1 min listen
Punk, arson and the public library
Punk, arson and the public library
ratings:
Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Aug 27, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Welcome, new listeners! Here's one of our favorite episodes from earlier this year, with a brand-new segment at the end. It's been quite the year for the Los Angeles Public Library — and the COVID-19 pandemic is only part of the story. Inauguration Day saw a reading by Amanda Gorman, who got her start with poetry readings via the L.A. Public Library's youth program. And teen punk group the Linda Lindas got worldwide fame after a concert at the library system's Cypress Park branch. Today, we talk to L.A. librarian Kevin Awakuni about how the city's public library has turned into an incubator for making libraries hip worldwide. We also get L.A. Times columnist Patt Morrison to explain how a city long dismissed as an intellectual wasteland learned to treasure its libraries in the wake of a devastating fire.Also: We hear from an athlete currently competing in the Paralympic Games: Team USA wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki. More reading:‘Whoa, this is crazy’: L.A. teen punks the Linda Lindas on going viral (just before finals)How a 22-year-old L.A. native became Biden’s inauguration poet Who started the 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Library? Susan Orlean investigates in her new book
Released:
Aug 27, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Introducing The Times: A daily news podcast from the Los Angeles Times: Hosted by Gustavo Arellano, “The Times: Daily news from the L.A. Times” will bring you the world through the eyes of the West Coast. Expect award-winning reporting, hard-hitting investigations and random randomness from the biggest newspaper west of the Mississippi right to your ears. by The Times: Essential news from the L.A. Times