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A Guide to Some of the Best

ince the number of podcasts is very large and Note to Self—WNYC growing (more than 325,000 podcasts are avail- www..org/shows/notetoself Sable in iTunes according to 2016 statistics),1 it’s This is about new technologies and their easy to feel overwhelmed. In this section, I’ll recom- implications for everyday life. It’s aimed at those who mend a selection of well-reviewed podcasts in different want to “preserve their humanity in the digital age.” 2 categories and discuss how to find podcasts by topic. It’s hosted by Manoush Zomorodi, who encourages lis- teners to question everything.

Podcasts for a General Audience On the Media—WNYC www.wnyc.org/otm-podcast There are so many excellent podcasts that it’s not easy This is a weekly show that explores and analyzes to create a list of the best general ones. I won’t aim to the process of making media. It aims to uncover do that; instead, here’s a list of a few well-known pod- the media-making process and looks at challenges casts that get good reviews and are popular. relating to freedom of information and expression in If you want to recommend a few podcasts for peo- the and abroad. ple who are new to podcast listening, you can use this list. The upcoming section (podcasts for teens) may —WNYC also be of interest to adults. www.radiolab.org/series/podcasts Radiolab calls itself a show about curiosity. It blurs February/March 2017 Freakonomics Radio—WNYC the lines between , philosophy, and the human www..org/podcasts/452538045/freakonomics-radio experience. It’s a popular radio program produced by A show based on the bestselling book Freakonom- WNYC and broadcasted by public radio stations in the ics by journalist Stephen J. Dubner and economist Ste- United States. ven D. Levitt. Dubner has conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the wrinkles of human Revisionist History—Panoply alatechsource.org nature. He talks with his coauthor Levitt and also with http://revisionisthistory.com Nobel laureates, social scientists, and entrepreneurs. This popular podcast features the author , author of Tipping Point, Blink, and several —NPR other books. Each week it reexamines events, people, www.npr.org/podcasts/510307/invisibilia or ideas from the past, selecting topics that often have Invisibilia, which is Latin for “invisible things,” been ignored, disregarded, or misunderstood. covers the thoughts, beliefs, assumptions, and feelings that shape human behavior. Cohosted by , —PRI Hanna Rosin, and , this podcast uses nar- www.pri.org/programs/science-friday

Library Technology ReportsLibrary Technology rative storytelling and scientific research to tell fasci- This podcast covers news about science and tech- nating stories. nology in fun, interesting ways. Hosted by ,

16 Podcast Literacy: Educational, Accessible, and Diverse Podcasts for Library Users Nicole Hennig it features experts and people who want to be experts. with an occasional comedy routine. Topics In addition, the program often includes a segment are wide ranging. To get an idea of the content, take where listeners call in with interesting questions for a look at the archive of old episodes: www.thisameri those experts. canlife.org/radio-archives. As you can see, most of these podcasts are pro- Sooo Many White Guys—WNYC duced by well-known media outlets, and often they http://www.wnyc.org/shows/whiteguys are recordings of existing radio shows. In future sec- This is a podcast by comedian Phoebe Robinson, tions, we’ll look at podcasts by small, independent where she interviews performers, musicians, authors, creators—many of which exist only in podcast form. and artists who are doing outstanding work in vari- ous fields. None of them are white men. She turns the tables by including only one episode per season where Podcasts for Higher Education she interviews a “token white guy.” This is a relatively new podcast, launched in July of 2016, and is already In this section, I’ll recommend a few podcasts for very popular. higher education students, faculty, and administra- tors. There are many podcasts created by specific uni- StoryCorps—NPR versities, professors, students, and higher education www.npr.org/podcasts/510200/storycorps professionals, so this is just a small sampling. StoryCorps journeys across the United States gath- ering narratives of everyday folk who get the chance For Students to interview each other about their experiences and lives. These interesting interviews aren’t scripted and College Info Geek are shared weekly on StoryCorps. http://collegeinfogeek.com/cast Study tips and interviews with professionals who StarTalk Radio Show with Neil DeGrasse Tyson—Curved have interesting jobs. Light Productions http://startalkradio.co/category/podcasts The Torch: The Great Courses Podcast This podcast about space is hosted by renowned www.thegreatcourses.com/podcast?ICMP=102636 astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Topics include Host Ed Leon interviews expert professors about space travel, extraterrestrial life, the future of planet interesting research from their specialties. Earth, and more. It’s a lively show, where he is joined weekly by comedians, celebrities, and other special For Faculty guests.

The Student Caring Podcast for Professors TechnologyLibrary Reports —PRI and WNYC http://studentcaring.com/podcast-for-professors www.wnyc.org/shows/studio Podcast hosts de Roulet and Pecoraro, authors of Studio 360 is a weekly public radio program about the book The Caring Professor: A Guide to Effective, arts and culture, hosted by novelist and journalist Rewarding, and Rigorous Teaching, discuss how to be Kurt Andersen. It covers topics such as creativity, pop an effective professor. culture, and the arts. Trends & Issues in Instructional Design, Educational TED Radio Hour—NPR Technology, & Learning

www.npr.org/podcasts/510298/ted-radio-hour http://trendsandissues.com/category/trends-issues alatechsource.org TED Radio Hour is a one-hour show that brings -podcast together excerpts and interviews from TED Talks on Professors Abbie Brown and Tim Green are experts particular topics. It’s hosted by and copro- in educational technologies. Each week they discuss duced by NPR and TED. TED Talks covers new solu- several trends in instructional design. tions and new processes to old problems, new inven-

tions, and new means to conceive ideas and create. General Higher Education News 2017 February/March

This American Life— Public Media and PRI Higher Ed Live www.thisamericanlife.org/podcast http://higheredlive.com/podcasts is one of the most popular pod- This podcast is for higher education professionals casts in the United States. It’s a recording of the radio and covers admissions, advancement, marketing, stu- show of the same name, sometimes with extra mate- dent affairs, and . rial that the radio didn’t have time to include. There’s a theme to each episode, and most of the stories are

17 Podcast Literacy: Educational, Accessible, and Diverse Podcasts for Library Users Nicole Hennig Higher Ed Coffee Break Spanish Step by Step www.npr.org/podcasts/417236598/higher-ed http://radiolingua.com/2009/08/introducing-coffee From KUT, the public radio station at University -break-spanish-step-by-step of Texas, Austin, Jennifer Stanton and Southwestern A series of fun Spanish lessons for beginners, University President Dr. Ed Burger explore topics of offered in short chunks for learning during short higher education and lifelong learning. breaks. Listen to teacher Marc teach student Kara in a fun and charming way, with silent moments for you Re:Learning Podcast by the Chronicle of Higher Education to speak the answers as well. Radio Lingua also offers http://chronicle.com/specialreport/Re-Learning podcasts for beginners in French and German. -Podcast/34 A podcast from the Chronicle of Higher Education The Documentary—BBC World Service about teachers, ed-tech entrepreneurs, long-time edu- www..co.uk/programmes/p02nq0lx/episodes/ cators, and other people who are framing the future downloads of higher education. Listen to some of the best BBC World Service audio documentaries, with titles such as “Graffiti: Specific Professions Paint and Protest in Brazil,” “Women with the Right Stuff” (women astronauts), and “Batman and Ethan,” Law School Toolbox Podcast (a 10-year-old blind boy and gifted musician who is http://lawschooltoolbox.com/podcast learning echolocation). This is a show for law students that offers useful recommendations and covers topics about law school, EOS 10 the bar exam, careers in law, and more. www.eos10.com A science fiction audio drama about two doctors Economic Rockstar and their medical team aboard a space aircraft within www.economicrockstar.com/podcasts an intergalactic world. Includes comic elements and Frank Conway, lecturer in economics, finance, excellent voice acting. Listen to the episodes in order and statistics, produces this weekly podcast where he with each season, as you would a show on . interviews experts in the field about various aspects of economics and finance. Getting In: A Podcast about the College Admissions Process The Short Coat Podcast: Broadcasts from the Amazing and www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/getting_in/2015/09 Intense World of Medical School /getting_in_a_podcast_about_applying_to_college.html http://theshortcoat.com This podcast follows a diverse group of high- From students at the University of Iowa Carver school seniors from a City school as they College of , this podcast is about the demand- apply to college. Hosted by a former dean of freshmen ing environment of medical school. at Stanford University.

Finding More Podcasts for Higher Education Good Job, Brain! www.goodjobbrain.com To find more podcasts on this topic, try browsing the This fun weekly podcast is comprised of trivia February/March 2017 higher education category of Podcast Chart: www quizzes and unique facts and news. .podcastchart.com/categories/higher-education-pod casts, a useful aggregator of podcasts. The History Chicks http://thehistorychicks.com/about This is a show about female characters in history, Podcasts for Teens both fictional and real. Hosts Beckett Graham and alatechsource.org Susan Vollenweider chat about the challenges, fail- Many podcasts aimed at adults are also enjoyed by ures and successes, and interesting facts about each teens (and vice versa). So if you are recommending person. Includes shows about Helen Keller, Queen Vic- podcasts to teenagers, start with the list of podcasts for toria, Frida Kahlo, Amelia Earhart, Joan of Arc, Beat- a general audience in a previous section of this chapter. rix Potter, and many more. Here’s a sampling of podcasts that are enjoyed by teen audiences. Of course, every teen is different, so Lore this list includes a variety of topics to choose from, www.lorepodcast.com/episodes such as , foreign language learning, science fic- An award-winning podcast of true, mysterious

Library Technology ReportsLibrary Technology tion, math, history, science, philosophy, and life sto- stories from history in the style of scary stories told ries by both famous and ordinary people. around the campfire. Explores the true origins of

18 Podcast Literacy: Educational, Accessible, and Diverse Podcasts for Library Users Nicole Hennig myths, such as zombies, werewolves, vampires, and to. There are rumors it will start up again in the near ghosts. It is soon to be made into a TV show. future. Its how-to toolkit is available online: www.wnyc .org/story/diy-radio-rookies-toolkit. Math Mutation http://mathmutation.blogspot.com Math Mutation explores intriguing, entertain- https://serialpodcast.org ing, or curious aspects of mathematics. Each episode This award-winning podcast from the creators of explores an interesting concept of math that doesn’t This American Life and hosted by is a require looking at equations, such as geometry, infin- true story, told in episodes over the course of a sea- ity, paradoxes, and more. son. Season One is about a high-school senior who was murdered in 1999. Her classmate and ex-boyfriend, The Naked Scientists Annan Syed, was arrested and sentenced to life in www.thenakedscientists.com prison. To this day, he maintains his innocence. The This podcast describes itself as a show “by a story is about various discrepancies in the trial and media-savvy group of physicians and researchers aims to ask, “How can you know a person’s character? from Cambridge University [who] strip science down How can you tell what they’re capable of?” Season to its bare essentials and promote it to the general Two is the story of US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, public.”3 The hosts interview top scientists, answer an American soldier who was held for five years by science questions, and keep you up to date on the lat- the Taliban and then charged with desertion. est science news. Still Buffering On Being www.maximumfun.org/shows/still-buffering www.onbeing.org Three real-life young sisters discuss topics of inter- This award-winning podcast, hosted by Krista Tip- est to teens yesterday and today. They discuss topics pett, explores question such as “What does it mean to that separate and unite their generations and have a be human?” and “How do we want to live?” Tippett lot of fun doing it. Topics include body image, likes interviews guests such as the fourteenth Dalai Lama, and dislikes about going back to school each year, Desmond Tutu, Thich Nhat Hanh, Yo-Yo Ma, Brian slumber parties, favorite foods, and the world of high- Greene, and Elie Wiesel. school theater. It’s lighthearted and funny.

The Podcast History of Our World Stuff to Blow Your Mind—How Stuff Works www.podcasthistoryofourworld.com www.stufftoblowyourmind.com/podcasts An award-winning podcast on world history, cov- This podcast explores science, philosophy, and ering periods “from the Big Bang to the Modern Age.”4 history by looking at neurological quandaries, evo- TechnologyLibrary Reports (Currently, it’s only up to ancient Rome). Done with lutionary marvels, and cosmic mysteries. Episodes enthusiasm and humor, it’s never boring. Created by include topics like mosquito-breeding programs, Sat- enthusiastic history teacher Rob Monaco. urn’s rings and moons, empathy in elephants, and the future of tattoos. It won the 2015 Academy of Pod- Radio Diaries Podcast casts Award for Best Science and Medicine podcast. http://feed.radiodiaries.org/radio-diaries Radio Diaries is made up of first-person diaries of —How Stuff Works individual people, from teenagers to people in their www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/podcasts

eighties, from all walks of life. It weaves together This podcast is an award-winning series of shows alatechsource.org home recordings, archival news audio, and first-per- published by How Stuff Works and hosted by writers son accounts. Several episodes are interviews with Josh Clark and Charles W. “Chuck” Bryant. They aim teens from around the world, and of course teens may to educate the public about “common things and how be interested in interviews with people of all ages. they work.” 5 Some topics include “How Night Terrors Work,” “How Triage Works,” “How Witness Protection Radio Rookies—WNYC Works,” “How Radiation Sickness Works,” and “What’s 2017 February/March www.wnyc.org/articles/radio-rookies-podcasts with This Internet of Things?” Browse its archive of This podcast about the challenges of teen life is a hundreds of episodes for topics you might be interested Peabody Award–winning WNYC journalism initiative, in: www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/podcasts/archive. with episodes produced by teens, about teens. This initiative works using a mentorship model, helping This I Believe teens master interviewing, writing, editing, and voice http://thisibelieve.org/podcasts skills. This podcast ended in February of 2016, and This podcast is based on the popular 1950s radio all the past episodes are available and worth listening series of the same name hosted by Edward R. Murrow.

19 Podcast Literacy: Educational, Accessible, and Diverse Podcasts for Library Users Nicole Hennig Every week, different people read essays that they Aaron’s World have written about their personal philosophies. This www.mydogrocket.com is followed by an interview by the host. People inter- Listen to the time-traveling adventures of a boy viewed include both everyday citizens and well- and his computer in the prehistoric world. Start from known people, such as Gloria Steinem, Yo-Yo Ma, and the beginning of the first season to experience the Muhammad Ali. You can listen to some of the record- larger story arc. The first season is about dinosaurs, ings from the early 1950s on this page: http://thisi and the few seasons cover mammals, ocean crea- believe.org/essays/fifties, which includes people such tures, and more. Aaron and his dad started producing as Jackie Robinson, Martha Graham, Ralph J. Bunche, the show when he was six and ended when he was ten. Robert Heinlein, and Oscar Hammerstein II. It’s well produced with fun sound effects.

Welcome to Night Vale Book Club for Kids www.welcometonightvale.com www.bookclubforkids.org/new-blog This podcast is a radio drama about a fictional This is a podcast where middle-school kids meet to desert town. It’s done in the style of a local news talk about books. Each episode also includes a celeb- program. It’s hypnotic and darkly funny, telling the rity reader and an interview with the author. The host story of a place where every conspiracy theory is real, is award-winning public radio journalist Kitty Felde. but it’s not really a big deal. It has received positive reviews from many sources.6 Brains On! www.brainson.org What It Takes This is a very podcast for kids, www.podcastchart.com/podcasts/what-it-takes with a loyal audience of six-to-twelve-year-olds. Each This podcast is about passion, vision, and perse- episode seeks to answer a question posed at the start verance from the Academy of Achievement. It includes by interviewing adult science experts. (How is glass conversations with famous people in many fields: sci- made? How do airplanes fly? Mosquitos: What are ence, music, politics, sports, literature, and technol- they good for?) A different child cohosts each episode ogy. The interviews have been recorded over the past with adult hosts from public radio—Sanden Totten, twenty-five years and include interesting life lessons. Marc Sanchez, and Molly Bloom. The hosts have interviewed Elie Wiesel, Carole King, Steven Spielberg, Quincy Jones, , Coretta Ear Snacks Scott King, and many more well-known people. http://andrewandpolly.com/earsnacks Hosts Andrew and Polly (a married couple with a child) host this fun podcast featuring kids ages two to Podcasts for Children seven. They have worked with over sixty children and their parents to cover topics like fruit, disguises, rain, Some commentators have written about the lack of and shadows. They talk with each other, play audio podcasts for kids,7 and several groups are beginning to of kids talking about the topic, talk with adult organize and produce more podcasts aimed at them. experts, and they play their original music—indie pop An example is Kids Listen, a new grassroots organiza- music for kids.8 tion of advocates for high-quality audio content for February/March 2017 children. To learn more, see www.kidslisten.org. Kid Friday: You’re a Kid in a Digital World In spite of that lack, there are some high-quality www.kidfriday.com podcasts for kids. The list below gives you a sampling, This popular video podcast can be enjoyed as on topics including classic and modern stories, stories audio without a problem. It’s hosted by sixteen-year- written by kids, book reviews, science, technology, old Hannah, thirteen-year-old Zoe, and their dad comics, music, and world cultures. Dave—and sometimes includes Winston, their poo- alatechsource.org dle. They discuss apps, websites, gadgets, and current 500 Words events. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02tkm27/episodes /downloads Kids on Comics These fictional stories are written by kids who are http://kidsoncomics.com finalists in a 500-word story competition. They range A school-aged boy and his dad get together once from very funny to serious and are read by the judges a week and talk about comic books. Each episode and celebrities. It’s a BBC podcast, and the kids who focuses on one title. The dad asks interesting ques- enter the competition need to be residents of the United tions of his son, getting at his reaction to the comic

Library Technology ReportsLibrary Technology Kingdom and between five and thirteen years old. they are discussing.

20 Podcast Literacy: Educational, Accessible, and Diverse Podcasts for Library Users Nicole Hennig Podcast Kid and then the hosts interview the child authors. The http://podcastkid.com actors tell these stories in a funny, creative way, with Jenna, age seven, and her dad discuss topics of great sound effects. They also perform these dramas interest to kids from a kid’s perspective. Topics include live in schools around the country. See www.storypi friends, changing schools, being bossy, dreams, bore- rates.org. dom, mean girls, and more. Jenna has been pod- casting with her dad since she was three years old. Storynory They have great conversational chemistry with lots of www.storynory.com laughs and funny voices. This podcast is made up of stories for kids beauti- fully read by professional actors from the United King- Shabam! dom. It includes classic fairy tales, myths, adventure, www.shabamshow.com/shows and new original stories for kids. See this list of some This unique science podcast for kids ages eight to of its most popular stories, grouped by topic or theme: thirteen is wrapped in a fictional story, so it’s best to www.storynory.com/2014/07/28/start. It even hosts a start with episode one. The story is about three kids writing competition for kids, where winners get their separated from their parents during a zombie apoca- story read on the podcast.10 lypse. Each episode focuses on a different topic, like pathogens, epidemics, digital , and our Tumble reliance on electricity. Each episode is about thirty www.sciencepodcastforkids.com minutes long and includes entertaining sound effects This science podcast for kids ages eight to twelve and music. is created for family listening. Hosted by science jour- nalist Lindsay Patterson and teacher Marshall Esca- Short & Curly milla, it has an interesting manifesto, consisting of https://soundcloud.com/short-curly two beliefs: (1) “If kids understand how science works, This is an entertaining and thoughtful podcast for the future will be a better place,” and (2) “Let’s make kids and families about ethics, produced by the Aus- more podcasts for kids.”11 Some topics include the tralian Broadcasting Company. The hosts, actress/ hunt for black holes, the voyage of the ocean trash, writer Molly Daniels and reporter Carl Smith, post the quest for the edge of the universe, and the cave of interesting ethical questions, and they ask kids to say the upside-down bat. what they think. Then they bring in experts on the same topic and ask their opinions. At some point dur- World of Wonder ing the episode they tell listeners to pause the podcast https://soundcloud.com/world-of-wonder and think or discuss certain questions. Some topics Young hosts Helen and Ethan and their dad Joe include “Should you move to Mars?” “Is it ever OK to interview guests from many different countries. TechnologyLibrary Reports lie?” “Should chimps have the same rights as kids?” Guests share stories about their own cultures and and “Can you trust a robot?” what we can learn from them. Meet guests from Paki- stan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, and more. The Show about Science https://soundcloud.com/the-show-about-science Six-year-old Nate is the host of this science pod- Podcasts for Diverse Audiences cast. His questions are answered in interviews with physicists, chemists, and other scientists and research- According to the ALA Policy Manual’s section on

ers. This is an interesting show for all ages—adults, diversity, “Care must be taken to acquire and provide alatechsource.org too. It’s great to hear scientists explain things at a materials that meet the educational, informational, level that young kids can understand. Some of the top- and recreational needs of diverse communities.”12 ics covered include invisibility cloaks, vultures, radia- Specifically, the policy mentions the importance tion, alligators, bat biology, and recycling. This pod- of serving “those who may experience language or lit- cast is part of the Kids Listen organization.9 eracy-related barriers; economic distress; cultural or

social isolation; physical or attitudinal barriers; rac- 2017 February/March Story Pirates ism; discrimination on the basis of appearance, eth- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/story-pirates nicity, immigrant status, religious background, sexual -podcast/id719585944?mt=2 orientation, gender identity, gender expression; or bar- This podcast takes stories written by kids and riers to equal education, employment, and housing.”13 turns them into audio drama performed by first-rate Keeping this in mind, let’s look at some data. Are actors and comedians. First the host reads the story there podcasts by and for diverse audiences? Accord- exactly as written, then the troupe performs the story, ing to Nielsen data, “Listeners still largely fit the profile

21 Podcast Literacy: Educational, Accessible, and Diverse Podcasts for Library Users Nicole Hennig of early adopters. As Jesse Holcomb, associate director #Girlboss of research at the Pew Center, explains, ‘They’re more http://www.girlboss.com/podcast/ likely to be male, young, have higher incomes, be col- In this podcast, you’ll hear interviews with women lege graduates, live in an urban area.’”14 who have made an impact in business or creative fields. As of late 2016, there is some good news. Accord- It includes plenty of advice and plenty of humor. ing to Edison Research, a group that has been tracking demographics of podcast listeners for over a decade, The Guilty Feminist “In the early days of the medium, Podcasting was dis- www.guiltyfeminist.com proportionally a medium for white males, ages 25–44. This podcast, hosted by comedians Sofie Hagen Much of that ‘skew’ was down to the available content and Deborah Frances-White, is recorded in front of a options, but today, the content universe for Podcasts live audience. In it, they interview and discuss top- has exploded, and the diversity of programming avail- ics with their guests that feminists usually agree on, able rivals any other form of audio.”15 while also confessing their insecurities and fears. Those statistics are about ethnic diversity only and don’t cover gender, economic class, or other cat- International Realness egories of diverse populations. But there is some http://international-realness.tumblr.com good news for other categories of diversity. A pod- International Realness hosts Ejolee Mitchell, May cast collective based in Chicago is aiming to create a Steinberg, and Radford Lathan explain international community of shows by women, people of , and events, global politics, and issues that cross borders. queer-identified hosts. Its goal is to bring more diver- All three hosts have degrees in international relations. sity to podcasting and help underrepresented voices create their own shows.16 Nerdette In order to assist librarians with recommending https://www.wbez.org/shows/nerdette/b2c2c10b podcasts for diverse audiences, I’ve complied lists of -1e7f-43ca-b3ad-55d6fd33722c podcasts in the following categories: This podcast is made up of interviews with pop- ular authors, artists, astronauts, and more. “Because • Produced or hosted by women everybody is a little nerdy about something.” 17 From • Racial and ethnic diversity (African Americans, WBEZ Chicago, Nerdette is cohosted by Greta Johnsen Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans) and Tricia Bobeda. • LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning) Sandi Klein’s Conversations with Creative Women • Aging and ageism (elders’ and children’s rights) http://sandikleinshow.com/podcasts • Homelessness, poverty and economic class Interviews with creative women in a wide vari- • People who are (or were) incarcerated ety of professions—like performers, writers, directors, • Adult literacy musicians, composers, painters, fashion designers, sci- • Neurodiversity and mental issues entists, educators, investors, and more. • Physical disabilities She Does—Conversations with Creative Minds These lists can serve as a starting point for find- www.shedoespodcast.com ing podcasts for diverse audiences on diverse topics. This podcast is about creative women who work February/March 2017 in media. Each episode includes an interview with the Produced or Hosted by Women creator and then goes deeper into their process and philosophy. It’s hosted and created by Elaine Sheldon The Bindercast and Sarah Ginsburg. http://bindercast.libsyn.com This podcast is about women writers and gender Slate’s Double X Gabfest alatechsource.org non-conforming writers. They tackle questions related www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/doublex_gabfest. to being successful as a writer, such as balancing your html art with your day job. It’s a production from a non- This audio programming is from Double X, Slate’s profit called Out of the Binders, which is committed founded by women. Each week it discusses sex- to expanding the diversity of voices found in media. ism in current events and female empowerment.

Call Your Girlfriend Stuff Mom Never Told You www.callyourgirlfriend.com www.stuffmomnevertoldyou.com/podcasts Its tagline is “for long-distance besties every- Hosted by Cristen Conger and Caroline Ervin, this

Library Technology ReportsLibrary Technology where.” The two hosts discuss pop culture and politics audio podcast from How Stuff Works (www.howstuff from a feminist perspective. works.com) covers a wide range of social topics, such

22 Podcast Literacy: Educational, Accessible, and Diverse Podcasts for Library Users Nicole Hennig as food, , body image, athletics, mental health, with—Episode 55: “16 Books We Fell in Love with and civil rights. as Young Black Girls”: https://www.buzzfeed.com /anotherround/16-books-we-loved-as-young-black UnLearned -girls?utm_term=.siAEjVpZ2#.afowQzKJD. www.unlearnedpodcast.com A podcast about unlearning harmful stereotypes Changing the Face of Power that are often taught about blackness, femininity, sex- www.rebeccamthompson.com/podcast uality, and religion. It’s hosted by two women from This podcast is devoted to encouraging and sup- Chicago, Katherine Best and Mesha Arant. porting black women in running for elected office. Host Rebecca Thompson interviews an appointed official or Women of the Hour—Lena Dunham candidate in each episode of this weekly podcast. https://soundcloud.com/womenofthehour This is Lena Dunham’s podcast about friendship, In Black America love, work, bodies, and more. Episodes are from 2015, http://kut.org/term/black-america when it was released as a miniseries. In Black America is a long-running radio program that discusses all aspects of the African American Racial and Ethnic Diversity experience. John Hanson speaks with a diverse range of both current and historical people. Guests on the program include artists, civil rights leaders, educa- www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch tors, authors, and athletes. NPR’s Code Switch podcast is by a team of jour- nalists who look into the themes of race, ethnicity, The Read and culture and explore how people experience those http://thisistheread.com/current-shows themes in their everyday lives. Each week, Kid Fury and Crissle host a podcast discussing icons from hip-hop and pop culture. The Mash-Up Americans www.mashupamericans.com/listen Snap Judgment Hosts Amy S. Choi and Rebecca Lehrer talk cul- http://snapjudgment.org/podcast ture, identity, and what makes us who we are. Amy, A storytelling show hosted by Glynn Washington. cofounder and editorial director, is a Korean American It’s well-produced, with excellent sound design. Lis- married to a Colombian Mexican American. Rebecca, ten to this if you love a good story or if you’re a fan of cofounder and chief executive, is a Salvadoran Jewish shows like This American Life or The Moth and you’d American married to an American American. Together like to hear a more diverse mix of voices. they discuss issues facing “mash-up Americans.” Their TechnologyLibrary Reports slogan is “Get to know yourself, America.” 18 Asian Americans

Our National Conversation About Conversations About Race Explain Things to Me http://www.panoply.fm/shows http://explainthingstome.libsyn.com/podcast Three authors, Baratunde Thurston (How to Be In this podcast, hosts Anna Akana and Brad Gage Black), Raquel Cepeda (Bird of Paradise: How I Became get qualified experts to explain things to them. They Latina), and Tanner Colby (Some of My Best Friends engage in conservations with interesting people, such Are Black), are the hosts of this conversational show as an investigative journalist, an online entrepreneur,

about the ways we talk about culture, identity, poli- a film critic, a costume designer, an astrophysicist, alatechsource.org tics, power, and privilege in America. and other experts.

PostBourgie #GoodMuslimBadMuslim https://soundcloud.com/geedee215 http://www.goodmuslimbadmuslim.com PostBourgie is a blog about race, gender, class, poli- The idea for the podcast began with a con-

tics, and media. This is the podcast version of that blog. versation between Tanzila “Taz” Ahmed and Zahra 2017 February/March Noorbakhsh using #GoodMuslimBadMuslim. Accord- African Americans ing to their webpage, “To the Muslim community, we are ‘bad’ Muslims—we listen to music, we don’t pray Another Round regularly, we date or get married to white men (Zahra), https://www.buzzfeed.com/anotherround identify as punks and radicals (Taz), we perform and Hosts Heben Nigatu (editor, writer) and Tracy share our lives with comedy and writing. . . . To non- Clayton (writer, humorist) talk about race, femi- Muslims, we are ‘good’—we don’t drink, we don’t nism, and pop culture. Here’s a fun episode to begin do drugs, we are not criminals, we are social justice

23 Podcast Literacy: Educational, Accessible, and Diverse Podcasts for Library Users Nicole Hennig activists and community leaders. We are successful, Nómadas (which translates to nomads in English) pres- published, accomplished.”19 They banter and joke with ents conversations with guests about a different loca- both sides and work to produce their own narrative, tion around the globe every week—including street full of satire and humor. sounds and insights into the culture, food, music, and history. Sound and Fury: The Angry Asian Podcast http://angryasianman.libsyn.com Radio Ambulante This is the official podcast of the Angry Asian http://radioambulante.org Man blog. Host Phil Yu (Angry Asian Man) interviews This podcast focuses on stories in Spanish from all members of the Asian Pacific American community. over Latin America and the United States. Some refer Guests have included Samantha Futerman from the to it as a Spanish version of This American Life. The documentary Twinsters, actor Randall Park who stars host and founder is Daniel Alarcón, a Peruvian-born in the TV sitcom Fresh Off the Boat, and writer and author who grew up in Alabama. comedian Jenny Yang. Native Americans What Just Happened? http://whatjustpodcast.libsyn.com Native America Calling Host David Chang discusses relevant, recent, and https://soundcloud.com/native-america-calling often controversial topics. He researches everything This is a live program that allows guests and lis- about each topic, and the result is a very informative teners to call in during the episode. Hosted by Tara podcast that leaves listeners better informed. Gatewood (Isleta), this program engages guests and listeners in captivating conversations from a Native Latinos American perspective.

Alt.Latino Native Opinion www.npr.org/sections/altlatino http://nativeopinion.com Alt.Latino is about Latin alternative music and Hosted by Michael Kickingbear, of the Mashan- rock in Spanish, with interesting commentary. It’s a tucket Pequot Tribal Nation, and David GreyOwl, a great way to discover new music. This is one of several member of the Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama, this music podcasts from NPR in different genres (rock, podcast offers an indigenous perspective on current pop, jazz, classical, and more). Choose the genres you issues in American history, politics, and culture. like from the list on this page: www.npr.org/music. Native Trailblazers Latino Rebels www.blogtalkradio.com/nativetrailblazers www.blogtalkradio.com/latinorebels www.nativetrailblazers.com Humor, commentary, and an examination of the This show features successful indigenous experts US Latino experience are the topics found in this pod- in many fields. Native people interviewed include a cast. Some episode titles are “What Does Hispanic artist, indie music award winners, hip-hop Look Like?” and “A Taco Truck on Every Corner.” artists, a film actor, comedians, and more. It’s hosted Latino Rebels also has in informative news website: by St. Regis Mohawk photojournalist and author Vin- February/March 2017 http://latinorebels.com. cent Schilling, St. Regis Mohawk photojournalist and author, and Delores Schilling, CEO of Schilling Media. Latino USA http://latinousa.org/episodes National Native News Latino USA is produced by Futuro Media, which https://soundcloud.com/nationalnativenews was founded in 2010 by award-winning journalist This is a five-minute weekday program devoted to alatechsource.org . It focuses on making content about Native news and issues. It gathers news reports from the new American mainstream with the aim of encour- around the United States and is hosted by news anchor aging individuals to navigate the intricacies of a world Antonia Gonzales (Navajo). It’s from the Native Voice that is more and more diverse. This podcast features One network: www.nv1.org. See its other radio shows stories that are usually overlooked by primary media here: www.nv1.org/programs. outlets. Red Town Radio Nómadas www.blogtalkradio.com/redtownradio www.ivoox.com/podcast-nomadas_sq_f1925_1.html This podcast examines current events as they

Library Technology ReportsLibrary Technology This podcast is produced by Radio Nacional de relate to the treatment of and discrimination against España (RNE). Hosted by Álvaro Soto in Spanish, indigenous people.

24 Podcast Literacy: Educational, Accessible, and Diverse Podcasts for Library Users Nicole Hennig LGBTQ youth, allies, activists, and families in order to con- vey the perspectives of the trans child movement and The BiCast—Podcast for the Bisexual Community expose a wider audience to the movement. The pod- https://thebicast.org cast offers varied perspectives from all people of all This podcast is from a multi-platform bisexual ages and backgrounds on what it means to be a trans- media group offering news, information, and opinion gender youth today. It also answers anonymous ques- stories for the bisexual community. tions on the air.

Lesbian Lounge We Want the Airwaves http://mylesbianradio.podbean.com http://qtpocart.libsyn.com/podcast The Lesbian Lounge is hosted by an American les- According to her website, “Nia King is a multi­ bian in named Denise. It covers international media journalist whose work focuses on political art LGBT news, events, and pop culture. by women, queer people, and people of color.”21 In her podcast, she discusses tips and advice on how to make One from the Vaults—Transgender History Podcast a living as an artist while staying true to yourself. She https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/one-from-the interviews like-minded artists who are doing that suc- -vaults/id1071270085?mt=2 cessfully. Transcripts are available on Scribd: https:// This is a trans history podcast by Morgan M Page www.scribd.com/user/223838842/Nia-King. (http://odofemi.com). She is a multiple award-win- ning performance and video artist, writer, and activ- Aging and Ageism ist in . She has written for several magazines about trans, sex work, and HIV issues. Her nonfiction Don’t Act Your Age also appears in Cleis Press’s Best Sex Writing of the www.dontactyourage.org Year. This is a storytelling show about growing older, designed for “boomers and beyond” and is a good Outsports—A Voice for LGBT Athletes show for all ages. www.outsports.com/podcast Outsports is an LGBT sports publication talking Elder Justice Podcast Series about gay athletes and homophobia. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/elder-justice -podcast-series/id590043766?mt=2&ls=1 Queer State of Mind This podcast is no longer offering new episodes, http://radioqueerminded.com/qsom but it is worth listening to for past ones. It was pro- Queer State of Mind is a podcast from duced by the NYC Elder Abuse Center (NYCEAC)

where LGBTQ people of color come together to discuss and covers topics that help people effectively assist TechnologyLibrary Reports local issues, news, and entertainment. It’s hosted by victims. Orie Givens with a panel of rotating guest cohosts. It also airs live on Radio Free (http://radio Bloomer Boomer freebrooklyn.com). http://bloomerboomer.com/podcast Bloomer Boomer calls itself the “Huffington Post Strange Fruit for Boomers.” Each of its podcasts is thirty minutes http://wfpl.org/category/programs/strange-fruit or less and focuses on actionable items for listeners. This podcast produced by WFPL in Louisville, Some topics include entrepreneurship, travel advice,

Kentucky, is hosted by Jaison Gardner, a community , downsizing, dating, and “un-retirement.” alatechsource.org activist, and Dr. Kaila Story, University of Louisville professor. On the show, they discuss politics and pop Sandi Klein’s Conversations with Creative Women culture from a black gay perspective. http://sandikleinshow.com This podcast (mentioned earlier in this chapter) is Throwing Shade well-tagged, so you can find all of the episodes on the

www.throwingshade.com topic of aging using this link: http://sandikleinshow 2017 February/March This podcast gets rave reviews.20 Hosts Erin Gib- .com/category/aging. son and Bryan Safi cover gay rights, women’s issues, pop culture, and politics with a comic style. Children’s Rights

Transwaves—Trans Youth Equality Foundation Ageism usually describes prejudicial attitudes towards https://soundcloud.com/transwaves older people, but it can also to refer to discrimina- This podcast is produced by the Trans Youth tion against adolescents and children—ignoring their Equality Foundation. It features interviews with trans ideas because they are too young or assuming they

25 Podcast Literacy: Educational, Accessible, and Diverse Podcasts for Library Users Nicole Hennig should behave in certain ways because of their age.22 People Who Are Incarcerated For that reason, I also include a couple of podcasts about children’s rights. ACLU Podcasts on Mass Incarceration https://www.aclu.org/search/%20?f[0]=type%3Apod Oxford Children’s Rights Network Podcasts cast&f[1]=field_issues%3A62 https://oxfordchildrensrights.org/category/podcasts The American Civil Liberties Union has podcasts The Oxford Children’s Rights Network is a group on several topics. The link above will filter the list to of students, researchers, and practitioners based in just those about mass incarceration. Hear from former Oxford, England, working on a broad range of issues prisoners, experts on prison reform, and more. related to children’s rights. Their podcasts are record- ings of seminars on this topic. Earning Freedom—Michael Santos https://michaelsantos.com/podcast UNICEF Podcasts Former prisoner Michael Santos shares stories of www.unicef.org/videoaudio/video_allpodcasts.html himself and others who have successfully made the UNICEF has an interesting podcast series on topics transition to life after prison. with titles like “Peace-Building through Early Child- hood Education,” “Girls Who Code Can Change the Radio Diaries—Prison Diaries World towards Gender Parity in Computing Fields,” and www.radiodiaries.org/tag/prison-diaries “Mariam Khalique, a Teacher of Malala Yousafzai’s, Is These are the episodes tagged “prison diaries” Building Futures under Extreme Circumstances.” from the more general podcast Radio Diaries. It’s made up of audio journals by inmates, correctional officers, Homelessness, Poverty, and Economic Class and a judge who recorded the sounds of typical days behind bars, including roll call, meals, family visits, Grapple and shakedowns. http://crossroads.newsworks.org/keystonecrossroads /grapple States of Incarceration Grapple is a podcast made up of personal narra- http://statesofincarceration.org/podcast tives by people who live and work in distressed com- This podcast features stories of the incarcerated munities, both small towns and large urban areas. from seventeen states around the United States. Epi- This podcast discusses how economically challenged sodes are made by a team of students who inter- communities have changed over time and the current view witnesses (people who live near prisons, who issues that they are facing. work in prisons, and formerly incarcerated people) about how the prison boom is affecting their com- The New Middle—NPR series munities. A useful teaching resource page is avail- www.npr.org/series/485129365/the-new-middle able on the show’s website for those teaching about This series explores different aspects of being mass incarceration: http://statesofincarceration.org/ middle class in America with episode titles like “Mod- teaching-resources. ern Television Portrays Complex View of Class,” “Dispelling the Myth of a Classless Society in Unprisoned: Stories from the System ‘White Trash,’” “Middle Class Earners Struggle to Pay http://wwno.org/programs/unprisoned-stories-system February/March 2017 Rent in New York City,” and more. Independent producer Eve Abrams offers this pod- cast from . In these episodes, you hear Poverty Research & Policy Podcast from people serving time, both inside and outside the www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/media/podcasts.htm criminal justice system. They share stories in order to This podcast is from the Institute for Research on spark conversation about how mass incarceration can Poverty at the University of Wisconsin. It includes inter- change families and communities, with an emphasis alatechsource.org views with researchers and episodes with titles such on how children are affected. as “Do the Labels We Use for Public Benefit Programs Matter?” and “The Suburbanization of US Poverty.” Adult Literacy

TalkPoverty Radio Voice of Literacy https://talkpoverty.org/podcast www.voiceofliteracy.org Through interviews with journalists, advocates, This podcast consists of interviews with liter- and people struggling to make ends meet, Talk Pov- acy researchers discussing the significance of their erty Radio discusses what can be done to make our research. Teachers, parents, and policymakers are

Library Technology ReportsLibrary Technology economy work for all economic classes and not just encouraged to listen to the podcast and discuss meth- the rich. ods to enhance literacy instruction.

26 Podcast Literacy: Educational, Accessible, and Diverse Podcasts for Library Users Nicole Hennig Neurodiversity and Mental Health Issues Blind Living Radio www.blindlivingradio.com The Autism Show Host Harley Thomas, along with special guests, http://autismshow.org talk about life in the blind community. They discuss This podcast is made for autism parents and edu- everything from experiences with having a guide dog cators. Leading autism advocates, authors, educators, to advances in assistive technology. and organizations are interviewed and share resources and advice for the autism community. The Blind Sport Podcast http://blindsportpodcast.com The Bipolar Family Host Mike Lloyd is from Auckland, New Zealand, http://thebipolarfamily.podbean.com is blind, and enjoys running, cycling, and keeping Listen to the stories of a family who have been active. His podcast is for those who are fully blind, diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Covers topics like individuals with limited vision, and their friends and suicidal thoughts, manic episodes, and depression. family. His goal is to assist others in enhancing their sport. Episodes include interviews, tips, and personal The Dyslexia Quest opinions. www.elishevaschwartz.com/series/episode-archieve This podcast is hosted by Elisheva Schwartz—a Changing the World for Deaf People dyslexia researcher. Her aim is to decode the dyslexic http://terptree.podbean.com mind and help everyone identify and comprehend This podcast is produced by Terptree, a business both the strengths and the difficulties of this process- that works to produce social change in order to teach ing style. She interviews cognitive scientists, geneti- and inspire deaf and hearing people. Some episodes cists, and other experts. include “Deaf Jobseeker and Employee Experience Survey,” “Come Fly With Me—Deaf Access at Air- Loud Mute Radio ports,” and “5 Year Old Learns Sign Language to Com- http://muleandmuseproductions.com/loud-mute-radio municate with Deaf Mum.” Listen to this podcast to This podcast is hosted by writer/advocate Barb learn more about Deaf culture. Rentenbach and educational psychologist Lois Pris- lovsky, PhD. Rentenbach is mute. “She communicates Cool Blind Tech by typing one letter at a time and considers herself https://coolblindtech.com/category/podcasts/ a contemplative—she spends most of her time think- The slogan of this podcast is “podcasts for the ing about things that are not present and observing blind, by the blind.” Its mission is to maximize the that which is.” 23 She and her cohost cover many inter- independence and participation of the blind and low-

esting and funny topics related to neurodiversity and vision community with technology. TechnologyLibrary Reports autism spectrum disorder. Digital Accessibility Made Simple Physical Disabilities http://www.lyndondunbar.com/a11ymadesimple/ This podcast, hosted by Lyndon Dunbar, has a mis- AppleVis Podcast: Empowering Blind and Low-Vision Users sion “to help bridge the gap between technology and of Apple Products digital accessibility so that persons with disabilities www.applevis.com/podcasts can engage in fulfilling work and lead a life of inde- This podcast covers topics of interest to blind pendence with confidence.”24 Some episodes include

and low-vision users of Apple devices. Featured top- “Developing Accessible WordPress Plugins,” “Read alatechsource.org ics include walkthroughs and demonstrations of apps, Faster with BeeLine Reader,” and “Everything Apple tips on using iOS and Mac OS, and accessory reviews. Accessibility.” It also invites listeners to upload their own audio com- ments for inclusion in future podcasts: www.applevis Disability Matters .com/upload-audio-inclusion-podcast. https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/1315/disability

-matters 2017 February/March Blind Hour Podcast This podcast emphasizes career opportunities and https://soundcloud.com/blindhour empowerment for people with disabilities. It’s broad- The Blind Hour is hosted by two visually impaired casted live and provides captioning in real time for individuals, Max and John. This show is designed to those who are deaf and hard of hearing. The pro- empower and entertain people, both sighted and with gram focuses on how people with disabilities can find impairment. employment and how we all can help to empower peo- ple with disabilities.

27 Podcast Literacy: Educational, Accessible, and Diverse Podcasts for Library Users Nicole Hennig Disability.TV Cyberpunk Librarian http://disabilitythinking.podbean.com http://cyberpunklibrarian.com This podcast is about how people with disabili- Daniel Messer, the Cyberpunk Librarian, discusses ties are depicted on television. It discusses shows such technology trends in this podcast for librarians who as The West Wing, Game of Thrones, Bones, and more. are “high tech and low budget.” Transcripts are available for each episode. #Dear Book Nerd Ouch: Disability Talk http://bookriot.com/category/dear-book-nerd www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02r6yqw/episodes In this podcast, Rita Meade, a public librarian in /downloads Brooklyn, along with a guest co-host answer advice This BBC show includes interviews and conversa- questions related to books. Questions range from how tions with people who have various kinds of disabili- to increase your reading to how to deal with depres- ties with a humorous flair. They use guest presenters, sion through books. along with host Kate Monaghan and the Ouch blog team. Documents That Changed the World https://ischool.uw.edu/documents-that-changed-world Stories from the Brainreels University of Washington Information School Pro- http://whoamitostopit.com/category/podcasts/ fessor Joe Janes discusses stories of an assortment of Cheryl Green from the documentary filmWho Am I historical documents throughout time. His objective to Stop It interviews people with brain injuries and other is to tell stories with a background that people don’t disabilities. This program challenges and tackles ste- usually consider. Some of the documents discussed reotypes and highlights the stories and experiences of include the Palm Beach County ‘Butterfly’ Ballot of those with brain injuries and other disabilities. Screen- 2000, a stock market ticker tape from 1929, the FDR readable transcripts are available: http://whoamitosto Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1939, and a deleted pit.com/stories-from-the-brainreels-show-transcripts. passage from the Declaration of Independence, 1776.

LibUX Podcasts by Librarians http://libux.co/podcast Hosts Michael Schofield and Amanda L. Goodman Many librarians have come up with interesting and of the LibUX website interview special guests on this creative ideas for podcasts. Here is a sampling of some podcast. They discuss design and user experience in of their podcasts. They cover a range of topics, such as libraries and higher education. the future of libraries, technology on a budget, book reviews, historical documents, user experience, cod- Open Paren ing, and more.25 For a long list of even more podcasts http://openparen.club create by libraries, see the Library Success wiki page This is a podcast focused on libraries, librari- on podcasting: www.libsuccess.org/Podcasting. ans, and coding. It’s designed for both beginning and expert coders. They discuss how the code they write Beyond the Stacks: Innovative Careers in Library and benefits library users. Information Science

February/March 2017 http://beyondthestacks.info This podcast explores interesting and different career paths for librarians. Librarians interviewed 1. John Herrman, “Podcasts Surge, but Producers Fear include a researcher for a , someone who Apple Isn’t Listening,” New York Times, May 7, 2016, works at Tumblr researching the history of memes www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/business/media and viral content, someone who works for Creative /podcasts-surge-apple.html. alatechsource.org Commons, and many more people with interesting 2. Note to Self show description, WNYC, accessed Sep- positions. tember 2016, http://www.wnyc.org/shows /notetoself/about. Circulating Ideas 3. The Naked Scientists, quoted in Pete Naughton, “The Best Science and Technology Podcasts,” Telegraph, https://circulatingideas.com August 11, 2014, www.telegraph.co.uk/culture Steve Thomas has interviewed over 100 librarians /tvandradio/10409423/The-best-science-and and library supporters, talking with them about the -technology-podcasts.html. great work that librarians are doing to keep libraries 4. Rob Monaco, The Podcast History of Our World relevant in the twenty-first century. show description, iTunes, accessed September 2016, Library Technology ReportsLibrary Technology

28 Podcast Literacy: Educational, Accessible, and Diverse Podcasts for Library Users Nicole Hennig https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast 16. Ricardo Bilton, “People Want to See Themselves: -history-our-world/id558333993?mt=2. Postloudness Aims to Build a Podcast Network for 5. About SYSK show description, , How Stuff Works, ac- Diverse Voices,” Nieman Lab, April 21, 2016, www cessed September 2016, http://www.stuffyoushould .niemanlab.org/2016/04/people-want-to-see-them know.com/about.htm. selves-postloudness-aims-to-build-a-podcast-network 6. Graeme Virtue, “, the Podcast -for-diverse-voices. That’s like a Local News Twin Peaks,” , 17. Nerdette show description, WBEZ, accessed Septem- March 14, 2014, https://www.theguardian.com ber 2016, https://www.wbez.org/shows/nerdette /tv-and-radio/2014/mar/14/night-vale-podcast. /b2c2c10b-1e7f-43ca-b3ad-55d6fd33722c. 7. Stephanie Hayes, “Where Are All the Kidcasts? Kids 18. The Mash-Up Americans show description, accessed Learn from Podcasts, so Why Aren’t Adults Mak- September 2016, http://www.mashupamericans.com ing More for Them?” The Atlantic, March 31, 2016, /ab out /. www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/03 19. #GoodMuslimBadMuslim show description, accessed /where-are-all-the-kidcasts/476157. September 2016, http://www.goodmuslimbadmuslim 8. Andrew and Polly music page, accessed September .com /ab out /. 23, 2016, http://andrewandpolly.com/music. 20. “inthemotheroffing,” “Throwing Shade: A Feminasty 9. Kids Listen homepage, accessed September 23, 2016, Podcast Review,” Shout Out! JMU (blog), April 7, www.kidslisten.org. 2016, https://shoutoutjmu.com/2016/04/07 10. Summer 2016 writing competition (“Writing Com- /throwing-shade-a-feminasty-podcast-review. petition—Wicked Uncle,” Storynory, July 19, 2016, 21. Nia King homepage, accessed September 23, 2016, www.storynory.com/2016/07/19/writing-compet www.artactivistnia.com. ition-wicked-uncle); past winning stories (“Your Sto- 22. See Wikipedia, s.v. “Ageism,” last modified Septem- ries,” Storynory, accessed September 23, 2016, www ber 12, 2016, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ageism; .storynory.com/category/your-stories). Brian Dominick and Sara Zia Ebrahimi, “Young and 11. “Manifesto,” Tumble, accessed September 23, 2016, Oppressed,” National Youth Rights Association, ac- www.sciencepodcastforkids.com/#!manifesto/lw5q3. cessed September 15, 2016, www.youthrights.org 12. “B.3 Diversity (Old Number 60),” ALA Policy Manual, /research/library/young-and-oppressed. accessed September 16, 2016, www.ala.org/aboutala 23. Show description, https://itunes.apple.com/us /governance/policymanual/updatedpolicymanual /podcast/loud-mute-radio-barb-rentenbach /section2/diversity. /id920942582?mt=2. 13. Ibid.; see also “Outreach to Underserved Popula- 24. Lyndon Dunbar, Digital Accessibility Made Simple tions,” ALA, Advocacy—Diversity, Equity, and Inclu- Podcast homepage, accessed October 3, 2016, www sion, accessed September 16, 2016, www.ala.org .lyndondunbar.com/allymadesimple/. /advocacy/diversity/outreachtounderserved 25. For a useful list of podcasts to help build library col- populations. lections for teens, see Anna Dalin, “Podcasts to Help 14. Charley Locke, “Podcasts’ Biggest Problem Isn’t Dis- You Build Your Teen Collection,” The Hub, YALSA, covery, It’s Diversity,” Wired, August 31, 2015, www August 26, 2015, www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2015 .wired.com/2015/08/podcast-discovery-vs-diversity. /08/26/podcasts-to-help-you-build-your-teen TechnologyLibrary Reports 15. Tom Webster, “The Increasing Ethnic Diversity of -collection. Podcast Listeners,” Blog—Latest News, Edison Re- search, August 23, 2016, www.edisonresearch.com/ increasing-ethnic-diversity-podcast-listeners. alatechsource.org February/March 2017 February/March

29 Podcast Literacy: Educational, Accessible, and Diverse Podcasts for Library Users Nicole Hennig