Metropolitan Library System Podcast

If you're in a romantic mood or just love love as much as we do at the library, check out these suggestions for romantic comedy books and movies that you can check out at your local library.

In this month's episode we talk about Muscogee poet and satarist Alexander Posey.

Did you know the Metropolitan Library System just introduced our very first poet laureate recently? Well, you do now, and if you'd like to know more about her poetry journey, the library's upcoming poetry programs in...

On this episode we are joined by Historians Erin Brown and Michael Williams from the Oklahoma Territorial Museum in Guthrie, Oklahoma to talk about Judith Ann Carter Horton, founder of the first African American library...

Ever wonder what's going on or coming up with your local library? On this episode Metropolitan Library System CEO Jason Kuhl talks with us about the changes we've gone through in recent years and some of the exciting...

It's starting to get chilly outside so on this month's podcast we talk about all things cozy. Well, mostly books, but I think you're pickin' up what we're puttin' down. Sure you've probably heard of cozy mysteries, and...

Often thought of as one of the greatest athletes that ever lived, native Oklahoman and Sac and Fox Olympian Jim Thorpe became a multi-sport legend in the early part of the twentieth century. In our first ever live...

Have you ever wondered how the small towns dotting the landscape of Oklahoma got their names? Well, George Shirk did, and he wrote a book about it. Not only the mayor of Oklahoma City back in the 1960s, George Shirk was...

If you're as excited about the Oklahoma State Fair as we are, then you're going to love this episode! Judie from the library's Special Collections department talks about the history of the state fair. If you're...

It's almost time for one of Oklahoma's favorite things, college football! Not only does the University of Oklahoma have one of the most illustrious histories in all of the sport, but many other colleges have had an...

Did you know that national French Fry day is in July? We just found out so we thought it would be a great time to talk about who has the best fries in Oklahoma City, and what library resources you can use to learn more...

It's time for summer reading again at your local library, so Emily from the Metropolitan Library System's Outreach and Engagement office took some time out of her busy schedule to talk to a couple of this year's teen...

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...

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...

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...