Our Fiftieth Episode Extravaganza is our longest episode ever! We answer your questions! We answer our questions! We talk about library fines, reading parties, stats, and much more.

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In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jessi

Here are the Bingo cards you can download! (And yes, Matthew did choose the Halloween theme for these because of course he did.)

The Questions:

• What are your actual library jobs?
• Why did you start the podcast?
• • British Columbia Library Association Readers’ Advisory Interest Group
• How are your genres selected?
• • Current genre list
  • The Readers’ Advisory Device
• What is the usual process for making the podcast? How do you do it from two different countries? How long does it take?
• • We could not find the “um ah” file. Sorry!
• Matthew’s mom says through email: “Hi, I enjoy listening to your podcasts especially when you go off topic a little. I never realised that Librarians are professional READERS. I am amazed that you have to read so much and so widely. I also enjoy your individual tweets about the trials of being a librarian.”
• Kifty ask on Twitter: “What would Vespidae’s favourite book be? Follow-on question: Would it be scratch ‘n’ sniff?”
• • Jon Newell’s blog
  • The crazy map
• Caleb asks on Facebook: “What’s the one trope in reading a book/graphic novel/media consumption vehicle that completely turns you off?”
• Vikki asks on Facebook: “Are there some approaches you have that are good at helping readers narrow down what they might like to try next?”
• Walden100 asked in an iTunes review: “since you are all librarians maybe you could talk about the difference between Canada/US in a future episode?”
• • Idea Stores in the UK
• Who is the tallest/shortest podcaster?
• Do you think the book club has worked to make you better at Readers Advisory? How do you hope it is helping others to become better at Readers’ Advisory?
• What’s with that weird tone you use when editing in other content?
• Does your utter lack of feedback on the podcast make you feel like you’re shouting out into the void?
• • 1% rule (Wikipedia)
• What genre/type of book are irresistible to you?
• Tell me more about these mythic reading parties? How do I throw one? Do I have to shush people if they talk?
• What genres do you dread having show up?
• What do you do when you’re not reading?
• What was your favorite reading experience from bookclub so far?
• Why are your email and website address so weird?
• • Iskra – sekcija za ljevičarsku intelektualnu misao i aktivizam
• Have you appeared on any other podcasts?
• • S.S. Librarianship
  • • Episode 22 (“You should keep writing things!”): Matthew talked about zines and why they should be in libraries.
    • Episode 44 (“A child was more likely to get Infinite Jest… or Lady Chatterley’s Lover.”): Matthew talked about Raspberry Pi computers and maker spaces.
    • Episode 66 (“It’s this great love story – between a girl and her rocket ship.”): Anna and Matthew talked about their experiences at the 2015 ALA Conference in San Francisco, and conferences in general.
    • Episode 76 (“Open Source Toasters…”): Matthew talked about X-Men comics.
  • Circulating Ideas – Episode 127: Matthew talks about various library things
  • Meanwhile… Back at the Comic Book Shop: Blog vaguely connected to Matthew’s old radio show
• How do you feel about your iTunes reviews?
• Where are the samples in your intro from?
• • Teen Titans Go
  • Perversion for Profit
  • Puffy Ami Yumi – Teen Titans Theme
• Why did you pick that song as your theme song?
• • To Arrakis by DarkSunn from the Free Music Archive
• Stats! 

Our special guests were (in order): Sam Mills, Jorge Cardenas, Inti Dewey, Jon Newell, and RJ Edwards.

Questions

• Should we do a year or nothing but romance genres?

Announcements

• Anna and Matthew will be tabling at Grid Zine Fest, April 14, 2018 in Salt Lake City

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