Enoch Pratt Free Library Podcast

In 1973 when the Boston Red Sox played the Orioles in Memorial Stadium, Don Newbery recorded his conversations with Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski.  They talked about Carl, and his opinion concerning Youth Hitting.  Yastrzemski is now a guest in the Orioles' series of Baseball Verbal Clinics recorded by Don Newbery.

In 1973 when the Boston Red Sox played the Orioles in Memorial Stadium, Don Newbery recorded his conversations with Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski.  They talked about Carl, and his opinion concerning Youth Hitting.  Yastrzemski is now a guest in the Orioles' series of Baseball Verbal Clinics recorded by Don Newbery.

In 1973 and 1974 (The Championship Years) Don Newbery recorded his talks with Oriole players about playing the game of baseball, and playing their positions. They talked in the Orioles’ dugout at the Memorial Stadium just before the games. You will hear all the stadium background noise, as it was at that time --- the fans shouting, the organ playing….. Don Newbery is a former Athletic Director and Baseball & Basketball Coach at the University of Baltimore. His is also a former Baseball & Basketball Coach at the New York University, and a former sportscaster in Washington DC. Don was inducted into the Elisabeth New Jersey Athletic Hall of Fame May 4, 2006.

In 1973 and 1974 (The Championship Years) Don Newbery recorded his talks with Oriole players about playing the game of baseball, and playing their positions. They talked in the Orioles’ dugout at the Memorial Stadium just before the games. You will hear all the stadium background noise, as it was at that time --- the fans shouting, the organ playing…..Don Newbery is a former Athletic Director and Baseball & Basketball Coach at the University of Baltimore. His is also a former Baseball & Basketball Coach at the New York University, and a former sportscaster in Washington DC. Don was inducted into the Elisabeth New Jersey Athletic Hall of Fame May 4, 2006.

In 1973 and 1974 (The Championship Years) Don Newbery recorded his talks with Oriole players about playing the game of baseball, and playing their positions. They talked in the Orioles’ dugout at the Memorial Stadium just before the games. You will hear all the stadium background noise, as it was at that time --- the fans shouting, the organ playing…..Don Newbery is a former Athletic Director and Baseball & Basketball Coach at the University of Baltimore. His is also a former Baseball & Basketball Coach at the New York University, and a former sportscaster in Washington DC. Don was inducted into the Elisabeth New Jersey Athletic Hall of Fame May 4, 2006.

In 1973 and 1974 (The Championship Years) Don Newbery recorded his talks with Oriole players about playing the game of baseball, and playing their positions. They talked in the Orioles’ dugout at the Memorial Stadium just before the games. You will hear all the stadium background noise, as it was at that time --- the fans shouting, the organ playing….. Don Newbery is a former Athletic Director and Baseball & Basketball Coach at the University of Baltimore. His is also a former Baseball & Basketball Coach at the New York University, and a former sportscaster in Washington DC. Don was inducted into the Elisabeth New Jersey Athletic Hall of Fame May 4, 2006.

In 1973 and 1974 (The Championship Years) Don Newbery recorded his talks with Oriole players about playing the game of baseball, and playing their positions. They talked in the Orioles’ dugout at the Memorial Stadium just before the games. You will hear all the stadium background noise, as it was at that time --- the fans shouting, the organ playing…..Don Newbery is a former Athletic Director and Baseball & Basketball Coach at the University of Baltimore. His is also a former Baseball & Basketball Coach at the New York University, and a former sportscaster in Washington DC. Don was inducted into the Elisabeth New Jersey Athletic Hall of Fame May 4, 2006.

In 1973 and 1974 (The Championship Years) Don Newbery recorded his talks with Oriole players about playing the game of baseball, and playing their positions. They talked in the Orioles’ dugout at the Memorial Stadium just before the games. You will hear all the stadium background noise, as it was at that time --- the fans shouting, the organ playing…..Don Newbery is a former Athletic Director and Baseball & Basketball Coach at the University of Baltimore. His is also a former Baseball & Basketball Coach at the New York University, and a former sportscaster in Washington DC. Don was inducted into the Elisabeth New Jersey Athletic Hall of Fame May 4, 2006.

In 1973 and 1974 (The Championship Years) Don Newbery recorded his talks with Oriole players about playing the game of baseball, and playing their positions. They talked in the Orioles’ dugout at the Memorial Stadium just before the games. You will hear all the stadium background noise, as it was at that time --- the fans shouting, the organ playing…..Don Newbery is a former Athletic Director and Baseball & Basketball Coach at the University of Baltimore. His is also a former Baseball & Basketball Coach at the New York University, and a former sportscaster in Washington DC. Don was inducted into the Elisabeth New Jersey Athletic Hall of Fame May 4, 2006.

In 1973 and 1974 (The Championship Years) Don Newbery recorded his talks with Oriole players about playing the game of baseball, and playing their positions. They talked in the Orioles’ dugout at the Memorial Stadium just before the games. You will hear all the stadium background noise, as it was at that time --- the fans shouting, the organ playing…..Don Newbery is a former Athletic Director and Baseball & Basketball Coach at the University of Baltimore. His is also a former Baseball & Basketball Coach at the New York University, and a former sportscaster in Washington DC. Don was inducted into the Elisabeth New Jersey Athletic Hall of Fame May 4, 2006.

A child's mysterious death, a young woman's romantic obsession, and a father's long-hidden secret converge in the gripping plot of Life Sentences, Laura Lippman's new novel. In this blazing tale of twisting suspense, Lippman raises difficult, illuminating questions about the nature of memory and truth.Laura Lippman is the author of 10 Tess Monaghan novels, plus four other suspense novels, a collection of short stories, and a mystery anthology. This "book launch" celebration is cosponsored with Mystery Loves Company bookstore.Recorded On: Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Bishop Bryant has earned a reputation as one of black America's most charismatic and committed religious leaders. Born in Baltimore, he graduated from Morgan State University and Boston University School of Theology. He earned a doctorate in theology at the Colgate Rochester Divinity School. Dr. Bryant served as pastor of Bethel AME Church in Baltimore from 1975 to 1988 when he was named Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 2008, he became the Senior Bishop of the AME Church and Presiding Prelate of the Fourth Episcopal District.Recorded On: Saturday, January 24, 2009

Michael Bart's parents, Leizer and Zenia, were Lithuanian Holocaust survivors. It was not until after their death that their son began to piece together their history of love, struggle, resistance and survival.Michale Bart spent 10 years researching his parents' past. In Until Our Last Breath: A Holocaust Story of Love and Partisan Resistance, Bart tell the story of their romance in the Vilna ghetto and the heroics of the ghetto resistance and partisan fighters. Recorded On: Thursday, October 16, 2008

In Becoming Billie Holiday, Carole Boston Weatherford's poems trace the singer's journey from B-girl to jazz royalty.  Her first book for teens, it is illustrated with cinematic, sepia-toned art by Floyd Cooper. Weatherford will also talk about her recent children's book, I, Matthew Henson. Carole Boston Weatherford was born and raised in Baltimore. She has written many award-winning books for young readers. She teaches at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina.Recorded On: Saturday, February 7, 2009

In 1980, 13-year-old Helene Cooper's life in Liberia changed forever when a coup d'etat left the President and his cabinet (including her uncle) dead, her father wounded, her mother raped. Cooper's new memoir, The House at Sugar Beach, recalls her Liberian childhood and her return 20 years after her family's flight to America, to reunite with the foster sister they left behind.Helene Cooper is a chief diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times. Previously she spent 12 years at The Wall Street Journal.Recorded On: Tuesday, October 28, 2008

In his new book, Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal, Randall Kennedy grapples brilliantly and judiciously with "selling out," a subject of much anxiety and acrimony in black America.Randall Kennedy is the Michael R. Klein Professor of Law at Harvard University. He is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia and the U.S. Supreme Court, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the American Philosophical Association.Recorded On: Saturday, January 17, 2009

Following her groundbreaking book, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, historian and legal scholar Annette Gordon-Reed traces the Hemings family from its origins in Virginia in the 1700's to the dispersal after Thomas Jefferson's death in 1826 in her new book, The Hemingses of Monticello (winner of the 2008 National Book Award for Nonfiction). The saga of this American slave family is set against the backdrop of Revolutionary America, Paris on the eve of its own revolution, 1790's Philadelphia, and plantation life at Monticello. Recorded On: Sunday, February 22, 2009

Stephen Whitman is an Associate Professor of History at Mount Saint Mary's University. He writes on the history of slavery and emancipation in the 18th and 19th centuries. Whitman's new book, Challenging Slavery in the Chesapeake, offers an accross-the-board look at anti-slavery activity and its impact on the region. His first book, The Price of Freedom, focused on how enslaved people in Maryland gained freedom through manumission.Recorded On: Saturday, February 14, 2009

Ta-Nehisi Coates talks about his new book, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood. A coming-of-age story, set in Baltimore in the 1980's.Ta-Nehisi Coates and his six siblings were raised by an enigmatic and unconventional father, Paul Coates (former Black Panther leader in Baltimore and founder of Black Classic Press), who was intent on pushing his children past the streets and into Howard University. This beautifully written memoir tells the story of the strong ties that bind father and son.Ta-Nehisi Coates is a former staff writer at the Village Voice and Time; he contributes to the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and other publications. Recorded On: Thursday, February 12, 2009

 Tavis Smiley talks about his new book, Accountable: Making America As Good As Its Promise."Our mission is to equip citizens with the appropriate tools to assess the performance of our elected leaders and ourselves," writes Tavis Smiley. In his new book, Accountable, Smiley revisits each of the 10 covenants from The Covenant of Black America and provides riveting narratives from everyday American citizens.Experience this "town-hall" style meeting on how we -- as individuals and as a community -- can implement solutions to the top 10 issues of greatest concern to all Americans.This program was sponsored by United Health Care. Recorded On: Thursday, March 5, 2009