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Circulating Ideas

Steve Thomas

Circulating Ideas facilitates conversations about the innovative people & ideas moving libraries through the 21st century.

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100 episodes

  1. 324: Roadtrip Nation: Beyond Books
  2. 323: Library Game Kickstarter with Gene Ambaum
  3. 322: The Case for a Professional Foundation in Librarianship, with Bobbi L. Newman and Sam Helmick
  4. 321: Intellectual Freedom Manual, with Erin Jones
  5. 320: Incarnate by Alma Katsu – Summer Reading Spectacular 2026
  6. 319: Unreliable Narrator by Araminta Hall – Summer Reading Spectacular 2026
  7. 318: Summer of Love by Kerri Maher – Summer Reading Spectacular 2026
  8. 317: The Man by Laura Sims – Summer Reading Spectacular 2026
  9. 316: Sawyer Lee and the Quest to Just Stay Home by Zach Weinersmith – Summer Reading Spectacular 2026
  10. 315: Three Hitmen and a Baby by Rob Hart – Summer Reading Spectacular 2026
  11. 314: Social Animals by Camille Perri – Summer Reading Spectacular 2026
  12. 313: Feast by Catherine Kurtz – Summer Reading Spectacular 2026
  13. 312: Dress Your Baby in Sage and Taupe by Hayley DeRoche – Summer Reading Spectacular 2026
  14. 311: Wake Now in the Fire by Jarrett Dapier
  15. 310: Journalism Education, AI, and Local News, with Jeremy Shermak
  16. 309: The Infinite Loop: Archives and Time Travel in the Popular Imagination, with Lynne M. Thomas and Katy Rawdon
  17. 308: Enemy of My Enemy: A Daredevil Marvel Crime Novel by Alex Segura
  18. 307: ALA Presidential Candidates (2026)
  19. 306 – Valuing the Community College Library, with Terra Jacobson and Spencer Brayton
  20. 305: YOU & ME AND YOU & ME AND YOU & ME by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees
  21. 304: Passive Readers’ Advisory, with Lila Denning
  22. 303: Roll for Adventure: Tabletop Roleplaying Adventures for Your School or Public Library, by Lucas Maxwell
  23. 302: School Libraries Supporting Students with Hidden Needs and Talents by Karla Collins
  24. 301: Federal Education Policy, with Dr. Bradley Custer
  25. 300: The New Civic Path with Rich Harwood
  26. 299: The Last Kids on Earth and the Destructor’s Lair by Max Brallier
  27. 298: Why I Love Horror by Becky Siegel Spratford
  28. 297: The Library Leader’s Guide to Human Resources by Steve Albrecht
  29. 296: The Legacy of Black Women in Librarianship: When They Dared to Be Powerful by Nicole A. Cooke
  30. 295: Generative AI and Libraries, by Michael Hanegan and Chris Rosser
  31. 294: The House of Two Sisters by Rachel Louise Driscoll – Summer Reading Spectacular
  32. 293: A Universe Big & Small: a Story about Carl Sagan by James Yang – Summer Reading Spectacular
  33. 292: The Librarians by Sherry Thomas – Summer Reading Spectacular
  34. 291: Fiend by Alma Katsu – Summer Reading Spectacular
  35. 290: UnWorld by Jayson Greene – Summer Reading Spectacular
  36. 289: The Medusa Protocol by Rob Hart – Summer Reading Spectacular
  37. 288: Weird Sad and Silent by Alison McGhee – Summer Reading Spectacular
  38. 287: Where You’re Planted by Melanie Sweeney – Summer Reading Spectacular
  39. 286: All the Signs by Jessie Rosen – Summer Reading Spectacular
  40. 285: Well-Being in the Library Workplace: A Handbook for Managers, with Bobbi L. Newman
  41. 284: Stories on Skin: A Librarian’s Guide to Tattoos as Personal Archives
  42. 283: Overdrive Content Strategy with Jason Tyrrell
  43. 282: Battle Mountain by C. J. Box
  44. 281: ALA Presidential Candidates (2025)
  45. 280: The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens
  46. 279: Revolutionize Youth Book Clubs by Stacy Brown
  47. 278: Fighting for Academic Librarians: the Impact of Underfunding
  48. 277: Inclusive Cataloging: Histories, Context, and Reparative Approaches
  49. 276: The Christmas Cookie Wars by Eliza Evans
  50. 275: Library 2035, with Sandra Hirsh