Folklife Today tells stories about the cultural traditions and folklore of diverse communities, combining brand-new interviews and narration with songs, stories, music, and oral history from the collections of the Library of Congress's American Folklife Center.

"From the Catbird Seat: Poetry from the Library of Congress" features archived recordings of poets reading and discussing their work at the Library of Congress, and offers behind-the-scenes interviews with special guests.

The 75th anniversary of Library folklorist Alan Lomax's pioneering song collecting trip to the Upper Midwest in 1938.

This podcast, hosted by Kluge Center Distinguished Visiting Scholar Adam Rothman, explores the lives of three African Americans whose passages through the 19th-century are uniquely documented in the Library's manuscripts.

An exploration of the collections of the Library of Congress that focus on the cultures of Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and the Hispanic community in the United States. Music courtesy of Héctor Corrada-Bravo.

On May 12, 2009, the U. S. Congress authorized a national initiative by passing The Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-19). The law directs the Library of Congress (LOC) and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) to...

More than 25 years ago, retired music executive Joe Smith accomplished a Herculean feat -- he got more than 200 celebrated singers, musicians and industry icons to talk about their lives, music, experiences and contemporaries. In 2012 Smith donated this treasure trove of unedited sound recordings...

Listen to interviews with some of the award-winning authors who participated in the 2011 National Book Festival. The 2011 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, was held on Saturday, September 24 and Sunday, September 25, 2011, on the National Mall in...

The Library's Music and the Brain events offer lectures, conversations and symposia about the explosion of new research at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and music. Project chair Kay Redfield Jamison convenes scientists and scholars, composers, performers, theorists, physicians,...

Oral histories and interviews with African Americans who endured the hardships of slavery. These recordings document the first-person accounts of several individuals whose life experiences spanned the period during and after slavery. The podcasts are drawn from several collections in the American...

Listen to interviews with some of the award-winning authors from the 2014 National Book Festival. The Library of Congresss National Book Festival was held Saturday, August 30 at the Walter Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

The mission of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program is to develop a national strategy to collect, preserve and make available digital content for current and future generations. Collaboration and shared ideas are essential to the success of NDIIPP and all...

The 2007 National Book Festival podcast covering author interviews and highlights.

Listen to interviews with some of the award-winning authors who participated in the 2010 National Book Festival. The 2010 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, was held on Saturday, September 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Listen to interviews with some of the award-winning authors participating in the 2009 National Book Festival, including George Pelecanos, James Patterson, Rickey Minor, and more. The 2009 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, was held on Saturday, September...

Listen to interviews with some of the award-winning authors who participated in the 2012 National Book Festival. The 2012 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, was held on Saturday, September 22 and Sunday, September 23, 2012, on the National Mall in...