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Episodes
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
John Duffy is a lifelong lover of music who first started experimenting with on an electric piano in 4th grade, leading to guitar in high school, and several bands after that. Somewhere over the last decade, he became particularly enamored with modular analog synthesizers! Duffy is a high school teacher by day (and we talk about the surrealism of virtual learning), but we especially talk about his musical hobbies. Duffy is the creator of the music you hear on the intro and outtro of this podcast, as well as providing the interstial ambiance for lots of our virtual video events.
This Saturday, at 3:30pm, Duffy is one of FOUR presenters for Synthesizers In The Library, an exclusive ZOOM event. Click here to join us on that date and time!
And to hear more of the music that Duffy has been making, particularly with his main collaborative partner, Mark Maynard, as Pato Y Pato, click here: https://patoypato.bandcamp.com/ // http://tiny.cc/synthexpo
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Reference Librarian Susan Paley is here to talk about some of the best new books that we've added to our collection. She utilized her "staycation" time during the quarantine to read all of these books, and she's got reviews and recommendations for you! Susan develops the mystery collection, as well as our travel books and eBooks. Kelly Bennett, FADL's Head of Circulation, also joins us to talk about, among other things, her love of the audiobook format, as well as her own appreciation fo the mystery genre.
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Photo (of socially distanced staffers) by Kelly Bennett
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Joining us for our final installment in this year's Information Literacy mini-series is journalist Lauren Abdel-Razzaq, Digital Director for The Detroit News. Lauren coordinates the team behind the Detroit News’ website, crafting the digital experience at DetroitNews.com; and she is also one of the voices behind the Detroit News on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. https://www.detroitnews.com/
We have a lot of links to everything we discussed in this episode, including the referenced examples of DEEP FAKES:
Bill Hader’s face transforming as he impersonates others: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPhUhypV27w&ab_channel=CtrlShiftFace
Jordan Peele makes an Obama deepfake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5wLaJYBAm4&ab_channel=BBC
Mark Zuckerberg says he controls billions of people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbedWhzx1rs&ab_channel=WashingtonPost
Nixon moon disaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nD3zrMN47E&ab_channel=ScientificAmerican
Bill Hader Deepfake
Keanu Reeves Deepfake
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And here are some resources for how to be your own fact-checker and a surveyor of potential visual fabrications on the internet.
RESOURCES:
Washington Post Fact Checker guide on manipulated video: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/politics/fact-checker/manipulated-video-guide/
Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics: https://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp
Trusting News: https://trustingnews.org/
Gallup poll on media trust: https://news.gallup.com/poll/243665/media-trust-continues-recover-2016-low.aspx
American Press Institute trust on social media: https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/publications/reports/survey-research/trust-social-media/
Pew Research Center fake news: https://www.journalism.org/2019/06/05/many-americans-say-made-up-news-is-a-critical-problem-that-needs-to-be-fixed/
AP Fact check: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check
Washington Post fact-checker: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/
Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/
Google Reverse Image Lookup: https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=EN
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Local Author Sarah Miller shines a light into the darkened corners of history--particularly when it comes to people and events that most of us THINK we already mostly know about, but maybe we don't know the WHOLE STORY. Miller has published five books, including the award-winning 'Miss Spitfire.' Her most recent work looked into the lives of the Dionne Quintuplets, during the 1930s. She spoke with us about the process of researching these books and the fulfillment of discovery when it comes to digging into history. She's just completed her next book, 'Violet & Daisy,' due to come out in April of 2021.
http://www.sarahmillerbooks.com/
Sarah joined us for the 2nd episode of BEGINNING MIDDLE END, our Adult Storytime Series
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Three local teens, Mumtaz, Marigold, and Jada, are joining Youth Librarian Ms. Jasmine to discuss how they are adapting to a virtual-school year. Mumtaz and Marigold are both Pages here at the Ferndale Library. Jada, meanwhile, is already a self-published author, she recently released a new book, Tear Stained Pages.
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Reference Librarian Maggie Weddell joins us to talk about the collection she develops for circulation here at Ferndale: SCIENCE FICTION and FANTASY. While we discuss the merits of the allegorical tales set in space or in far-off kingdoms, we also touch upon the enriching and enlightening messages that these genres can deliver to readers. We also discuss recent HUGO and NEBULA Award-winning works in the genre of Science Fiction.
A Memory Called Empire is available in our print collection, and as an Audiobook (for Ferndale Cardholders) through HOOPLA.
Gideon the Ninth is available in our print collection, and as an eBook through the Libby App (from OverDrive)
A Song for a New Day is available in our print collection
Gods of Jade and Shadow is available in our print collection, and as an eBook through Libby (from OverDrive)