YOUmedia Podcast Network: Recent Episodes
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Interview w/ Gamer’s Universe interns discussing topics relating to the why in organizing. Why should you even consider organizing a project? We will discuss the bittersweetness– the benefits and the challenges– of being a youth organizer.
Youth Organizing is a podcast series highlighting youth organizer's journey and advice on how to start to create efforts. Through each episode, the discussion will revolve around the following questions: Who is a youth organizer? How can youth organizing be supported? Why is organizing important? My hope for this podcast is to inspire youth to initiate their own form of organizing in their own communities.
Episode 2: Interview w/ Sofia Cruz, discussing topics relating to healing justice, experiences as an organizer, and how institutions should support the efforts of youth leaders.
Audio recorded and edited by Yamali Rodas.
Youth Organizing is a podcast series highlighting youth organizer's journey and advice on how to start to create efforts. Through each episode, the discussion will revolve around the following questions: Who is a youth organizer? How can youth organizing be supported? Why is organizing important? My hope for this podcast is to inspire youth to initiate their own form of organizing in their own communities.
Episode 1: Interview w/ Isaac Izaguirre discussing what characteristics should youth organizers have, experiences as a student of color in a predominantly white institution, and how institutions can play an active role to be more inclusive of their diverse population of students.
Audio recorded and edited by Yamali Rodas.
Interviews with Juilete Nguyen, Thu Dang, Cuc Tran talk about their earliest knowledge of the war and how they/their families relocated to another country after the war
Audio recorded and edited by Victor Dang
This podcast explores the stories behind why people chose a certain career path.
Audio edited and recorded by Cedricha Herron
This podcast explores the stories behind why people chose a certain career path.
Audio edited and recorded by Cedricha Herron
This podcast explores the stories behind why people chose a certain career path.
Audio edited and recorded by Cedricha Herron
This podcast explores the stories behind why people chose a certain career path.
Audio edited and recorded by Cedricha Herron
Listen in as Tom Knapp, the education manager at Plant Chicago, highlights their work within Plant Chicago and their passion with mycology and providing education.
Audio recorded and edited by Brenda Rodriguez
Listen in as Corey Chatman, the Deputy Director of Operations at Experimental Station, highlights their work within the organization and their passions relating their work such as the Link Up Illinois program.
Audio recorded and edited by Brenda Rodriguez
Listen in as Aidan discusses his interests and involvement in all things environmental, especially through the club he started at school along with Daniel.
Audio recorded and edited by Brenda Rodriguez
Listen in as the president (Alyssa Price, graduate of the class of 2022) of Green Team at Jones College prep got involved with Green Team and the importance of recycling in a space such as a High School.
Audio recorded and edited by Brenda Rodriguez
A podcast about different kinds of youth organizing.
Audio recorded and edited by Yamali Rodas
A podcast about different kinds of youth organizing.
Audio recorded and edited by Yamali Rodas
Join us as we welcome Robin Ha to speak live on all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more.
Ha is the author and illustrator of the graphic memoir is the author and the illustrator of Almost American Girl, a Harvey nominated graphic novel memoir and NYT bestseller, Cook Korean! A Comic Book With Recipes.
Robin grew up reading and drawing comics in Seoul, South Korea and moved to the United States at age fourteen. Almost American Girl depicts her unexpected move from Korea to Huntsville, AL in 1995, and dealing with the culture shock and the language barrier as she struggles to adapt to life in the United States. Aside from drawing comics, Robin gives numerous talks to share her knowledge and love for Korean culture and comics around the United States.
Speak On It is a program series connecting teens and authors virtually to have a conversation about what speaks to us and inspires us to create.
Join us as we welcome award winning author A. S. King to speak live on all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more.
King is the author of highly-acclaimed novels including 2020 Michael L. Printz Award winner and LA Times Book Prize finalist DIG, Still Life with Tornado, I Crawl Through It, Glory O'Brien's History of the Future, Reality Boy, Ask the Passengers, Everybody Sees the Ants, and Please Ignore Vera Dietz among others. She also writes Middle Grade fiction as Amy Sarig King.
Speak On It is a program series connecting teens and authors virtually to have a conversation about what speaks to us and inspires us to create.
Join us as welcome award-winning author Nicola Yoon to speak live on all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more.
Nicola is the author of Everything, Everything, The Sun Is Also A Star, Meet Cute as well as other anthologies.
Speak On It is a program series connecting teens and authors virtually to have a conversation about what speaks to us and inspires us to create.
Join us as we welcome award-winning author Adi Alsaid to speak live on all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more. You can pick up his books at the library or at Semicolon Bookstore, here’s the buy page:
https://www.semicolonchi.com/come-on-in/comeonin
Join us as we debut young adult author Jenny Lee to speak live on all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more.
Jenny is the author of Anna K and other middle grade novels, as well as a television producer and writer.
Video for this interview can be found on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvmg4i_qfG8
Join us as we welcome Veronica Roth to speak live on all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more.
Veronica is the author of the young adult Divergent series, Carve the Mark and of the new adult release Chosen Ones, among other titles.
Video for this conversation can be found on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTiH8A9rTM4
Join us as we welcome award winning author, screenwriter and co-founder of Glasstown Entertainment, Lauren Oliver to speak live on all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more.
Lauren is the author of several teen and middle grade series, such as Broken Things, Before I Fall, Delirium and Panic.
Join us as we welcome award winning author Fred Aceves to speak on all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more.
Fred is the author of The New David Espinoza and The Closest I've Come.
Join us as we welcome award-winning author George. M Johnson to speak live on all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more.
George is the author of All Boys Aren't Blue, as well as a journalist and activist based out of New York.
Speak On It is a program series connecting teens and authors virtually to have a conversation about what speaks to us and inspires us to create. Video of this interview can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt60mhpGeZM&list=PLkAsxRZOajWfmQvwio2mH-J1dOKDezNGk&index=12
Join us as we welcome National Book Award Finalist Erika L. Sánchez to speak live on all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more.
Erika is the author of I Am Not your Perfect Mexican Daughter. She has recently been appointed the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Chair in the Latin American and Latino Studies Department at DePaul University and is part of the inaugural core faculty of the Randolph College Low Residency MFA Program.
Speak On It is a program series connecting teens and authors virtually to have a conversation about what speaks to us and inspires us to create. Video of this interview can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaQIwZDSyIU&list=PLkAsxRZOajWfmQvwio2mH-J1dOKDezNGk&index=11
Join us as we welcome award-winning author Nikki Grimes to speak live on all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more.
Nikki is the author of more than 75 books for children, adults and young adults, such as Ordinary Hazards, Bronx Masquerade and Talkin' About Bessie.
Speak On It is a program series connecting teens and authors virtually to have a conversation about what speaks to us and inspires us to create. Video of this interview can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9NlGM7Cdd8&list=PLkAsxRZOajWfmQvwio2mH-J1dOKDezNGk&index=10
Join us as we welcome award-winning author Dhonielle Clayton to speak live on all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more.
Dhonielle is the author of young adult titles such as The Belles, The Everlasting Rose and Shiny Broken Pieces. She is also COO of the non-profit We Need Diverse Books.
Speak On It is a program series connecting teens and authors virtually to have a conversation about what speaks to us and inspires us to create. Video of this conversation can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Hzh4uDVOU&list=PLkAsxRZOajWfmQvwio2mH-J1dOKDezNGk&index=9
The second year of our Teen Arts Mixtape was interrupted by a global pandemic. Together we were able to produce a mixtape of full and half completed tracks from teens from 7 library branches throughout the city. Major thanks to the Illinois State Library for funding through the Project Next Generation grant, our amazing teen artists, our studio mentors Hakim Dough, DJ Squeak, Bucio, Jeff Hodges, and Jonathan Chambers, and our CPL Teen staff - Faith, Ross, Maggie, Jaime, Sara, Aida, Taylor, Justin, Ava, Rae, and Dan. - Eric R.
The second year of our Teen Arts Mixtape was interrupted by a global pandemic. Together we were able to produce a mixtape of full and half completed tracks from teens from 7 library branches throughout the city. Major thanks to the Illinois State Library for funding through the Project Next Generation grant, our amazing teen artists, our studio mentors Hakim Dough, DJ Squeak, Bucio, Jeff Hodges, and Jonathan Chambers, and our CPL Teen staff - Faith, Ross, Maggie, Jaime, Sara, Aida, Taylor, Justin, Ava, Rae, and Dan. - Eric R.
The second year of our Teen Arts Mixtape was interrupted by a global pandemic. Together we were able to produce a mixtape of full and half completed tracks from teens from 7 library branches throughout the city. Major thanks to the Illinois State Library for funding through the Project Next Generation grant, our amazing teen artists, our studio mentors Hakim Dough, DJ Squeak, Bucio, Jeff Hodges, and Jonathan Chambers, and our CPL Teen staff - Faith, Ross, Maggie, Jaime, Sara, Aida, Taylor, Justin, Ava, Rae, and Dan. - Eric R.
The second year of our Teen Arts Mixtape was interrupted by a global pandemic. Together we were able to produce a mixtape of full and half completed tracks from teens from 7 library branches throughout the city. Major thanks to the Illinois State Library for funding through the Project Next Generation grant, our amazing teen artists, our studio mentors Hakim Dough, DJ Squeak, Bucio, Jeff Hodges, and Jonathan Chambers, and our CPL Teen staff - Faith, Ross, Maggie, Jaime, Sara, Aida, Taylor, Justin, Ava, Rae, and Dan. - Eric R.
The second year of our Teen Arts Mixtape was interrupted by a global pandemic. Together we were able to produce a mixtape of full and half completed tracks from teens from 7 library branches throughout the city. Major thanks to the Illinois State Library for funding through the Project Next Generation grant, our amazing teen artists, our studio mentors Hakim Dough, DJ Squeak, Bucio, Jeff Hodges, and Jonathan Chambers, and our CPL Teen staff - Faith, Ross, Maggie, Jaime, Sara, Aida, Taylor, Justin, Ava, Rae, and Dan. - Eric R.
The second year of our Teen Arts Mixtape was interrupted by a global pandemic. Together we were able to produce a mixtape of full and half completed tracks from teens from 7 library branches throughout the city. Major thanks to the Illinois State Library for funding through the Project Next Generation grant, our amazing teen artists, our studio mentors Hakim Dough, DJ Squeak, Bucio, Jeff Hodges, and Jonathan Chambers, and our CPL Teen staff - Faith, Ross, Maggie, Jaime, Sara, Aida, Taylor, Justin, Ava, Rae, and Dan. - Eric R.
The second year of our Teen Arts Mixtape was interrupted by a global pandemic. Together we were able to produce a mixtape of full and half completed tracks from teens from 7 library branches throughout the city. Major thanks to the Illinois State Library for funding through the Project Next Generation grant, our amazing teen artists, our studio mentors Hakim Dough, DJ Squeak, Bucio, Jeff Hodges, and Jonathan Chambers, and our CPL Teen staff - Faith, Ross, Maggie, Jaime, Sara, Aida, Taylor, Justin, Ava, Rae, and Dan. - Eric R.
The second year of our Teen Arts Mixtape was interrupted by a global pandemic. Together we were able to produce a mixtape of full and half completed tracks from teens from 7 library branches throughout the city. Major thanks to the Illinois State Library for funding through the Project Next Generation grant, our amazing teen artists, our studio mentors Hakim Dough, DJ Squeak, Bucio, Jeff Hodges, and Jonathan Chambers, and our CPL Teen staff - Faith, Ross, Maggie, Jaime, Sara, Aida, Taylor, Justin, Ava, Rae, and Dan. - Eric R.
The second year of our Teen Arts Mixtape was interrupted by a global pandemic. Together we were able to produce a mixtape of full and half completed tracks from teens from 7 library branches throughout the city. Major thanks to the Illinois State Library for funding through the Project Next Generation grant, our amazing teen artists, our studio mentors Hakim Dough, DJ Squeak, Bucio, Jeff Hodges, and Jonathan Chambers, and our CPL Teen staff - Faith, Ross, Maggie, Jaime, Sara, Aida, Taylor, Justin, Ava, Rae, and Dan. - Eric R.
The second year of our Teen Arts Mixtape was interrupted by a global pandemic. Together we were able to produce a mixtape of full and half completed tracks from teens from 7 library branches throughout the city. Major thanks to the Illinois State Library for funding through the Project Next Generation grant, our amazing teen artists, our studio mentors Hakim Dough, DJ Squeak, Bucio, Jeff Hodges, and Jonathan Chambers, and our CPL Teen staff - Faith, Ross, Maggie, Jaime, Sara, Aida, Taylor, Justin, Ava, Rae, and Dan. - Eric R.
The second year of our Teen Arts Mixtape was interrupted by a global pandemic. Together we were able to produce a mixtape of full and half completed tracks from teens from 7 library branches throughout the city. Major thanks to the Illinois State Library for funding through the Project Next Generation grant, our amazing teen artists, our studio mentors Hakim Dough, DJ Squeak, Bucio, Jeff Hodges, and Jonathan Chambers, and our CPL Teen staff - Faith, Ross, Maggie, Jaime, Sara, Aida, Taylor, Justin, Ava, Rae, and Dan. - Eric R.
The second year of our Teen Arts Mixtape was interrupted by a global pandemic. Together we were able to produce a mixtape of full and half completed tracks from teens from 7 library branches throughout the city. Major thanks to the Illinois State Library for funding through the Project Next Generation grant, our amazing teen artists, our studio mentors Hakim Dough, DJ Squeak, Bucio, Jeff Hodges, and Jonathan Chambers, and our CPL Teen staff - Faith, Ross, Maggie, Jaime, Sara, Aida, Taylor, Justin, Ava, Rae, and Dan. - Eric R.
The second year of our Teen Arts Mixtape was interrupted by a global pandemic. Together we were able to produce a mixtape of full and half completed tracks from teens from 7 library branches throughout the city. Major thanks to the Illinois State Library for funding through the Project Next Generation grant, our amazing teen artists, our studio mentors Hakim Dough, DJ Squeak, Bucio, Jeff Hodges, and Jonathan Chambers, and our CPL Teen staff - Faith, Ross, Maggie, Jaime, Sara, Aida, Taylor, Justin, Ava, Rae, and Dan. - Eric R.
The second year of our Teen Arts Mixtape was interrupted by a global pandemic. Together we were able to produce a mixtape of full and half completed tracks from teens from 7 library branches throughout the city. Major thanks to the Illinois State Library for funding through the Project Next Generation grant, our amazing teen artists, our studio mentors Hakim Dough, DJ Squeak, Bucio, Jeff Hodges, and Jonathan Chambers, and our CPL Teen staff - Faith, Ross, Maggie, Jaime, Sara, Aida, Taylor, Justin, Ava, Rae, and Dan. - Eric R.
Join us as we welcome award-winning author Angie Thomas to speak live on all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more.
Angie is the author On the Come up and The Hate U Give.
Speak On It is a program series connecting teens and authors virtually to have a conversation about what speaks to us and inspires us to create.
You can find video of this interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYESqSQc8X0&list=PLkAsxRZOajWfmQvwio2mH-J1dOKDezNGk&index=8
Photo credit: Imani Khayyam.
Join us as we welcome award-winning author Varian Johnson to speak live on all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more. Video for this interview is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgTbr-bQjB0
Join us as we welcome author Meredith Russo to speak live on all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more. Video of this interview can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k58eeKcM-0
We welcomed award-winning author (and Chicago native!) Jessie Ann Foley to speak live on all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more. Jessie is the author of young adult titles such as Neighborhood Girls, Sorry for your Loss and the upcoming You Know I'm No Good. Jessie was also a headliner at our 2018 ChiTeen Lit Fest!
Join us as we welcome award-winning author (and fellow Chicagoan) Laura Ruby to speak live on all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more. Laura is the author of books for children, adults and young adults, such as Printz Medal winning Bone Gap, Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All, and The Shadow Cipher. Laura is also a faculty member of Hamline University’s Masters in Writing for Children Program. Speak On It is a program series connecting teens and authors virtually to have a conversation about what speaks to us and inspires us to create. This is the audio from a live interview on YOUmedia's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkAsxRZOajWfmQvwio2mH-J1dOKDezNGk
Join us as we welcome award-winning author Francisco X. Stork to speak live on all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more. Francisco is the author of middle grade and young adult titles such as Marcelo in the Real World, The Last Summer of the Death Warriors and Disappeared. Speak On It is a program series connecting teens and authors virtually to have a conversation about what speaks to us and inspires us to create. This is the audio from a live interview on YOUmedia's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkAsxRZOajWfmQvwio2mH-J1dOKDezNGk
We welcome teen author Elana K. Arnold to speak live on all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more. Elana writes for a ranged of audiences, from picture books to young adult titles, including Red Hood and Printz Honor winner Damsel, and What Girls Are Made of, as well as other award winning teen and children's books. Elana also teaches in Hamline University’s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program. Speak On It is a program series connecting teens and authors virtually to have a conversation about what speaks to us and inspires us to create. This is the audio from a live interview on YOUmedia's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkAsxRZOajWfmQvwio2mH-J1dOKDezNGk
Award-winning author Brandy Colbert talked to Alex at YOUmedia about all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more. Brandy is the author of middle grade and young adult titles such as The Only Black Girls in Town as well as the upcoming The Voting Booth, in addition to Little & Lion. Brandy also teaches at Hamline University's MFA program in writing for children. Speak On It is a program series connecting teens and authors virtually to have a conversation about what speaks to us and inspires us to create. This is the audio from a live interview on YOUmedia's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkAsxRZOajWfmQvwio2mH-J1dOKDezNGk
Use this beat to write your bars to the That's a Rap: Challenge #1 - What do you want? Tag @YOUmediaChicago on Instagram with your challenge response. Thanks to @SqueakPivot for the beat!
Snippet for the upcoming "No Hook" by vadow a member of the Independence CPL branch YouMedia space
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CT, one of Thurgood Marshall YOUmedia producers, wrote a cool remix about his valentine to Biz Markie's Just a friend instrumental.
Here is a preview of track featuring Jeremy from Kelly YOUmedia. Talking about living life his way.
The following project is a collection of songs created by Teens at the Harold Washington YouMedia studio, where ChanceTheRapper famously created his debut mixtape "10 Day."
The following project is a collection of songs created by Teens at the Harold Washington YouMedia studio, where ChanceTheRapper famously created his debut mixtape "10 Day."
The following project is a collection of songs created by Teens at the Harold Washington YouMedia studio, where ChanceTheRapper famously created his debut mixtape "10 Day."
The following project is a collection of songs created by Teens at the Harold Washington YouMedia studio, where ChanceTheRapper famously created his debut mixtape "10 Day."
The following project is a collection of songs created by Teens at the Harold Washington YouMedia studio, where ChanceTheRapper famously created his debut mixtape "10 Day."
The following project is a collection of songs created by Teens at the Harold Washington YouMedia studio, where ChanceTheRapper famously created his debut mixtape "10 Day."
The following project is a collection of songs created by Teens at the Harold Washington YouMedia studio, where ChanceTheRapper famously created his debut mixtape "10 Day."
The following project is a collection of songs created by Teens at the Harold Washington YouMedia studio, where ChanceTheRapper famously created his debut mixtape "10 Day."
The following project is a collection of songs created by Teens at the Harold Washington YouMedia studio, where ChanceTheRapper famously created his debut mixtape "10 Day."
The following project is a collection of songs created by Teens at the Harold Washington YouMedia studio, where ChanceTheRapper famously created his debut mixtape "10 Day."
The following project is a collection of songs created by Teens at the Harold Washington YouMedia studio, where ChanceTheRapper famously created his debut mixtape "10 Day."
The following project is a collection of songs created by Teens at the Harold Washington YouMedia studio, where ChanceTheRapper famously created his debut mixtape "10 Day."
The following project is a collection of songs created by Teens at the Harold Washington YouMedia studio, where ChanceTheRapper famously created his debut mixtape "10 Day."
Welcome back to the Library of Games podcast from YOUmedia @ Harold Washington Library Center in downtown Chicago. It's been awhile since our last podcast from downtown and we are excited to be back. Hugo, Xavier, Jeshawn and Taylor talk about their favorite consoles and the current video game console market.
Music: Face UP by 1up Collectif (Face UP by 1up Collectif is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License)
In which we continue discuss our feelings about RPGs, specifically D&D, Demogorgon, and some perspectives from experienced Dungeon Masters. Part II in an RPG series.
Skyrim Animated Shout Farting mod by Twiggy www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/17545
In which we discuss our feelings about RPGs, specifically D&D, the Demogorgon, and some perspectives from experienced Dungeon Masters. Part I in an RPG series.
Skyrim Animated Shout Farting mod by Twiggy http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/17545
The Library of Games podcast continues to grow and we’re excited to present Sulzer Regional Library YOUmedia’s first contribution. In this episode we begin an introduction to Sulzer staff and teens, discussing our personal history with games, what we seek when we come to gaming, and some of our past and current favorites. Music (CC Soundcloud attribution) Creative Commons; Wavvy: 6
The nonsense continues. Be warned that this episode contains spoiler for the film The Day After Tomorrow and the Metal Gear series. You have been warned.
Again with switching genres, Milan and Alex, along with the help of the special guest George, cover a thriller film that goes by the name, Drive. In this podcast you will hear how professional some can be at reviewing a movie as well as how you can improv your way through it .Both Alex, and George cover this movie with Praise and Amaze, while Milan simply serves as the relief with his blaze. Listen in for more of our reviews.
This time we decided to switch things up a little bit by choosing an animated film called summer wars. As usual Alex gives all of the praise on the movie while Milan gives his opinions on whether the movie was actually good all the way through or just horrible altogether. Listen in for more of our reviews.
Adjani, of the the Library of Games podcast, brings you a whole new podcast which mostly deals with nonsense. In the inaugural episode Adjani and guest Taylor discuss happy accidents/surprises. This actually turns into a discussion of food and insects.
Music: Birds (Tyler Twombly) / CC BY 4.0
Hunter talks school frustrations.
Music: Louie (Shannon And The Clams) / CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
Is it possible that the second episode of This Is Not a Podcast is more random than the first? Yes. This week we grab handheld recorders and roam through YOUmedia as ask for folks to rant.
Music: Louie (Shannon And The Clams) / CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
In this podcast we continue on with our fun judgment and reviews of movies. We switched to a different genre, but we still kept the usual “Praise” and “Blaze” but with the addition of a special guest we decided to add another category, “Amaze”. Enjoy this podcast in which we speak about the movie/musical Cabaret and how a film about the uprising of Nazis can be both good and bad as well as make Milan sad.
This week we talk about psychologically disturbing games (and some anime). There are some spoilers for Spec Ops: The Line around the 16 minute mark. You have been warned.
Welcome to this impromptu podcast from the YOUmedia staff. We got some new mics and we decided to test them out right in the middle of the space during our busiest time of the day. Taylor (Librarian), Daniel (Specialist) and Milan (Intern) bring you about 15 minutes of nonsense.
Music: Louie (Shannon And The Clams) / CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
We are back for another episode of TDS, we started off episode one with Kill Bill Vol. 1, so naturally we decided to continue on to the sequel. With this episode you will enjoy more of our continuous humor and opinions on the sequel to Tarantino's action packed film series Kill Bill. We do hope that you've seen it before but if not, just listen to our highlights of the film and decide for yourself whether it's worth watching. Talk to you next episode.
This is TDS episode one. In this episode we will be explaining and discussing some of the high, low and funny points of one of Quentin Tarantino's best films: Kill Bill Vol. 1. Warning: This is full of spoiler. We expect that you've seen the movie already so treat this as a review and reminder of a great movie.
Take A Little Time (Kathryn Calder) / CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
This week we talk about anime/manga series that have been adapted into video games. Are they worth your time. Well, the answer is yes and no.
This week we talk about BitBash 2015. We talk about our favorite games from the event and other odd and ends. We also livestreamed this episode! Check out the video on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtLX9zphLjI) or Twitch (http://www.twitch.tv/libraryofgames/v/16204165)
Welcome back. We were gone this summer but now we are back. Violet, Ethan, Jaylan and Taylor discuss their gaming summers. We talk about BitBash, Trove, Counter Strike, Fallout, King's Quest and more.
It's our final E3 podcast and this time we focus on Square Enix. Violet fan girls hard...
We continue our podcast coverage of E3 today with a look at the Microsoft and EA press conferences. Spolier warning...not as interesting as Bethesda...unless you like Plants vs. Zombies.
Today we take a look at Sony and Ubisoft. One press conference was solid...one was not....Also Violet disappeared during the break...which we failed to mention...
This week we bring you an entire week of E3 podcasts. We start off the week by covering Bethesda's first ever E3 press conference.
This past weekend we attended the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2). We discuss our experience, some of the games we played, the merch we bought and more.
This week we talk all about Let's Plays. What are they? Why do we like them? And what is the future of the medium. We get pretty meta.
This week we bring you two personal choice segments (because our planned feature fell through). We talk about our favorite fake brands in games and out favorite Let's Play channels. As promised here is a list of some of the channels we love: GameGrumps: https://www.youtube.com/user/GameGrumps, Markiplier: https://www.youtube.com/user/markiplierGAME, LetsPlay: https://www.youtube.com/user/LetsPlay, Gopher: https://www.youtube.com/user/GophersVids, Funhaus: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCboMX_UNgaPBsUOIgasn3-Q, Inside Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/user/InsideGaming, and of course (shameless plug) Library of Games: https://www.youtube.com/user/ymlibraryofgames
This week we talk about early access and all the games we like, don't like and in between.
This week we take a look at the world of mobile gaming. We defend this often maligned medium but also weigh in on some of the games and trends that bring down the medium.
This week we take a look at the ESRB rating system as well as other country's rating systems. We have some suggestions about how to make the ratings more teen friendly and we also talk about the stigma of ratings in the gaming community.
Once again, thank you to Miles for the great intro and outro music.
Welcome back! It's 2015 and we are off to a good start. This week we discuss "deep games". What are they? Who are they for? And what is their future?
Intro & Outro Music by LoG member Miles Woodcock-Girard.
This podcast is real classy. It involves guilty pleasures, discussion of terrible games and of course farts and limericks. Enjoy?
Tangent Mutant Ninja Turtles! Tangent Mutant Ninja Turtles! Tangent Mutant Ninja Turtles! Heroes in a half shell! TANGENT POWAAAAAA!!!!
Context: Every season we produce a tangent episode. There is no plan. Just a bunch of people in a room talking about nonsense. This time there is singing. Lots of singing.
This week we finally get to the topic of music in video games. We talk about soundtracks, rhythm games and have a healthy disagreement over Skyrim.
This week we discuss why and when video games became a male dominated industry and art form. There is much bickering and cross talk. Apologies to all.
Everyone's favorite feature personal choice is back. This week we talk about our favorite game genres and our favorite music in video games. Tom sings and Calder hands out demerits. Enjoy.
We didn't have the internet readily available during this recording so here is a LoG Fact Check.
Fact Check - The composer of Shovel Knight and Mega Man is Manami Matsumae. - The Castlevania game Calder was trying to think of was probably Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Strange Picture So, it was mentioned in the episode that the image to accompany the podcast on the website should be the derpy dracula wearing Tom's shirt. As Taylor was trying to make this happen, friend of the show and YOUmedia regular, Alex Pietrzyk, hijacked the image editing and made this... http://youmediabadges.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Podcast-Drawing.jpg
Gorgeous, right?
Music
Once again, this episode features the banjo playing of James Fraser.
This week we take a break from talking about video games and talk about movies instead! It's a loose tangenty podcast about our favorite films. We cover a lot of topics, Fincher, Cronenberg, Studio Ghibli....and Pokemon movies...sigh.
This week we talk about arcades and Chicago's gaming scene. It becomes clear throughout the episode that Isaiah really wants to travel back in time to the 80s. Also, Victor has some strange ideas about what types of supplies are necessary to run an arcade.
Big thanks to James Fraser for the amazing banjo intro/outro music!
It's a small group this week - just Calder, Violet and Taylor talking about interactive storytelling and gameplay vs. story.
The music this week was created by LoG's very own Miles! Thanks for the tunes.
We are back. That's right, the schism has healed and we are back to good old Library of Games episodes. For the first episode of our tenth season we discuss the games we played at BitBash, Chicago's Indie Game Festival. Surprisingly, we also manage to stay on topic. Miracles do happen.
P.S. Thanks to Miles for monitoring the audio recording!
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Games we discussed
Killer Queen by Sortasoft Gang Beasts by Boneloaf Samurai Gunn by Teknopants Nidhogg by Messhof PANORAMICAL by PANORAMICAL Crypt of the Necrodancer by Brace Yourself Games Max Gentlemen by The Men Who Wear Many Hats Choosatron by Jerry Belich Slash Dash by Nevernaught Games Pivvot by Fixpoint Productions Close Castles by Sirvo Slapfest by Slapfest DUAL by Sebastian Gosztyla Relax Harder by Carl Hill-Popper
This week we discuss the world of money and games. We talk about emulators, Steam sales and more.
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This week we talk about the weirdest weapons in video games. We also have a Final Fantasy XII smack down. No one wins.
Also, we clap for Marcus.
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This week we talk character design. We discuss our favorite characters and also learn something about ourselves when we discuss how we create characters in RPGs.
Music Quantum Bubbles (Phonotrash) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
YOUmedia radio is a YOUmedia career development project that allows teens to act as radio personalities and a radio show production staff.
This episode features teen conversations discussing the new Chicago based dance craze, Bopping. Teens review the latest news stories, this episode they discussed the media's obsession with Jeremy Meeks. This episode will also feature the rapping talents of Shareef People and DJ Joe Calli who will offer up an energetic bopping mix. Enjoy!
This week Calder, Victor and Adjani discuss overpowered weapons and weapon stability. We also award the very first Penguin Prize. Guess who won?
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This week Adjani takes us through the world of creative indie games. Unfortunately, Adjani doesn't get much of a chance to talk. Especially when he's trying to describe Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Poor poor Adjani. Featured Music Quantum Bubbles (Phonotrash) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
This week it's just Violet and Jacob. They both survived the podcast. Miraculously. This week's topic is Super Mario 3D World for the Wii U. Then it's Yoshi's Choice, which is just like Personal Choice except it's about Nintendo.
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This week Victor, Calder and Adjani discuss PC gaming communities, which are full of terrrible, horrible, go good, very bad people.
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Earthbound! Earthbound! Earthbound! This week Jacob outlines his plan to save Nintendo with commentary from Taylor and Violet and special guest Xavier.
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Welcome to the second new sub-podcast. This is Game-o-Sphere Explorers, which is all about PC gaming, hosted by Calder and Victor. This week Taylor and Adjani join to discuss big fish tales in gaming. Things that we learned this week... never ever ever play any games with Calder and Victor.
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Welcome to something new. We decided to split up the LoG Podcast into sub podcasts. So, here is the first podcast. uNINTENDed Conflict which is mostly about the world of Nintendo. You see what we did there with the title... Anyway, the first episode features your new sub-podcast leaders Violet and Jacob and guests Calder and Adjani. We discuss the Nintendo DS game A Link Between Worlds and go off on a very long tangent about handheld games and streaming games.
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This week John and Violet bring us a feature on Supergiant's excellent game Bastion. We dissect the game and discover that only Violet and John actually played the whole thing. For personal choice we keep the Bastion theme rolling and discuss gods and goddesses.
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What's a gaming mystery? This is question that we try to answer in this episode. We kind of talk about gaming mysteries. Whatever those are. The feature runs a little long so we have a very short personal choice...about Pokemon. Enjoy at your own peril.
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This week we continue the feature from last week and wrap up the loose ends in our conversation about the representation of women in video games. For our personal choice we discuss the weirdest weapons in video games. We were also joined by two LoG alumni, Kaillif and Aaron. Enjoy.
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A song composed by YOUmedia tweens in West Humboldt Park. Feat. P.C., S.M., and Bobby M. Produced by Jeff H., YOUmedia mentor. 2013.
This week a familiar voice returns to the podcast, LoG alumni Aaron Eckart-Frank. Aaron hosts a segment about Feminist Frequency's Tropes vs. Women series. We talk about damsels in distress, male power fantasies and a possible Zelda game starring Zelda! In the personal choice we talk about the weirdest games we have ever played. Be warned. There's some serious weirdness going on here. Featured Music Volksing Ferretismico / http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Goto80_and_the_Uwe_Schenk_Band/ / CC0 1.0 Universal
This week is a role playing game extravaganza. But what is an RPG you may ask? We debate that in the episode. Are Japanese or American RPGs superior? We discuss that as well. What is the best RPG? We talk about that too! Get ready for so much RPGness. Also, Violet really likes Final Fantasy.
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This week we celebrate Halloween with an episode about scary games. Violet leads her very first feature about horror games. In personal choice we talk about the worst games we have ever played. Also, use the phrase, "We are scientists of the puzzle world" as much as possible. Featured Music Scape from the city (Rolemusic) / CC BY 3.0
Links! More on Victor's personal choice Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as reviewed by Something Awful.
Hi folks. It's time for the tangent. If you haven't experience the tangent before this is going to be an experience. The whole idea behind the tangent is to record an episode with no plan whatsoever. We get all the tangent-y nature of the podcast out in one episode and hopefully we will come back next week focused and refreshed. The tangents can often be almost unlistenable but contain nuggets of gold if you give them the time.
This week Taylor leads us through a feature about interactive fiction and video games. For our personal choice we decided to come up with brand new games that would feature members of the Library of Games cast as the main playable character. We learned a lot about Victor today. Also, Taylor has a really bad habit of calling The Stanley Parable, Stanley's Parable. She apologizes.
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This week we discuss the absurd nature of health systems. They are all the same and yet so different and why does food heal you so well? For personal choice, we go slightly insane and discuss video game based condiments. It’s as weird as it sounds. FYI: Isaiah had to leave after his personal choice so that’s why he is missing from the outros.
This week Taylor is missing and Calder steps in as engineer. Adjani brings us this week's feature about morality in video games and then we finish off with a personal choice about our favorite open world or sandbox games.
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This week we take a dive into the world of literature and video games. Isaiah takes us through a list of some great novels that tackle the subject of video games. Here is a list of books that we discussed in the podcast:
For the Win by Cory Doctorow Little Brother by Cory Doctorow Homeland by Cory Doctorow Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
We love these books and suggest you read them all...now. Books are good. Books about video games are even better. Finally, we finish out the episode with a discussion of our favorite enemies in video games. We get a little abstract at this point...bear with us. Here are some quick factual corrections and additions: Ender's Game was published in 1985 and Papers, Please was created by Lukas Pope.
Also, we apparently have listeners named Vlad and Boris. Hi Vlad and Boris.
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This week John is back as host and Jacob leads his first feature segment. This week we talk about Nintendo and the strange out-dated friend code. For Personal Choice we take a positive look at the game world and talk about our favorite people in the gaming industry. Some logistics...Adjani had to leave mid personal choice and then Victor (remember him from last week) and someone named Kaillif joined for the final second.
Also, big thanks to Jose, our sit in this week who helped us film this episode. Highlights from the recording will be on the website soon.
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We have returned! LoG is back with more podcasting goodness. This week Calder is ours host, filling in for the new regular host John. We also welcome a new podcast member Violet Urban! This week we discuss games coming to us in the near future. To break it down these are the games we discussed. * Grand Theft Auto V | Release Date: Sept. 17 * Rain | Release Date: Oct. 1 * Beyond: Two Souls | Oct. 8 * Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag | Release Date: Oct. 29 * Battlefield 4 | Release Date: Oct. 29 * Call of Duty: Ghosts | Nov. 5 * Watch Dogs | Release Date: Nov. 19 * Project Spark | Release Date: Beta Jan. 2014
Then we finished off the podcast with a very negative personal choice. We unfortunately lost the personal choices of Adjani and Violet due to recording failure but we did get the second half with special guest Victor, who we found just wandering around outside the studio.
Enjoy our triumphant return.
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Featured Image This lovely image was made for us by friend of the show Swann Raddle. Thanks Swann!
This week may be the possible sorta final episode for Kaillif. To commemorate his maybe last episode we did A WRUP or "What Are You Playing". After that Kaillif reminisces about his time in Library of Games.
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Time to wrap up E3. In this final E3 special we discuss the games announced in the Nintendo Direct press briefing and share our final thoughts about the conference. Listen to hear the opinions of Calder Isaiah, Taylor and Nintendo fanboy Jacob.
We are back with coverage of the okay Ubisoft press briefing from E3 2013 and the extremely exciting bress briefing from Sony. Calder, Adjani, Isaiah, Jacob and Taylor are all here to weigh in on these briefings.
It's E3! In this special we will be recapping and providing our commentary on the Microsoft and EA press briefings. We've got Isaiah, Calder, Adjani, Anais, Jacob and Taylor in the studio voicing many many many opinions.
This week we have some regulars (Kaillif, Calder, John, Taylor), new regular (Isaiah), old sometime podcaster (Armani) and two new voices (Jacob and Anais). It's a packed house. This week John takes us through a feature entitles "The Rise of RPG Maker" in which we discuss the popularity of indie games made with RPG Maker. In the second half our Personal Choice is about Indie Gasmes we wish more people knew about and played. Check below the podcast to see a list of some of the games that we talked about in the episode. Further Gaming * Ib by kouri * Off by Mortis Ghost * PewDiePie Ib Let's Play * To The Moon by Freebird Games
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This week we discuss Microsoft's announcement of the XBox One. What makes it different than the the XBox 360? Does Microsoft understand how numbers work? All these questions and more will be answered. In Personal Choice we discuss what games we would like to see as launch titles for the XBox One. All of choices will probably never happen but we can dream.
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This week we are back to a full podcast. In fact, in addition to regulars Kaillif, John, Calder, Adjani and Taylor, we have two new podcasters: Ruth Harvey-Turner and Isaiah Fernandez. To kick off this full podcast Kaillif presents a feature all about the wonders of competitive gaming. Then we move into a related personal choice about what games we would like to be paid to play.
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This week we are a very small group. Just Taylor, Adjani and Calder with a special guest for the second half - new YOUmedia librarian Julia. We shake things up with a personal choice to begin the episode but then there's.....wait for it......a..... GIANT...... SURPRISE!
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You may be asking yourself what happened to episode 3 of this season? Well, it was eaten by a grue or more accurately it died a sad audio death involving bad mics and editing glitches. You can try to imagine the episode if you want to. It was a WRUP (What R U Playing) and only a WRUP.
But let's get on to what happens in this episode. An episode that exists! We start off with a discussion of Occulus Rift, specifically how it looks in Team Fortress 2. Then we move on to Personal Choice where we pick games we would like to see on Occulus Rift. Further Reading * See what Team Fortress 2 looks like using the Oculus Rift
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It's been a while since our last podcast so we decided to come back with a very special episode. Yes folks, it's another LIVE episode! This time our audio set-up was much improved and we had a fantabulous audience. The Digital Media and Learning Conference was in town and we were visited by folks from Learning Labs across the country. Just to name a few we had folks from Washington D.C., Pittsburgh, Minneapolis and the Bronx! You were all a fantastic audience and we wish we had put a mic out in the audience so we could have recorded all of your questions and comments.
And now we have a lovely recorded version of the live episode for your enjoyment. We discussed the problems with grinding and the difficulties in connecting to your character in video games. We ended the discussion with a personal choice focusing on the characters we connected to the most in video games. Enjoy the discussion with Kaillif, John, Calder, Adjani and Taylor.
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We are back to our good old format this week. It's a small group just featuring Kaillif, Derrick, Adjani and Taylor but we think it's a nice return after two weeks of playing games. This week we have new microphones which has vastly improved our sound quality. We also have a News Conference featuring an article from about 10 months ago. We are talking about combat as a game mechanic and why it is so overused. We also discuss combat in our Personal Choice segment which is all about games that either don't feature combat or have inconsequential combat elements.
Recently the Library of Games Podcast has turned into the Library of Games Game Show. This week we played another game, the wonderful card game MetaGame, which we heartily recommend to anyone who loves video games. This week the competition includes Taylor, Adjani, Calder and John with Kaillif as the grand judge. Will Kaillif abuse his power? Will Calder win again? You will have to listen to find out.
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Zachary, Allante, Mr. Dan, and Ms. Ayana tell a funny freestyle story about a man and his best friend, a beetle named Fat Magic. In a freestyle story, each person takes a turn making up a part.
This week we decided to turn the podcast into a game show! We played a Reddit inspired game where we described a game from the point of view of a non-playable character. The contestants were John, Derrick, Calder, Taylor and Stanley. It was a hard fought battle but there was a clear victor. Listen to the episode to find out who was victorious. Next week: mustaches.
Further Reading The original Reddit post that inspired this episode.
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Welcome to the inaugural episode of Season 8 of Library of Games. This week we are bringing you three Personal Choice segments. The first is our choice for best games that involve scientific topics to celebrate the upcoming opening of a new science based YOUmedia at the Humboldt Park branch of the Chicago Public Library. The second segment is our all important choice for 2012's game of the year. The third segment are our gaming resolutions for the new year.
Featured Music Cable Swingin' Ferret (Goto80 and the Uwe Schenk Band) / CC BY 3.0
The Chicago Teachers Union sponsored an "Education Summit on School Closings" on December 8 at Marshall High School (on Chicago's West Side). According to the CTU website: "The meeting... provide[d] training to school leaders on how they can engage the broader community against increasing charter school initiatives and pending school closings by Chicago Public Schools (CPS)." High School students Marroz and Lucy were there. Here is their report.
It's that time of the week again. Time for a Library of Games podcast. This week we took a look at Time Magazine's Top 100 Video Game List. We debated picked over and both criticized and lauded that list. So, what always happens when a best of list comes out. In our second segment, fan favorite Personal Choice, we talked about video games that make you hate life...it's not as depressing as you think it's going to be. Enjoy and don't despair.
Further Reading
Full list of the Top 100 Video Games as chosen by Time Magazine Reader Poll Results via Time Magazine
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It's time for another tangent. If you've never experienced a tangent before here is a quick rundown. Tangents are designed to be silly, strange and altogether uninformative. We don't plan anything, we just lock ourselves into the studio for an hour and see what happens. Sometimes we talk about video games, some time we don't. Get ready for the scary stuff that comes out of the LoG brain when unregulated.
In this tangent we discuss pigeon dating sims and we actually throw in a personal choice just to attempt to keep things normal. Enjoy at your peril.
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This week we have a special guest Byrd's Nest segment. Taylor discusses her mild outrage at the reaction to an article Matthew wrote for the Huffington Post Teen. In personal choice we discuss games that we gave up on extremely early due to sheer boredom and/or disappointment. Enjoy!
Further Reading Sexism and Misogyny Ruin the Reputation of Video Games as an Art Form by Matthew Byrd via Huffington Post Teen
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Students from YOUmedia Radio at the Thurgood Marshall Library branch ask youth and elders alike: Why is Voting Important? ....Or is it important at all?
This week we take a voyage on the Awesome Party Boat of Games the clever little title for or segment that features the odd, obscure, and overlooked games that we love. This week Kaillif talks about all the games you may miss because of the triple A onslaught of Assassin's Creed III, Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Next we delve into personal choice and talk about the things that we suck at in video games - because let's face it, we are not all expert players.
This week we tackle the subject of the relationship of PR and game journalism and ask the question who is responsible for maintaining ethical critical standards? Finally, in Personal Choice we discuss college classes that should be taught with video games as the central text. We also welcome back LoG alumnus Aaron Eckart-Frank who is visting us on his fall break from Grinnell College. Enjoy the show.
Welcome to a very special episode of Library of Games. This week we have not one, not two but three personal choice segments for your listening pleasure. We talk about our most anticipated games, best hair in video games and which video game character would we the best doubles tennis partner. We think we broke the universe by recording this episode...
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This week we talk about the 2011 Alex Gibney documentary Catching Hell which chronicles the Bartman Ball Incident. We talk about scapegoats, baseball, and more.
This week we talk about our favorite sports movies. A few of the films up for discussion are Hoosiers, A League of Their Own, Miracle, Breaking Away and more. Enjoy and share our favorite sports films in the comments section.
This week we introduced a new feature, Symbolic Sprites, where we talk about single video games titles in depth. For our inaugural feature we talked about the 2008 puzzle platformer Braid. Our second segment is a brief look at the fourth part of in a series from Culture Ramp called The Reader which deals with new gaming journalism. We also welcome a new podcast contributor this week Calder Laban! Enjoy...
Intro, Break & Outro music: Killbots by Blasterhead
This week we discuss Akira Kurosawa's 1952 film, a life affirming but not sentimental look at the meaning of life. Also, we somehow make it to the end of the episode without Matthew losing a lung.
We are back with a new season! This week we revisited an old favorite, Byrdie's article about a 9/11 video game. We also talked about the death of the subscription MMO and the strangest games we have ever played.
Hello! This week we discuss tragedy and how it is portrayed in film all centered around Matthew's article on 102 Minutes That Changed America, a documentary on the September 11th attacks. Enjoy!
Marroz Franklin and Jameson Parker interview other YOUmedia Chicago students about how the ongoing Chicago Teachers Union Strike has impacted them.
Hey folks, it's podcast time. We are back in our original studio at YOUmedia this week or as we call it the Homeland of Soundproofia. This week we are talking about the "Girlfriend Mode" debacle. In short, it's another discussion about feminism, misogyny and video game culture. Below the SoundCloud player we have links to all of the articles we referenced in the episode. In Personal Choice we talk about our favorite puzzles!
After a couple week break from normal podcasting we return with a rusty yet enjoyable discussion of Stanley Kubrick's 1955 film noir Killer's Kiss. We also introduce a new segment "Soapbox" where we discuss an issue related to film or a film we are not discussing that is important to us. Enjoy!
We held our very first live episode this week at YOUmedia Chicago at the Harold Washington Library Center. We want to thank the audience at YOUmedia for being incredibly awesome and we hope that this is the first in a long line of live episodes. Unfortunately we lost the first half of the podcast due to a computer malfunction but were able to salvage the last portion which was a special personal choice where we suggested two games you should buy and play right now.
We apologize for the less than stellar audio (especially Byrdie who sounds like he is in a wind tunnel). We will try to have much better audio quality next time!
In this podcast we say farewell to Aaron Eckart-Frank who is leaving Chicago and the podcast for Grinnell College. To commemorate his departure we let Aaron run every single segment. That includes a game preview of Spy Party from developer Chris Hecker. Then we talk about the impressive success of the Arma 2 mod Day Z. Finally we finish off the episode with an Olympic themed personal choice. We pick video game characters we would want to see compete in the Olympics. Enjoy!
This week we have a quick podcast with just two segments instead of our regular three. First we talk about a great article by Ian Bogost that raises some interesting discussion points about Kickstarter and the proposed Ouya console. Next we have a strange personal choice....video game characters that we would want to take to the family picnic.
Welcome back! It's a new season and we have two new members -- welcome to John and Derrick. We start off the podcast talking about Indie Game: The Movie, which we highly recommend. Next we talk about the upsetting story of Anita Sarkeesian's Kickstarter. Finally we have choose characters from video games that we would like to teach our science classes.
This week we are missing some folks thank to bank robbing and Denmark... We start off with a special Byrd's Nest hosted not by Mr. Byrd but by Mr. Frank...a Frank's Nest? We talk about video games a a communal activity or what does it mean to play with other people sitting next to you. Next we talk about the Perpetual Testing Initiative or as it is also known Portal 2's map editor -- we are so excited!!! We finish off with two games that we would choose to play alone -- get your mind out of the gutter -- we are talking about games that have a better playing experience without a crowd.
This week we take some time off from our usual film discussion and discuss something more tragic. We discuss the recent Aurora murders, our personal reactions to it as both filmgoers and humans. It's messy, cathartic, unplanned and emotional, but it was all we could do.
In memory of the victims.
This week we discuss the summer blockbuster. Surprisingly, we discover that we love blockbusters (in Taylor's case even if they are incredibly stupid). We talk about the best blockbuster filmmakers: Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and Christopher Nolan and also discuss the worst - Michael Bay. Movies up for discussion include, Terminator, Alien, the Batman films, Independence Day and more.
This week we discuss our first musical! We take a look at the 1936 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers classic Swing Time, directed by future Academy Award winning director George Stevens.
Well, another E3 is complete. It was better than last year but was still lacking in so many ways. At least we saw some exciting new IPs and are looking forward to using tablets and consoles in tandem. Listen as Kaillif Ammen (@gloqwi), Matthew Byrd (@cinebyrd), Aaron Eckart-Frank (@frednoris007) and Taylor Bayless (@taylorbayless) pick the best and worst of E3 2012.
This week we are testing out the new podcast format. Prompted by Matthew's attempted review of Cabin in the Woods, we decided to talk about the tricky subject of spoilers. We do spoil a few movies and video games in this episode as we discuss the topic. You have been warned! We also have a special guest this week - Kaillif Ammen (@gloqwi) who comes from our other podcast Library of Games.
Today is a slow news day from E3 as we clean up some of the loose ends from the first three podcasts. We discuss Dishonored, Sleeping Dogs and Elder Scrolls Online. Enjoy the very brief discussion.
Welcome to our second day of Library of Games' comprehensive E3 coverage. Today's episode ran a little long so we decided to split it into two parts. In this first part we discuss the disappointment of EA's press conference and gush over come parts of Ubisoft's presser (mostly Watch Dogs) and sigh at other parts. Enjoy!
Library of Games kicks off its very special E3 coverage with comprehensive analysis of the Microsoft press briefing. It's mostly depressing with a few minor bright spots. Kind of like the whole video games industry when you think about it... So sit back and relax and listen to some teenagers talk about what they love - like usual.
It's a small group this week and we lack a little energy at the beginning but we pull it back together with a News Conference about an Atlantic about Jonathan Blow. In our feature we preview the game Among the Sleep by Krillbite Studios. We wrap up the episode with Personal Choice with our favorite game developers.
We are back! After a long hiatus the Final Cut Podcast hosted by YOUmedia librarian, Taylor Bayless and YOUmedia teen Matthew Byrd has returned. We kick off Season 2 with a look at The Social Network directed by David Fincher. Do you agree with us? Let us know what you think and also take the time to visit the show's website finalcutpod.com.
Interviews with YOUmedia students at the Thurgood Marshall Library Branch in Chicago expressing their thoughts about the Trayvon Martin tragedy. Students respond to audio of Geraldo Rivera who stated on FOX News that young people of color should "Leave the Hoodies at Home".
YOUmedia Students at the Richard M. Daley Library Branch in Chicago in a roundtable about what Rap is ( & isn't). They also talk about what makes it unique versus other types of music.
Roundtable moderated by Miss Ayana.
It's Tangent Time! If this is your first tangent here is a quick explanation... Way back in Season 2 Taylor was out of town at a conference but the group decided to record anyway. In that season everyone had a problem with going off on tangents and not sticking to the planned topic of discussion. So the idea was to do a podcast of all tangents to see what would happen. Well, it was an interesting podcast. It started off light and funny and then went to a dark place with a rant of epic proportions from former LoGer Leo. We decided the tangent was an interesting experiment and we now produce one tangent a season. We walk into the studio with absolutely no plan for the conversation and record one straight hour of unfiltered LoGiness.
In past tangents we have gotten seriously off the topic of video games but this time we actually produced one of the best discussions of games in the podcast's history. Get ready for talk about the lack of summer gaming blockbusters and a dissection of gaming reviews where we lay out our plans for the future of gaming criticism.
Also.....waffles.
Oh dear...We sort of loose our minds during this podcast. We apologize for the arguing in circles up front. Please bear with us for some interesting if argumentative conversation. First up we have Byrd's Nest in which we discuss video games as a platform for journalism. In News Conference we talk about game theory - and this is where we loose our minds. All we can say is watch the video below the podcast audio and talk amongst yourselves. Finally in Personal Choice we talk about video games we would never want to live out in real life.
This week we have a new feature, Quest For Clicks, from Taylor. It’s about adventure games (which are not dead!). The first QFC is about Adventure Game Studio and the amazing world of freeware independent adventures. In News Conference we talk about the media circus surrounding Anders Brevik and the reaction from writer John Walker. Finally in Personal Choice we mash up two games to make one fantastic creation.
YOUmedia participant Prince Talent talks about his submission to the What's Going On Project, called "I Still Believe".
for more student-created submissions, visit: http://soundcloud.com/youmediachicago/sets/wgon-project/
Welcome back! After two weeks off for Easter and Spring Break we are back with podcast-y goodness. Contrary to Stanley's beliefs at the top of this episode, this is in fact episode 7. Sorry Stanley, yet again numbers are your downfall. We also have a fully functioning website - contrary to the things said in the episode.
This week we have a very political Byrd's Nest and have a discussion about video games and the recession. Then we talk about the economic structure of the video game industry. In News Conference we talk about the Violence in Video Games Labeling Act. The discussion is so great that it continues after the break so we decided to add it to the end of the episode. Stick around after the music to hear the bonus conversation. Finally, we have Personal Choice where we choose games we would play with our family to change their opinions of video games.
Stanley is back! We start off with a Byrd's Nest inspired by last week's conversation and share our feelings about walkthroughs. In News Conference we talk about the controversial ending of Mass Effect 3 and BioWare's reactions to the fan outrage. Finally in Personal Choice we pick our favorite video game endings. Be warned! We spoil all of the games we talk about in this segment. Here is the list of games we talk about so you can avoid all of our spoilers.
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Shadow of the Colossus
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
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BioShock
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Red Dead Redemption
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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
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Contact
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Portal 2
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Heavy Rain
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Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
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Final Fantasy X
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Pokemon Black (Hacked Version)
We are all back this week – except for Stanley whose whereabouts are unknown. Byrdie is sitting in as host and apparently hosting gives him an NPR style voice that is very distracting for the rest of the group.
For the first time this season Malic takes us to the indie gaming world with Independent Pixel. We talk about two games that allow players to unleash their inner game designer: Sketch Nation Studio from Engineous Games and Code Hero from Primer Labs.
In News Conference we talk about an article from Kill Screen Magazine’s blog about what is means to complete video games. We discovered we have very different opinions about the necessity of actually finishing video games. We also bring up the controversial ending to Mass Effect 3 which makes us all sad.
Finally for Personal Choice we talk about games where we would rather play as the antagonist than the protagonist.
*Taylor had a cold during this episode and apologizes for her unpleasant coughing.
This week it's a very small podcast with just Kaillif, Byrdie and Adam and we've only got two segments. In Byrd's Nest we talk about enemies in video games and why we find it so easy to kill them. In Personal Choice we talk about video games that could be adapted into movies - hopefully good movies...
It's a brand new season of Library of Games and we've moved up in the world. Thanks to our great partners at Digital Youth Network we are now recording the podcast at the College of Computing and Digital Media at DePaul University.
We are kicking off the new season with a personal choice segment that is looking forward to the end of LoG's 5th season. We will be ending the season with our E3 coverage, so in our personal choice we talk about our wish list and predictions of E3 2012.
Welcome to our first full episode of season 5! We are in our new studio at DePaul University but the features are still the same. This week in Byrd's Nest we discuss adaptations and video games, in News Conference we talk about the upcoming indie game Cradle and in Personal Choice we come with ideas for games set in our home town of Chicago, Illinois.
Osiris Carroll (Anubis) and Lee Johnson (L.A.) wrote lyrics and rhymed on this track for the What's Going On Project via the Kennedy Center and YOUmedia Chicago.
L.A. took on the roll of George Zimmerman in the first verse and Anubis spoke in the voice of Trayvon Martin for verses 2 and 3.
VERSE 1 Chillin in my window callin pissin cops off, Chewin finger nails waitin for somethin to pop off, Finally hooded figure it's you and me and harmful or not to the community I'm ready to pop ya top off. Somethin smellin fishy like cat made poo, nothin better else to do u run I chase even tho the cops strictly told me not to pursue, this feelin makes me sick like the flu....... I ain't no fool. It's somethin in your hands I told them, skip it I ain't takin chances to see what it is, lil scoundrul (truely do not know how to spell it lol) go ahead and scream why don't ya, before he call his "folks" I gotta silence this kid quick, Led collide with rainbows and liquid from arizona, this is my kill stand over it like a deer, kids no fear you can wipe away your tears your newest P.D. officer is here-Zimmerman
VERSE 2 passing by time trying watch the windblow had a bag of skittles in my hand while this dude had a pistol, an innocent man with a hood confused for being racial in a racist neighborhood a stereotypical black figure is miserable when he's always gettin passed for the person whos visible if Zimmer would shoot a dude whos highly identicle then the chargers would be ready like Treys interlude so tell me if I didn't run would I be dead was yo nerves pumpin or was it pleasure instead I think it was the last one you can't change the the pass son but if u ever did id still be blood shead and I don't doubt it for one second you shoulda been arrested if not den posted up at da Pen with no question so I guess this a lesson for all the black kids to stay up outta places that we never shoulda been
VERSE 3 Whats going on I don't know so tell him have you seen the killings with lethal weapons it's like sector 7 an inclosed arrangement so heartless in the world left your blood on the pavement with no remorse they dont care if they did it the satisfaction from killing leaves them all with enlightment not intentions for prison but who makes the desicions if god is willing then he'll bless all these lil children for being so peaceful and staying away from the Evil see life is like a sequel it changes everyday one moment you'll be napping and the other you'll be see through I want peace for my people, but what you need to realize is life aint no disguise open up your eyes to another suprise but I seen it coming and I aint even running im staring it face to face and waiting for an answer
McKinzie hosts a talk show about community with Youmedia participants. The students talk honestly (and with passion) about abandoned buildings and ending violence as well as education, the economy and what they think of the job our President is doing.
This week we are joined by special guest Chris Cookson (@coldmilk) to talk about White Dog the last American film made by iconoclastic filmmaker Samuel Fuller. Our discussion covers melodrama, racism, studio censorship and how we would recast the film.
This week we pretend we are Jesus Christ...just kidding. Actually we watched a film, The Ruling Class (Peter Medak, 1972), where Peter O'Toole thinks he's God. This week traverse many topics including insanity, aristocracy and American Republican politics. Enjoy!
On this day in 1946, the holiday classic It's A Wonderful Life premiered. While it wasn't a huge success back then today it's regarded as one of the best movies of all time. Get the Final Cut take on this classic film and enjoy some holiday cheer.
This week we are talking about the Terry Gilliam cult classic Brazil. We disagree a bit about the greatness of the film but agree more often than not. Secondly, we would like to apologize for the poor audio quality of this episode. Byrdie's microphone failed mid-podcast which is why Taylor sounds fine but Byrdie sounds like he's in another room. At least you're not being subjected to information retrieval...
This week we begin December with a very cold film, the 1949 feature Battleground directed by William Wellman and starring Van Johnson.
Be very very frightened...it's the Season 4 tangent episode. If you haven't listened to a tangent before, get ready for 90 minutes of unbridled LoG conversation. Unfortunately (or fortunately) very little of the episode deals with video games, but we do talk a lot about smells and cartoons.
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This week we are talking about the 1973 sci-fi gem Silent Running directed by Douglas Trumbull. Get ready for discussions about environmentalism, robots and Bruce Dern.
This week we have another disagreement. Enjoy our differing opinions as we disucss Surveillance, directed by Jennifer Lynch (the daughter of David Lynch).
This week we spend the majority of the podcast laughing because we are talking about the 1942 comedy classic To Be or Not to Be directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Join us for a discussion of satire, Nazis and Jack Benny. Schultz!!!
In our final Chicago Humanities Festival Interview we talk to Katie Salen the founder Katie Salen is professor in the College of Computing and Digital Media at DePaul University, and former director of the Center for Transformative Media at Parsons The New School for Design, a research center in New York focused on emerging trends in design and media. She locates her work in the field of game design and serves as the executive director of the Institute of Play, which focuses on games and learning. Katie led the team that founded Quest to Learn, a new 6-12th grade public school in New York City, where she currently serves as executive director of design.
As part of the Chicago Humanities Festival, Library of Games is interviewing important people in the world of video games. Our second extrasode features Tracy Fullerton, a game designer, educator and writer with fifteen years of professional experience. She is currently an associate professor in the Interactive Media Division of the USC School of Cinematics Arts and Director of the Electronic Arts Game Innovation Lab.
As part of the Chicago Humanities Festival, the Library of Games interviewed some special guests! First up is Susanna Ruiz, co-founder of the game design collective Take Action Games, which seeks to address critical social issues via innovative gameplay.
Hey! Someone got distracted by Skyrim and delayed at uploading the podcast! But hey! It’s here! Episode 4!
Intro and Outro brought to you by Nine Inch Nails’ Discipline
[00:00 - 32: 00] BYRDIE’S REVIEW OF ARKHAM CITY!
Break! (Brought to you by Nine Inch Nails’s Echoplex)
[34:00 - 51:30] NEWS CONFERENCE: Discussing the idea of a Biometric controller (from this news article!)
2nd Break!
[54:00 - 1:20:00 END] PERSONAL CHOICE: This week! 2 games each of us love that everyone else hates!
It’s a good one! Listen in!
King High School Senior Justin Jackson performs his original song entitled "Grow Up". Then he takes us behind the music, into his inspirations and hopes for when he 'grows up'.
There was a massive disagreement this week over the choice of film Cobb. This 1994 biopic from director Ron Shelton is a favorite of Matthew's but Taylor didn't care for the film so much....actually she hates the film. Get ready for some serious arguing...
This week, instead of focusing on a single film we are talking about our favorite 100 films of all time (at this moment at least). This is by no means a definitive list. Instead the episode features a list of movies we think you should take some time to watch. You can look at the full list of our favorite films here: http://cl.ly/1V3K2o242X1P1H2i0a06. One final word....Cobb.
High School students (aka Daryl) and Asha talk about Tupac Shakur. Daryl is a fan, and a guide to the world of Tupac, from his background and his poetry to his legacy. It's a world that Asha knows nothing about.
High School students Asha and Daryl talk about Anime and manga. Asha is a fan, and a guide to the world of Japanese Language, Animation, and Graphic Novels. A world that Daryl knows nothing about.
Morton Junior High School student Monique and Samantha debate the statement: "Black People Make White People Racist."
Do Youtube videos, news stories, and hearsay impact how others view people that share your cultural background?
Recorded at the Richard M. Daley Branch of YOUmedia.
West Town High School student Anna asks "What's the scariest sound you've ever heard"? But, for Anna, the scariest sound of all is silence. Created at the Richard M. Daley Library Branch of YOUmedia
This week we have a special Halloween edition of The Final Cut. First off, we have a quick discussion of the Mexican horror classic Cronos directed by Guillermo del Toro. The we seque into a discussion of horror films and we share our choices of horrors films that everyone should watch. Enjoy!
Hey guys! Get ready and listen to our best episode yet! We talk superheroes, the first games we ever played, and opera singer comes back from the past season… with a vengeance… and perhaps even… an ally?
Feature: Independent Pixel (0:00-20:50) – We’re talkin’ ’bout Indie Game Development and why you … might not want to do it!
News Conference: (22:00-46:40) – In lieu of Warner Bros. Interactive announcing that they are going to make a new DC character game,we discuss who we would like to have a game made for!
Personal Choice – (47:00-1:16:00) – This week all of us list the 2 games that got us into gaming, sparked our interest, and were our gateway into this magnificent medium!
Enjoy guys!
Hello devoted Final Cut fans and newcomers alike!! This week we continue our month-long celebration of Halloween and horror films with the 1962 cult horror film Carnival of Souls from Director Herk Harvey. Prepare for an intriguing discussion of death, atmosphere, and Byrdie’s debilitating fear of carnivals.
This week our horror theme continues with the British horror classic Death Line (better known as Raw Meat in the United States). "Mind the doors...."
Chicago is a place with layers. Scary things, Happy Things, and Beautiful things happen every day. Real Chicago Stories from Shaon, Brittany, and Joann.
Welcome to Season 4 of the Library of Games podcast! Havin’ a lonely Tuesday night? Let us remedy it! This week:
We have our weekly Portable Games Feature – Portagames! 3:00 – 10:00
Music Break Time! 10:30 – 11:30
Intro, Break & Outro: My Oh My by Civalias
News! 11:30 – 42:00
Steve Jobs Death Library of Games and a Cow A British Dude Chokes A Kid Because of being made fun of in Black Ops Gamers Spend Lotso Money on Intangible Digital Stuff! (divulging into a really interesting discussion on Why We Still Love Physical/Digital Copies!) Surprise! Video Game Companies Get Gigantic Tax Breaks! Another Humble Bundle! 10 Games You Have To Play Before You Die! 42:00 – 55:30 Please PLEASE comment if we’ve missed a game, we’ve screwed up with a decision!
We are marred by a couple of audio problems in the first half, but it’s still worth the listen! Enjoy!
We're back! The Final Cut film podcast is back after a month long hiatus. All this October we are discussing the wonderful world of horror films,. This week we are discussing 1986's Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer from director John McNaughton. Join us for all the discussions of traumatic childhoods and fetal positions. Enjoy!
A podcast about the things teens learn outside the classroom. In this episode, Alisha and Darius talk about how who you choose to be around can affect where you end up.
Hosted by Darius and Alisha. Recorded by Darius. Produced by Ayana Contreras
It’s that time again, the Log Season Finale is here! The end of many old things… But we’ll be back! And maybe this time with less 8bit and dubstep music!
Enjoy the episode!
YOUmedia's signature open mic night is Lyricist Loft, Wednesdays at 5pm at the Harold Washington Library's YOUmedia space. Produced by Ayana Contreras
This week we finally got around to discussing Boyz n the Hood. Plus we are joined by special guest Marcus Lumpkin. After last week's episode, which was full of agreement, we are back to good old disagreement. Most of the arguments have to do with Cuba Gooding, Jr...
Hey! This isn't Boyz N the Hood! Seems we had a bit of the mix up here at The Final Cut. Instead we chose Stanley Kubrick's 1987 war film Full Metal Jacket. Prepare for a draining experience full of self-doubt, nihilism and despair. Enjoy!
18 year old MJ sings his original composition entitled "I Love Your Swag" during an August Edition of YOUmedia's "Lyricist Loft" open-mic night at the Harold Washington Library. He also talks about what "swag" is and why no one should ever "swaggerjack". A first time visitor to the space, he was excited to use the YOUmedia studio space to record for free with his library card.
Join us for the 3rd episode of The Final Cut podcast. This week we discuss co-host Taylor's choice (not surprisingly it's a comedy) Hannah and Her Sisters, Woody Allen's comedy from 1986. Join our bickering hosts as we discuss the meaning of life as told by Woody Allen.
YOUmedia creative wunderkid Prince Talent talks about his inspiration behind his Adele "Rolling in the Deep" remix. He also talks about the art (and artistic value) of the remix.
YOUmedia’s Shaondell Black talks to Radio Mentor Ayana Contreras about his ACT-SO Award winning Short Film, “Incubus”. Music by Prince Talent. Audio Production by Ayana Contreras
Cool experimental music/play by JP and Kaillif featuring a carrot peeler, an electric guitar, a microphone, and a whisk. Recorded during a visit from our friends from Girls Rock! Chicago…
We are back for the second episode of The Final Cut podcast. This week we have a new microphone and therefore much better audio quality! This week we are talking about one co-host Matthew's favorite films, Mean Streets (Scorsese, 1973). Get ready for some discussion of Catholic guilt....and....uh, more Catholic guilt. We also have a lovely guest host, Theresa Kettler (@irisandlens).
This podcast was recorded and produced at YOUmedia at the Chicago Public Library. For more information about YOUmedia visit youmediachicago.org
Welcome to the maiden episode of The Final Cut podcast. Hopefully we do better than the Titanic (both the movie and the boat). This week we are talking about the 1950 Billy Wilder classic Sunset Boulevard (also co-host Taylor's favorite film). Get ready for an in depth discussion of one of the most cynical and scathing films ever produced about Hollywood (much to co-host Matthew's delight). Enjoy!
This podcast was recorded and produced at YOUmedia at the Chicago Public Library. For more information about YOUmedia visit youmediachicago.org