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NPR: Why do digital library books have long waitlists?
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NPR: Why do digital library books have long waitlists?

Posted on January 26, 2025January 26, 2025 by Michael Sauers

NPR’s Andrew Mambo and NPR’s Book of the Day podcast host Andrew Limbong discuss the high cost of obtaining digital versions of books that public…

Cory Doctorow: This was a warning, not a suggestion!
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Cory Doctorow: This was a warning, not a suggestion!

Posted on June 17, 2024June 18, 2024 by Michael Sauers
Friday Reads: Hold Fast: The Unadulterated Story of the World’s Most Scandalous Website by Trevor Aaronson, Sam Eifling, and Michael Mooney
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Friday Reads: Hold Fast: The Unadulterated Story of the World’s Most Scandalous Website by Trevor Aaronson, Sam Eifling, and Michael Mooney

Posted on May 3, 2024May 2, 2024 by Michael Sauers

Hold Fast is the uncompromising story of Backpage.com, the world’s most scandalous website, and the rise and fall of alternative weekly newspapers nationwide. Over four…

Neil Gaiman Reads “A Christmas Carol”
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Neil Gaiman Reads “A Christmas Carol”

Posted on December 24, 2023December 24, 2023 by Michael Sauers
The original Wilhelm Scream recording has been found
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The original Wilhelm Scream recording has been found

Posted on May 20, 2023May 20, 2023 by Michael Sauers

Via Paste Magazine: “At this point, you’d probably be hard pressed to find a film geek who wasn’t intimately familiar with the Wilhelm Scream. The…

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Mixtape: Cassetternet

Posted on December 2, 2021December 2, 2021 by Michael Sauers

In 1983, Simon Goodwin had a strange thought. Would it be possible to broadcast computer software over the radio? If so, could listeners record it…

Carla Hayden: Palace to Knowledge
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Carla Hayden: Palace to Knowledge

Posted on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 by Michael Sauers

Dr. Carla Hayden is the 14th Librarian of Congress, and the first woman and the first African-American ever to hold that prestigious pose.  Born in…

Check out the Bundyville podcast
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Check out the Bundyville podcast

Posted on August 27, 2018August 27, 2018 by Michael Sauers

Bundyville is a seven episode podcast from Longreads,in partnership with Oregon Public Broadcasting that’s deep dive into Cliven Bundy and his family. I’ve been listening to…

Neil Gaiman reads “The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury”
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Neil Gaiman reads “The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury”

Posted on August 24, 2018August 24, 2018 by Michael Sauers

Neil Gaiman reads his short story “The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury,” written as a present for Bradbury’s 91st birthday. Context and more here: www.brainpickings.org/2016/08/22/nei…-ray-bradbury/

Friday Reads: Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America by Emily Griswold
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Friday Reads: Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America by Emily Griswold

Posted on July 6, 2018July 5, 2018 by Michael Sauers

From Amazon.com: In Amity and Prosperity, the prizewinning poet and journalist Eliza Griswold tells the story of the energy boom’s impact on a small town…

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