Paerdegat Speaks is a show dedicated to amplifying the voices of our incredible library patrons and celebrating the diverse and vibrant community that calls Paerdegat Library its home. Each episode will feature an interview with someone who has navigated life's challenges and triumphs with the support and resources provided by Brooklyn Public Library. From the ambitious student who found the perfect study corner to the aspiring writer who discovered a wealth of literary treasures, our guests will share their experiences and express gratitude for the vital role this library has played in their ..read more

Welcome to the self-guided audio tour of BPL's Central Library. This part of the tour includes the balcony, the Business & Career Center, Society, Sciences & Technology, and the History, Biography & Religion divisions, which are all located on the Second Floor. Feel free to walk around as you listen. For a transcript of this tour and related pictures, visit: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/central-tour/second-floor  ..read more

Welcome to the self-guided audio tour of BPL's Central Library. This section includes the Youth Wing, which is located on the Eastern Parkway side of the library on the first floor. Feel free to walk around as you listen. For a transcript of this tour and related pictures, visit: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/central-tour/eastern-parkway  ..read more

Welcome to the self-guided audio tour of BPL's Central Library. This section of the tour includes a portion of Central Library that runs along Flatbush Avenue. Feel free to walk around as you listen. For a transcript of this tour and related pictures, visit: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/central-tour/flatbush  ..read more

Welcome to the self-guided audio tour of BPL's Central Library. This section of the tour includes the Grand Lobby of the Central Library. Feel free to walk around as you listen. For a transcript of this tour and related pictures, visit: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/central-tour/lobby  ..read more

Welcome to the self-guided audio tour of BPL's Central Library. This section of the tour includes the area outside Central Library, from the flagpole on Eastern Parkway to the Plaza and the front steps. Feel free to walk around as you listen. For a transcript of this tour and related pictures, visit: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/central-tour/plaza  ..read more

Hear Me Out was an audio storytelling workshop series at BPL, co-produced by Virginia Marshall, UnionDocs, and lead instructor Stephanie Foo. William ‘Billy’ Braithwaite was well known in Guyana and the diaspora for his work in the airline industry. When he migrated with his family to the USA in 1981 Mr. Braithwaite became a businessman and was reveled for his philanthropy and community involvement. This is not a story about his life, but the consequences of his death. His namesake, Billie Braithwaite Jones, lost her father recently to COVID-19. Unlike others who accept the death of their love ..read more

Hear Me Out was an audio storytelling workshop series at BPL, co-produced by Virginia Marshall, UnionDocs, and lead instructor Stephanie Foo. During her anxiety-ridden pandemic pregnancy and birth, Elisabeth Donnelly, journalist and writer, made a radio piece about her pregnancy.   ..read more

Hear Me Out was an audio storytelling workshop series at BPL, co-produced by Virginia Marshall, UnionDocs, and lead instructor Stephanie Foo. Ginger’s Bar in Brooklyn is one of only fifteen lesbian bars left in the United States. After it closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, Taylor Cook, CUNY graduate student in critical disability studies, talked to the owner of Ginger's Bar, Sheila Frayne ..read more

Hear Me Out was an audio storytelling workshop series at BPL, co-produced by Virginia Marshall, UnionDocs, and lead instructor Stephanie Foo. Jasmyne Roberts's grandmother came to Brooklyn from Vietnam in 1979, with her husband and nine children. In order to keep her sons out of gang activity in Borough Park, she opened a restaurant and solicited the help of her children, keeping them out of trouble and supporting her family at the same time ..read more