Libraries aren’t as quiet as they used to be. A podcast for library lovers and the library curious. Book chatter with librarians, community perspectives and author interviews
Episodes
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Ferraro is a macro photographer and a conservation photographer; his images
tell the story of a very tiny world inhabited by important organisms that all
have roles to play in creating harmony for our ecosystem. Random patches
of nature in urban environments become sources of new insects that Ferraro
can observe, track, and take photos of on their own terms, never harming
them or taking them out of their environment.
displayed here in the library. That is, before the shutdown. So, we talk
about our high hopes for finally getting to coordinate the art show here
in the library in the very near future, as well as his passion for nature and
science. We also talk about how he manages to capture amazingly
close-up images of the smallest creatures on the planet.
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
The next installment of our ongoing series addressing Information Literacy features WDET's Jake Neher and Shriaz Ahmed. Neher is a reporter/producer who works with 'Detroit Today,' and covers Michigan's political scene, while Ahmed is the radio station's Engagement Editor & Digital Content Editor. We covered the prevalence of confirmation bias, the S.I.F.T. method for spotting fake news, and the daily discipline reporters have to practice regarding the objective framing of a story.
To follow the work of Neher and Ahmed, go to www.wdet.org
As mentioned in the introduction to this show, we have links for more info on the S.I.F.T. Method
https://hapgood.us/2019/06/19/sift-the-four-moves/
https://www.avon-schools.org/cms/lib/IN01001885/Centricity/Domain/3486/SIft%20method.pdf
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Raylon Leaks-May is a Ferndale City Council Member, Mayor Pro Tem, and, as you'll hear--a big fan of libraries! She recently collaborated with our Youth Services Librarians to host a civics-focused conversation with high school students and answer questions about public service, local government, community volunteering, etc. Leaks-May has been a Ferndale resident for twenty-five years, serving in a variety of instrumental professional roles within the community.
https://www.ferndalemi.gov/news/ferndale-city-council-declares-official-commitment-to-antiracism
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Annie Spence is a Detroit-based author AND LIBRARIAN. Her first book, "Dear Fahrenheit 451," was published in 2017 (Macmillan/Flatiron), and it features love letters & break-up notes to books that Spence established "intense relationships" with over the years. She has spent more than a decade working as a librarian in public libraries in the midwest. So we talked about several things, like what it was like to be a librarian during quarantine, what she's working on lately (a novel?), her all-time favorite books, and also why it is that, when compared to other art forms, we connect with books and reading in such a deep and nuanced way. Sometimes those connections are so intense as to warrant legitimate love letters.
https://www.anniespence.com/about
Excerpt: https://us.macmillan.com/excerpt?isbn=9781250106490
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Black and Brown Theatre was founded in the summer of 2016 to address the inequity of casting in the professional Michigan theatre scene and create more opportunities for theatre artists of color. On Saturday, August 1st, at 2pm, B&B Theatre will be giving a Virtual Performance of their adaptation of Beauty & the Beast ("Beast of the Town") for our younger patrons & kids of all ages.
We are chatting with co-founder (actor/producer/director/playwright) Emilio Rodriguez about the origins of the Black and Brown Theatre, as well as some of the events they've created in their 4-year history, including the "Our Voices" program for students. Rodriguez followed up with us and shared this video, below, featuring a clip from this program where students get to direct grown-up actors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgP6uGjr9E8
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Friday Jul 10, 2020
The first in a new mini-series featuring conversations with librarians, journalists, professors, and teachers: We'll be discussing important issues around Information Literacy--the ability to evaluate the variety of information and media that we all encounter on a daily basis, through social media or online news outlets.
Dr. Pradeep Sopory (Wayne State University) conducts research on health and risk communication. He also investigates the effects of messages in the media and how they can be designed to influence attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.
Show notes:
Coronavirus Facts Alliance:
https://www.poynter.org/coronavirusfactsalliance/
Infodemic.blog