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Our Garbage, Ourselves

Our Garbage, Ourselves

FromBorrowed


Our Garbage, Ourselves

FromBorrowed

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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Dec 10, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

At the edge of Brooklyn, there’s a beach covered with glass bottles, nylon stockings, rusting kitchen appliances, and decaying batteries. The trash didn’t float here, though. It’s eroding from a poorly-covered landfill. We start this episode at Dead Horse Bay, where we ask what trash can tell us about structures of power, and end the episode in 1960s Bed-Stuy, where the local Civil Rights Movement took on a surprising enemy: garbage collection. Read the transcript and check out our book list here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/our-garbage-ourselves 
Released:
Dec 10, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (89)

Brooklyn has so many stories to tell, and a lot of them start at the library. Every other week, “Borrowed” brings you stories that start here and take you somewhere new. We're talking to people starting businesses, finding their roots, playing Dungeons & Dragons, creating community—and of course, borrowing books! Brought to you by Brooklyn Public Library.