Librarians on the Front Lines
Book Riot - The Podcast
Riot New Media Group, Inc
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, film vault. |
| 0:01.6 | We are one of the original film podcasts. That can't be true. There was like two other film podcasts when we began, Brian. How long are we doing this show? You and I first sat down and did a version of the show over 20 years ago. My God. Two episodes each week. One. We are reviewed movies and the first episode and the second one. Different top five every week. Movies that made you cry. Words from movie accents. Most disturbing. |
| 0:22.8 | All right, the film bought, check it out. episode and the second one different top five every week movies that made you cry worse movie |
| 0:21.2 | accents most disturbing movies all right the film ball check it out wherever you find a fine |
| 0:26.3 | podcast that's right the film vaults going on 20 plus years tech moves fast so keep pace with the |
| 0:35.4 | daily crunch podcast from TechCrunch. |
| 0:38.2 | With new episodes every day, this podcast will give you a quick overview on everything you need |
| 0:43.5 | and should know about startups, new tech, regulations, and more. |
| 0:48.9 | Listen to TechCrunch Daily Crunch Now, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:53.5 | That's TechCrunch Daily Crunch, wherever you get your podcasts. That's TechCrunch, Daily Crunch, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:02.1 | You're listening to The Book Riot podcast. I'm Vanessa Diaz, and I'm flying solo this week while Jeff and Rebecca are out. I am not going to be talking into a microphone by myself for an hour, though. |
| 1:13.1 | I get to bring you an interview that I'm so excited to share. |
| 1:16.4 | I was able to sit down with Kim Snyder, who is the director of a really important documentary film called The Librarians, as well as two of the librarians who participated in the film. |
| 1:26.3 | This film is one that I think you will care about as listeners of this show and as people who |
| 1:30.7 | care about reading and intellectual freedom and democracy. |
| 1:34.0 | It's all about librarians fighting this unprecedented wave of book bans targeting books |
| 1:40.2 | about race and LGBTQ plus issues and American history and what it's been like for them to be |
| 1:45.4 | the frontline defenders of intellectual freedom and democracy and the First Amendment |
| 1:49.3 | when censorship and harassment have been on the rise. It takes us back to 2021 when something |
| 1:54.8 | called the Krause list was unleashed in Texas schools. It's, you should listen to the episode |
| 2:00.3 | for the deep dive and I will let you do so for |
| 2:02.6 | sure, but it is such an eye-opening look at what's been going on that you may think you already |
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