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Athonite Audio

Athonite Audio

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The audio information provided by Athonite Audio is for the Blind and Visually Impaired and is produced and distributed exclusively for use by blind, visually impaired, or physically handicapped individuals under the authority of Section 121 of Title 17 the United States Code, or with permission of the copyright owner(s). Use of these materials is intended for those who are medically certified to be patrons of the Library of Congress National Library Service. However, Athonite Audio is free ...
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Connecting today's political discourse with the past 40 years of politics. Using audio taken from C-SPAN's vast Video Library, each episode focuses on a theme tied to current events providing a unique perspective on today's news.
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Since 1989, the National Film Registry has selected 25 films each year that are deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". In each episode, Mike Natale (Yahoo!) and Tom Lorenzo (Men's Journal) bring on a special guest to take a look at one of the films from the registry, to get to the heart of why these films matter.
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Part-Time Genius

iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

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Are you a knowledge junkie who loves when facts are stranger than fiction? Do you find yourself constantly tripping down Wikipedia rabbit holes (and delighting in the journey)? Have you ever been told you ask a lot of questions? If so, congrats! You’re one of us: a Part-Time Genius! Join Will, Mango, and the team as we scour the globe in search of obscure facts, offbeat locales, and hidden histories. Along the way, we’ll chat with experts, play some games, get in touch with our silly side, a ...
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Ibizology

Will Beacham

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Welcome to Ibizology, a podcast exploring the culture, history and arts of the Balearic island of Ibiza. I’m Will Beacham, an Ibiza-based journalist and in each episode I interview an Ibizan who is contributing in some way to life on this wonderful island. Through their words I aim to bring to life different aspects of island living as they tell their unique stories. The Ibizan music you hear was recorded in July 1952 in the churchyard of the village of St Josep by the musicologist Alan Loma ...
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The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

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The day’s news made fast, fair and fun – in 10 minutes. Erica Mandy is like a trusted friend who always ‘gets’ both sides. She’s a veteran journalist who was tired of talking heads, alarmist headlines and monotone voices, so she created something different. The NewsWorthy is packed with politics, tech, business and entertainment from a variety of sources -- brought together in one, convenient place (and with a fun twist). Join the thousands of people already listening each weekday!
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News in the world of books and reading, including hot industry releases, adaptations, publishing industry events, and more with Book Riot’s Jeff O’Neal and Rebecca Shinsky. Book Riot is the largest independent editorial book site in North America and home to a host of media, from podcasts to newsletters to original content, all designed around diverse readers and across all genres.
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Veterans Corner Radio focuses on what those who have served in the military, and their families need to know to maximize the services and benefits due to them. No matter if you are currently serving or got out 50 years ago, this program will give you answers to questions you didn’t even know you should be asking. Among those who have been and will be sharing their knowledge are those from the Department of Defense (DOD), Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Administration, Natio ...
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Children's book publishing’s secrets are revealed as we listen in on fascinating, unguarded, insider discussion from two uniquely qualified best friends: award-winning author/illustrator Grace Lin, and one of NYC’s top editors, Alvina Ling. Go behind the scenes of kid lit and catch a glimpse of the lives of the best-selling author and editor, and the relationship between them.
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The National Museum of African American History and Culture’s (NMAAHC) Civil Rights History Project, created by an act of Congress in 2009, is a joint effort of the Library of Congress and NMAAHC to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals—many who are unheralded—who participated in the Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s and 1960s.
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Student leaders in their first year of Student Leadership NORTH are using primary and secondary resources on specific topics in Georgia to record historical podcasts. These podcasts are sponsored in part by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Eastern Region Program, coordinated by Waynesburg University.
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A companion podcast to the 10-episode C-SPAN television series, Books that Shaped America, produced in partnership with the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress created the Books That Shaped America list to explore key works of literature from American history that have had a major impact on society. The 10 iconic books featured in the series have provoked thought, won awards, led to significant policy changes, and are still talked about today. In this companion podcast, you can lear ...
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"The Perfect Podcast" Story Telling | Parody |Politics| Spirituality|Comedy|Satire|End Times|Making Cringy News Cool| Good News This podcast will end up in the Smithsonian, MET, Byzantium Museum's and the Library of Congress! Making fun of life’s serious stuff. Listen with DISSENT and please ENJOY relax and enjoy! Share with your friends! * Educational & Entertainment purposes only* (Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for pur ...
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Stories of Belmont

Belmont University

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Since it’s founding in 1890 Belmont University has held true, through good times and bad, to a “Belief in Something Greater.” In August, non-profit organization StoryCorps visited Belmont and recorded 17 stories from 34 people from the Belmont community. These oral histories serve to capture authentic moments, document important times, and tell amazing stories of Belmont’s 125 year history for all to hear. The recordings will be archived in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Cong ...
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We're building a world that listens. PumaPodcast is an award-winning podcast production company based in Manila. We created the first podcasts out of Asia to be archived in the US Library of Congress. We're sharing the joy, power, and value there is in listening through more than 40 shows. You'll find some of those episodes here. For the full list, and more info about our work please to go pumapodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Worlds of Joseph Smith contains all the papers presented at the Joseph Smith bicentennial conference in the Library of Congress, May 6-7, 2005. This volume elucidates Joseph's life and mission by positioning him — to the degree possible — within the larger framework of American spirituality and world religions. The papers in this volume examine the worlds of Joseph Smith, past, present, and future. Part 1 explores the early nineteenth-century world of his day. Part 2 examines his interac ...
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Jonathan Horowitz

Jonathan Horowitz

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Jonathan Horowitz announces, writes about, and produces social and digital media for sports. An Emmy Award finalist for “Sports Play-by-Play” in the Heartland region for 2015 and 2016, he is both a play-by-play and public address announcer for basketball, football, horse racing, soccer, and more. He has produced sports stories for Altitude Sports & Entertainment, AT&T SportsNet, and AuroraTV in the Rocky Mountain region. Horowitz has also authored books for the Publishing Office at the Libra ...
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Retro Movie Roundtable

Russell Guest, Bryan Frye, Chad Robinson, Dustin Melbardis, Lizzy Haynes

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Join the Retro Movie Roundtable. They rewatch classic movies spanning a vast array of genres from a decade ago and beyond then break them down. If you love movies, you will love these guys. Do these movies hold up? Find out on the Retro Movie Roundtable. Retro, Retro Movies, Classic Movies, Vintage Movies, Movie Podcast, Movie Reviews, Movie Talk, Movie Analysis, Great Movies, Movie Lovers, Movie Fans, Old Movies, Movie Fanatics, Movie History, Movie Appreciation, Memorable Movies, Notable M ...
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Been All Around This World

Association for Cultural Equity

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"Been All Around This World" explores the breadth and depth of folklorist Alan Lomax's seven decades of field recordings. From the earliest trips he made through the American South with his father, John A. Lomax, beginning in 1933, to his last documentary work in the early 1990s, the program will present seminal artists and performances alongside obscure, unidentified, and previously unheard singers and players, from around America and the world, drawn from the Lomax Collection at the Americ ...
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The State of Enterprise IT Security is the show for technology leaders looking for actionable and approachable guidance in the security landscape. The show features Brad Bussie, the CISO of e360, a premier technology solutions provider. In each episode, Brad covers 3 timely topics in each episode impacting the enterprise security landscape.
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From Camp Lee to the Great War: The Letters of Lester Scott & Charles Riggle

From Camp Lee to the Great War podcast Archiving Wheeling in partnership with the Ohio County Public Library and the Wheeling Academy of Law & Science

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World War I soldiers from Wheeling, West Virginia, Lester Scott and Charles "Dutch" Riggle were drafted in 1917 and trained at Camp Lee, Virginia. Lester Scott served as a Wagoner (mule team driver) in the 314th Field Artillery Supply Company, Battery “A,” 80th (Blue Ridge) Division in France. Dutch Riggle was a PFC with the same unit. These are their letters home. "From Camp Lee to the Great War: The letters of Lester Scott and Charles Riggle" is brought to you by http://archivingwheeling.o ...
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The Butch and The Bi

The Butch and The Bi

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You're favorite queer duo are back and we're going back to basics. Tune in each week* as we chat about the things we enjoy and that have us excited. (Feel free to check out our back log of guested episodes with some incredibly talented artists and comedians and our library of film and television reviews) *We're humans with jobs and Sims style needs bars that need maintained.
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Buttercups & Moonbeams

Brandeis Television

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Intrigue! Murder! Anthropomorphism! Listen in as Mr. Johnson, his wife Grace, their kid Timmy, and their dog Cosmo experience mid-century America through the surreal happenstances of their daily lives. Buttercups & Moonbeams is an improv comedy podcast produced by Brandeis Television at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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MNDFCK Podcast

MNDFCK Podcast

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This is a broadcast aimed at discovering how, in the midst of chaos, to live our safest, sanest, most consensual & sustainable lives. Co-hosts are world-renowned journalist, broadcaster, and brand development expert Marcus K. Dowling, alongside world-traveled sex worker and college lecturer Domina Vontana. We record live, weekly, on Tuesdays at 6 PM EST at Full Service Radio in the lobby of The LINE Hotel in Washington, DC. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mndfck ...
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A business podcast for book creators led by host Rachel DiNunzio and home to The Picture Book Academy. Follow @TheBookCreatorPodcast and @ThePictureBookAcademy to get your daily book creation updates and to join the Book Creation conversation. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebookcreatorpodcast/support
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Grace and Alvina have an odds and ends episode where they give some updates on the recent firing of the Librarian of Congress, they talk about the AI-generated summer reading list, and they ponder what they're hoping to focus on this summer. Then, children's literature specialist Alison Morris joins to give some book recommendations, and they end a…
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Today we meet with Travis Bickford, head of Communications and Programs for The Library of Congress' Veterans History Project. With a small staff of civil servants working in Washington DC, Travis and his team work with volunteers recording the stories of our veterans and preserve them for future learning and research as well as sustaining their le…
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The Library of Congress has a lot of responsibilities. It’s massive in both physical scale and in scale of services. So how did it start, and how did it evolve to be the largest library in the world? Research: Cole, John Y. “America’s Greatest Library: An Illustrated History of the Library of Congress.” Library of Congress, Washington, DC, in Assoc…
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Once Rosina Bulwer-Lytton and her husband Edward separated, his life seemed to become more and more successful while she struggled with finances. The estranged couple then spent years battling very publicly until Edward had Rosina committed. Research: “A Scene at the Hertfordshire Election.” The Tiverton Gazette. 6/29/1858. https://www.newspapers.c…
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Jeff and Rebecca compare their lists of the biggest, buzziest, most newsworthy books of 2025 so far. Looking for the best books of the year so far? Join us Powell's on July 9th. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky. Get more industry …
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The news to know for Wednesday, June 25th, 2025! We have the latest on the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran — and how much damage the U.S. strikes may have really done to Iran’s nuclear program. Also, how results from one local election could reflect the future of the Democratic Party. Plus: we’re talking about a new hope that Type 1 diabe…
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We pull their strings and stick them on our hands, but puppets are so much more than toys! Today Mango and producer Mary are taking you on a whirlwind world tour of puppetry, from Indonesian puppet shows that run until dawn to an avant-garde French ice marionette to… emo puppets? That’s right, emo puppets. Got a question you’d like us to answer? A …
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Jeff and Rebecca talk about their shared love for Richard Linklater's Before Trilogy (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight). This is a bonus preview of a Patreon-only episode of the Book Riot Podcast. To get the whole episode and every single other Patreon-exclusive thing ever posted by the BR Pod, go here to sign up. Learn more about you…
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The news to know for Tuesday, June 24, 2025! We’re talking about Iran firing back at the U.S. and how, so far, Americans have been able to fend off any real damage. And there is word of a potential deal that could bring some calm to the Middle East. Also, we'll tell you what the Supreme Court decided about immigrants being deported to countries far…
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After a difficult childhood, Rosina Bulwer-Lytton landed in a marriage that quickly turned chaotic and stressful, and then became abusive. Part one covers the period of her life up to their separation. Research: “A Scene at the Hertfordshire Election.” The Tiverton Gazette. 6/29/1858. https://www.newspapers.com/image/803824054/ Blain, Virginia. “Ro…
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Today we hear from former United States Army Sergeant and two-time Operation Iraqi Freedom disabled combat veteran Ross Alpert who shares his experiences while serving our nation from 2005 through 2009 as an Infantryman who earned the Combat Infantry Badge. Our library of shows can be found at www.veteranscornerradio.com Join us on Facebook at the …
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The news to know for Monday, June 23rd, 2025! We’ll tell you about the U.S. attacks on Iran: why President Trump ordered the strike, and how Iran might retaliate. Also, we discuss the heatwave affecting more than 150 million Americans. Plus: what could become a new side-hustle for Tesla owners, how many new millionaires are minted every day in the …
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Vanessa Diaz joins Rebecca to discuss the demise of 8th Note Press, the resurrection of BookCon, a recent win in the fight against book bans, and more. Get your tickets to join us at Powell's on July 9th for a conversation about the best books of the year so far. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Sign up for the Book Ri…
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Nowadays we often hear about fentanyl in the context of the opioid epidemic. But it began as a medical breakthrough, created by a pharmaceutical genius who was once ranked the second-best Belgian of all time. In this excerpt from the podcast Panic World, Mango and producer Mary explain fentanyl’s fascinating origin story—and the chemistry that make…
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Nuclear power: is it the future of clean energy—or a disaster waiting to happen? With new efforts to roll back regulations and build more plants, nuclear power is back in the spotlight. Some say it’s the best shot we’ve got at cutting carbon emissions. Others warn the risks are just too big—from meltdowns and waste to security threats. Today, we’re…
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RMR 0321: Special Guest, Bears Rebecca Fonte, joins your hosts, Chad Robinson and Russsell Guest for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit Back to the Future Part II (1989) [PG] Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction, Action, Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Tom Wilson, Elisabeth Shue Jennifer, James Tolkan, Jeffrey Weissm…
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Sure, we've watched Pixar's Cars a few times. But that doesn't mean we know anything about racing. Will and Mango dive into the strangely boozy origins of NASCAR, why you might need a yacht to enjoy Formula One, and how driver Dick Trickle made sure every race got off to a smoking start. Spoiler: it involved drilling a couple holes in his helmet. T…
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The news to know for Friday, June 20th 2025! We’ll tell you about President Trump's new deadline to decide whether to attack Iran. Also, we're talking about damage from a hurricane in Mexico ahead of another dangerous weather threat expected to affect most Americans this weekend. Plus, who President Trump is calling one of the dumbest people in gov…
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Grace and Alvina welcome special guest Janelle DeLuise, Senior Director of Subrights at Hachette Book Group to the podcast. They talk about what Subrights entails, what her most and least favorite aspects of her job are, and what a typical work day might look like for her. She talks about how international news affects the foreign rights market, wh…
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William F. Buckley, Jr. The conservative icon died in February 2008 — but in 2025, he's back in the news. • In March, the U.S. Postal Service announced a new stamp with his picture • In June, a new biography, "Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America," was published • And in November, it would have been Bill Buckley's 100th birthda…
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The news to know for Thursday, June 19, 2025! Today, we discuss the possibility of an American attack on Iran as President Trump weighs his options. Also, we will talk about the Supreme Court’s ruling on an especially contentious issue: transgender care for minors. And the White House has sent more troops to Los Angeles. Plus, a major hurricane thr…
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Apostasy and Antichrist Written by: Archimandrite Panteleimon Published by: Holy Trinity Monastery - Jordanville, N.Y. 1978 Translated by: Deacon Lev Puhalo & Vasili Novakshonoff 1. The Visible Universe as a Revelation about the Creator 2. Creation 3. The Miracle of Light 4. A New Babylon 5. The Kingdom of Heaven 6. The Invisible World 7. Satan and…
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Albert Bierstadt’s story runs counter to the romanticized idea of a passionate starving artist. He was strategic in his career, selecting imagery that he knew would appeal to U.S. audiences, and monetizing his art outside of selling paintings. Research: Appman, Sarah Bean. “How One Building Turned Greenwich Village Into an Artists’ Mecca.” Greenwic…
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We are bringing our special live recording of The Most Recommendable Books of the Century So Far out from behind the Patreon wall for all listeners to try to entice you to come to our next live recording at Powell's on July 9th: The Best Books of the Year (so far). Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bl…
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The news to know for Wednesday, June 18, 2025! We have the latest on the growing conflict in the Middle East, as President Trump threatens Iran’s supreme leader and the White House weighs its options. Also, we’re talking about tense moments as another politician is detained by federal immigration agents, and we’ll tell you why members of Congress a…
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From the floating gardens of Xochimilco, to the sinking sights of El Zócalo, Mango and Gabe explore some of the most fascinating, offbeat attractions in Mexico City. Along the way we'll dole out some helpful travel tips, including the best drink to beat the heat (and the altitude!), a must-try carb-on-carb breakfast sandwich, and the only subway st…
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It's a Book Riot podiverse crossover event! The adaptation of E. Lockhart's YA sensation We Were Liars debuts later this week. Kelly Jensen sat down with Lockhart for a recent episode of the Hey YA! podcast. Enjoy! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Inst…
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The news to know for Tuesday, June 17, 2025! We'll update you on what's become the worst-ever conflict between Israel and Iran and how the U.S. is responding overseas. Also, new details from the attack against Minnesota state lawmakers are coming out in what prosecutors are calling "the stuff of nightmares." Plus, there's a revolt in Europe over su…
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Jeff and Rebecca talk about recent reading, why late night talk shows might be interested in doing book clubs, a victory in court against book bans, and more book news. Then, Jeff talks to Al Woodworth, Managing Editor of the Amazon Books team, about their picks for the Best Books of 2025 so far and how their team makes those selections. Subscribe …
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The first electrocardiograph was invented in 1895. That device looked a lot different from today’s machines, and there are some other contenders for the title of “first.” Research: AlGhatrif, Majd, and Joseph Lindsay. “A brief review: history to understand fundamentals of electrocardiography.” Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspec…
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Jeff makes his third visit to the Podcast to introduce us to Wreaths Across America and their three pillars: Remember, Honor, and Teach, as well as the cornucopia of their support to veterans, their families, and fans year round. Our library of shows can be found at www.veteranscornerradio.com Join us on Facebook at the page Veterans Corner Radio Y…
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The news to know for Monday, June 16, 2025! We're telling you about the fourth straight day of fighting between Israel and Iran and how the U.S. plans to de-escalate the situation. And President Trump's big military parade in Washington, D.C. was overshadowed by nationwide mass protests and some tragic political violence. Plus, severe storms got in…
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