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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…

Friday Video: Who Broke the Internet? with Tim Wu
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Friday Video: Who Broke the Internet? with Tim Wu

Posted on June 1, 2018May 31, 2018 by Michael Sauers

Actually, just audio this week.

British Library Fights To Preserve Historic Recordings Archive
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British Library Fights To Preserve Historic Recordings Archive

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Michael Sauers

As part of its vast collection of literary and historic treasures (the Magna Carta, Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook), the British Library owns some six million…

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Neil Gaiman’s Guardian Books podcast: Weird London and the future for writers

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Michael Sauers

This week’s podcast heads into strange territory, guided by the Books site’s editor-for-a-day, Neil Gaiman. First, we follow Damien Walter on the trail of Weird…

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A word (a.k.a. a very long pause of nothing) from Verizon about their new data pricing

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Michael Sauers

I’m a Verizon customer and I’m currently grandfathered-in when it comes to an unlimited data plan. However, recently Verizon decided that the only way you’ll…

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Understanding all the recent security breaches

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Michael Sauers

This week’s episode of Search Engine is a great explanation of, and rumination on the spate of recent security breaches by groups like Anonymous and…

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