73 episodes
Borrowed Brooklyn Public Library
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Brooklyn has so many stories to tell, and a lot of them start at the library. Every other week, “Borrowed” brings you stories that start here and take you somewhere new. We're talking to people starting businesses, finding their roots, playing Dungeons & Dragons, creating community—and of course, borrowing books! Brought to you by Brooklyn Public Library.
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The Teens are Offline
Meet the Luddite Club, a group of library-loving, flip-phone-toting teenagers in Brooklyn who come together every week out of a shared sense that social media and smart phones just aren't working for them.
Read the transcript and check out additional resources here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/teens-are-offline
Listen to Undiscarded: Stories of New York: https://undiscarded.org/ -
Buscando Asilo
Este episodio es sobre los solicitantes de asilo en la ciudad de Nueva York. Estamos compartiendo estas narrativas personales con la esperanza de que escucharlas devuelva la humanidad a esta crisis.
Para leer el episodio en inglés y más recursos: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/buscando-asilo -
Seeking Asylum
Asylum seekers continue to arrive in New York City. We look at how one faith-based organization is responding to the continuing crisis in the hope that these personal narratives offer a window into the experience of migrants in Brooklyn today.
For a transcript of this episode in English and links to resources, visit: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/seeking-asylum -
A Place of Refuge
Last year, New York City began to see an increase in the number of migrants seeking asylum. The library is a small part of the city-wide response to help those seeking refuge. This episode, we'll talk about library and city efforts with Manuel Castro, the Commissioner at the Mayor's Office for Immigrant Affairs.
Links to resources and the epiosde transcript are here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/place-refuge -
What's Your Library Worth?
Did you know there are some public libraries that loan out snowshoes? And cement mixers? And Santa suits? This episode, we try to calculate what your public library is worth, and ask how you can give back to support public libraries.
Read the transcript and find more resources here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/whats-your-library-worth -
Go, Robots, Go!
With tablets, Legos, and coding, these fourteen teams from library branches across Brooklyn met at Central Library to compete in the final championship of Brooklyn Robotics League — resulting in what is surely one of our loudest stories ever.
Read a transcript and check out our book list here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/go-robots-go
Customer Reviews
Great pod!
Borrowed is one of thee best library pods out. Well produced and great stories that speak to listeners beyond NY.
This podcast is a treasure
I’m so glad I found it! It’s a wonder and blessing that libraries persist and endure and hopefully thrive. Librarians do so so so much. What would we do without them?
Oh to be a librarian!
Virginia Marshall also edits and works on The Brooklyn Review and helped me with a story. I had no idea. Happening upon this podcast is a gift. Each episode is a story that is alive and full of interesting details told in an engaging rhythm that is perfect for long road trip listens. Time flies. You can feel the library, always a magical place in small towns and big ones, in this case NYC. This is good storytelling.