
librarypunk is a leftist library worker podcast.
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 161 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | NewsEducationPolitics | |||

We’re talking with Jonny and Jez about SciOp, a torrent-focused data preservation project that encourages academics to help with the act of making data available. It’s distributed, it’s robust, and SciOp is working on making it easy to do.
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This week we’re joined by Hagen to talk about their new book on AI and labor/power/knowledge/eugenics. We also discuss some library Reddit developments.
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It’s a fun one! We’re talking with Jessamyn about the public domain, new and old technology, blogging at the DNC, and lots of inside baseball.
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We’re back! We’re talking about weeding and library collections as government speech.
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Just found this by chance, and after only two episodes I’m loving it.
I hope it continues for a few hundred more episodes.
Cool podcast, thanks for recording.
Really enjoyed the episode on prison libraries. Different then in “library” at my federal institution. Thank you for the information.
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This show leans into library labor, policy, and culture from a left-leaning perspective, often centering issues like censorship, digital rights, funding, and labor organizing within libraries and related workplaces. Episodes frequently feature librarians, information professionals, and advocates discussing censorship battles, AI and privacy in information spaces, and worker organizing across service industries, with a notable emphasis on practical advocacy, governance of digital collections, and community empowerment. A standout throughline is merging pragmatic professional concerns with broader social justice themes, making it a strong fit for listeners who want thoughtful critique, real-world library activism, and opportunities to engage ... more
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librarypunk launched 5 years ago and published 161 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
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Recent guests on librarypunk include:
1. Jonny Saunders
2. Jez Cope
3. Hagen Blix
4. Jessamyn West
5. Kevin Van Meter
6. Kay Slater
7. Hal Schrieve
8. Kelly Jensen
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