Circulating Ideas

Circulating Ideas

Hosted by Steve and Steve Thomas · Steve Thomas

4.9from 37 ratings

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43Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
147
Episodes
4
Transcribed
37
Ratings
Bi-weekly
Cadence
2019
First episode

About Circulating Ideas

the librarian interview podcast

Publisher
Steve Thomas
Category
education
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
16 Apr 2019
Latest episode
2 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

4 of 147 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    323: Library Game Kickstarter with Gene Ambaum

  2. 19 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

    321: Intellectual Freedom Manual, with Erin Jones

  3. 2 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

    312: Dress Your Baby in Sage and Taupe by Hayley DeRoche – Summer Reading Spectacular 2026

Inside a recent episode

323: Library Game Kickstarter with Gene Ambaum

Published 2 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So I love Five Crowns. It's been a game that we've played since I think the mid 90s with people. It's really easy to teach people. It's kind of a Rummy style game and a different card goes wild each hand until you've played. I think it's 10 hands, 10 or 11 hands you play total. And a different card is wild each hand, and it's a five suited deck of cards. And I thought, oh, I like that. So I ended up with a five suited deck of poker cards and just kind of started playing with that idea. We started prototyping a couple of years ago. And as Willow drew the problem patron cards and the library staff cards, I was kind of trying to work out what they did. […]

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Who has been a guest on Circulating Ideas

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

  • Gene Ambaum
  • Erin Jones
  • Hayley DeRoche
  • Alma Katsu
  • Jayson Greene

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.9 / 5
35 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 43 / 100

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Quality
50
Social presence
0
YouTube
0
Engagement
90

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Who hosts Circulating Ideas?

Steve and Steve Thomas host the show. Published by Steve Thomas.

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The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.

Does Circulating Ideas take guests?

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