Tag Archives: Google

Lost in the Stacks, Episode 405: Skynet Fail: AI in Libraries


Guests: Edmond Chow, Associate Professor in School of Computational Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech.

First broadcast December 7, 2018.

Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2018/12/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-december-7th-skynet-fail-ai-in-libraries-episode-405/

“All glory to the algorithm!”

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Lost in the Stacks, Episode 363: Whose Data? My Data!


Guest: Antti “Jogi” Poikola of Aalto University.

First broadcast November 10 2017.

Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/11/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-november-10th-whose-data-my-data-episode-363/

“Radical times.”

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Supercontext: Yahoo Screen


What went wrong with Yahoo Screen and its investment in a sixth season of Community? We look behind the business to try to figure out how a search engine whittled away the brand loyalty of a beloved TV show.

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Supercontext: Bruce Sterling @ SXSW 2016


Every year science fiction writer and futurist Bruce Sterling gives a “state of the world” presentation at SXSW Interactive. We consider his remarks from this year and what they mean for politics, social media, and surveillance. 

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Lost in the Stacks, Episode 280: “Spoti-FIGHT! Part III: Return of the Revenge of the Independent Artist”


Part III of the Spoti-FIGHT! Series

Guests: David Lowery, musician with Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker; author at Trichordist, instructor in Music Business at University of Georgia.

First broadcast November 20, 2015.

Playlist at http://www.wrek.org/2015/11/13222/

“I’m in a Spoti-fight, but I don’t know exactly how I ended up there.”

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