Metropolitan Library System Podcast

The Metro Library podcast celebrates Oklahoma arts, Oklahoma culture, Oklahoma history and the lives of influential Oklahomans today

Makerspaces in Libraries 05/15/2025

Makerspaces in Libraries 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/36537015

Poetry Month Author Interview with Betty Blanks 04/15/2025

Poetry Month Author Interview with Betty Blanks 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 her new biography of Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel and her work. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/36072460

Crafts! 03/15/2025

Crafts! 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/35569145

Black History Month: A.C. Hamlin and Green Currin 02/15/2025

Black History Month: A.C. Hamlin and Green Currin 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/35277910

New Year, New Books 01/15/2025

New Year, New Books Kristine from the library's Collection Development department talks about some of the new books we'll be getting in 2025. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/34853900

Holiday Horror and Mystery 12/15/2024

Holiday Horror and Mystery 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/34401690

Voices and Votes 11/15/2024

Voices and Votes 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/33914637

Haunted Oklahoma with Jeff Provine 10/15/2024

Haunted Oklahoma with Jeff Provine 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 /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/33408832

Oklahoma Author Oscar Hokeah 09/15/2024

Oklahoma Author Oscar Hokeah In this month's podcast Oscar Hokeah talks with us about his PEN/Hemingway Award winning novel, Calling For A Blanket Dance. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/32983787

OKC Hidden Gems: Interesting Museums in Oklahoma City 08/15/2024

OKC Hidden Gems: Interesting Museums in Oklahoma City 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/32550137

Parks and Recreation 07/15/2024

Parks and Recreation 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/31224212

Oklahomans in Space 06/15/2024

Oklahomans in Space 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/31402177

Special Episode: TJ Klune Book Discussion 06/12/2024

Special Episode: TJ Klune Book Discussion 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, . /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/31719562

Judge a Book By Its Cover 05/15/2024

Judge a Book By Its Cover 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/31142143

Poetry in Oklahoma City (featuring Red Dirt Poetry) 04/15/2024

Poetry in Oklahoma City (featuring Red Dirt Poetry) 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/30736353

Women's History Month 03/15/2024

Women's History Month 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/30347633

The Dunning Collection 02/15/2024

The Dunning Collection 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 /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/29932933

The Best of 2023 01/15/2024

The Best of 2023 In this episode we talk about some of our favorite things that came to the library in 2023. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/29448573

The Red Andrews Christmas Dinner 12/15/2023

The Red Andrews Christmas Dinner 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/29019848

Cookbooks 11/15/2023

Cookbooks 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/28604593

Banned Books Week 09/15/2023

Banned Books Week 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/27892269

Where is Oklahoma? 08/15/2023

Where is Oklahoma? 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/27674484

LitFest 07/15/2023

LitFest 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/27435462

Greetings from Oklahoma: Oklahoma Postcards 06/15/2023

Greetings from Oklahoma: Oklahoma Postcards 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/26535321

Summer Reading 05/15/2023

Summer Reading 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/26469489

Baseball in Bricktown 04/15/2023

Baseball in Bricktown 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/26203686

Graphic Novels 03/15/2023

Graphic Novels 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/25980705

All-Black Towns 02/15/2023

All-Black Towns In this month's episode Suzette Chang talks about the history of Oklahoma's All-Black Towns. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/25737108

The Best of 2022 01/15/2023

The Best of 2022 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. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/25471077

Ruby Darby 12/15/2022

Ruby Darby Historian Dale Ingram tells the story of an often forgotten and sometimes controversial Oklahoma vaudeville star named Ruby Darby. /episode/index/show/metrolibrary/id/25077543

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