Shows
Bridgeport UnmaskedMayor Ganim on Bridgeport OrganizationsBridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim joins Librarian Adam Cleri to talk about happenings at extraordinary Bridgeport organizations.For more information about mentioned organizations:MIRA (Mayor's Initiative for Re-entry Affairs): https://www.bridgeportct.gov/government/departments/mayors-initiative-reentry-affairsBridgeport International Academy bridgeportacademy.orgDSSD/Colorful Bridgeport colorfulbridgeport.comBridgeport Public Library bportlibrary.org
2025-12-0452 min
Bridgeport UnmaskedWhy Get a Library Card?Librarians Matthew Blaine & Adam Cleri talk about why you should get a library card: a Bridgeport card gets you access to books, computer use, & online resources, all for free, & those online resources include job searching, tutoring, audiobooks, movies, & much more. Also, we talk about library buildings as free spaces for the public to use.
2025-10-1032 min
Bridgeport UnmaskedJasper McLevy: Bridgeport's Socialist Mayor (1933-1957)You can't tell the history of Bridgeport without Jasper McLevy. Bridgeport's longest serving & only socialist mayor is well known for an incident of not plowing Bridgeport's streets, but his story is one of a lifetime of honest service to the city, in which he takes on and replaced corrupt administrations and political machines.Author & Fairfield University Professor of Labor & Working-Class History Cecelia Bucki, Librarian & Archivist Jaime Pettit, & Librarian Adam Cleri explore Jasper McLevy, and socialism in Bridgeport & Connecticut.For more on this topic, listen to Episode 5 of Bridgeport Unmasked (Revolutionary Connecticut by Andy Piascik)
2025-05-0751 min
Bridgeport UnmaskedBridgeport to HollywoodBridgeport Public Librarian Adam Cleri hosts talks & interviews on all things about Bridgeport, CT, the Park City!In this episode, Library Assistant Mike Hawkins joins Librarian Adam to talk about actors (& others involved in cinematography) who were born in Bridgeport: Brian Dennehy, the Mitchums, & the Warrens. Join us for this podcast about those who went from...Bridgeport to Hollywood!Also, in this episode, we bring up another podcast episode about the 1974 Lindley St. hauntings in Bridgeport. For more about this paranormal investigation, check out this episode of Amazing Tales with Mike Allen, featuring Bridgeport Public...
2024-09-0642 min
Bridgeport UnmaskedThe Death of James BeardsleyBridgeport Public Librarian Adam Cleri hosts talks & interviews on all things about Bridgeport, CT, the Park City!Library Assistant Andre O'Connor joins Librarian Adam Cleri to talk about the murder of James Beardsley, the Bridgeport benefactor who donated over one-hundred acres of land to the city for public use...& was murdered by burglars invading his home. Who were these burglars? It remains a cold case, but...we have some ideas. Hear about this on this podcast about...The Death of Beardsley!
2024-08-2732 min
Composer of the WeekA Medieval ChristmasThis week, Donald Macleod marks the beginning of the season of Advent by exploring Christmas music and stories from the Middle Ages. Christmas celebrations encompassed a great variety of colourful traditions and musical occasions during medieval times. Peasants and nobles alike could look forward to many weeks of festivities, from Advent at the start of December, right through to Candlemas on 2nd February. Some of those customs we still recognise and celebrate today. Many are now lost or significantly altered. Donald is joined by early music expert, William Lyons, to examine how Christmas might have felt and sounded to...
2023-12-081h 17