Part 4 of DATA RULES
Guest: Marlee Givens of the Georgia Tech Library
First broadcast on July 29 2016.
“Aren’t we using data whenever we make decisions?”
Lost in the Stacks, Episode 312: Data Driven Decisions
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Monthly Archives: July 2016
Supercontext: Game of Thrones, Season 6
In an unusually giddy, slaphappy episode, Charlie & Christian try to understand how Game of Thrones’ sixth season was made. When does an adaptation stop being an adaptation? What happens when it passes — and surpasses — its source material?
Lost in the Stacks, Episode 311: Data as Wood
Part 3 of DATA RULES
Guest: Nicholas Felton of Feltron.
Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2016/07/playlist-for-los?wood-episode-311/
First broadcast on July 22 2016.
“Did you say ‘data as wood’? Like trees?”
Supercontext: Saga, Volume 1
Is media better when its creators have total control? We look at the first volume of SAGA and explore issues of ownership, censorship and salesmanship with this near perfect comic book.
Lost in the Stacks, Episode 310: Statistical Significance
Part 2 of DATA RULES
Guest: Dr. Pete Ludovice of the Georgia Institute of Technology.
First broadcast July 15 2016.
“Sounds important; I don’t know why.”
Supercontext: The Hateful Eight
Quentin Tarantino’s either an idiot savant or a savvy businessman with his latest film The Hateful Eight. So we cover script leaks, film stock, Black Lives Matter protests, police boycotts and much more about the making of this film to figure out why it’s so damn compelling.
Lost in the Stacks, Episode 309: Data Librarianship: Naked and Afraid
Part 1 of DATA RULES
Guest: Dr. Mandy Swygart-Hobaugh of Georgia State University
First broadcast July 8 2016
“I will be stupid for you.”
Supercontext: Radiohead VS. Charlie
Are Radiohead the most accomplished “art rock” band of the early twenty-first century, as the Encyclopedia Britannica claims? Or are they savvy businessmen who’ve brilliantly marketed themselves for 20 years? Can they be both? In the title fight for Charlie’s musical identity, Thom Yorke comes out swinging with every ounce of nihilistic ennui at his command.
Lost in the Stacks, ENCORE Episode 277: “The Library Freedom Project”
Guest: Alison Macrina of The Library Freedom Project
First broadcast October 30 2015.
Playlist at http://www.wrek.org/?p=13045
“You know, this is how presidential candidates are usually interviewed.”
Supercontext: Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard To Find”
“G.G. Allin could have been a Flannery O’Connor character.” Charlie & Chris discuss the murderous short story “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” and the difference between an author’s intent and a reader’s response. Why this isn’t considered a horror story? And is it punk rock?