Aug 7, 2026
The hosts of the library-themed WRFG Atlanta public-affairs show Radical Reference With Sister Sai talk about how the show started and their values, process, and plans for radical reference on the radio.
Guests: Saira Raza and Keeza Hameed, hosts of Radical Reference on WRFG Atlanta (and Emory librarians).
First...
Jul 31, 2026
In the third and final episode of an unofficial "Library of Congress" trilogy, catalogers from the ALA Core Subject Analysis Committee Working Group on Subfield V Retention discuss the Library of Congress's announcement that they have stopped using Subfield V and form subdivisions, e.g. "Mistaken...
Jul 24, 2026
Catalogers discuss rejecting neutrality in the creation and management of subject headings, taking special notice of the Library of Congress's insistence on (some version of) "neutrality."
Guests: Deborah Tomaras, Metadata and Resource Management Librarian at Marist University; Tina Gross, Metadata Analyst at University...
Jul 10, 2026
The show team, with the help of cataloger Sofia Slutskaya, discusses the Library of Congress and tries to answer the question, "We don't have a National Library... or do we?"
Guest: Sofia Slutskaya, Head of Resource Description at Emory University Libraries. Transcript at: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/81867
First...
Jun 26, 2026
A Georgia Tech faculty member describes how using AI to write MATLAB code improved a course on chemical reactor design and the benefits of discarding the analytic solution for complex, real-life problems.
Guest: Dr. Michael Filler of the Georgia Tech School of Chemical And Biomolecular Engineering.
First broadcast June...