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Liberating Libraries

Welcome to Liberating Libraries, a podcast project presented by the Conspiracy of Equality. In this show, we talk about the fiction we’re reading and how it is informing, poking at, inspiring, or enab... Read more

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Update on Liberating Libraries July 2020

Update on Liberating Libraries July 2020

A quick note on where things are at with Liberating Libraries.  You can find all our past episodes and writings at liber... Read more

28 Jul 2020

5mins

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Survivors Elsewhere

Survivors Elsewhere

Tash Aw's We, The Survivors (2019) is all about exploitation and the toll of development on workers. Vladamir Lorchenkov... Read more

13 Apr 2020

53mins

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A Return to Octavia Butler

A Return to Octavia Butler

We're back in 2020 with a look at one of the authors who inspired this whole project: Octavia Butler. In this brand new ... Read more

10 Feb 2020

57mins

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2019 Year in Review

2019 Year in Review

Ever wonder what it's like to hear us talk about books we DIDN'T like? Best and worst reads off our shelf in 2019, and s... Read more

16 Dec 2019

44mins

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