12: “Functional and Comfortable” with Pamela Williams

On our season two finale, Campus Director of Library Services Pam Williams joins the show to discuss cultural shifts around libraries, information literacy in the age of AI, and how they don’t make sewing machines like they used to.

Show notes for this episode:

• Twenty Thousand Hertz
• Criminal
• Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!
• 99% Invisible
• “What's Up, Doc? Mel Blanc and the Magic of Looney Tunes” | Twenty Thousand Hertz
• “Pew Pew! The Making of Star Wars’ Iconic Sounds” | Twenty Thousand Hertz
• Looney Tunes
• Marvin the Martian
• Star Wars
• Logan's Run
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser trailer | YouTube
• CT State Libraries
• Seventh-inning stretch
• Imposter syndrome
• “I know that I know nothing.”
• Middlemarch Madness
• David Sedaris
• Blood Meridian, narrated by Richard Poe | Amazon
• The Prince of los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood
• The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family
• The Silmarillion, narrated by Andy Serkis
• Three Rivers Campus Library
• Singer sewing machines
• IBM Selectric
• Episode 18: The Memory Artist | This Is Love Podcast
• Episode 19: The Wolves | This Is Love Podcast

Note: The Flowdown will be on summer break until September 2025. See you in the fall!