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Sep 29, 2022

Deb, Denyse and Harrison talk about what it's really like to work at the library. Topics include Lizzo's crystal flute performance; some cranky but good-natured myth-busting about book donations and library professionals' imagined reading habits; books bound in human skin; and the ever-present ghost of...


Sep 23, 2022

Laurie Bridges from Oregon State University drops by to tell Deb and Harrison all about Wikipedia!

Mentioned on this episode:

Wikipedia and Academic Libraries: A Global Project by Laurie Bridges, Raymond Pun, and Roberto A. Arteaga (Eds.)

Wikipedia


Sep 16, 2022

Denyse and Harrison each bring a hefty stack of graphic nonfiction titles to discuss. Topics include trips to the moon, the challenges of adolescence, the nigh-unattainable grownuptitude of Sheriff Buford Pusser, braces, and the unique occupational hazards faced by 20th-century Ukrainian anarchist horses.

Errata:...


Sep 9, 2022

Deb, Denyse and Harrison explore the ever-popular mystery genre(s), from Scooby-Doo to Agatha Christie to neo-noir Batman.

Mentioned in this episode:

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

The Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris

"Death on the Nile" (2022)

"Knives Out" (2019)

"The Batman" (2022)

The...


Sep 2, 2022

Deb and Harrison discuss the challenges of returning to school for teachers and students. They also discuss technology troubles, Mikhail Gorbachev's death and Woodstock '99.

 

Mentioned in this episode:

"Gorbachev. Heaven"...