What happens when the library moves its book collection out of the building and down the road?
Music: “The Informant” by Steelism, “I’ll Become Everything” by Dean Jaina, and “The Zeppelin” from the Blue Dot Sessions.
First broadcast on February 22 2019
“I wanted to inhabit that fictional library again.”
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Guest: Alison Reynolds of the Georgia Tech Archives
First broadcast FEB 15, 2019.
Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2019/02/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-february-15th-who-discovered-the-archives-episode-413/
“If it’s described by an archivist, if it’s online, and if there’s a finding aid, then definitely an archivist has found it.”
This HBO television show about a standup comedian going through divorce attempts to tackle three big themes: sex, religion and the importance of comedy. We look into Pete Holmes and Judd Apatow’s motivations behind-the-scenes, while also asking, “What is its point of view beyond self absorption?”
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The Georgia Tech Library is getting ready to transform itself into the library of the future. One piece of this transformation is moving the bulk of the book collection out of the library and into another facility.
Music: “The Informant” by Steelism, “Double Exposure” by Los Close, and “On Three Legs” from the Blue Dot Sessions.
This 1957 Japanese samurai film is a postwar adaptation of Shakespeare’s MacBeth, but we learned that it’s also tapping into historical theatrical techniques and criticisms of nationalistic self-destruction. We turn to other writers and scholars for help unpacking these symbols we don’t know much about, while learning just how universal this critically acclaimed movie actually is.
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First broadcast on February 8 2019.
“Trying to guide people through an unknown territory.”
Guest: Melissa Adler of the University of Western Ontario.
First broadcast February 1 2019.
Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2019/02/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-february-1st-cruising-the-library-episode-411/
“Systems are always limited. They always involve choices and priorities.”