Guest: Amber Billey of Bard College.
First broadcast July 27 2018.
“You make a choice, and you make a change.”
Lost in the Stacks, Episode 392: Uncataloging Neutrality
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Supercontext: The Fall of Gawker
Last year Peter Thiel secretly funded Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit that destroyed Gawker. Should the wealthy be able to ruin a publication if they don’t like what it has to say? We discuss the new precedent this case set between privacy and Freedom of Speech, all while tumbling down the rabbit hole of trashy media and big money.
Lost in the Stacks, Episode 320: Radical Reference
Guest: Lia Friedman of UC San Diego.
First broadcast September 30 2016.
“We wanted to support the protesters.”
Supercontext: The Dark Knight
Looking back on the Batman film “The Dark Knight,” does it stand for anything? Or does it simply soak up whatever morals we bring to it? Christopher Nolan’s intentions remain mysterious, but we do our best to figure them out.
Lost in the Stacks, Episode 295: The Murakami Shenanigans
First broadcast March 11 2016.
Playlist at http://www.oit.wrek.org/?p=14026
“I think at the heart of the matter is what is the responsibility of the library?”