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Unpacking BexleyEp 19 - Schools Funding & the State Budget (Ft. Kyle Smith & Dr. Jonathan Baker)State tax dollars fund 1/6 of our schools. That funding is currently on the state budget cutting block. The state is looking to force Ohio schools to refund levied taxes through a new 30% maximum reserve requirement. Hear about how this affects the Bexley Public Schools and how you can get involved to keep our schools financially strong.Contact Ohio Representative Dontavius Jarrells & Ohio Senator Hearcel F. Craig to let them know you oppose the 30% reserve requirement and want to see schools remain fully funded. Reach out to other representatives and senators you may know as well. Keep in touch...2025-05-0924 min
UBCNews - BusinessBexley Broken Window Emergency Replacement Service: Top-Rate Local GlazierWe’re all familiar with the situation: a glazier shows up, sucks some air through his teeth, and says, “We don’t do that type of glass,” or “We’ll need to come back later.” If you have an emerging glazing requirement in the Bexley area, SOS Glass Services stocks a full range of commercial and residential systems, so you won’t be left waiting.
Posing both a safety and a security risk, broken windows are among some of the most urgent repair requests for both homes and businesses. In the case of commercial premises, companies may be forced to clo...2025-04-2702 minUnpacking BexleyEp 17 - Bexley Natural Market Update (ft. Charles Ott)Come hear about what's going on at the Bexley Natural Market & how you can get involved to be part of the solution. Check them out at https://www.bexleynaturalmarket.org/Follow them on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bexley_natural_market/Interested in having the market carry your product, sponsoring a product, volunteering, or getting involved in another way? email - info@bexleynaturalmarket.org2025-04-0630 min
BPL PodcastFour Women with Dr Jack Marchbanks and Gamal BrownDr Jack Marchbanks and Gamal Brown sit down with us to talk about the legacies of Four Women: Maya Angelou, Lorraine Hansberry, Abbey Lincoln, and Nina Simone. These icons of African American artistic achievement, activism, courage and vision will be highlighted at the Lincoln Theatre’s Community Conversation on March 6th at 6pm!
Special thanks to fo/mo/deep for lending us their song, "Bourbon Neat" for the podcast!
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2025-02-2833 min
The Mark White ShowMake A Difference Minute: Baby BexleyOn this MADM, LouAnn Rushing, Baby Bexley's grandmother, is sharing about Baby Bexley in the NICU and how you can help her family during this time. Listen & share.
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themarkwhiteshow.thesimrp.com2025-01-1102 minUnpacking BexleyEp 16 - Sustainability Initiatives (Ft. Elizabeth Ellman)Join Bexley Sustainability Program Coordinator Elizabeth Ellman for a discussion of lesser known city sustainability initiatives and see what you can do to help make our community a more sustainable one.- Connect with Green Bexley- See Updates & Plans on the City's sustainability initiatives2025-01-0337 min
UBCNews - Business#1 Bexley, NSW Glaziers Install Sleek Frameless Glass: Replace Your BalustradesWhy shouldn’t your stair balustrades look as sleek and appealing as the rest of your home? Call SOS Glass Services at 0410311916 or click https://sosglassservices.com.au/ for frameless glass upgrades in Bexley and beyond! SOS Glass Services Pty Ltd City: BexleyAddress: 34 Verdun StreetWebsite: https://sosglassservices.com.au2024-10-2002 minUnpacking BexleyEp 14.5 - Issue 36 - BCS Levy (Feat Ted Cahill & Patrick King)Part 2 of our episodes on upcoming ballot issues. This episode address the Bexley City Schools operating levy. Come hear how it works, why it's being requested, and what the impact of voting for or against would be.Committee for Bexley Excellence - Our local group supporting the levyBexley City Schools Levy Info - From BCS itselfLevy Cost Estimator - See your impact based on your property address2024-10-0435 minUnpacking BexleyEp 13 - Summer Roundup 2024Your chance to get caught up on all your Bexley goings on this summer and going into the fall.Learn more about many of our topics today: Bexley City Schools Levy; Bexley Mural Festival; Columbus Restore; Newfangled Kitchen; Columbus dipping into reserve water supply amid drought drying out Ohio; The Lion; Katalina's; Excel Karate; Bexley Citizen's Police Academy; & Drexel Theatre.Ohio online voter registration2024-09-1739 min
Corner of BexleyCorner of Bexley Ep 1Husband & Wife first podcast introducing ourselves2024-06-2218 minUnpacking BexleyEp 12 - Supporting our Transgender Community (Ft. Micah Mitchell & Danny Hurley)As we step into pride month, we take a look at anti-transgender Ohio legislation affecting and targeting our community and how you can get involved to support your friends and neighbors. Raise your awareness, then raise your voice.Bexley City Schools Statement of Support - Equality Ohio - Trans Ohio - Bexley City Council2024-05-3057 minBPL PodcastHanif Abdurraqib on Basketball and AscensionWe are excited to invite Hanif Abdurraqib back to the podcast to discuss writing, building community around art, and basketball! Hanif is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio whose new book "There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension" is both an Indie and New York Times bestseller.
Hanif will return to the library on June 6th, in conversation with poet and essayist Franny Choi, as a part of Bexley Centennial Author Series. We hope to see you there!
Special thanks to fo/mo/deep for lending us their song, "Bourbon Neat" f...2024-05-1039 minBPL PodcastThe Space Episode!The first part of this episode is an interview with Dr. Wayne Schlingman and Dr. Stephan Frank from the OSU Astronomy Department to talk about the eclipse: the science, the history, and general coolness of having a eclipse past through our backyard!
The second part is a discussion between BPL Director Ben Heckman and the first American woman to conduct a spacewalk, Astronaut Kathy Sullivan. She discusses her new children's book, How to Spacewalk: Step-by-Step with Shuttle Astronauts and being the "the world's most vertical woman!"
Special thanks to fo/mo/deep for lending us t...2024-03-291h 13BPL PodcastBest of 2023!The best of 2023!
Timestamps
Adult Fiction (:24)
The Hexologists by Josiah Bancroft
Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldtree
System Collapse by Martha Wells
Even though I knew the End by C. L. Polk
Adult Non-Fiction (7:38)
Birth: Three Mothers, Nine Months and Pregnancy in America by Rebecca Grant
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara
Youth (14:11)
Just Because by Matthew McConaughey and Renée Kurilla
The Moonwind Mysteries series by Johan Rundberg
Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel by Rex Ogle and Dave Valeza
Divine Rivals by R...2023-12-2039 minUnpacking BexleyEp 6 - School Board Candidate Mike CarterCome hear about soon to be Bexley Board of Education Member Mike Carter, his background, experience with the Bexley City Schools, and his vision for where we are headed.Learn more about Mike on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550469716279. Remember to get out and vote this November.2023-09-2224 minBPL PodcastBook Banning and Censorship in America with Grace Ellis and Sabrina BaêtaBanned Books Week is an annual celebration of the freedom to read. The theme for Banned Books Week 2023 is “Let Freedom Read” and it’s being celebrated from October 1-7. A PEN America report for the first half of the 2022-2023 school year tracked 1,477 instances of individual book bans that have affected 874 unique titles. Book bans disproportionately target authors of color, LGBTQ+ authors, and other marginalized groups. Books about racism, sexuality, gender, and history have been removed from library shelves across America. In today’s episode, we talk to Sabrina Baêta from PEN America and author Grace Ellis about the...2023-09-1840 minBPL PodcastUnderstanding Artificial Intelligence - a conversation with Dr. Ness B. ShroffOhio State Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor, Ness B. Shroff, and BPL Technology Librarian, Josh Bryant, discuss the fascinating world of artificial intelligence (AI), including its history, applications, ethics, and future implications. Whether you are a complete newcomer to the world of AI or a seasoned expert, there will be something for everyone in this enlightening and informative discussion.
Watch Dr. Shroff take the AI quiz here!
Special thanks to fo/mo/deep for lending us their song, "Bourbon Neat" for the podcast!
Find out about upcoming Bexley Public Library events at BexleyLibrary...2023-06-3055 minUnpacking BexleyEp 1 - One Bexley (Featuring Ben Heckman)Discussing the "One Bexley" Project, which features a collaboration between the city, schools, and library. Bexley Public Library Director Ben Heckman shares some insights into the project. Follow along with One Bexley city updates at - https://bexley.org/onebexley/ 2023-06-0244 minBPL PodcastElizabeth Petuchowski - Where From and Where ToFor Holocaust Remembrance Day we pulled an episode from one of our most recent author events with Elizabeth Petuchowski.
Elizabeth Petuchowski shares her life story growing up as a young Jewish girl in Germany amidst the rise of Nazism and mandatory antisemitism. She reflects on the effects these universally known events had on her life and read from her memoir, Where From and Where To: One of the Last Self-Told German Jewish Life Stories.
She is joined by Robin Judd, Associate Professor in The OSU Department of History with expertise in Jewish History and Immigration History, who fa...2023-04-1858 minBPL PodcastCelebrating Toni Morrison with Hanif Abdurraqib and Dionne Custer EdwardsA celebration of Toni Morrison with two of Ohio’s most revered poets and authors as Hanif Abdurraqib and Dionne Custer Edwards discuss the influences of Toni Morrison’s work on their own and celebrate the importance of her legacy as writers and Ohioans.
Toni Morrison Day is celebrated on February 18th in Ohio, commemorating the birth of the literary giant and possibly “the greatest Ohioan we’ve ever had,” as Hanif Abdurraqib remembers her. Morrison often used Ohio as a setting for her novels, from examining the influences and disparities of White and Black families living in post-De...2023-02-201h 08BPL PodcastBest of 2022!The best of 2022!
Special thanks to fo/mo/deep for lending us their song, "Bourbon Neat" for the podcast!
Find out about upcoming Bexley Public Library events at https://www.bexleylibrary.org
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Here is the list of highlighted items from the BPL staff:
Fiction Books
Olga Dies Dreaming - Xochitl Gonzalez
Flung Out of Space - Grace Ellis
The Fervor - Alma Katsu
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty - Akwaeke Emezi
This Time Tomorrow - Em...2022-11-2542 minBPL PodcastVampire Week!Vampire Week is here! Plucked from our blog, Julianna tells us about her favorite vampire movies and everything the library has to offer this week.
Julianna mentions some of her favorite vampire movies. Here’s a list of them:
Interview with the Vampire
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
The Lost Boys
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Nosferatu
Only Lovers Left Alive
Let the Right One In
Hotel Transylvania
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Let the Right One In
Special thanks to fo/mo/deep for lending us their song, "Bourbon Neat" for the podcast!
Fin...2022-10-2106 minBPL PodcastBanned Books - A HistoryOwen dives into the history of banning books, reasons books are challenged, and he even recommends his favorite challenged title. Here is a list of all the books Owen mentions:
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Special thanks to fo/mo/deep for...2022-10-1312 minBPL PodcastCelebrating Hispanic Heritage MonthPamela Espinosa de los Monteros, Assistant Professor and the Latin American, Iberian, and Latino/a Studies Librarian at The OSU University Libraries, and Patti Vocal, The OSU Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) Outreach Coordinator, discuss the importance of bringing authentic Latinx and Latin American stories into K-12 classrooms through children's literature. Pamela and Patti talk to us about the CLAS BookBox project and share tips on how we can all celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month which is celebrated annually from September 15 - October 15.
Discover more Hispanic Heritage Month resources here.
Special thanks to fo/mo...2022-10-0143 minBPL PodcastCelebrating Black Poetry Past and PresentJack Marchbanks sits down with Dionne Custer Edwards, Scott Woods, and Is Said for a discussion about Black poetry using James Weldon Johnson's groundbreaking anthology The Book of American Negro Poetry as a springboard.
Dionne Custer Edwards is a writer, educator, and the Director of Learning & Public Practice at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Scott Woods is a poet, writer, and the founder and director of the performing arts organization Streetlight Guild, and Columbus poetry legend Is Said, has received the King Arts Complex Legends & Legacies Award and was inducted into the Lincoln Theater Hall of...2022-06-1852 min
The Grunge Bible PodcastEpisode 54: New Noise: A Conversation with BexleyThis week on the show, Chris and Ethan had the chance to sit down with Amanda Hardy and Steve Costello, who comprise the Los Angeles-based rock duo Bexley. They were able to chat about their paths into music, major influences and inspirations, how they engage in the writing process, production, music videos, and the story behind their newest single, ‘Save Me, Save Us All’, out now!
Check out music from Bexley, including the new single on your service of choice: https://ffm.to/savemesaveusall
Follow Bexley on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bexley_official/
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The Sapphic Book ReviewInterview with Lucy BexleySend us a textLucy Bexley joins me to talk about No Strings, Must Love Silence, how she met her wife, The Golden Girls lesfic version and more! Check out Lucy's website for links to purchase her books and follow her on social media: Lucy BexleyJoin my Patreon for exclusive Would You Rather Games with Lucy, G Benson, Melissa Tereze, Milena McKay, KJ and Rachel Lacey Sapphic Book Review is creating Bonus fun with lesfic authors | PatreonSupport the show2022-03-2822 min