This is the world of ARMAND PTOLEMY, a new action-adventure hero. Facing an enemy armed with the Golden Aleph -- a mystical device that allows its wielder to see holographically into every point in time and space, Ptolemy must use every trick of his Oxford-educated mind and circus-trained body to succeed. But how do you f ...
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Welcome to my library of interviews... Librarians, bestselling authors and our wartime generation sharing their love of books, reading and some extraordinary stories . #Hidden History #Forgotten women #Bibliotherapy #Libraries INTRODUCTION Welcome to From the Library With Love. A podcast for anyone whose life has been changed by reading. I’m Kate Thompson. Wonderful, transformative things happen when you set foot in a library. In 2019 I uncovered the true story of a forgotten Underground lib ...
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW! Jessikah and Jenn spoke with Margot Atwell, editor of ABSOLUTE PLEASURE: QUEER PERSPECTIVES ON ROCKY HORROR, and essay contributors A. Ng Pavel. Aliya Bree Hall, and Benjamin Larned.By Syosset Public Library - Librarians
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THE BONE THIEF brings us archeologist Syd Walker, a Cherokee woman working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs as she is called to investigate the bones of a young indigenous woman from centuries past – as well as investigating a missing teenager from the Narragansett tribe. Along the way, Syd attracts the attention of The Founders Society, a group of…
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In this episode of Library Talks, acclaimed novelist Gish Jen joins Library Talks to discuss her latest book Bad Bad Girl. She is joined by fellow novelist Weike Wang. Bad Bad Girl began as a memoir of her late mother, Loo Shu-hsin, before evolving into a fictionalized portrait of their turbulent mother-daughter relationship. As a child Shu-hsin le…
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Charles Duan, American University Washington College of Law Hilary Koch, Advocate for people living with diabetes Fran Visco, National Breast Cancer Coalition Steve Woloshin, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine Chris Morten, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, NYU School of Law (moderator)By Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy
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(Oct 28, 2025) In the Adirondack town of Lewis, a man has been conducting military exercises as a contractor for the U.S. government. Now he wants to build a weapons range for military-grade cannons, and it's sparked concerns. Also: The federal government is suing to access New York's voter registration data, including social security and driver's …
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Maggie Chon, Seattle University School of Law Aaron Perzanowski, University of Michigan Law School Jessica Silbey, Boston University School of Law Anna Tischner, Jagiellonian University in Krakow Rochelle Dreyfuss, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, NYU School of Law (moderator)By Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy
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(Oct 27, 2025) A special election will decide who gets to be the North Country's newest Assemblymember. We'll learn about Democrat Michael Cashman and Republican Brent Davison and their positions leading up to election day next week. Also: Democrats may get another chance to create new congressional districts in New York thanks to a new lawsuit.…
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(Oct 23, 2025) On today's Story of the Day, as Ontario prepares to expand a major highway that cuts through a critical wildlife corridor, an environmental group is pushing for infrastructure that'll help more animals cross it safely. Also, the public comment period for NYSEG’s rate increase case closes tomorrow.…
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Colin just wants to get by at his soul sucking job for Dark Enterprises, as long as his soul isn’t the one getting sucked out. But when he has the worst day ever, an evil presence offers him an in with the higher ups – which would be great if it didn’t mean the end of the world.By Syosset Public Library - Librarians
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Pepper is cursed with perks! The perks are that she gets to run a fabulous Halloween store and receives room and board – and an enchanted commute. The downside? Unfortunately, after Halloween, Pepper and the store will disappear – as will everyone’s memories of Pepper – which is a real bummer, because she feels a magical love connection with town n…
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In this episode of Library Talks, join Dua Lipa for a live discussion of Flesh by David Szalay, a book club pick for Service95—the global lifestyle platform and weekly newsletter she founded. Longlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize, Flesh tells the rags-to-riches story of Istvan, a lonely young man raised on a Hungarian housing estate, whose rise from…
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(Oct 22, 2025) On today's Story of the Day, advocates for people incarcerated in New York state are pushing Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign a bill that would expand prison oversight and require more cameras. Also, we tag along with engineers Radio Bob Sauter and Kurt Lanning to prepare the NCPR transmitter on McCauley Mountain in Old Forge for the winter…
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“There is a place, hidden among the sweeping sandy swaths of southern desert, where all you can see is red. From above, it’s a carpet of crimson, but as you lean closer, you see that it’s not one singular sheet of color, but rows upon rows of distinct red dots. Like a wild field of poppies. Except it’s nothing like that."…
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(Oct 20, 2025) On today's Story of the Day, we hear from Trump opponents and supporters who attended Saturday's "No Kings" rally in Potsdam. Also, a jury has convicted one former corrections officer and acquitted two others of murdering inmate Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility last year.By NCPR News
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(Oct 16, 2025) On today's Story of the Day, high schoolers in Jefferson County are determined to revitalize their village's basketball court. Also: Sen. Chuck Schumer highlighted North Country healthcare costs on the Senate floor yesterday to argue for the extension of tax credits that help millions of middle- and lower-income Americans.…
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Married vampires Arthur and Sal are living their dream running a bed & breakfast in Trident Falls, Oregon-- until the mayor is found dead in their begonias and they have to clear their names. Kat Hillis & Rosiee Thor stop by to chat about DEAD AND BREAKFAST! Get a signed copy here!By Syosset Public Library - Librarians
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In this episode of Library Talks, Educator NYPL staff member and author Brian Jones joins Library Talks to discuss his new book Black History Is for Everyone. He is joined by Dr. Bettina L. Love and Jesse Hagopian. In Black History Is for Everyone, Brian Jones offers a meditation on the power of Black history, using his own experiences as a lifelon…
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