10 Best New York Library Podcasts
New York Library Podcasts
Here are 10 Best New York Library Podcasts worth listening to in 2026.
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The world's top authors and critics join host Gilbert Cruz and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world.Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Listen to this podcast in New York Times Audio, our new iOS app for news subscribers. Download now at nytimes.com/audioappMORE Ranking #15 in Apple Charts (US)
Host Gilbert Cruz
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Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 4.4K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google
2. Library Talks Blog
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Join The New York Public Library and your favorite writers, artists, and thinkers for smart talks and provocative conversations from the nation's cultural capital.
Hosts Aidan Flax-Clark, Jason Baumann
Producer/Network The New York Public Library
Email ****@nypl.org
Location Bronx, New York, United States
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 412Facebook 347.8KTwitter 2.3MInstagram 615.3K Avg Length 58 min Format Long form Since Jan 2014 Get Email Contact
3. BKLYN Community Audio
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BKLYN Mixtape is a podcast from the Shelby White and Leon Levy Information Commons at Brooklyn Public Library. It is a show about everyday creators and makers just like you living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Listen to interviews, music, and audio shorts created in the Info Commons by staff and patrons. Hear how Brooklynites create and what inspires them as artists, print-makers, musicians, podcasters, story tellers, poets, writers, zine designers, coders and more. We're asking, what will you make today?MORE Hosts Zaheer Ali, Julie Golia
Producer/Network Brooklyn Public Library
Email ****@bklynlibrary.org
Location Brooklyn, New York, United States
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3Facebook 62.9KTwitter 32.9KInstagram 95.3K Avg Length 50 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
4. So Many Damn Books
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A blessing, a curse, a podcast, since 2014. Christopher (@cdhermelin) invites folks to the Damn Library to talk about reading, literature, publishing, and trying to make it through the never-dwindling stack of things to read. All with a themed drink in hand. Recorded at the Damn Library in Brooklyn, NY. For show info, book lists, and drink recipes, follow @somanydamnbooks and visit somanydamnbooks.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Host Christopher Hermelin
Producer/Network Christopher Hermelin
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Brooklyn, New York, United States
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 316Twitter 2KInstagram 2.8K Avg Length 58 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
5. SOS Library
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Save Our Souls Library (aka SOS Library) is a podcast that candidly discusses books without the pomp and circumstance (and expertise) of normal book reviewers. It's just three gals from Queens, New York giving their honest opinion on the good, the bad, the overhyped, and the underrated.MORE Producer/Network SSL
Email ****@gmail.com
Location New York, United States
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 8 Avg Length 63 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
6. Borrowed
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Brooklyn Public Library is full of stories. Borrowed brings the very best of them to you. Borrowed is a narrative series about superhero librarians, neighborhood stories and what it means to be a free, democratic place in today's changing world. We tell stories about libraries during natural disasters, the challenges of homelessness, and NYC's fraught relationship with trash. Borrowed and Banned is our limited series about America's ideological war with its bookshelves...MORE Producer/Network Brooklyn Public Library
Email ****@bklynlibrary.org
Location Brooklyn, New York, United States
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 188 Avg Length 23 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
7. Turn the Page Podcast
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A Podcast from Syosset Public Library on Long Island, New York.
Producer/Network Syosset Public Library - Librarians
Email ****@syossetlibrary.org
Location Syosset, New York, United States
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 14Facebook 700Twitter 378Instagram 6.2K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Since Jun 2018 Get Email Contact
8. The Librarian Is In Blog » All Channel 751
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The New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next.
Hosts Frank Collerius, Crystal Chen
Producer/Network The New York Public Library
Email ****@nypl.org
Location Bronx, New York, United States
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 668Facebook 347.8KTwitter 2.3MInstagram 615.3K Avg Length 61 min Format Long form Since Dec 2015 Get Email Contact
9. WSPL Podcast Series
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The Western Sullivan Public Library Podcast Producer & Coordinator, Dale Blagrove, brings a variety of local talent and history within the Western Sullivan County New York Area
Producer/Network Western Sullivan Public Library
Email ****@gmail.com
Location New York, United States
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1Facebook 1.5KTwitter 265Instagram 1.6K Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
New York Library shows hosts and producers
| Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Podcast Episodes | Gender | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | Location | |
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| Gilbert Cruz | Host | 43 | Male | @gilbertcruz | 14K | New York City, NY, United States | ||
| Aidan Flax-Clark | Co Host | nypl.org/blog/all?channel=760 | 285 | Male | @flaxclark | NY, United States | ||
| Jason Baumann | Co Host | nypl.org/blog/all?channel=760 | 285 | Male | New York City, NY, United States | |||
| Zaheer Ali | Co Host | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bklyn-community-audio/id1257125823 | 257 | Male | ||||
| Julie Golia | Co Host | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bklyn-community-audio/id1257125823 | 257 | Female | ||||
| Christopher Hermelin | Host | somanydamnbooks.com/episodes | 394 | Male | @cdhermelin | 2.6K | Brooklyn, NY, United States | |
| Frank Collerius | Co Host | nypl.org/blog/all?channel=751 | 127 | |||||
| Crystal Chen | Co Host | nypl.org/blog/all?channel=751 | 127 | @crystalchenart | ||||
| Brooklyn Public Library | bklynlibrary.org/podcasts | 284 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | |||||
| Syosset Public Library - Librarians | turnthepage.blubrry.net/2026/02/26/turn-the-page-episode-391d | 1190 | @splturnthepage | 378 | ||||
| Ssl | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soslibrary/episodes/10--Unveiling-the-Eerie-Secrets-of-Silver-Nitrate-e2cemj2 | 50 | ||||||
| Western Sullivan Public Library | wsplonline.libsyn.com/richer-by-the-holidays | 53 | @westernsullivan | 265 | ||||
| Dale Blagrove | wsplonline.libsyn.com/wspl-intersections-with-charles-wilkin | 53 | @westernsullivan | 265 | ||||
| Greg Trigg | wsplonline.libsyn.com/autc-original-as-the-river-turns | 53 | @westernsullivan | 265 | ||||
| This Day In Esoteric Political History | dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.buzzsprout.com/2322494/14595567-this-day-in-esoteric-political-history-united-states-vs-one-book-called-ulysses-1933.mp3 | 284 | ||||||
| Grown, A Podcast From The Moth | dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.buzzsprout.com/2322494/14595571-an-episode-from-grown-culture-and-identity.mp3 | 284 | ||||||
| Thresholds | thisisthresholds.com | 284 |