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Shelf Life

Shelf Life

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Shelf Life is a podcast from the Newberry Library about the humanities and the humans behind them. Each episode features a new conversation with librarians, curators, and researchers about anything from the history of the Chicago city grid to the secret lives of famous American authors.

Recent Episodes

  • Michelangelo's Handwriting

    5 years ago

  • The Meaning of "Fa-La-La"

    5 years ago

  • The Quest for Gutenberg Fragments

    5 years ago

  • The War on Bugs

    5 years ago

  • To Meme or Not To Meme

    5 years ago

  • Mourning Glory

    5 years ago

  • The City Logical

    5 years ago

  • The 1862 Int'l Exhibition Revisited

    5 years ago

  • Don't Bring a Bow and Arrow to a Laser Gun Fight

    5 years ago

  • African American Genealogy

    6 years ago