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Bridgeport Unmasked

Bridgeport Public Librarian Adam Cleri hosts talks & interviews on all things about Bridgeport, CT, the Park City!

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19:06

Food Pantries Open to Bridgeport Residents

Bridgeport Unmasked ·

2025/11/05

More pantries available at https://www.ctfoodshare.org/find-food https://www.211ct.org/ Park City Initiative (aka Bishop Jean Williams Food Pantry) 203-873-0260 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 867 Howard Avenue By appointment only; must call the phone number above ahead of time. Open to everyone (with an appointment) Other services: Mobile pantry available every 2 weeks (every other Tuesday), at the Klein (910 Fairfield Avenue) Kings Pantry 203-576-0522 Monday-Thursday 11am-1:30pm 130 Fl...

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32:35

Why get a library card?

Bridgeport Unmasked ·

2025/10/09

Librarians Matthew Blaine & Adam Cleri talk about why you should get a library card: a Bridgeport card gets you access to books, computer use, & online resources, all for free, & those online resources include job searching, tutoring, audiobooks, movies, & much more. Also, we talk about library buildings as free spaces for the public to use.

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41:00

Diego, Whynd, & the Block Island Ghost

Bridgeport Unmasked ·

2025/08/12

Author Cat Urbain talks about her middle grade book, Diego, Whynd, & the Block Island Ghost, the story of two pre-teens who get into hijinks (natural & supernatural) on Block Island, an island just off of Long Island. This is the first episode of New Books Network in Bridgeport, all about area authors.

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51:59

Jasper McLevy: Bridgeport's Socialist Mayor (1933-1957)

Bridgeport Unmasked ·

2025/05/07

You can't tell the history of Bridgeport without Jasper McLevy. Bridgeport's longest serving & only socialist mayor is well known for an incident of not plowing Bridgeport's streets, but his story is one of a lifetime of honest service to the city, in which he takes on and replaced corrupt administrations and political machines. Author & Fairfield University Professor of Labor & Working-Class History Cecelia Bucki, Librarian & Archivist Jaime Pettit, & Librarian Adam Cleri...

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51:25

Episode 6: Paugussett Clan Mother Shoran Piper

Bridgeport Unmasked ·

2025/01/29

Clan Mother Shoran Piper joins Librarians Kate & Adam to share the past & present of the Paugussetts, whose ancestral lands include Bridgeport & areas of Fairfield County.Thanks for listening to Bridgeport Unmasked. Want to make your own podcast? Beardsley Branch Library in Bridgeport has a podcast studio, open to anyone with a library card from a Connecticut city. For more information, see https://bportlibrary.org/podcast-studios/

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52:56

Revolutionary Connecticut

Bridgeport Unmasked ·

2024/10/25

Andy Piascik & Steve Thornton co-authored a collection of articles about the people's history of Connecticut, gathered in their book, Revolutionary Connecticut. Andy comes to the podcast studio to explore articles about Bridgeport; we talk about strikes, plays, HUAC hearings, Housatonic Community College, & more! Get Radical Connecticut at: hardballpress.com, bookshop.org, amazon.com Articles on Bridgeport: bportlibrary.org/hc/grassroots-historians/Thanks for listening...

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51:37

The Disquieting Death of Emma Gill

Bridgeport Unmasked ·

2024/09/09

In the late 1800s, abortion practitioner Nancy Guilford gets caught up in the death of a patient in Bridgeport, and then flees the country, before being returned to face her trial. Marcia Biederman comes into our podcast studio to talk about late 19th century intrigue, society, & medicine, as in her book, The Disquieting Death of Emma Gill. Thanks for listening to Bridgeport Unmasked. Want to make your own podcast? Beardsley Branch Library in Bridgeport has a podcast studio, open to ...

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62:55

Ghosts on Lindley St.?: A Debate

Bridgeport Unmasked ·

2024/09/06

In November 1974, bizarre things happened on a house on Lindley St. in Bridgeport—can they be explained physically, were they the work of ghosts, or did they happen by something else entirely? This debate pits different explanations against each other in one of the Warrens' most famous paranormal investigations.Thanks for listening to Bridgeport Unmasked. Want to make your own podcast? Beardsley Branch Library in Bridgeport has a podcast studio, open to anyone with a library card from a Conn...

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42:12

Bridgeport to Hollywood

Bridgeport Unmasked ·

2024/09/06

Bridgeport Public Librarian Adam Cleri hosts talks & interviews on all things about Bridgeport, CT, the Park City!In this episode, Library Assistant Mike Hawkins joins Librarian Adam to talk about actors (& others involved in cinematography) who were born in Bridgeport: Brian Dennehy, the Mitchums, & the Warrens. Join us for this podcast about those who went from...Bridgeport to Hollywood!Also, in this episode, we bring up another podcast episode about the 1974 Lindley St. hauntin...

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32:44

The Death of James Beardsley

Bridgeport Unmasked ·

2024/08/27

Bridgeport Public Librarian Adam Cleri hosts talks & interviews on all things about Bridgeport, CT, the Park City!Library Assistant Andre O'Connor joins Librarian Adam Cleri to talk about the murder of James Beardsley, the Bridgeport benefactor who donated over one-hundred acres of land to the city for public use...& was murdered by burglars invading his home. Who were these burglars? It remains a cold case, but...we have some ideas. Hear about this on this podcast about...The Death o...

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