LibGuides: Library City: Practicing Curiosity: Blogs / Podcasts

Blogs & Websites

Brain Pickings
Mostly interesting weekly blog about literature, illustration, design, etc.
CityLab
From The Atlantic - all things city
Explore
A bite-sized companion to Brain Pickings by Maria Popova.
The Guardian - cities
Great section from The Guardian all about cities
Humans of New York
People in NYC
Library of Congress Classification
All about the numerical and alphabetical Library of Congress classification system for organizing books in libraries
North West London Blues
Essay by Zadie Smith about neighborhood library
Scouting NY
by Nick Carr - about film location scouting in NY
Spitalfields Life
Blog about life (historical and present) in the East End of London.

99% Invisible
About all the thought that goes into the things we don’t think about — the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world.
Cited
Cited is a documentary radio show about big ideas that change the world, sometimes in troubling ways. Each week we tell stories about higher education and research.
Crimetown
Impacts of organized crime and corruption on public life in a small American city.
Sidedoor
Sidedoor is a podcast from the Smithsonian. It tells stories about science, art, history, humanity and where they unexpectedly overlap.