Radio
If librarians controlled the radio, what might you hear?
From a whimsical, top music countdown show in the style of Casey Kasem’s Top 40 to a talk and dedication show inspired by the highly syndicated Delilah, we invite listeners to laugh along with librarians as we reaffirm and dispel library stereotypes in fun and silly ways.
Listen to each of the five tracks in their entirety below.
Library Alive
“Library Alive” created by Amanda Belantara and A.M. Alpin and hosted by Nora Lambert with guests Emily Drabinski, Scott St. Martin, and Alex Provo. Original catalog record script by Matthew Wise. Inspired by the podcast, Everything’s Alive, created by Ian Chillag. Features the track “Eros Vibraphone” by The Books.
“Chicano Thesaurus Radio Ad” written and voiced by Lillian Castillo-Speed and Richard Chabrán.
Tallulah - Talk Dedication Show
“Tallulah Talk Dedication Show” created by A.M. Alpin. Edited by A.M. Alpin and hosted by Toni Urbano with guests Nora Lambert and Bill Maltarich. Features “Plastic Love” by Mariya Takeuchi.
“Library Radio Countdown” created by A.M. Alpin and Amanda Belantara. Edited by A.M. Alpin, hosted by Jasmine Sykes-Kunk, and featuring the following tracks:
“A Celebration of Libraries & Librarians” by Hellen Amunga, John Chasia, John Paul, and Trevor Armando of BHF Music Group, Nairobi, Kenya.
"All About Those Books" from teens at the Mount Desert Island High School Library, Bar Harbor, Maine.
“In the Library - Rap Version” from the Bookworms team during a “My 1st University Project” competition empowered by the Student Life Department, RMIT Vietnam Library.
“Librarians Do Gaga” by Sarah Wachter with students from the University of Washington's Information School, Seattle, Washington.
“Libraries Will Survive” by the Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Stafford and Westmoreland, Virginia.
“Library Takeout” by MicrOpaqu3 for Duke University Libraries, Durham, North Carolina.
“You Got the Book,” by Willie Bruno, New York, New York.
Library Radio Countdown
Librarian Stereotypes
“Librarian Stereotypes” adapted from “Lost in the Stacks Episode 408: We Know Who We Are” hosted by Charlie Bennett and Ameet Doshi, WREK, Atlanta, Georgia.
History of Recorded Sound & Secret Track
“History of Recorded Sound” composed and edited by Amanda Belantara. Originally created for the Archives of Sound exhibit at the New York Public Library of Library of Performing Arts
“Radlib Call Numbers Station” by Samuel Hansen, Ann Arbor, Michigan. This secret track that follows the “History of Recorded Sound” features Library of Congress call numbers encoding secret messages to those intrepid enough to decode them.