Rapid City Public Library Podcast Series
We are always open to interviews on all topics of local interest. If you have an story you'd like to share, contact the Rapid City Public Library at 605-394-6139 or email ask@rcplib.org.
Episodes
Summer's heating up but we are cooling things down--perhaps too much!
In this episode of South Dakota Legends and Lore we learn about the blizzard that hit the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains regions of the United States on January 11, 1888. It became known as the Children's Blizzard or Schoolhouse Blizzard and caught most folks unprepared for the dangerous drop in temperature, high winds, and blinding ice and snow.
We fo...
South Dakota Legends and Lore returns this summer with three new episodes featuring famous, infamous, and not-so-famous historical figures from Dakota Territory and South Dakota.
This month, we'll hear recollections from two real-life cowboys. Bruce Siberts tells about "A Bad Winter on the Prairie" near Fort Pierre circa 1895, while Ike Blasingame recalls many a "Storm and Stampede" near Mobridge circa 1905.
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May is Be Kind to Animals Month, National Pet Month, Chip Your Pet Month, and National Service Dog Examination Month.
We look into what each of these observations means, and give some relevant book title recommendations for further reading.
We also explore the difference between service animals and comfort animals and talk briefly about the Humane Society of the Black Hills.
Podcast recording and editing by Adrian Ludens.
April 8th is National Library Workers Day and April 16th is National Librarian Day and we are celebrating!
We'll learn the (official) difference between a Librarian and a library worker, hear funny stories, and hear more about some of the many services we offer at the Rapid City Public Library.
Featuring Krista Licht, Mackenzie Betcher, Scott Olson, Sophie Brown, Jack Monroe and Brady Jones.
Interviews, editing and mixing by Adri...
March 8 is International Women's Day, and the entire month of March is Women's History Month!
To celebrate we are learning about several notable South Dakota women. Featured are:
Gladys Pyle, the first woman in the nation to be elected to a U.S. Senate seat.
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, a Native American author and teacher.
Becky Hammon, basketball standout, NBA coach, WNBA head coach.
Anna Simmons, instrumental in achieving ...
This month on South Dakota Legends and Lore, we celebrate Black History Month by learning a little bit about four notable South Dakotans.
Lucretia Marchbanks was the second black woman in Dakota Territory, and became very successful in Deadwood.
Sarah Campbell was the very first non-Native woman in Dakota Territory with the Custer expedition.
Oscar Micheaux was a homesteader in Gregory County, SD who went on to write novels and produc...
The third Monday of January is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, also known as Civil Rights Day. This year, that day is January 20th.
RCPL library associate Adrian has details on how this national holiday came to be, how it can be celebrated, and some basic info on MLK himself. Plus he lists some of the MKL-related books available from the RCPL and its sister libraries.
Music by Intrex. Used by permission.
January 3 was J.R.R. Tolkien Day! Take a journey through his best-known works with RCPL librarians Scott H. and Adrian!
Music by: Jono Heyes, Jozeque, and Joca Perpignan
Used by permission.
January 2 was National Science Fiction Day and January 4 was World Braille Day!
Learn more about Braille and it's inventor, Louis Braille and delve deep into a couple lists of science fiction classics (all-time best-sellers and best of the 21st century) with RCPL librarians Azi and Adrian!
Music by: We Dream of Eden and Ardie Son
Used by permission.
It this episode of the Rapid City Public Library Podcast, we celebrate the holidays with a brief list of things folks do to celebrate nowadays, followed by four brief recollections of South Dakota Christmases past, 1873 to 1934.
Recorded and edited by Adrian Ludens.
Music by the Hill Top Trio and by Adam Dib. Used by permission.
It this episode of the Rapid City Public Library Podcast, we celebrate the National Guard's birthday with information about the South Dakota National Guard, Camp Rapid, and additional reading recommendations.
Recorded and edited by Adrian Ludens.
Music by Ian Post "Drum Rudiment". Used by permission.
It this episode of the Rapid City Public Library Podcast, we commemorate Pearl Harbor Day with information on South Dakotans who lost their lives in the attack, and get a firsthand recollection from one of the survivors. Plus additional reading recommendations.
Recorded and edited by Adrian Ludens.
Music by Piotr Hummel "Heroes". Used by permission.
It this special episode of the Rapid City Public Library Podcast, we share a Thanksgiving recollection written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and look into the not-so-pleasant historical roots of early Thanksgivings.
Recorded and edited by Adrian Ludens.
Music by Eddar Kedem and Itay Kashki. Used by permission.
It this special episode of the Rapid City Public Library Podcast, in honor of Veterans Day and Native American Heritage Month, we learn about to highly decorated Native American veterans with ties to South Dakota.
Recorded and edited by Adrian Ludens. Music from Arthur Pryor's Band (selections from A Day at West Point) in the public domain.
It this special episode of the Rapid City Public Library Podcast, in honor of Election Day, Adrian Ludens revisits the Presidential campaign (and subsequent accomplishments) of South Dakota native George McGovern, and the political accomplishments and Vice Presidency of South Dakota native Hubert Humphrey.
Recorded and edited by Adrian Ludens. Music from Arthur Pryor's Band (selections from A Day at West Point) in the...
Rapid City Public Library’s podcast series continues in October with: Black Hills Legends and Lore: Spooky Season, in honor of Halloween.
This episode features readings from Ghostly Tales of the Black Hills and Badlands by Ruth D. Hein, and Black Hills Myths & Legends by T. D. Griffith, both available in the Local History section of the Rapid City Public Library.
This episode we have a strange tale involving t...
Rapid City Public Library’s podcast series continues in October with: Black Hills Legends and Lore: Spooky Season, in honor of Halloween.
This episode features readings from The South Dakota Road Guide to Haunted Locations by Chad Lewis and Terry Fisk and Ghostly Tales of the Black Hills and Badlands by Ruth D. Hein, both available in the Local History section of the Rapid City Public Library.
We'll hear abou...
Rapid City Public Library’s podcast series continues in October with: Black Hills Legends and Lore: Spooky Season, in honor of Halloween.
This episode features readings from Haunted Deadwood: a True Wild West Ghost Town by Mark Shadley and Josh Wennes, and Black Hills Myths & Legends: the True Stories Behind History's Mysteries by T. D. Griffith. Both books are available in the Local History section of the Rapid C...
Rapid City Public Library’s podcast series continues in October with: Black Hills Legends and Lore: Spooky Season, in honor of Halloween.
This episode features readings from Black Hills Believables: Strange but True Tales of the Old West by John Hafnor and The South Dakota Road Guide to Haunted Locations by Chad Lewis and Terry Fisk, both available in the Local History section of the Rapid City Public Library.
We&...
Rapid City Public Library’s podcast series continues with: Black Hills Legends and Lore.
This episode features Boone May, handy with a gun (and just barely on the right side of the law), and part two of a two-part series about Crazy Horse.
Boone May segment recorded and edited by Adrian Ludens. Crazy Horse research and commentary by Charles Sitting Bull, recorded and edited by Adrian Ludens.
Music: Ben Wi...
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