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Hear Here is a project of KALW 91.7FM Local Public Radio, designed to illuminate life in Oakland and San Francisco. Our producers are asking residents to tell us about their favorite places – and their lives – in these two cities. We’ll share what we’ve learned on air, online, and on stage, drawing out the common threads that tie us together.

_How does it work?_
You tell us about one of your favorite places in your OAK or SF neighborhood by recording a short audio message on the Hear Here website, and we follow up and schedule a time to meet you at that place. We’ll bring our microphones; you bring the story! We’ll ask why this place matters to you and spend some time recording its natural sound. The stories we collect will go on our Listening Map for visitors to hear and explore. Some will even air on KALW 91.7FM.

It’ll be fun! And you’ll get to know the Bay Area through the people who shape it, day in and day out.

Welcome to our improved Bee Cave Public Library Podcast Channel! Here you can find the podcasts for our Teen Advisory Board (TAB) and our new Bee Cave Book Haul podcast.

Our TAB podcasts feature teens from our community talking about their favorite reads, discussing banned books and even featuring ads and book trailers they have made for BCPL events. 

“Bee Cave Book Haul” is where our librarians Megan and Cate talk about about the latest books they are reading and what titles are new or coming to BCPL. Look out for special guests and fun challenges. We can’t wait to hear what you want us to add to the show. 

About TAB:
The Teen Advisory Board meets the first Saturday of each month, during the school year, at 2 p.m. and is open for teens grades 7-12. The library hosts regular teen programming throughout the summer and school year, planned by the teens themselves.

About Bee Cave Book Haul hosts:
Book Haul is hosted by our Technical Services Librarian/Digital Specialist Megan and Public Services Manager Cate. Guests include members of TAB, co-workers, patrons and anyone who holds still long enough for Megan to ask "what are you reading right now?"

You can leave comments here, or visit the Bee Cave website. Feel free to email Megan about the podcast at mfischer@beecavetexas.gov with the subject “Bee Cave Podcast” for a quicker response. We look forward to hearing from you and finding out what books you think we should be talking about, or what you are looking forward to reading!

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Join Ingram’s Librarians as they explore trending topics, discuss industry news, and share their expertise on how to build the perfect collections for your community.

Season 3: Life in the information age—preceded by the 24-hour news cycle and the internet—has made the job, gatekeeper of information, more difficult than ever. While improved access has its merits, it has also fragmented our communities. These episodes discuss the role of the librarian in an often politicized world.

Be part of the conversation! Tweet us @ingramcontent and use #thelibrarylife.

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