DJing and Vinyl Records with Hayden Macmath

Fri, 06/20/2025 - 12:00 DJing and Vinyl Records with Hayden Macmath The Spark Welcome back to The Spark, NPL's podcast about art and creativity. Today, we're joined by Hayden Macmath aka DJFORGOOD to discuss DJing and analog music. Find links to Hayden's…

Good Night, Sleep Tight: Reading at Bedtime

Good Night, Sleep Tight: Reading at Bedtime December 27, 2016 Reading stories before bed is a great way to engage with your child and ensure their lifelong love of books and stories. It is also a key opportunity to bond with your child and show them how…

SCORE Nashville with Lisa O'Dell

Thu, 06/26/2025 - 12:00 SCORE Nashville with Lisa O'Dell Business as Usual Welcome back to Business as Usual, NPL’s podcast featuring business resources around the community.In this episode, we’ll be joined by Lisa O’Dell, a local entrepreneur and the Chair of the…

TSBDC with Gregory Jones

Thu, 07/10/2025 - 12:00 TSBDC with Gregory Jones Business as Usual Welcome back to Business as Usual, NPL’s podcast featuring business resources around the community.In this episode, we’ll be joined by Gregory Jones, Director of the Nashville Office of Tennessee…

NBIC with Angela Crane-Jones

Thu, 07/24/2025 - 12:00 NBIC with Angela Crane-Jones Business as Usual Welcome back to Business as Usual, NPL’s podcast featuring business resources around the community.In this episode, we’ll be joined by Angela Crane-Jones, local entrepreneur and Chief Executive…

Using Books to Build Kindness in Young Children

Using Books to Build Kindness in Young Children February 21, 2017 Build kindness through the power of storytelling. Here's our list of suggested reads to develop kindness in young children…

Mkombozi: The Redeemer, Savior, and Destroyer

Mkombozi: The Redeemer, Savior, and Destroyer December 29, 2016 Mkombozi was supposed to be Theia's savior, but destroyed it instead. Now, it has fallen to Eden to save Earth from the same fate that befell Theia, whether she likes it or not…

Radio Resources

Radio Resources January 14, 2017 The Special Collections Division holds a surprisingly wide array of resources about local radio stations and radio culture. Materials include histories…

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RIP Carrie Fisher

RIP Carrie Fisher December 28, 2016 Carrie Fisher was a broad for all seasons. Carrie Fisher, Hollywood royalty, memoirist, actress, writer, comedian and—as it turned out—a broad for…

You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: A Review

You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: A Review April 16, 2017 Let me start out by saying that I usually have a harder time focusing on essay books, which may or may not be attributed to some mild attention problems. However, I loved every moment of Alan Cumming’s…

Sheet Pan Suppers

Sheet Pan Suppers January 5, 2017 If your New Year’s resolution was to cook at home more often, this is the cookbook for you. Most of the recipes involve just three simple steps:…

A Mother's Reckoning

A Mother's Reckoning April 27, 2017 I didn't know if this was one I'd make it through, but I found it very humble and moving. I have no idea where this one came from. It’s not…

Time to LEGO

Time to LEGO January 17, 2017 Registration for Nashville Public Library's 7th Annual LEGO Competition is now open!  Join your fellow building enthusiasts February 18 and 19 at the…

Life is a Rip Off

Life is a Rip Off February 6, 2017 John Olson of the band Wolf Eyes reviews one record per day for one year... from the best in death metal demo tapes to thrift store bin gospel.  …