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In honor of poetry week in the library (it's DOG-themed) Marieke will yap about dog related materials intersecting with SC&A. What a goooood playlist!

Redhead Aries Unite on the Airwaves to talk mix tape as anti-capitalist info sharing.

On this week's episode (we're BACK!) we welcome Summer Unsinn, Systems Librarian who will make the case for computers being people too (or will she)?

This week on Books R People 2 we're playing story songs and discussing the power of stories and narrative building. Plus hyping SC&A programs this week!

Today on BRP2 we reflect on 10 years of Audubon page-turnings, what's coming up, and other goings-on in SC&A (events, exhibits, etc.).

This week's episode explores empathy building in books, specifically exploring two artist's books by Tona Wilson that deal with immigration courts and AlieNation/SepaRation by Maureen Cummins. Music will includes interview excerpt with Maureen).

On today's episode--the final Books Are People Too for 2025--I welcome Douglas W. Milliken, multi-hyphenate writing/music/art phenom extraordinaire. Longtime friend first time guest.

Join me for a conversation with printmaker, book and installation artist Carrie Scanga. Be prepared for laughter!

Today's conversation is with Meagan Doyle, Bowdoin's Digital Archivist

Let's get into artist's books and climate change with the extraordinary Anneli Skaar... along with discussion about Two Ponds Press, Maine Media Workshop, and the power of listening.

In this ep we check in with Strout Family Photographic Archivist, Katie Perry! Click click: check out Leon B. Strout's photographs online ✌🏻

Stuck on a crossword clue and looking ahead to a week of class visits to the Special Collections Learning Lab, on this week's show Librarian/DJ Marieke reflects on the materials pulled for MUS 2305: Beethoven and the Invention of Western Music. From a 14th century antiphonary and letter by Beethoven (written in 1824) to Elliot Schwartz's 1970 homage to Napoleon and Beethoven, tune in for thematically aligned music and some good ol' book talk.

BRP2 is graced by special guest Beck Silva '26, curator of the Library's Fall 2025 exhibit From Club to Cause: Student Groups and the Politics of Voice at Bowdoin. We're talking about her experience in the archive, alternate archives, finding student voices from the past, and promoting our upcoming exhibit party! Soundscape is Brazilian Bossa Nova (the soundtrack of Beck's summer research).

Reentry to the academic and radio world... without words! This week's episode of Books Are People Too highlights an archival playlist of instrumental music and Marieke yapping about her favorite wordless books in SC&A: Romano Hanni's "Typo Bilder Buch" (2012) and the folded books of Warja Lavater.

Join Marieke and Jamey Tanzer (Special Collections Research Services Librarian) in a convo about fan fiction and accompanied by Jamey's superb selections of cover songs! Tune in!

Today's guest is Professor Tess Chakkalakal (English/Africana Studies) and we'll be chatting about her new book, A Matter of Complexion: The Life and Fictions of Charles W. Chesnutt, her podcast Dead Writers, and working in SC&A!

Join Marieke, Katie, and Emma as they spill the tea about the SC&A workroom.

Join for a convo with book artist Rebecca Goodale as we talk about her new work and love of the French language (and more!)