Blogs & Podcasts

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Pop Culture Nonfiction

July 27, 2023

Amanda Dembiec

It's time to start the music. It's time to light the lights. 'Cuz it all started with the big bang!

Getting into the Back to School Groove with NPL: Teachers and Educators Edition

July 27, 2023

Ed Brown

Check Out Our Collection of Resources to Start the School Year Off Right

Podcast

The Donkey Cabbage

July 26, 2023

A young man does a kindness for an old woman, but the reward he gets is stolen by a witch! Will he be able to outsmart her and regain his treasures?

Podcast

"The Farmer's Children"

July 24, 2023

Today’s story, “The Farmer’s Children” by Elizabeth Bishop, an American poetry and short story writer, seems a showcase for the evil stepmother archetype.

Podcast

Jesper who Herded the Hares

July 22, 2023

A kind and clever young man named Jesper sets off to marry the princess. Will the tasks the king sets prove too much for him?

Meditate On This... at NPL

July 20, 2023

Bassam Habib

Listen to your nerves!

Podcast

The Goat’s Ears of the Emperor Trojan

July 19, 2023

The emperor has ears like a goat’s, but woe to anyone who says so! Might a barber’s apprentice be the one who can hold his tongue?

Children's Books to Celebrate Disability Pride Month

July 18, 2023

Caroline Cronin

July is Disability Pride Month! Here are some excellent books for young readers that feature people with disabilities and neurodivergent characters.

Podcast

"The Cask of Amontillado"

July 17, 2023

One of the great works of revenge fiction; Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado.”

Tennessean clipping of St. Louis NARA fire

History Up in Flames: 50 Years After the St. Louis NARA Fire

July 15, 2023

Sarah Arntz

July 12th of this year marked the 50th anniversary of one of the most devastating events to occur in the archives' world - the fire that broke out at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis. If you're not familiar with this event, check out this post that discusses what happened and how the records in Metro Archives help make up for the damaged records.