 September 18, 2009: State of the Library Address
B&ECPL Director Bridget Quinn-Carey gives her second annual public State of the Library Address in the Central Library's Ring of Knowledge. In her address, she discusses her time as the Director of the System, noting the successes, challenges and activities of the past year; and also provides a glimpse into, and some predictions about, the years ahead.
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Recorded on: September 18, 2009
Playing time: 37:48
   
May 14, 2009: Richard Brookhiser
Presented as part of the B&ECPL’s Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America program series, this edition features Richard Brookhiser, Alexander Hamilton biographer and author of Alexander Hamilton, American. A native of Rochester, NY and a graduate of Yale University, Brookhiser was the curator of the New-York Historical Society’s original exhibit Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America and also wrote and hosted the PBS program “Rediscovering George Washington.”
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Recorded on: May 14, 2009
Playing time: 32:01
December 19, 2008: Gustav Niebuhr
Presented as part of the B&ECPL’s Meet The Author Lunchtime Library Series in conjunction with WBFO-FM, this edition features Gustav Niebuhr, author of BEYOND TOLERANCE: Searching for Interfaith Understanding in America. In this insightful, deeply felt examination of the nature of community and religion, former New York Times religion reporter Gustav Niebuhr traces the roots of religious freedom in America and the setbacks and triumphs it has encountered along the way. He looks at why this movement is a particularly American endeavor and how it can save us all.
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Recorded on: December 19, 2008
Playing time: 32:01
October 31, 2008: Laura Pedersen
Presented as part of the B&ECPL’s Meet The Author Lunchtime Library Series in conjunction with WBFO-FM, this edition features Buffalo born Laura Pedersen, author of Buffalo Gal. Having grown up in the snowlblower city of Buffalo, NY, Pedersen knew how to beat the odds by high school graduation and was well prepared to seek her fortune on Wall Street, becoming the youngest person to have a seat on the American Stock Exchange and a millionaire by age 21. Combining laugh-out-loud humor with a slice of social history her hometown, which was a flash point for race riots, antiwar protests, and abortion rallies, not to mention bingo, bowling, and Friday night fish fries, Pedersen paints a vivid portrait of an era.
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Recorded on: October 31, 2008
Playing time: 32:01
August 22, 2008: Kenneth R. Miller
Presented as part of the B&ECPL’s Meet The Author Lunchtime Library Series in conjunction with WBFO-FM, this edition features Kenneth R. Miller, author of Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul. At the dawn of the twenty- first century, the debate over Darwin's theory of evolution is nearly as contentious as it was in the notorious Scopes trial a century ago. Today, however, people who believe that evolution is "only a theory" have put their hopes in a concept known as Intelligent Design. In Only a Theory, Kenneth Miller dissects the claims of the ID movement in the same incisive style that marked his testimony as an expert witness in Pennsylvania's landmark 2005 Dover evolution trial.
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Recorded on: August 22, 2008
Playing time: 32:01
July 25, 2008: William Stolzenburg
Presented as part of the B&ECPL’s Meet The Author Lunchtime Library Series in conjunction with WBFO-FM, this edition features William Stolzenburg, author of the book, Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators. In this impassioned debut, wildlife journalist Stolzenburg examines predation's crucial role in the preservation of ecological diversity, painting nightmarish pictures of what happens when top carnivores are exterminated from ecosystems. In dazzling descriptions, Stolzenburg demonstrates how the delicate balance between predator and prey is so essential, and his book, rich in dramatic accounts of life and death in the wild, is powerful and compelling.
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Recorded on: July 25, 2008
Playing time: 32:01
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