Podcast – Bethlehem Area Public Library https://www.bapl.org Libraries are for everyone Thu, 07 Oct 2021 13:22:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://i0.wp.com/www.bapl.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-Bethlehem-Area-Public-Library.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Podcast – Bethlehem Area Public Library https://www.bapl.org 32 32 161463730 New Episode of This Week in 1920s Baseball https://www.bapl.org/new-episode-of-this-week-in-1920s-baseball/ Wed, 06 May 2020 16:53:49 +0000 https://www.bapl.org/?p=25185 Follow the link below for a “very special episode” the BAPL podsmen have prepared for you. This Week in 1920s Baseball is now available on iTunes and Spotify as well. Go check it out for all your antiquarian baseball needs.

This Week in 1920s Baseball: Episode Seven “Game Recap May 17, 1920”

 

]]> 25185 This Week in 1920s Baseball Podcast: New Episode! “Opening Day!” https://www.bapl.org/this-week-in-1920s-baseball-podcast-new-episode-opening-day/ Tue, 28 Apr 2020 19:18:03 +0000 https://www.bapl.org/?p=25151

“Sweetbread” Bailey of the Cubs

Well it’s Opening Day in 1920 anyway! BAPL podsmen Matt and Josh offer some corrections and additions on episode five and then get right into the action of the 1920 season. Who is off to a hot start? Who is stuck in the basement? The answer might surprise you! They also highlight some of the great nicknames from the 1920 rosters like Sweetbread Bailey, Speed Martin, Hippo Vaughn, Rabbit Maranville, and more. Play ball!

This Week in 1920s Baseball: Episode Six “Opening Day!”

 

]]> 25151 This Week in 1920s Baseball: Episode Four “Mailbag” https://www.bapl.org/this-week-in-1920s-baseball-episode-four-mailbag/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 01:10:53 +0000 https://www.bapl.org/?p=25031

This week the podsmen field listener questions inspired by the episode about “Gavvy” Cravath. Who was the Chalmers award named after? Why was the Brooklyn team called the “Superbas?” How cool were player-managers? Learn all this and more on This Week in 1920s Baseball!

This Week in 1920s Baseball: Episode Four “Mailbag”

 

 

]]> 25031 Beyond the Stacks: BAPL PODCAST with guest Jamie Howe of KeyStone A capella https://www.bapl.org/beyond-the-stacks-bapl-podcast-with-guest-jamie-howe-of-keystone-a-capella/ Mon, 17 Dec 2018 16:07:52 +0000 https://www.bapl.org/?p=20236

KeyStone A Capella

Boots and Cats! Today on the podcast, I (Josh Berk) interview vocal percussionist Jamie Howe of KeyStone A Capella. He does some vocal percussing right here on the pod. Check it out! We also talk about his band and I can’t encourage you enough to COME SEE THEM AT BAPL ON DECEMBER 23. It’s a 2pm Sunday show–the library is opening up just for the afternoon performance. KeyStone was a huge hit last time they played BAPL. I’ve never seen so many smiles in an audience in my life! So listen up to learn things about Jamie and a capella music and the art of playing drums with your mouth. Amazing! More info on KeyStone including a video of them rocking out in a car and a Kickstarter for their new album is below the pod:

 

]]> 20236 Beyond the Stacks: Children’s Author Paul Acampora Recommends Books! [podcast] https://www.bapl.org/beyond-the-stacks-childrens-author-paul-acampora-recommends-books/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 15:07:37 +0000 https://www.bapl.org/?p=20065 It’s always a good time to buy books, but the holiday season is definitely an excellent excuse! So if you’re wondering what to buy the young reader in your life (or the young not-yet-a-reader), check out this podcast. Library Director Josh Berk interviews children’s author Paul Acampora of Allentown about what’s new and exciting in children’s literature. Paul knows kidlit like nobody’s business and he offers enthusiastic recommendations — excellent choices for readers of all ages. Listen to the podcast below and below that see the (partial) list of recommended titles. Buy them at your favorite book store or hey, maybe check them out from the library.  And go learn more about Paul and his many fine books at paulacampora.com. Thanks, Paul!

 

America’s Test Kitchen Kids– The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs

Frank Cammuso– Kings of the Lunch Table

Christopher Paul Curtis– The Journey of Little Charley

Kate DiCamillo– Louisiana’s Way Home

Erin Dionne — Lights, Camera, Disaster

Tommy Greenwald- Game Changer

Ryan T. Higgins– We Don’t Eat Our Classmates

Victoria Jamieson– Roller Girl

Varian Johnson– The Parker Inheritance

Jarrett Krosoczka– Hey Kiddo

Joe Kelly — I Kill Giants

Elizabeth Wein- A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II

Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead–BOB

Celia Perez– The First Rule of Punk

James Preller– Jigsaw Jones

Martin Sandler– The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found

Melissa Sweet– Some Writer: The Story of E.B. White

Dylan Thuras and Rosemary Mosco– The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid Book

 

]]> 20065 Beyond the Stacks! Podcast with guest Heather Mayer Irvine, cookbook author https://www.bapl.org/podcast-heather-mayer-irvine/ Tue, 27 Nov 2018 21:17:19 +0000 https://www.bapl.org/?p=20025 “Beyond the Stacks” is back! Your favorite BAPL podcast has a new episode where I (Josh Berk) Heather Mayer Irvineinterview writer/editor/runner Heather Mayer Irvine. She is the author of the new Runner’s World Vegetarian Cookbook, and will be speaking about it at the library on December 5th at 6:30. The name of that talk is 5 Ways to Eat Better (No Dieting!) <– follow the link there to reserve your spot!

And check out the link below to listen to the podcast. We talk about writing a cookbook — is it as fun as it sounds?? (Yes, but also a lot of work.) We also talk about running — is Heather good at running?? (Yes, her personal best in the mile is 5:33 whereas I recently got smoked in the Turkey Trot by a very small child.) We also talk about the controversy (ooh, controversy!) of being an athlete and a vegetarian and somehow I volunteer to bake cookies.

So listen up, go buy the book (Moravian Book Shop and also Aardvark Sports Shop are selling them), and check out the other places Heather will be in the upcoming days, signing books:

  • December 5, 6:30, Bethlehem Area Public Library
  • December 8, 3pm at the Book & Puppet outpost at the Easton Public Market
  • December 15, 1-3pm Moravian Book Shop

 

 

]]> 20025 Beyond the Stacks: Interview with Bill Duane (Atomic Chickens) https://www.bapl.org/beyond-the-stacks-interview-with-bill-duane-atomic-chickens/ Fri, 06 Jul 2018 19:48:03 +0000 http://bapl.org/?p=18599 Today on the library podcast, I sat down with musician Bill Duane. Bill’s an old friend but even I learned things about his first band, The Atomic Chickens, and what it was like to be a young musician way back in the 1990s. We chat, we laugh, we rock out a bit. Good times. You can listen to his band and lots of other Lehigh Valley underground rock bands at bapl.org/lvuma, the Lehigh Valley Underground Music Archive at BAPL.

Listen to the podcast here or below.

-Josh

]]> 18599 Beyond the Stacks: Interview with Sophia Verbiscar and Nick Pokrivchak https://www.bapl.org/beyond-the-stacks-interview-with-sophia-verbiscar-and-nick-pokrivchak/ Tue, 03 Jul 2018 21:08:14 +0000 http://bapl.org/?p=18407 Today on the BAPL podcast, I sat down with Sophia Verbiscar and Nick Pokrivchak of “Bring Your Own Vinyl.” They are record collectors and vinyl aficionados and we had a fascinating conversation about the resurgence of popularity that vinyl is experiencing. (Though we could argue that it never went away.)

We talk about the library’s brand new collection of records you can borrow and how Nick and Sophia got interested in an old format in a digital world. They share tales from the vinyl mines — what was the record Sophia found secretly tucked inside a Go-Go’s sleeve? Listen on to find out!

-Josh Berk, BAPL Executive Director

Oh, Sophia is also a projectionist so we talked a little about digital versus film in the world of movies. Here is an article about that.

]]> 18407 BEYOND THE STACKS: Experimento! An Interview with Matt Wolf https://www.bapl.org/beyond-the-stacks-experimento-an-interview-with-matt-wolf/ Fri, 13 Apr 2018 20:39:03 +0000 http://bapl.org/?p=17550 Today on “Beyond The Stacks,” I talk with BAPL’s own Matt Wolf. Matt is hosting the upcoming Experimento! at the Ice House on April 27. What is an Experimento?! Well, listen up, buttercup! Podcast is below. Also the flier is below that. Come to the Ice House on April 27!

-jb

 

 

 

]]> 17550 BEYOND THE STACKS: Retro Arcade https://www.bapl.org/beyond-stacks-retro-arcade/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 19:19:37 +0000 http://bapl.org/?p=17383 Today on BEYOND THE STACKS, I talk to Matthew Rothfuss, who is a historian and a classic video game enthusiast and also a colleague here at BAPL. The topic for the day is vintage video games and the upcoming Retro Arcade that we are hosting at the library with the Alternative Gallery on April 14th. We talk about our favorite videogames including a lively debate on Metroid vs. Super Metroid. (Somehow we forgot to discuss Burger Time, which came up after we turned off the mics and is really the greatest sandwich-making video game of all times.) So if you like Atari or were unlucky enough to own the Intellivision, this is the podcast for you! Listen below and definitely come to the Retro Arcade on the 14th to relive your youth!!

-Josh Berk, Executive Director

 

 

 

]]> 17383 Beyond the Stacks: Interview with The Minimologist https://www.bapl.org/beyond-stacks-interview-professional-organizer-colleen-warmingham/ Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:52:47 +0000 http://bapl.org/?p=17188 Today on “Beyond the Stacks,” BAPL Executive Director Josh Berk sits down with professional organizer Colleen Warmingham (aka “The Minimologist”). Colleen will be offering a very useful program at the South Side Branch of BAPL on March 24 at 2pm on the topic of getting organized, simplifying your life, and embracing the minimalist lifestyle. Full program description is below — check out the podcast here!

Register for Simplify Your Life: Organize, Reclaim and Emerge: March 24, 2pm, BAPL South Side

“Start your spring off right by learning long-term ways to minimize, declutter, and organize your home. Reclaim your space and reclaim your happiness! Please register in person, by phone, or online. Colleen Warmingham is a professional organizer and the owner of Minimologist, LLC. A champion of eco-friendly organizing, Colleen embraces creative problem solving, espouses a minimalist approach to consumerism, and loves to invent new uses for old treasures.”

This event is sponsored by Friends of the Library.

 

]]> 17188 Podcast #4! BEYOND THE STACKS. “Live Music” with photographer Willem Ytsma https://www.bapl.org/podcast-4-willem-ytsma/ Mon, 05 Feb 2018 17:18:23 +0000 http://bapl.org/?p=16400 Photographer Willem Ytsma was at the library hanging pictures for his new exhibit “Live Music.” I took the opportunity to ask him some questions about his art and to cast this very fine pod. The opening music was created with a site Willem showed me called beepbox. It is very interesting. He is an endlessly interesting fellow! So check out the interview, come see the exhibit at the Main library (buy a photograph for just $15!), and go here to see more of Willem’s work.

 
]]> 16400 Podcast #3! BEYOND THE STACKS. Book recommendations with Paul Acampora https://www.bapl.org/podcast-3-beyond-stacks-book-recommendations-paul-acampora/ Fri, 10 Nov 2017 15:09:36 +0000 http://bapl.org/?p=15084 I was really happy to sit down with children’s author Paul Acampora (Scholastic) for the BAPL podcast. We talk about Paul’s books and also other books.  He recommends some great titles if you’re looking to buy books for the kids (or other non-kid people) in your life this upcoming holiday season. Books are the best gift! Listen up and read on!
– Josh Berk

 

Paul’s books that we talk about:

HOW TO AVOID EXTINCTION – The adventure of a boy who chases after his grandmother and drives across the country to find dinosaur bones in Utah.

CONFUSION IS NOTHING NEW – The story of a girl who is seeking to learn the history of her mom, who was the singer in an ’80s cover band. (Available May 2018).

 

 

 

 

FOR TEEN READERS Paul recommends:

All the books by author Scott Westerfeld

READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline–a fantastic goofball dystopian novel which includes sci-fi and fantasy and videogames and a big puzzle. Soon to be a movie; folks should read the book too!

PUTTING MAKEUP ON DEAD PEOPLE by Jen Violi–a book for the goth teenager in your life.

THE BOY IN THE BLACK SUIT by Jason Reynolds–is the book whose name we couldn’t remember about the kid who works at the funeral home.

FOR MIDDLE GRADE (ages 9-12 or so) READERS, Paul recommends:

THE COURAGE TEST by James Preller–a boy and his dad go on a road trip across America to retrace the Lewis & Clark journey — a road trip story, an excellent adventure that explores the deep feelings that boys have and the adventures that make up our country.

GHOST by Jason Reynolds–a story about a gifted teen runner who joins a track team for the first time and learns that there is more to being part of a team than he imagined.

FOR YOUNG READERS (ages 7-9 or so), Paul recommends:

DORY FANTASMAGORY by Abby Hanlon–about a little girl whose invisible friends play a pretty important part in her day. Funny, lively, fast reads, and the kind of stories kids can go back to again and again.

FOR BOOKS FOR YOUR FATHER-IN-LAW, Paul recommends:

Don’t know what to buy as a gift for the dads, father-in-laws, hard-to-show-for uncles, etc. in your life? Paul recommends anything by author Walter Isaacson, including his biographies about:
 (Sorry, mothers-in-law, we didn’t talk about books for you. Perhaps we will, next time, on … BEYOND THE STACKS!!!!)
]]> 15084 Episode #3 of BAPL’s Podcast “Beyond the Stacks” https://www.bapl.org/podcast3/ Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:37:40 +0000 http://bapl.org/?p=14957 On today’s episode of the BAPL podcast, I sat down with Roxi Kringle. Roxi is heading up the “write-in” days that the library will be hosting every Saturday in November as part of National Novel Writing Month (known as NaNoWriMo). We talk about NaNoWriMo’s joys and challenges and what participants can expect if they choose to join in the fun. You’ll learn about typing with your nose and the meaning of the albino weasel (among other things). Thanks for the interview, Roxi, and thanks for hosting this great event for writers at BAPL!

-Josh Berk

]]> 14957 We have a Podcast? Episode 2: Beyond (behind?) The Stacks https://www.bapl.org/podcast-episode-2-beyond-behind-stacks/ Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:13:31 +0000 http://bapl.org/?p=14218 Episode #2 of the BAPL podcast is here! Some time I will even learn the name of it! In this episode, I interview WDIY’s Shamus McGroggan. Shamus is the co-founder of Tape Swap Radio, the radio show and now full-on media organization that (among other things) hosts interesting bands here in the Valley. They hosted Mirah for Library After Hours #1 and are bringing Selector Dub Narcotic in for Library After Hours #2! The event is Tuesday, October 3 at 8pm at the Main Library.

Shamus and I talk about Selector Dub Narcotic’s Calvin Johnson (the singer, not the football player) and all the interesting stuff the Tape Swap folks are up to. Check it out! I mean, listen up!

 

-Josh Berk

Purchase tickets in advance and get a poster!

 

 

 

]]> 14218 BAPL Podcast! Interview with Geoff Gehman https://www.bapl.org/bapl-podcast-interview-geoff-gehman/ Fri, 25 Aug 2017 16:30:01 +0000 http://bapl.org/?p=13694 Welcome to Episode One of BAPL’s new podcast. Author, journalist, and all around great-guy Geoff Gehman is my first guest (and my first Geoff). We talk about baseball great Carl Yastrzemski, who is the subject of Geoff’s upcoming event at BAPL on September 28. We also talk about Geoff’s latest writing project and we even come up with a name for the podcast. Check it out!

-Josh Berk

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