Metropolitan Library System Podcast

Oct 15 2024 68 ep. 24 mins 71
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The Metro Library podcast celebrates Oklahoma arts, Oklahoma culture, Oklahoma history and the lives of influential Oklahomans today

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Haunted Oklahoma with Jeff Provine

Oct 15 2024 36 mins  
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/

Oklahoma Author Oscar Hokeah

Sep 15 2024 32 mins  
In this month's podcast Oscar Hokeah talks with us about his PEN/Hemingway Award winning novel, Calling For A Blanket Dance.

OKC Hidden Gems: Interesting Museums in Oklahoma City

Aug 15 2024 35 mins  
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 aroun

Parks and Recreation

Jul 15 2024 26 mins  
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 you'd like to find out which Parks

Oklahomans in Space

Jun 15 2024 25 mins  
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.

Special Episode: TJ Klune Book Discussion

Jun 12 2024 40 mins  
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, Unsolicited Book Re

Judge a Book By Its Cover

May 15 2024 22 mins  
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.

Poetry in Oklahoma City (featuring Red Dirt Poetry)

Apr 15 2024 24 mins  
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.

Women's History Month

Mar 15 2024 18 mins  
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.

The Dunning Collection

Feb 15 2024 23 mins  
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 special.collec