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Lost in the Stacks, Episode 390: The Common Good

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Guests: Dr. Sarah Higinbotham and Bill Taft of The Common Good, and Karen Viars of Georgia Tech.

First broadcast July 13 2018.

Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2018/07/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-july-13th-the-common-good-episode-390/

“Why a librarian? Why prison?”

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Lost in the Stacks, Episode 389: The Great Speckled Bird

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Guests: Traci Drummond of Georgia State University, Andrew Reisinger of Georgia State University, and Steve Wise of The Great Speckled Bird.

First broadcast June 29 2018.

Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2018/06/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-june-29th-the-great-speckled-bird-episode-389/

“It’s a really horrible way to do a really great thing.”

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Lost in the Stacks, Episode 387: The Accidental Mentor

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Part 2 of REPORT FROM K-12

Guest: Zoë Rascoe of Druid Hills High School.

First broadcast June 15 2018.

Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2018/06/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-june-15th-report-from-k-12-ii-the-accidental-mentor-episode-386/

“And it’s like BOOM, but a good boom.”

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Supercontext: Run The Jewels 3

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Killer Mike and El-P call their latest record the album of their careers. How does it straddle crass humor, transgression and political activism? And if you are “the jewel,” how does their music fit into your community?

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Episode 358: The American Music Show

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Guest: Randy Gue of Emory Libraries.

First broadcast September 22 2017.

Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/09/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-september-22nd-fossils-in-glorious-3d-episode-357/

“What is it about?”

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Supercontext: Atlanta

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Donald Glover once described his FX sitcom Atlanta as “Twin Peaks for rappers.” As residents of the eponymous city, we were doubtful. But this show came through with a weird, wondrous take on our local African-American culture. Special guest Swain Hunt (Sidebar, The Metronome) joins us to discuss.
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