Guests: Beth Shoemaker from Emory University and Karen Snow from Dominican University, co-chairs of the Cataloguing Ethics Steering Committee.
First broadcast February 19 2021.
Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2021/02/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-february-19th-the-cataloguing-code-of-ethics-episode-482/
“A cataloger can censor a book with a few keystrokes.”
This long-form essay by one of the hosts of On the Media argues that our current sociopolitical conflicts stem from a dissolution of facts and reality. We look at Gladstone’s manifesto for producing her radio show to unpack her project here, while considering her advice for bolstering our own personal realities.
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This mainstream television series may be about the afterlife, but it also serves as a platform for defining our morality here in the real world. We discuss the team behind its creation and how they crafted a narrative that avoids political correctness, while teaching us about ethics and positivity in a time of political trauma.
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With the release of stand up comedian Kyle Kinane’s new album “Loose in Chicago,” we try to understand his process of mixing “scumbag stories” with contrarian confessions. And after a recent comedy show gone sour, we wonder what kind of etiquette to expect from live audiences.
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