Bonus Episode: Freddie Gray and Baltimore: A Conversation with Wes Moore
Five years ago this week, the city of Baltimore was upended by protests and riots following the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old unarmed black man who died while in Baltimore Police Department cus...
24 Apr 202011min
Episode 49: Libraries Respond to COVID-19
In Episode 49, Dewey Decibel looks at the library world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. First, American Libraries Senior Editor and Dewey Decibel host Phil Morehart speaks with Felton Thomas, Jr...
21 Apr 202029min
Bonus Episode: Exploring Gale's Women's Studies Archive
It’s Women’s History Month, and librarians looking to supplement lesson plans and readings for students can find a wealth of resources in Gale’s Women’s Studies Archive, an online repository of primar...
23 Mars 202013min
Episode 48: Telling Women's Stories
In Episode 48, Dewey Decibel celebrates women's history with conversations about feminism, the importance of oral histories in social justice movements and in telling women’s stories, and the 100th an...
17 Mars 202029min
Bonus Episode: One-on-One with New ALA Executive Director Tracie D. Hall
On February 24, Tracie D. Hall took the reins at the American Library Association as the new executive director. In this special bonus episode of the Dewey Decibel podcast, Hall sits down with America...
24 Feb 202020min
Episode 47: Presidential Libraries, Then and Now
Presidential libraries have changed significantly since President Franklin D. Roosevelt conceived the system as a means to preserve evidence of the presidency for future generations to study and appre...
14 Feb 202034min
Episode 46: Insider's Guide to Philadelphia
On Thursday, January 23, thousands of librarians and library workers will being to descend on Philadelphia for the American Library Association’s 2020 Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits. And they’ll be sear...
17 Jan 202024min
Episode 45: Year-End Conversations
In Episode 45, Dewey Decibel looks back at interviews conducted with speakers at the American Library Association’s 2019 Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conference. NBC's Today co-host Hoda Kotb, journa...
20 Dec 201926min
