On this month’s episode of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we welcome racial and social justice facilitator Christine Saxman to discuss the question, “how can white people accelerate racial justice?” Christine describes herself as a “white woman fighting for racial justice and anti-racism as long as this social construct of race exists.” She has worked… Read More
Sarah MacLean and Jen Prokop of Fated Mates talk romance on DPL Podcast
On this month’s episode of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we are very happy to welcome our guests Sarah MacLean and Jen Prokop, hosts of the romance literature podcast, Fated Mates. Sarah MacLean is a bestselling author of historical romance novels and Jen Prokop is a romance critic and teacher. Together on the Fated Mates… Read More
The Bulls’ “Last Dance” in Deerfield With K.C. Johnson on the Podcast
On this month’s episode of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we welcome K.C. Johnson, Bulls Insider for NBC Sports Chicago, to discuss The Last Dance and memories of the Chicago Bulls in Deerfield. One of the things keeping many sports fans (and non-sports fans!) going during these months of quarantine is The Last Dance, ESPN’s… Read More
1918 Pandemic with Graham Ambrose on the Podcast
On this episode of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we welcome back reporter Graham Ambrose to talk about Illinois during the 1918 influenza pandemic. Graham is currently a reporter for the Quad City Times, where last month he wrote an article titled “102 years ago, the Spanish flu slammed the Quad Cities. Here’s what it… Read More
Author Rosellen Brown on the Podcast – Part 2
On this month’s episode of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we are very happy to share the second part of our conversation with acclaimed author Rosellen Brown. I spoke to Rosellen earlier this year in her home in Hyde Park, on the occasion of the recent publication of her novel The Lake on Fire (Sarabande… Read More
Author Rosellen Brown on the Podcast – Part 1
On this month’s episode of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we are very happy to share a conversation with acclaimed author Rosellen Brown. Rosellen Brown has written some of the most complex, human, and real characters that I’ve read, in novels like Tender Mercies, Civil Wars, Before and After and the poetry books Cora Fry… Read More
Chicago based poet Sam Herschel Wein on the DPL Podcast
In this month’s episode of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we’re excited to share a conversation with the Chicago-based poet Sam Herschel Wein. Sam is the author of the chapbooks Fruit Mansion (2017) and, in collaboration with the poet Chen Chen, Gesundheit! (2019). He is also an enthusiastic ambassador for the vibrant scene of online… Read More
The Leopold & Loeb Files with author Nina Barrett on the Podcast
On this month’s episode of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, author Nina Barrett discusses her recent book, The Leopold and Loeb Files: An Intimate Look at One of America’s Most Infamous Crimes. The 1924 murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks by University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold & Richard Loeb, has been, for the last 95… Read More
Legalized Cannabis with Rep. Bob Morgan on the Podcast
On this episode of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we talk to Illinois State Representative Bob Morgan about the new Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, which legalizes recreational marijuana use in Illinois starting on January 1st, 2020. Rep. Morgan, who represents Deerfield as part of the 58th district, helped shape the new law. He has… Read More
Marina Shifrin, author of “30 Before 30,” on the podcast
On this month’s episode of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we had a lovely conversation with writer Marina Shifrin. Her book of essays, 30 Before 30: How I Made a Mess of My 20s and You Can Too, documents her quest to make the most out of her twenties by completing 30 goals before turning… Read More
