EarBuds Podcast Collective: *Archives and Library Takeover*

How EarBuds Podcast Collective works: Each week, a theme is chosen by one of our curators. That curator finds 5 podcast episodes (from anywhere!) to go along with that theme. Listen to these podcasts by clicking on the links above, through the RadioPublic app, or you can find (most of) them on your favorite podcast app (iTunes, Stitcher, Overcast…)

PODCAST CURATOR’S NAME: Preserve This Podcast 

WHY THIS THEME?: Archives and libraries are more than just custodians and literary public servants. 

MONDAY: Lost in the Stacks – What’s the Future – 61 minutes

Chatter and music themed around the despair and action for the future of libraries and archives.

TUESDAY: Library Bytegeist –Talking Smart Cities with the New School’s Shannon Mattern – 15 minutes

Libraries serving information privacy and security in new urban landscapes.

WEDNESDAY: Audio Interference – Politics of Sound – 70 minutes

Archiving sound becomes a political action by making historical memory a part of informing the future.

THURSDAY: On the Media– Digital Dark Age – 56 minutes

Preserving digital lives, and how to suspend and resume information through space and time.

FRIDAY: Archivist’s Alley – Michelle Caswell – 40 minutes

Future vision of archives: materials controlled by the community that they are about.

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SHAMELESS PROMO: The Preserve This Podcast team is passionate about giving creators, producers, and artists the agency to take ownership, represent, and save their own work for future consumers. Listen to our podcast, read our zine, and attend a free workshop to make sure you’re prepared for technological changes and digital decay!

CROWDSOURCING QUESTION: Do you have a hard drive/digital horror story? Maybe you’ve experienced the classic coffee spill malfunction or did software upgrade render incompatible? Message us your tales! 

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