Welcome to the Albany Made Podcast - a podcast about the city of Albany and the library's place in it. With the help of our staff and the local community, we will explore everything from local history, to arts and culture, to the function of the library in the community. Thank you for tuning in! We hope you enjoy it.
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The Albany Made Podcast - Episode 31 - "Murder at Cherry Hill" & "The Veiled Murderess"
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In the spirit of Halloween season, we present to you 2 historic tales of murder and betrayal in the Capital Region. First we are joined by Shawna Reilly, Education Coordinator at Albany's Historic Cherry Hill, who tells the story of one of Albany's most infamous murders; the Strang-Whipple Case of 1827. Afterwards, Zan and the Winter Folk perform t…
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The Albany Made Podcast - Episode 30 - Long Island Migrant Labor Camps with Mark Torres
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In part one of today’s episode, we’re featuring a long standing tradition here at APL; The Friends of Albany Public Library’s weekly book talks, where our director Scott Jarzombek recently gave a presentation on “Long Island Migrant Labor Camps: Dust for Blood” about the darker side of Eastern Long Islands agricultural history.In part two, Scott sp…
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The Albany Made Podcast - Episode 29 - “Finding Our Way Back to Live Music”
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In this episode I sat with my friends Kim Neaton, marketing and promoter assistant for Guthrie Bell Productions and local singer and guitar player Chris Jordan of The Slaughterhouse Chorus, to talk about what live music means to us and the current state of live music in the capital region and beyond.Music from this episode:https://maggotbrainny.ban…
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The Albany Made Podcast - Episode 28 - Punk, Pedagogy and Empowerment with Nancy Barile
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In today’s episode, APL’s executive director Scott Jarzombek sits down with Nancy Barile, author of “I’m not holding your coat”, a memoir about finding empowerment through the Philadelphia punk and hardcore music scenes during the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. She talks about the connections she made along the way and how her experiences have infor…
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The Albany Made Podcast - Episode 27 - Sam Jackson on Anti-Government Extremism in America
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In today’s episode, APL Executive Director Scott Jarzombek speaks with Assistant Professor at University at Albany’s College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity, Sam Jackson, about his new book, “Oathkeepers: Patriotism and the Edge of Violence in a Right-Wing Antigovernment Group”, and the broader culture of anti-governm…
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