Bklyn Mixtape

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.

Hear Me Out was an audio storytelling workshop series at BPL, co-produced by Virginia Marshall, UnionDocs, and lead instructor Stephanie Foo. There's more to Brooklyn than hipsters, craft beers and fixie bikes. Honeychild Coleman spoke with a few Brooklyn residents about why they love Kings County and life here During COVID-19. Kentucky native Honeychild Coleman is a composer/musician, activist, and resident DJ in New York City at Artists & Fleas and The Beauty Bar, and has lived in Brooklyn for over 25 years. Coleman's political punk band is The 1865.

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 loved ones as a tragic effect of the pandemic, Billie believes her father was murdered by the US government.

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.  

Hear Me Out was an audio storytelling workshop series at BPL, co-produced by Virginia Marshall, UnionDocs, and lead instructor Stephanie Foo. What is shelter when it's no longer temporary? Omar Etman tells the stories of people who spent years in New York City homeless shelters that were designed for temporary occupancy.

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.

Hear Me Out was an audio storytelling workshop series at BPL, co-produced by Virginia Marshall, UnionDocs, and lead instructor Stephanie Foo. Glynn Pogue is a writer and educator from Bed Stuy, Brooklyn. BedStuyBrat was her AOL Instant Messenger name back in the T-Mobile Sidekick days, and the moniker still applies, as much of Glynn’s works centers around her community of brown people and brownstones. "Bed Stuy Kids" introduces listeners to her community while meditating on class, belonging and authenticity. 

Hear Me Out was an audio storytelling workshop series at BPL, co-produced by Virginia Marshall, UnionDocs, and lead instructor Stephanie Foo. Mingy Dworcan is a Chassidic Jew living in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. She grew up in South Africa where she developed a love and appreciation of all ranges of people and cultures. "Universal Love: How a Rebbe in Brooklyn Influenced a Chassid in Africa" is a small peak into a world she is passionate about: navigating Chassidic life in a modern society.

Hear Me Out was an audio storytelling workshop series at BPL, co-produced by Virginia Marshall, UnionDocs, and lead instructor Stephanie Foo. Shivram Viswanathan studies economics, political science and spiritual music from different cultures. He is currently in South Korea on a fellowship, but is usually a resident of Harlem. His story is about musicians in America that perform South Indian classical music, called Carnatic music, and how they navigate their different identities through this art.  

Hear Me Out was an audio storytelling workshop series at BPL, co-produced by Virginia Marshall, UnionDocs, and lead instructor Stephanie Foo. Raul Rothblatt is a Brooklyn activist who became passionate about Downtown Brooklyn’s unique history in 2004 when he joined Joy Monroe and family in the fight to save 227 Abolitionist Place, a likely spot on the Underground Railroad. He lives in Prospect Heights with his wife and two children and he is on the staff of Council Member Robert Cornegy.

Hear Me Out was an audio storytelling workshop series at BPL, co-produced by Virginia Marshall, UnionDocs, and lead instructor Stephanie Foo. Yejin is an equity-informed career & leadership coach, and a racial justice consultant. For her story, she interviewed Frances, a Black Puerto-Rican farmworker in Brooklyn who began her life thinking she'd become a music journalist, but then had a winding journey that led her to land work.

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. We're asking, what will you make today? In this episode, Matthew Irizarry interviews the band, "All My Friends Are Stars." Musicians Americk Lewis, Nicholas Sosin, Naiika Sings and Tony Mazz tell BKLYN Mixtape what it was like to record their first album at the library.

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. We're asking, what will you make today? In this episode, Matthew Irizarry interviews Brooklyn-based photographer Lolita Lens (https://www.lolitalens.com/) about her work. Librarian Melissa Morrone shares an excerpt from Susan Sontag's "On Photography."

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. We're asking, what will you make today? For a special edition of BKLYN Mixtape, we gathered aspiring and established writers at Macon Library in Bed-Stuy to share their advice and encouragement about how to keep writing and how to get published. Featured writers include: children’s book author Rita Meade, Dr. Dora Gray, author of a book for middle-grade readers, and novelist Brian Platzer.

BKLYN Outpost Redux is an audio series developed to offer adult and young adult residents in Brooklyn family shelters the interest of expanding their digital knowledge through storytelling. Joanne talks her life as a mother, and her hope to see the world.

BKLYN Outpost Redux is an audio series developed to offer adult and young adult residents in Brooklyn family shelters the interest of expanding their digital knowledge through storytelling. Tamara shares a song and talks about things that make her happy.

BKLYN Outpost Redux is an audio series developed to offer adult and young adult residents in Brooklyn family shelters the interest of expanding their digital knowledge through storytelling. Lorena talks about her experiences with Santeria, and her perspective on it.

BKLYN Outpost Redux is an audio series developed to offer adult and young adult residents in Brooklyn family shelters the interest of expanding their digital knowledge through storytelling. Alexis's story follows her experience living with lupus.

BKLYN Outpost Redux is an audio series developed to offer adult and young adult residents in Brooklyn family shelters the interest of expanding their digital knowledge through storytelling. Sonya talks about building a relationship with yourself to improve your life.

>BKLYN Outpost Redux is an audio series developed to offer adult and young adult residents in Brooklyn family shelters the interest of expanding their digital knowledge through storytelling. Tanika talks about the impact that poetry has had on her life and reads a poem of her own.