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?”
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?”
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?
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?”
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.
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.”
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.”
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.”
“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?