Oklahoma Author Oscar Hokeah
Metropolitan Library System Podcast
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
Metropolitan Library System Podcast
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
Metropolitan Library System Podcast
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
Metropolitan Library System Podcast
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
Metropolitan Library System Podcast
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
Metropolitan Library System Podcast
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)
Metropolitan Library System Podcast
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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Women's History Month
Metropolitan Library System Podcast
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.
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The Dunning Collection
Metropolitan Library System Podcast
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 Collections department at , and you can find any of the items in the collection that have been made available for viewing online at
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The Best of 2023
Metropolitan Library System Podcast
In this episode we talk about some of our favorite things that came to the library in 2023.
info_outlineIn 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.