Follow the link below for a “very special episode” the BAPL podsmen have prepared for you. This Week in 1920s Baseball is now available on iTunes and Spotify as well. Go check it out for all your antiquarian baseball needs. This Week in 1920s Baseball: Episode Seven “Game Recap May 17, 1920”
Well it’s Opening Day in 1920 anyway! BAPL podsmen Matt and Josh offer some corrections and additions on episode five and then get right into the action of the 1920 season. Who is off to a hot start? Who is stuck in the basement? The answer might surprise you! They also highlight some of the […]
This week the podsmen field listener questions inspired by the episode about “Gavvy” Cravath. Who was the Chalmers award named after? Why was the Brooklyn team called the “Superbas?” How cool were player-managers? Learn all this and more on This Week in 1920s Baseball! This Week in 1920s Baseball: Episode Four “Mailbag”
Boots and Cats! Today on the podcast, I (Josh Berk) interview vocal percussionist Jamie Howe of KeyStone A Capella. He does some vocal percussing right here on the pod. Check it out! We also talk about his band and I can’t encourage you enough to COME SEE THEM AT BAPL ON DECEMBER 23. It’s a […]
It’s always a good time to buy books, but the holiday season is definitely an excellent excuse! So if you’re wondering what to buy the young reader in your life (or the young not-yet-a-reader), check out this podcast. Library Director Josh Berk interviews children’s author Paul Acampora of Allentown about what’s new and exciting in […]
“Beyond the Stacks” is back! Your favorite BAPL podcast has a new episode where I (Josh Berk) interview writer/editor/runner Heather Mayer Irvine. She is the author of the new Runner’s World Vegetarian Cookbook, and will be speaking about it at the library on December 5th at 6:30. The name of that talk is 5 Ways to […]
Today on the library podcast, I sat down with musician Bill Duane. Bill’s an old friend but even I learned things about his first band, The Atomic Chickens, and what it was like to be a young musician way back in the 1990s. We chat, we laugh, we rock out a bit. Good times. You […]
Today on the BAPL podcast, I sat down with Sophia Verbiscar and Nick Pokrivchak of “Bring Your Own Vinyl.” They are record collectors and vinyl aficionados and we had a fascinating conversation about the resurgence of popularity that vinyl is experiencing. (Though we could argue that it never went away.) We talk about the library’s brand […]
Today on “Beyond The Stacks,” I talk with BAPL’s own Matt Wolf. Matt is hosting the upcoming Experimento! at the Ice House on April 27. What is an Experimento?! Well, listen up, buttercup! Podcast is below. Also the flier is below that. Come to the Ice House on April 27! -jb
Today on BEYOND THE STACKS, I talk to Matthew Rothfuss, who is a historian and a classic video game enthusiast and also a colleague here at BAPL. The topic for the day is vintage video games and the upcoming Retro Arcade that we are hosting at the library with the Alternative Gallery on April 14th. We […]
Today on “Beyond the Stacks,” BAPL Executive Director Josh Berk sits down with professional organizer Colleen Warmingham (aka “The Minimologist”). Colleen will be offering a very useful program at the South Side Branch of BAPL on March 24 at 2pm on the topic of getting organized, simplifying your life, and embracing the minimalist lifestyle. Full […]
Photographer Willem Ytsma was at the library hanging pictures for his new exhibit “Live Music.” I took the opportunity to ask him some questions about his art and to cast this very fine pod. The opening music was created with a site Willem showed me called beepbox. It is very interesting. He is an endlessly […]
I was really happy to sit down with children’s author Paul Acampora (Scholastic) for the BAPL podcast. We talk about Paul’s books and also other books. He recommends some great titles if you’re looking to buy books for the kids (or other non-kid people) in your life this upcoming holiday season. Books are the best gift! […]
On today’s episode of the BAPL podcast, I sat down with Roxi Kringle. Roxi is heading up the “write-in” days that the library will be hosting every Saturday in November as part of National Novel Writing Month (known as NaNoWriMo). We talk about NaNoWriMo’s joys and challenges and what participants can expect if they choose to […]
Episode #2 of the BAPL podcast is here! Some time I will even learn the name of it! In this episode, I interview WDIY’s Shamus McGroggan. Shamus is the co-founder of Tape Swap Radio, the radio show and now full-on media organization that (among other things) hosts interesting bands here in the Valley. They hosted Mirah […]