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The Red Andrews Christmas Dinner

Metropolitan Library System Podcast

Release Date: 12/15/2023

Holiday Horror and Mystery show art Holiday Horror and Mystery

Metropolitan Library System Podcast

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.

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Voices and Votes show art Voices and Votes

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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 democracy in Oklahoma.

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Haunted Oklahoma with Jeff Provine show art Haunted Oklahoma with Jeff Provine

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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  

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Oklahoma Author Oscar Hokeah show art Oklahoma Author Oscar Hokeah

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

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OKC Hidden Gems: Interesting Museums in Oklahoma City show art OKC Hidden Gems: Interesting Museums in Oklahoma City

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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 interesting places around the city and around the state, check out Meg's podcast, OK By Me, also made available by the Metropolitan Library System.    

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Parks and Recreation show art Parks and Recreation

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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.   And if you'd like to find out which Parks and Rec character is most like you, feel free to take the quiz below.

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Oklahomans in Space show art Oklahomans in Space

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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. 

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Special Episode: TJ Klune Book Discussion show art Special Episode: TJ Klune Book Discussion

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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 his podcast, .  

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Judge a Book By Its Cover show art Judge a Book By Its Cover

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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.

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Poetry in Oklahoma City (featuring Red Dirt Poetry) show art Poetry in Oklahoma City (featuring Red Dirt Poetry)

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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.

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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 us about who Red Andrews was, and the history of this Oklahoma City Christmas tradition.