Welcome to the The Dissidents Podcast, where we talk about how we can strive for a world in which freedom and reason are at the forefront of all human society. In this week's podcast, in honor of National Librarian Day (April 16 in the United States) Mike Burke & Elizabeth Spievak talk with academic librarian Pamela Hayes-Bohanan about banned books, contemporary challenges in the field, and whether librarians are okay. Join us.
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References:
“The Librarians are not Okay.”
The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/03/book-bans-censorship-librarian-challenges/673398/
The Chronicle of Higher Education https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-librarians-are-not-ok?
Anne Helen Peterson’s Substack https://annehelen.substack.com/p/the-librarians-are-not-okay
