Blogs & Podcasts

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Summer Reading Challenge in Full Effect!

June 11, 2024

Klem-Mari Cajigas

This will be a blog post about Summer Reading Challenge. 

NPL to Nashville: Discover Why the Summer Reading Challenge is "Good for Readers. Good for Nashville."

June 7, 2024

Ed Brown

2024 Challenge Runs June 1 through July 31

Podcast

The Swineherd

June 5, 2024

A prince seeks the hand of the Emperor’s daughter, but she rejects him. What will happen when he disguises himself and takes a position as the Emperor’s swineherd?

NPL At Work: Your Support Matters

June 5, 2024

Katy Gillen

Learn about our ongoing service improvements.

Photo of Jack Harding with the Pacific Ocean in the background

"Magellan of the Air": Fascinating Stories Beyond the Exhibit

June 4, 2024

Sarah Arntz

The current Metro Archives exhibit highlights the first flight to circumnavigate the globe, an achievement from 100 years ago. Why it matters to Nashville? One of the expedition’s mechanics was Nashville aviator Jack Harding.

Podcast

"The Haunters and the Haunted" Part I

June 3, 2024

You may not recognize the name of tonight’s author, Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, but you have surely heard some of the more famous ideas from his writings.

Podcast