Welcome to the The Dissidents Podcast, where we talk about how we can strive for a world in which freedom and reason are at the forefront of all human society. In this week&#39;s podcast, in honor of National Librarian Day (April 16 in the United States) Mike Burke &amp; Elizabeth Spievak talk with academic librarian Pamela Hayes-Bohanan about banned books, contemporary challenges in the field, and whether librarians are okay. Join us.
 
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References:
“The Librarians are not Okay.”
The Atlantic: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/03/book-bans-censorship-librarian-challenges/673398/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share">⁠https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/03/book-bans-censorship-librarian-challenges/673398/⁠</a>
The Chronicle of Higher Education  <a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-librarians-are-not-ok?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_6483063_nl_Academe-Today_date_20230328&cid=at&source=&sourceid=&cid2=gen_login_refresh&cid2=gen_login_refresh">⁠https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-librarians-are-not-ok?⁠</a>
Anne Helen Peterson’s Substack  <a href="https://annehelen.substack.com/p/the-librarians-are-not-okay">⁠https://annehelen.substack.com/p/the-librarians-are-not-okay⁠</a>

Ep. 003: How Hitchens Can Save the Left | Matt Johnson

Welcome to the Dissidents podcast from the Institute for Liberal Values (formerly the Counterweight Podcast), where we talk about how we can strive for a world in which freedom and reason are at the forefront of all human society.