BKLYN Community Audio
BKLYN Mixtape is a podcast from the Shelby White and Leon Levy Information Commons at Brooklyn Public Library. It is a show about everyday creators and makers just like you living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Listen to interviews, music, and audio shorts created in the Info Commons by staff and patrons. Hear how Brooklynites create and what inspires them as artists, print-makers, musicians, podcasters, story tellers, poets, writers, zine designers, coders and more. We're asking, what will you make today?
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 79
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Flatbush + Main: Flatbush + Main : Whose Crown Heights?
This episode was originally published on August 24, 2016.
In episode 05 of Brooklyn Historical Society's podcast Flatbush + Main, co-hosts Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia do a deep dive into the history a…
Flatbush + Main: Hip Hop in Brooklyn
This episode was originally published on July 27, 2016.
In episode 04 of Brooklyn Historical Society's podcast Flatbush + Main, co-hosts Zaheer Ali and Julie Golia examine the history and evolution…
Flatbush + Main: Queering Brooklyn Spaces
This episode was originally published on June 21, 2016.
In episode 03 of Brooklyn Historical Society's podcast Flatbush + Main, Zaheer and I tackle the history of queer spaces in Brooklyn. We sit dow…
Flatbush + Main: Brooklyn's Working Waterfront
This episode was originally published on May 24, 2016.
In the past several years, Brooklyn's waterfront has transformed into a high-value, celebrated space lined with bucolic parks and new developmen…
Flatbush + Main: Histories of Waste in Brooklyn
This episode was originally published on April 24, 2016.
Last Friday, April 22, was Earth Day, recognized since 1970 as a day to agitate for environmental consciousness and protection. In honor of th…
Welcome to Flatbush + Main, a podcast from Brooklyn Historical Society
This episode originally published on April 24, 2016.
Brooklyn Historical Society is excited to launch Flatbush + Main, a monthly podcast dedicated to Brooklyn's many-layered history and its dynamic…
8: Places We Gather: Organizing
To end the tour, we look at some of the ways that residents have advocated for changes in their neighborhood.
7: Places We Gather: Celebration
This segment is about Commodore Barry Park, past and present. Ms. Denise Evans shares memories about the establishment of the public pool located in the park. She also talks about Old Timers Day, a d…
6: Places We Gather: Education
In this segment, public historian Prithi Kanakamedala, professor of history at Bronx Community College and the CUNY Graduate Center, talks about the roots of mutual aid organizing in Fort Greene, and…
5: Places We Gather: Distribution
This segment is about Hall Street Shelter Volunteers, a mutual aid group established to distribute food, clothing, supplies to asylum seekers temporarily housed in the shelter on Hall Street, which h…
4: Places We Gather: Food
In this segment, listeners hear about One Love Community Fridge, an organization established during the peak of the pandemic to feed community members. Asmeret Berhe-Lumax and Kristina Garrity speak …
3: Places We Gather: Choir
This segment includes interviews with Janis Russell and Edward Moran, who each independently moved to Fort Greene in the 1980s, and are members of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (LAPC) in t…
2: Places We Gather: Art
In this segment, listeners hear from Ms. Denise Evans, who speaks about the Ingersoll Houses Community Center where she teaches art classes. Ms. Denise reflects on the important role the community ce…
1: Places We Gather: The Library
An introduction to the Places We Gather audio tour and to the Walt Whitman Library. This stop explores the role that the library plays in the community from the point of view of librarians and librar…
Finding Trace/s - Part Two
"Finding Trace/s" is a companion podcast to the Center for Brooklyn History’s exhibition Trace/s: Family History Research and the Legacy of Slavery in Brooklyn. Brooklyn-based podcast producer Ula Ku…
Finding Trace/s - Part One
"Finding Trace/s" is a companion podcast to the Center for Brooklyn History’s exhibition Trace/s: Family History Research and the Legacy of Slavery in Brooklyn. Brooklyn-based podcast producer Ula Ku…
Bed-Stuy Tea: Shakoor Watson
Welcome back to a new year of Bed-Stuy Tea!
In today's episode, Krishna and Riann sit down and talk to Chef Shakoor Watson, owner and creator of The Sweet Tooth Bakery & Catering. Sweet Tooth Bakery…
Bed-Stuy Tea: Lesley Enston
Krishna and Riann wrap up the 2024 year with local cookbook author Lesley Enston!
Lesley Enston is the author of Belly Full, Exploring Caribbean Cuisine Through 11 Fundamental Ingredients and Over 10…
Bed-Stuy Tea: Jatee Kearsley & Je T'aime Patisserie
