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SHOUT! For Libraries
by CJSR 88.5 FM
SHOUT! For Libraries is a radio show about topics and trends in the field of librarianship, brought to you by graduate students from the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta. Each month, through conversations and interviews, we explore subjects in and around the world of libraries. SHOUT! For Libraries airs the fourth Friday of every month at 5pm on CJSR 88.5 FM.Find us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for timely updates and more information!
Episodes
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S11E01 - A Trip to Japan's Archives
This month, join us for a conversation between Shout correspondent Andy Zhang about his colleague Zane Kordich’s trip to Japan’s archives. Zane talks about the journey he took to track down the unknown origin of a specific album cover art, unable to be found online, which eventually led him to...
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S10E12 - Chatting with a Tarot Reader
Join us in a conversation with Chakura Kineard as we dive into the world of Tarot and her practice. Chakura uses tarot readings to help others, and as a recent graduate in mental health counseling and art therapy has an understanding of how divination and tarot foster community and connection.…
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S10E11- The Founders of Shout! (Part 2)
S10E11 - Interviewing SHOUT’s Founders (Part 2) Join us for part two of our interview with SHOUT For Libraries founders Céline Gareau-Brennan and Gianmarco Visconti. You can catch the first half of this interview in our May episode. Theme Song Music: Vlad Gluschenko – Forest License: Creative...
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S10E10 - Censorship Alberta Public Libraries
Bill 28 is an ominous bill allowing the provincial government to expand their control over municipal governments, one that was passed without consulting any Alberta libraries. In this episode, we will discuss what this bill is about, why this is important, resources, and more! Theme Song Music:...
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S10E09- The Founders of Shout! (Part 1)
S10E09 - Interviewing SHOUT’s Founders (Part 1) For this month, we have tracked down some more members of SHOUT’s past: and gone all the way back to the beginning. Join us as we interviewed the co-founders of SHOUT for Libraries about their experience starting and working on this radio show. This...
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S10E08 - AMV
S10E08 – AMV This April episode we got a unique and fun little peek into the world of AMV, short for Anime Music Video, editing and programming at Animethon, Canada’s longest running Anime Convention held annually here in Edmonton. Theme Song Music: Vlad Gluschenko – Forest License: Creative...
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S10E07 - A Peek of 2026 FIP Conference
S10E07 – FIP Conference 2026 Join us for a selection of interviews with attendees and presenters at the 2026 Forum for Information Professionals (FIP) Conference. This year, FIP celebrated its 40th anniversary, with the theme “Gateways, not Gatekeepers: Intellectual Freedom and Access to...
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S10E06 - Freedom to Read Week (with Moving Radio)
This month, SHOUT! For Libraries joined forces with Moving Radio host Lindsey Campbell to discuss Freedom to Read Week, intellectual freedom, and library-related films. For more information on book bans in Alberta, listen to our Alberta Book Ban Roundtable episode. To learn more about the role of...
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S10E05 - A Library Alive With The Sound of Music
To kick off 2026, we take a trip behind the curtain into the world of Edmonton Symphony Librarian, Peter Eratostene. A unique job at the intersection of music and librarianship, we get a special look at the operations of a music library and the role of the music librarian here in Edmonton at the...
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S10E04 - Small Libraries: Stronger Together
In our final episode of 2025, we sat down with five librarians working at small, rural libraries in the Parkland Regional Library System. Join them for a discussion about how small libraries are stronger together, and how working collaboratively can make a big impact. Thank you to Lesley Moody...
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S10E03 - Ghosts of SHOUT's Past (Part 2)
Join us for episode three of our tenth season, where we continue last month’s journey back in time to find previous Shout members and check in with them now. We spoke with past members Joel Blechinger and Merran Carr-Wiggan to find out where life has taken them and how Shout has been a part of...
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S10E02 - Ghosts of SHOUT's Past (Part 1)
Join us for our FunDrive episode, featuring blasts from our past with previous members of the Shout For Libraries team! In this episode, we sat down with some past members (Maia Trotter, Jereme Wilson, and Lorisia MacLeod) to talk about their time with the show – what they loved, what they wished...
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S10E01 - Alberta Book Ban Roundtable
In June of 2025, the Government of Alberta released a survey addressing what they referred to as “explicit materials in school libraries.” Now, as the results of this survey have led to the release of Ministerial Order #030/2025: Standards for the Selection, Availability, and Access of School...
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S09E12 – RERUN (with Update) S04E03 Intellectual Freedom in Library Spaces
This month, we’re reaching back into the vault, and bringing you a rerun of the third episode of Shout’s fourth season. In this rerun episode, Julia Guy, Joel Blechinger, Belinda Ongaro, Dan Hackborn, and Timothy Arthur from the season 4 Shout team sit down as a panel to discuss the invitation of...
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S09E11 – RERUN (with Update) S01E02 Let’s Talk About Sex
This month, we’re reaching back into the vault, and bringing you a rerun of the second ever episode of Shout! – with some current-event updates. In this rerun episode, hosts Jesse and Rachel, interviewers Céline Gareau-Brennan and Lorisia MacLeod, and guest Kyle Marshall discuss the role that...
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S09E10 - Peeling Open Artists' Books
In this episode, we feature an interview with Jeff Papineau of Bruce Peel Special Collections, discussing the Peel library’s collection of artists’ books. To visit the Peel library, please find information on their hours and more at https://library.ualberta.ca/locations/bpsc. Theme Song Music…
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S09E09 - Welcome Baby
In this episode, we feature an interview with Mallory Chipman, Edmonton Public Library’s former musician in residence, about her involvement with EPL’s “Welcome Baby” project. In particular, this episode recognizes the release earlier this month of “Sing It, Edmonton!”, a new album of children’s...
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S09E08 - SLIS Student Reflections
In our eighth episode of the season, we talk to some of our classmates in the 2024-2025 first year cohort of the School of Library and Information Studies. What they wish they’d known, what they liked, what they found challenging - all manner of questions designed to give our listeners a sneak…
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S09E07 - Welcome to the Peel Library
In our seventh episode of the season, we are joined by Jeff Papineau, the Special Collections Coordinator of Bruce Peel Special Collections. Shout correspondent Ethan Tonack was invited for a special, on-site interview and exploration of the Peel library, and we are excited to share this peek...
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S09E06 – Makerspaces and Beyond (Part 2)
In this, our return episode of the University of Alberta’s Makerspaces and Beyond, we journey back into what it means to be a makerspace – or not a makerspace, within a library-related space. Now, join us as we dive back into the journey with a dive into the Digital Scholarship Center, also known...
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S09E05 – EPLs Musician in Residence (Part 1)
In our first episode of the new year, we sat down with Mallory Chipman, Edmonton Public Library’s previous Musician in Residence (MIR). A unique program exclusively available for Edmontonian musicians, both established and aspiring, Mallory shares with us her unique, professional insights into…
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S09E04 - Makerspaces and Beyond (Part 1)
We are excited to close our 2024 year holiday season by taking our listeners to Makerspaces and Beyond! In this episode, we will be featuring two of the University of Alberta’s on-campus makerspaces (or makerspace-adjacent places): featuring interviews with Lani and Yeh-in (from the Elko...
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S09E03 – Edmonton's Independent Bookstores
Gifting library books is maybe not the best practice, so join us as we get ready for the holiday season by talking with two independent bookstores in amiskwacîwâskahikan: Julie and Moriah from Magpie Books and Ben and Celine from Paper Birch Books. Theme Song Music: Vlad Gluschenko – Forest...
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S09E02 – Edmonton’s Alternative Libraries
Join us for our FunDrive episode featuring three of Edmonton’s Alternative Libraries: featuring CJSR’s Music Library, the University of Alberta’s Bike Library and Workshop, and APIRG’s Public Library (including their unique Zine Collection). Theme Song Music: Vlad Gluschenko – Forest License:...
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S09E01 – Exploring EPL’s Strathcona Branch
(This episode aired, originally, on September 27, 2024.) Join us for a virtual visit to Edmonton Public Library’s Strathcona Branch! Jessie Enns-Power takes SHOUT correspondent Brett Sheehan on a tour, both historical and current, of EPL’s Strathcona Branch. Theme Song Music: Vlad Gluschenko –...
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S08E09 – RERUN (with Update) S02E07 Libraries and Homelessness
(The original episode aired in March 2018. This rerun (with update) aired August 23, 2024.) This month, we dive back into our voices from yester-year by revisiting S02E07 – Libraries And Homelessness. This episode features interviews with Hilary Kirkpatrick, Lee-Ann Wittig, and Natalya Brettle....
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S08E08 – RERUN (with Update) S07E04 Librarians Online
(The original episode aired in December 2022. This rerun (with update) aired July 25, 2024.) This month, we dive back into our voices from yester-year by revisiting S07EP04 – Librarians Online. This episode features an interview with Jen Waters (aka “the Feisty Librarian), as well as a roundtable...
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S08E07 – RERUN (with Update) S02E03 – Indigenous Storytelling
(The original episode aired in November 2017. This rerun (with update) aired June 27, 2024.) This month, we dive back into our voices from yester-year by revisiting S02E03 – Indigenous Storytelling. In this episode, we feature interviews with Sheila Laroque, Kayla Larson, and Lese Skidmore, as…
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S08E06 – Inside CJSR's Music Library
Join us for a look behind the scenes of CJSR’s music library. Chad Brunet, CJSR Program Director and Acting Station Manager, takes SHOUT correspondent Brett Sheehan through a trove of musical treasures in the basement of the University of Alberta Students’ Union Building Join us, field trip…
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S08E05 – FIP Round Table
It’s a special time on the Library School calendar. Every year, at about this time, future librarians gather at the Forum for Information Professionals—FIP for short—to share research on everything from censorship to cataloguing. The theme for this year’s conference was “All Inclusive, Library...
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S08E04 – There's a Robot in my Closet
This guest episode discusses the impact that artificial intelligence has on our youngest digital citizens. Join us as we delve into children’s reactions to AI devices, the benefits and risks, and the role libraries can play as digital literacy educators. Created by: Mikaela LeBlanc Gift Nwokoloh...
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S08E03 - Community or Commodity?
Librarians navigate the complex world of information ethics and digital citizenship has more than its share of ethical landmines. Luckily, there’s a course for that. In LIS 530: Technology Information and Society delves into contemporary debates in the area of digital sociology. Today’s guest...
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S08E02 - Halloween Special (S05E02)
In this episode, we revisit classic spooky stories from around Edmonton.
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S08E01 - Reconciliation in LIS (S01E01)
This is a rerun of Episode One, Season One. Ryan and Jesse take a look at the role libraries can play in healing with Indigenous communities in Canada.
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S07E10 - Librarians Gone Wild (S04E07)
What happens when librarians go wild? Well, you’ll know from this episode. We bring you spicy reviews of Madonna’s aptly titled book, Sex, and other controversial titles from the stacks in the Bruce Peel Special Collection. Anne Elefante, a member of the Future Librarians for Intellectual Freedom...
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S07E09 – Library Treasures (S03E05)
Listen to the unique items our campus libraries hold. Hear about our map collections, rare books, and new technology such as robots you can take home and program! Listen to a review of Susan Orlean’s The Library Book and hear about librarians favourite items in our collections. Library Treasures...
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S07E08 - What Are You Blocking? (S01E03)
Rerun of S01E03: This episode explores the use, and non-use, of Internet filters in libraries with three Edmonton librarians: Allison Stewart, Director at the Stony Plain Public Library, Dan Mirau, Library Director and Director of Learning Enhancement Projects at the Concordia University of...
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S07EP07 - Library Soundscapes
Shhhhh. Or not? Listen up for an exploration of library soundscapes. This episode features a collection of ambient sound recordings from Edmonton Public Library and the University of Alberta's Rutherford Library. Musical Credit: The rendition of "Downtown", by Tony Hatch, that aired on this…
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S07EP06 - FIP Conference Roundtable
A roundtable discussion with some of the student presenters from the 2023 Forum for Information Professionals (FIP) Conference, with the theme of: "LIS and the Climate Crisis: Transforming Talk into Action". Tunes courtesy of the Internet Archive. Acapulco Marimbas. “La Bamba” & “La Golondrina”,...
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S07EP05 - Edmonton Tool Library
Thank you to Eric August for agreeing to chat about the Edmonton Tool Library. You can find out more about the Edmonton Tool Library on their website and social media, listed below. http://www.edmontontoollibrary.ca/ https://www.facebook.com/yegtoollibrary…
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S07EP04 - Librarians Online
Interview with Jen the Feisty Librarian Bio: Jen Waters is a librarian and sessional instructor in Edmonton. She loves oatmeal, dresses with pockets, visits to Tofino, and neighbourhood walks with her husband Jeff and dog Dolly Pawton. Twitter: @Feisty_Waters Music credits - Internet Archive...
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S07E03 - Police Violence Archive
S07E03 - Recommended resources Christina The Prison Abolition issue (Sept/Oct 2021) - Briarpatch magazine Ear Hustle podcast by Radiotopia Paula The Life Sentences of Rik McWhinney (2022) by Rik McWhinney, edited by Jason Demers Dan Policing Black lives : state violence in Canada from slavery to...
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S07E02 - Incarceral Logix, Pt. 2
Part two of an exploration of librarianship and the "justice" system.
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S07E01 - Incarceral Logix, Pt. 1
Part one of an exploration of librarianship and the "justice' system.
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S06E08 - Patron-Perpetrated Sexual Harassment Part 3
In our previous two episodes, we learned more about patron-perpetrated sexual harassment through research conducted by Dr. Danielle Allard, Dr. Tami Oliphant and Angela Lieu. This episode, we sat down with Sam Pearson, Director of the University of Alberta Sexual Assault Centre so see what...
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S06E07 - Patron-Perpetrated Sexual Harassment Part 2
This episode is part 2 of our interview with Dr. Danielle Allard and Dr. Tami Oliphant on their research on patron-perpetrated sexual harassment, done in collaboration Angela Lieu. **Content Warning** This episode delves into topics of sexual harassment and workplace trauma, which may be…
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S06E06 - Patron-Perpetrated Sexual Harassment Part 1
4 years ago, the S4Ls team interviewed Dr. Danielle Allard, Dr. Tami Oliphant and Angela Lieu to learn more about sexual harassment in the library. This episode, we had the opportunity to chat with them again to see where their research is today and learn more about patron-perpetrated sexual...
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S06E05 - Return to Palentine's
This year, the Shout for Libraries team is taking a deep dive into policing, incarceration, and the concept of public safety within public libraries. To get the ball rolling, we headed back to season 2 for an interview on sexual harassment in the library with Dr. Danielle Allard, Dr. Tami…
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S06E04 - Staff Party
This episode, join us for our first ever virtual workplace holiday party. Our hosts gathered to share some of their favourite media from the past year, from books and music to TV shows and podcasts. The best part, you can find all their recommendations for free at your local public library! Music...
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S06E03 - Organizing Knowledge, Organizing Reality
This episode brings back the familiar voice of S4Ls alum Joel Blechinger. We sat down to discuss his investigations into the information literacy habits of conspiracy theorists in the QAnon movement. Music Credits: Beanbag Fight by Scanglobe
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SHOUT! For Libraries is a radio show about topics and trends in the field of librarianship, brought to you by graduate students from the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta. Each month, through conversations and interviews, we explore subjects in and around the world of libraries. SHOUT! For Libraries airs the fourth Friday of every month at 5pm on CJSR 88.5 FM.Find us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for timely updates and more information!
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