Ames Free Library Queset House Podcasting: Recent Episodes
Ames Free Library Queset House Podcasting
AFL Podcast Episode #28 - Lee Williams, Life in Easton in the 40's and 50's - We Had Ponies
AFL Podcast Episode #25 - Lee Williams, Furnace Village and World War 2, in the 40's, 50's
AFL Podcast Episode #24 - Lee Williams, Snot Rags, Bicycles & Grange Fairs in the 40's, 50's
AFL Podcast Episode #22 - Lee Williams, Sights, Sounds & Smells of the Easton Furnace Village during the 40's and 50's
AFL Podcast Episode #21 - Lee Williams, "Saving Fat" in Easton during the 40's and 50's
AFL Podcast Episode #20 - Lee Williams, Having a Paper Route in Easton during the 40's and 50's
AFL Podcast Episode #16 - Lee Williams, growing up in Easton - Start with a rabbit, come home with a cow
AFL Podcast Episode #14 - Bill Ames talking about the Library Ted Talks at Queset House
Michael is the author of over 20 books on electronic media, as well as a memoir and ten books of fiction. In 2009, he coedited a found manuscript by legendary writer/director Norman Corwin. What he refers to as his “fringe” group series consists of a monograph that examines the use of broadcast media by Native Americans—Signals in the Air (Praeger, 1995), a book that explores the nature and role of counterculture radio in the sixties—Voices in the Purple Haze (Praeger, 1997), a book that probes the extreme right-wing’s exploitation of the airwaves—Waves of Rancor (M.E. Sharpe, 1999, with Robert Hilliard), a book that examines the role of gays and lesbians in broadcasting—Queer Airwaves (M.E. Sharpe, 2001, with Phylis Johnson), a book about broadcasting and the First Amendment—Dirty Discourse (Blackwell, 2003, with Robert Hilliard), and a volume that evaluates the loss of localism in American radio—The Quieted Voice (Southern Illinois University Press, 2005, with Robert Hilliard).
Keith is also the author of the most widely adopted text on American radio—The Radio Station, (now Keith's Radio Station), an oral history—Talking Radio (M.E. Sharpe, 2000), a study of nocturnal broadcasting –Sounds in the Dark (Iowa State University Press, 2001), and The Broadcast Century, 4th edition (Focal Press, 2005, with Robert Hilliard. His most recent books include Radio Cultures (Peter Lang, 2010) and Sounds of Change (University North Carolina Press, 2010, with Christopher Sterling). He is also the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, The Next Better Place (Algonquin Books, 2003), as well as numerous journal articles and ten books of short stories for which he's received several Pushcart Prize nominations.
Discussion with Barbara Beech, president of the Friends of the Ames Free Library. Barbara talks about the "Friends" and the Queset House Book Sale room.
One of the mentors that visits the Queset House Learning Center, talks about his experience.
Bill Ames with Burt Lewis, Bill explains how the Ames Shovel Works began with some information on George Plimpton, Borderland, etc.
Stay tuned for more Ames Easton history.
Queset House Podcast #1 Bill Ames and Burt Lewis launch the very first Ames Free Library podcast and discuss how they got there, what the vision is, future broadcasts and a info about the new Queset House paved driveway and expanded parking area.