By The San Diego Public Library
Listeners’ Advisory is the San Diego Public Library (SDPL) podcast and audio access point that connects users with SDPL services, facilities, and staff. Enjoy a mixture of narrative-driven
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In this season finale, Bob catches up with Sciences Manager, Michelle Ruiz, and Mission Valley Branch Manager, Karen Reilly about library services for individuals experiencing homelessness. Bob also speaks with Aaron Basila and Gedalyahu Ben-Shimeon from the National Alliance on Mental Illness about NAMI's partnership with the Central Library.
Mental Health Services at the Central Library
National Alliance for Mental Illness
This podcast is supported by the Library Foundation SD.
In this episode, Bob hangs with Listeners' Advisory cohost and Library Shop Manager, Scott Ehrig-Burgess for a second installment of the pop-culture recommendation segment, Queue Time. Recommendations range from non-fiction reads, to crime shows, to marathon interview podcasts on the limits of LLMs.
Scott's recs
Bob's Recs
Library Shop
Library Foundation SD Events
Prestige TV
Large Language Models
Dewey Decimal
This podcast is supported by the Library Foundation SD.
In this episode, Bob hangs out with staff from READ/San Diego, the city's premier literacy service. He chats with Program Administrator Nicole Settle about the program's mission and history, as well as with Coordinators Stephanie Contreras and Tim Donolon about READ's two prongs of service: Adult & Family Literacy. They also discuss the recent 35th Annual Recognition Dinner, which honors program participants, volunteer tutors, READ staff, and other advocates for literacy.
READ/San Diego
California Library Literacy Services
This podcast is supported by the Library Foundation SD.
In this third and final installment of our romance series, Jessica catches up with three librarians and romance enthusiasts to hear about how they got started with the genre, recommended authors and titles, and where newbies can get started.
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In this episode, Scott presents his third and final report on the now City Council approved Library Master Plan. Scott gives us a sneak peek into the library’s efforts to collect feedback from the community in the form of listening sessions as well as presentation highlights from the consulting firm, Group 4, that was hired to put the plan together. This is the library geekiness we’re here for!
The Library Master Plan
The Mind Orchestra “Awen” © 2020.
This podcast is supported by the Library Foundation SD.
In this episode, Bob hangs with Deputy Director of Customer Experience and Listeners' Advisory Executive Producer, Jennifer Jenkins, for a new segment titled Queue Time. Queue Time participants discuss what they're currently reading, listening to, and watching so listeners can enjoy popular culture recommendations beyond the collections of the San Diego Public Library.
Taylor Swift
DJ Screw: A Life in Slow Revolution - Lance Scott Walker
Little Brother
True Detective: Night Country
This podcast uses a sound from freesound: “record scratch” by Luffy.
This podcast is supported by the Library Foundation SD.
In this episode, Romance Librarian, Jessica Buck hangs with podcast host and romance author, Kelly Reynolds and podcaster, Bookstagram Bree. They discuss common tropes of the genre, spice levels, content warnings, terms, and more. *Warning, this episode contains language that is sexually explicit in nature.*
Kelly Reynolds - Boobies and Newbies
Bookstagram Bree - Categorically Romance
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In this episode, cohost Scott presents his extended interview with Red Team Blues author and journalist, Cory Doctorow. They discuss a wide range of topics that include Artificial Intelligence, differentiating fables and predictions, issues of intellectual property, and absurdist potentials for technology-driven dystopias.
Cory Doctorow’s Craphound.com
Fortunately, the Milk - Neil Gaiman
Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech - Brian Merchant
Stefano Quintarelli - SALAMI
Chat GPT - OpenAI
Electronic Frontier Foundation
De La Soul - “De La Soul is Back. It’s a Bittersweet Victory”
Sid Vicious - “My Way”
Taylor Swift - “Why is Taylor Swift Rerecording Her Old Albums”
This podcast is supported by the Library Foundation SD.
In this episode, Youth Services Librarian Jessica Buck chats with historian Steve Ammidown and Becca Title, owner of Meet Cute Book Shop, about the history of the romance genre. They share their personal connections to the genre, discuss its roots, and aspects of its continuing evolution.
Jessica Buck - College-Rolando Branch Library
Steve Ammidown - RomanceHistory.com
Becca Title - Meet Cute Book Shop
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In this episode, Bob speaks with Mission Valley Branch Library Manager, Karen Reilly and Youth Services Librarian, Marika Jeffrey about the branch's new Homeschool Resource Center. They discuss identifying the community need for the center, the homeschool community that relies on the space, and all else the Center has to offer.
Mission Valley Branch Library
Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Branch Library
This podcast is supported by the Library Foundation SD.
The podcast currently has 47 episodes available.