Ever wonder what a makerspace is or what you can do in one? Lindsay, Nell, Reagan, and Alex from the Metropolitan Library System's makerspaces talk about the many things you can do in our wonderful makerspaces, and about the upcoming MakerFest program at the Belle Isle branch.By Metropolitan Library System

Heidi Port tells us all about the Northeast Health and Wellness Center.By Heidi Port, Meg Nance-Coker

April is poetry month, so on this month's podcast we talked to Betty Blanks, author of Pick Up Your Name and Write: The Life of Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel. Miss McDaniel was an Oklahoma born poet that moved to California during the Great Depression, but never stopped writing about her home in Oklahoma. Betty Blanks was kind enough to talk to us about…

Jen gives us the scoop on the Plaza Walls, a public art piece reinvented each year by talented artists.By Jen Day; Meg Nance-Coker

The last of the museum mini-sodes. I'm excited to hear other people talk, aren't you?By Meg Nance-Coker

Turns out time flies whether or not you're having fun. Back after a lull to wrap up the local museum series and begin our usual content.By Meg Nance-Coker

Did you know that March is craft month, or that the library offers lots of programs teaching different crafts? On this month's podcast we talk about some of the resources you can use through the library to help learn how to do a wide variety of crafts.By Metropolitan Library System

Erin Brown from the Oklahoma Territorial Museum tells us the stories of Oklahoma's first African-American territorial legislator Green Currin, and Oklahoma's first State Legistlator A.C. Hamlin.By Metropolitan Library System

Kristine from the library's Collection Development department talks about some of the new books we'll be getting in 2025.By Metropolitan Library System

Looking for something interesting and different to read during the upcoming holiday season? Librarians Lindsay, Maddie, Reagan, and Tyler share some recommendations from the library's collection of Christmas and winter related horror and mystery novels, graphic novels, and novellas.By Metropolitan Library System

Did you know that Bethany has a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian coming soon? Librarian Anna from the Bethany Library tells us all about the Smithsonian's exhibit "Voices and Votes: Democracy in America" coming to the library, the upcoming festivities surrounding the exhibit, and a few interesting facts about the history of voting and democra…

Local author and expert in all things haunted in the state of Oklahoma Jeff Provine talks with us about his top five favorite haunted places around the state. If you'd like to learn more about Jeff's books or take one of his ghost tours, you can find him at http://www.jeffprovine.com/By Metropolitan Library System

In this month's podcast Oscar Hokeah talks with us about his PEN/Hemingway Award winning novel, Calling For A Blanket Dance.By Metropolitan Library System

Did you know there's a Museum of Telephone History in Oklahoma City? What about the Pigeon Museum? In this month's podcast, self-proclaimed museum nerd Meg from the library's Special Collections Departments tells us about some of the many interesting and unique museums in Oklahoma City that she's visited. If you'd like to hear more about interestin…

July is Parks and Recreation month, so we thought it might be fun to make book recommendations based on some of our favorite characters from the show Parks and Recreation. As always, if you want to check out any of our recommendations, you can find them on the library's catalog. https://catalog.metrolibrary.org/?browseCategory=staff_picks And if yo…

By Meg Nance Coker

Our mini series on local museums continues with a visit to the OKC National Memorial and Museum.By Meg Nance Coker

Today's mini episode features the Oklahoma Firefighters Museum.By Meg Nance Coker

Did you know that many of the people involved in getting Americans into outer space were from Oklahoma? In this month's episode Special Collections librarian Jennifer Green talks with us about some of the many Oklahomans involved in the early days of the space race, both behind the scenes and in the shuttle.…

Our series on local museums continues with a visit to the 99s Museum of Women Pilots.By Meg Nance Coker

In honor of the library's upcoming author visit on June 23, librarians Meg and Scott discuss the works of award winning author TJ Klune. Klune's works include the best seller, The House In The Cerulean Sea, The Greencreek series, The Extraordinaries series, and many more. If you'd like to listen to more of Scott's book reviews, you can find them on…

A mini episode starting off a new series looking at local museums

In this month's episode we talk about what makes us pick up a book in the first place, some of our favorite book covers, and the books behind those covers.By Metropolitan Library System

April is poetry month, so on this month's podcast we're joined by poets Durell Carter and Yoko Hill to talk about their organization, Red Dirt Poetry, and the wealth of talented poets currently writing in Oklahoma.By Metropolitan Library System

City Councilwoman JoBeth Hamon tells us about CommonWealth and how it builds both literal and metaphorical roots, and the different kinds of growth that happen in the community gardens.

On this month's episode we talk about some of the books and movies available at the library by and about women, many of them about women with interesting Oklahoma ties.By Metropolitan Library System

City Councilman James Cooper tells us about The Paseo and the ways in which it has affected his life and philosophy of intentional community building.

In this month's episode, some of the librarians from the Metropolitan Library System's Special Collections team talk to us about the library's John Dunning III Collection, a collection of thousands of Oklahoma City items housed in the library's archive. If you'd like to learn more about what is in the collection, you can contact the Special Collect…

In this episode we talk about some of our favorite things that came to the library in 2023.By Metropolitan Library System

Over 70 years ago in Oklahoma City a fight promoter/state legislator named Red Andrews started inviting people to an annual Christmas dinner that has gone on every year since, and has grown to a crowd of nearly 6,000 people annually. In this episode of the podcast Mary Blankenship-Pointer from the Red Andrews Christmas Dinner foundation talks with …

On this month's episode we talk about our favorite cookbooks available for check out from the library just in time for all of those family holiday get togethers coming up.By Metropolitan Library System

With Banned Books Week coming up, we talked with Janeal and Melissa from the library's Collection Development department about book challenges and how the library handles them.By Metropolitan Library System

In this month's podcast librarians Sheldon and Juliana discuss what part of America Oklahoma belongs to. Is Oklahoma in the South, the Midwest, the Southwest, or do we need to be made into our own region with Texas? We'll examine history, geography, and of course food to see what area is the Sooner state best represents.…

Darrin introduces us to Mitch Park and gives a quick tour of the history and form of skateparks and skateboarding culture.

On this month's podcast librarians Annika, Kimberly, and Danielle talk about the library's upcomind Litfest, and share some of their favorite resources for writers.By Metropolitan Library System

Todd tells about the different ways and seasons of life in which he has encountered Theta Pond in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Librarian Lisa from the Metropolitan Library System's Special Collections department talks about the postcard collection in the library's archive, and shares what they tell us about Oklahomans throughout the state's history.By Metropolitan Library System

On this month's episode Kristin, Emily, and Kimberly talk about one of the library's biggest events and longest running traditions, the library's summer reading program.By Metropolitan Library System

In honor of the 25th anniversary of the Bricktown Ballpark, we sat down with the Oklahoma City Dodgers' Alex Freedman and talked about the history of baseball in Bricktown.By Metropolitan Library System

Did you know the Metropolita Library System's libraris have a whole collection made up just of graphic novels? On this episode of the Metro Library Podcast librarians Kimberly and Kristine talk about some of their favorite things in the graphic novel collection.By Metropolitan Library System

Mike introduces us to Pops, a great destination for soda and family memoriesBy MLS SCR

In this month's episode Suzette Chang talks about the history of Oklahoma's All-Black Towns.By Metropolitan Library System

Jason introduces us to his church and queer haven, Mayflower Congregational UCC. Editing notes: the particular piece of a clergyperson's vestments Meg forgot was "stole," and it's GayChurch.org, not GayChurches.comBy MLS SCR

On this month's episode Meg, Josh, and Corey talk about some of their staff picks for best fiction, poetry, and movies available from the library that came out in 2022.By Metropolitan Library System

Amanda (of Dig It Boutique) introduces us to the Wreck Room of late 1980s OKC.By MLS SCR

Historian Dale Ingram tells the story of an often forgotten and sometimes controversial Oklahoma vaudeville star named Ruby Darby.By Metropolitan Library System

DeAndre introduces us to EastPoint and ongoing asset-based community development projects on the northeast side of OKC.By MLS SCR

Sheldon introduces us to the Paramount building and an underrated gem of a neighborhood for a friendly night out.By MLS SCR

In this month's podcast we talk about some of the resources the library has to offer for Native American Heritage Month.By Metropolitan Library System