Enoch Pratt Free Library Podcast

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Podcast offerings from the Enoch Pratt Free Library / Maryland State Library Resource Center, featuring many author's appearances at the public library of Baltimore, MD.

Episodes

  • Author Connie Willis

    13/08/2008 Duration: 01h03min

     Winner of six Nebula and nine Hugo awards, Connie Willis is one of the most acclaimed and imaginative authors of our time. Her startling and powerful works have redefined the boundaries of contemporary science fiction. Her award-winning titles include Fire Watch, To Say Nothing of the Dog, and Doomsday Book. Her latest full-length novel, Passage, deals with near-death experiences and the sinking of the Titanic. Join Connie Willis for a discussion of her works prior to her weekend appearance at Balticon 42.Recorded On: Thursday, May 22, 2008

  • Baltimore's Literati

    13/08/2008 Duration: 49min

    Baltimore's Literati: Three bestselling authors from Baltimore talk about their new novels - Dan Fesperman (The Amateur Spy); Laura Lippman (Another Thing to Fall); and Manil Suri (The Age of Shiva). Hosted by Tom Hall, Culture Editor, WYPR's Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast.Recorded On: Saturday, April 19, 2008

  • Author Ben Carson

    13/08/2008 Duration: 56min

    Dr. Ben Carson shares his insight and advice from his new book, Take the Risk: Learning to Identify, Choose and Live With Acceptable Risk. Recorded On: Saturday, April 19, 2008

  • Author Gary Marcus

    13/08/2008 Duration: 44min

    Gary Marcus talks about his new book, Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind. In his new book, New York University psychologist Gary Marcus argues that the mind is not an elegantly designed organ but rather a "kluge," a clumsy, cobbled-together contraption. If people were the product of some intelligent, compassionate designer, our thoughts would be rational, our logic impeccable, our memory robust, and our recollections reliable.Gary Marcus is director of the NYU Infant Language Learning Center and the author of The Birth of the Mind.Recorded On: Saturday, May 3, 2008

  • Author Michael Kinsley

    13/08/2008 Duration: 01h03min

    Michael Kinsley talks with Frank Foer of The New Republic about his new book, PLEASE DON'T REMAIN CALM.       One of our nation's leading journalists, Michael Kinsley has been editor of The New Republic, an editor at Harper's and the Economist. He founded Slate and now writes a column for Time. PLEASE DON'T REMAIN CALM is a collection of his editorial writing since 1995, covering the end of the Clinton era through the two terms of George W. Bush. In addition to political essays, Kinsley also writes about the future of newspapers, the existence of God, and why powerful women love Law and Order.Recorded On: Thursday, April 24, 2008

  • Author Nathan McCall

    13/08/2008 Duration: 22min

    Nathan McCall reads and signs his novel, THEM. From the author of the memoir, Makes Me Wanna Holler, a new novel set in Atlanta.         In this fiction debut from the author of the bestselling memoir, Makes Me Wanna Holler, Nathan McCall tells the story of a poor, traditionally black neighborhood in Atlanta as it confronts gentrification and the explosive interplay of class, race, and economics.Nathan McCall is a profesor of African American Studies at Emory University. Them was named one of the best books of 2007 by Publishers Weekly.Recorded On: Tuesday, May 13, 2008

  • Ernest Hardy

    13/08/2008 Duration: 28min

    Film and music critic Hardy has been a juror at Sundance and other film festivals around the country.Ernest Hardy writes about film and music from his home base of Los Angeles. His criticism has appeared in numerous national publications and in reference books. He is the winner of the 2006 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for excellence and the 2007 "Beyond Margins" award from the PEN American Center. A Sundance Fellow and a member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, he has sat as a juror for the Sundance Film Festival and other film festivals around the country.His critically acclaimed book Blood Beats, Vol. I was published by RedBone Press in 2006; Blood Beats: Vol II is due out later this year.Recorded On: Wednesday, February 27, 2008

  • Michael Collier

    13/08/2008 Duration: 52min

    Former Maryland Poet Laureate reads his own poems and those of his favorite poets.Michael Collier is professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park, and director of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. He is the author of five books of poetry, including The Ledge (2000), nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His most recent collection is Dark Wild Realm.He is also the editor of three anthologies. Collier is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.Recorded On: Thursday, April 3, 2008

  • Is skipping breakfast a good way to lose weight?

    13/08/2008 Duration: 07min

    Are fresh vegetables more nutritious that frozen vegetables?Does margarine have fewer calories than butter?There are many common questions surrounding dieting and other nutrition matters.Kate Niemczyk, a librarian in the Business, Science, and Technology Department, interviewed Robin Spence from Union Memorial Hospital and asked her some of these questions.Recorded On: Thursday, February 21, 2008

  • Does drinking milk cause phlegm, and should I avoid it when I have a cold?

    13/08/2008 Duration: 05min

    If my cholesterol is high, should I avoid eggs?Is oatmeal or oat bran my ticket to cholesterol management?There are many common questions surrounding dieting and other nutrition matters.Kate Niemczyk, a librarian in the Business, Science, and Technology Department, interviewed Robin Spence from Union Memorial Hospital and asked her some of these questions.Recorded On: Thursday, February 21, 2008

  • I’m eating healthy foods. Why am I not losing weight?

    13/08/2008 Duration: 05min

    Does eating at night make you more likely to gain weight?There are many common questions surrounding dieting and other nutrition matters.Kate Niemczyk, a librarian in the Business, Science, and Technology Department, interviewed Robin Spence from Union Memorial Hospital and asked her some of these questions.Recorded On: Thursday, February 21, 2008

  • Top 3 hints for avoiding overeating

    13/08/2008 Duration: 04min

    There are many common questions surrounding dieting and other nutrition matters.Kate Niemczyk, a librarian in the Business, Science, and Technology Department, interviewed Robin Spence from Union Memorial Hospital and asked her some of these questions.Recorded On: Thursday, February 21, 2008

  • First bite and last bite theories

    13/08/2008 Duration: 03min

    There are many common questions surrounding dieting and other nutrition matters.Kate Niemczyk, a librarian in the Business, Science, and Technology Department, interviewed Robin Spence from Union Memorial Hospital and asked her some of these questions.Recorded On: Thursday, February 21, 2008

  • Author Esther Iverem

    13/08/2008 Duration: 59min

    The author talks about her book, We Gotta Have It: Twenty Years of Seeing Black at the Movies, 1986-2006The year 2006 marked the 20th anniversary of the "New Wave" in black film, that upstart artistic movement beginning with Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It, which transformed black images on the big and small screen. In the more than 400 film reviews in We Gotta Have It, film and cultural critic Esther Iverem explores how the original new wave pioneers have morphed and branched into all manner and quality of films through the past 20 years.Esther Iverem is a former staff writer for the Washington Post and Newsday. She is founder and editor of SeeingBlack.com.Recorded On: Wednesday, February 20, 2008

  • Rethinking the Concept of Dieting

    13/08/2008 Duration: 08min

    There are many common questions surrounding dieting and other nutrition matters.Kate Niemczyk, a librarian in the Business, Science, and Technology Department, interviewed Robin Spence from Union Memorial Hospital and asked her some of these questions.Recorded On: Thursday, February 21, 2008

  • A 1972 recording of an interview with Vivien Thomas

    13/08/2008 Duration: 52min

     Vivien Theodore Thomas (August 29, 1910 – November 26, 1985) was an African-American surgical technician who helped develop the procedures used to treat blue baby syndrome in the 1940s. He was an assistant to Alfred Blalock at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee and later at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.Without any education past high school, Thomas rose above poverty and racism to become a cardiac surgery pioneer and a teacher to many of the country's most prominent surgeons.

  • Author Doris Kearns Goodwin

    13/08/2008 Duration: 18min

     Presidential Historian and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author An equally gifted historian and storyteller, Doris Kearns Goodwin illustrates lessons in leadership relevant to today’s issues and headlines from some of the country’s greatest figures. With stories and anecdotes from the inner circles of wives, friends and close associates who surrounded our president's, Goodwin brings the past alive, allowing listeners to learn from the talents, skills, and human failings of some of our most fascinating leaders, as well as providing insight in to the proper boundaries between private and public lives.Doris Kearns is the 2007 recipient of Enoch Pratt Free Library's Lifetime Literary Achievement Award and delivered this keynote address at the Pratt Society Dinner on November 10.Recorded On: Saturday, November 10, 2007

  • Author Deborah Mathis

    13/08/2008 Duration: 39min

    discusses her new book, Sole Sisters: The Joys and Pains of Single Black WomenMore black women today are single -- and likely to remain single -- than are married, in numbers that have reached historic heights.Drawing on interviews with 125 single black women from around the country, journalist Deborah Mathis has compiled a funny, poignant and thought-provoking chronicle of the realities of being single, black and female today.Deborah Mathis is a print and broadcast journalist, teacher, and author whose work has appeared in countless publications. She is the author of Yet a Stranger and What God Can Do. Recorded On: Tuesday, November 27, 2007

  • Author Cora Daniels

    13/08/2008 Duration: 34min

    talks about "The Impact of Ghetto Mores, Attitudes and Lifestyles on American Culture."Cora Daniels is an award-winning journalist and the author of GHETTONATION: A Journey into the Land of Bling and Home of the Shameless and Black Power, Inc: The New Voice of Success. She is currently a contributing writer for Essence, and her work has appeared in numerous national publications. An expert on diversity and business issues, Daniels has served as a commentator on ABC News, CNN, CNBC, BET, NPR, and "The Charlie Rose Show."Cora Daniels graduated from Yale University, with a B.A. in History, and earned an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University.Photo of Cora Daniels by Jamel Toppin, from her Random House author page.This program is part of the Brown Lecture Series. Additional support has been provided by Alpha Kappa Alpha, Epsilon Omega chapter, in Baltimore.Recorded On: Thursday, November 29, 2007

  • Flu Clinic Interview

    13/08/2008 Duration: 04min

    Find out the answers to all your flu shot questions. Dr. Anne Bailowitz, a pediatrician with the Baltimore City Health Department, is interviewed while providing free flu shots at a public health flu clinic at the Enoch Pratt Free Library.Stay healthy this winter -- get a FREE flu shot! Recorded On: Friday, November 9, 2007

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