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This week's theme is Libraries: Not Just Books! The curator is Virginia Marshall, podcast associate at the Brooklyn Public Library.

Why did Virginia choose this theme? "The overlap between podcast listeners and library lovers is pretty high, and there are some really great book podcasts produced by public libraries. But libraries are more than just books: they’re our last truly free and democratic institutions, and some pretty amazing things are happening at them.
These podcast episodes feature amazing things that libraries do — collect the stories of
the community, preserve podcasts from digital decay, speak truth to power, and even help people solve murders!"

Thank you to this week's first EarBuds sponsor, Kradl:

Connect with fellow podcast lovers at a Kradl Podcast Party! "Podcast party” is an event-series where curious people gather to learn from podcasts. Each Wednesday at 6pm CET, the attendees listen to an episode on their Discord server and discuss what they liked about it or found interesting. Join these weekly podcast musings at “Surviving the Internet” on Discord!

Learn about Kradl: https://www.kradl.io/?utm_source=luma&utm_medium=event-page&utm_campaign=podcast-party
Join the Discord (use this link instead of the one mentioned in the episode): https://discord.com/invite/a3qr4rwg8U

This week, we are also sponsored by LWC Studios:

LWC Studios just launched a new show, How to Talk to High [Achievers] About Anything,

and they need you! LWC Studios is interviewing Black and brown professionals about their triumphs — and where they sometimes still trip up. They want to speak with folks achieving new heights, either in their personal or professional lives, and who are looking for ways to keep leveling up.

If this is you, or someone you know, please contact producer Virginia Lora at virginia@lwcstudios.com to talk about scheduling an interview.

Learn about the show: https://www.talktohighachievers.com/

Links mentioned in this episode:
- American Library Association statistic: https://libguides.ala.org/numberoflibraries#:~:text=There%20are%20an%20estimated%20116%2C867,in%20the%20United%20States%20today.
- Goodpods: https://www.goodpods.com/
- Brooklyn Public Library E Cards: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/use-the-library/ecard-faqs
- Borrowed’s “Building Brooklyn” series (first episode of the series): https://pod.link/1453877748/episode/51b806879dc7097c0d5adaa44fba6f39
- Wonder Media Network: https://www.wondermedianetwork.com/
- Lauren Passell’s cross-promo database: https://tinkmedia.co/pod-swaps
- Tink Media: https://tinkmedia.co/
- “The Ugly Math of Podcast Cross-Promotion” by Evo Terra: https://newsletter.podcastpontifications.com/the-ugly-math-of-podcast-cross-promotion/
- Evo Terra’s Podcast Pontifications newsletter: https://newsletter.podcastpontifications.com/author/podcast/
- Evo Terra’s Podcast Pontifications podcast: https://podcastpontifications.com/
- Podnews: https://podnews.net/
- What are you reading? Tweet us! https://twitter.com/EarbudsPodCol

Find this week's podcast recommendation list here: https://www.earbudspodcastcollective.org/libraries-not-just-books-podcast-recommendations

Here are this week's podcast picks from Virginia:
- Borrowed
- Queens Memory: The Borough We Became: Queens Residents On Life During COVID-19
- The Kitchen Sisters
- Anything But Silent
- Preserve This Podcast

This week's spotlight is "The Accidental Activist" from Wonder Media Network.

Description: In this podcast, we hear from cultural icons about the moment they decided to get involved with social movements ranging from gun control to racial equity. For journalist Isha Sesay, becoming an activist was never something she envisioned until being at the center of the #BringBackOurGirls Movement. Isha's conversations with celebrities and entertainers illuminate a core truth of the human condition: the desire to make a difference in the world.

Listen: https://link.chtbl.com/Mm3AO4CP

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