WEBVTT - Short Stuff: Alternative Libraries

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, and welcome to the short Stuff. I'm Josh, and

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<v Speaker 1>there's chalk and we're sitting in for day today and

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<v Speaker 1>this is short stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right, and we are here today to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>This is sort of a two parter in one about

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just calling this all to libraries as an alternative libraries.

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<v Speaker 1>Sure.

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<v Speaker 2>One reason is because I was on a walk the

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<v Speaker 2>other day and we have quite a few little free

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<v Speaker 2>libraries in our neighborhood and they are all super cute.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't know what we're talking about, little boxes,

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<v Speaker 2>usually in the shape of a house, or it could

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<v Speaker 2>be a doghouse, or it could be a literal library

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<v Speaker 2>or schoolhouse, just some sort of small housey type structure

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<v Speaker 2>with a little clear door, and inside are our books

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<v Speaker 2>that you can take a book, you can take a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of books, you can leave a book. And it's

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<v Speaker 2>just one of the great things. And I grabbed one.

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<v Speaker 2>I usually don't even look at them that much because

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<v Speaker 2>I just have too many books I'm behind on already,

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<v Speaker 2>but I one popped up in my peripheral vision that

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<v Speaker 2>would be perfect for Ruby. So I grabbed it, and

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<v Speaker 2>she's reading it and loving it, and so I thought

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<v Speaker 2>we should do a little ode to alt libraries like this.

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<v Speaker 1>What was the book.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't remember, the Last Kids on Earth or something

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<v Speaker 2>like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, that sounds good.

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<v Speaker 2>That may not be the title, but that's sort of

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<v Speaker 2>the premise.

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<v Speaker 1>Is she she might be told for this, but maybe not.

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<v Speaker 1>Has she ever read any of the scary stories to

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<v Speaker 1>tell in the Dark books?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think. And it is actually called The Last

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<v Speaker 2>Kids on Earth. It looks like it's a series. No,

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<v Speaker 2>that sounds like something right, a p rally though.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, go to eBay and find whatever editions came out

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<v Speaker 1>in the eighties. Okay, because they have some of the

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<v Speaker 1>greatest illustrations ever that made everything so much more unsettling.

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<v Speaker 1>You have to get those watercolor illustrations or else. Don't

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<v Speaker 1>even bother.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm looking at them now and they are terrifying.

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<v Speaker 1>They are. It's so great. I remember being a kid

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<v Speaker 1>and just being like, this is so great. I feel

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<v Speaker 1>so alive.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for the wreck.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, there's also more scary stories of Tonnel in Dark

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<v Speaker 1>pretty much equally good.

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<v Speaker 2>So maybe we should flip it and start with little

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<v Speaker 2>Free your Libraries. Since I mentioned that one first as Inspirado,

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<v Speaker 2>but in twenty nine how the story goes, and this

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<v Speaker 2>is straight from their website. A man named Todd Bowle

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<v Speaker 2>from Wisconsin, Hudson, Wisconsin started it all when he built

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<v Speaker 2>a little model of a schoolhouse, of a little one

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<v Speaker 2>room schoolhouse, is a tribute to his mom, who's a teacher,

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<v Speaker 2>put it on a post, put some books in it,

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<v Speaker 2>and said, hey, everyone, if you want a book, take one.

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<v Speaker 2>If you want to drop one off, that'd be great too,

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<v Speaker 2>And it was a big hit.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a huge hit. Actually, So apparently Andrew Carnegie

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<v Speaker 1>funded I believe twenty five hundred plus. For some reason,

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<v Speaker 1>everybody says twenty five hundred and eight, so I'm guessing

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<v Speaker 1>that's the number public libraries around the turn of the

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<v Speaker 1>last century or early last century, and there's still plenty

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<v Speaker 1>around that. He essentially partnered with whatever local government and

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<v Speaker 1>said I'll give you a bunch of money, or I'll

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<v Speaker 1>throw in half or something like that, and that was

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<v Speaker 1>one of the big pieces of philanthropy he was known for.

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<v Speaker 1>So I guess Todd bowl and Rick Brooks said let's

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<v Speaker 1>try to see if we can make twenty five hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and eight of these things by the end of twenty thirteen,

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<v Speaker 1>which was a couple of years after they started, and

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<v Speaker 1>they just blew that goal out of the water.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Rich Brooks was the guy, like he said, he

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<v Speaker 2>partnered with He actually retired from the which is now

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<v Speaker 2>NGO in twenty fourteen, but he, you know, there were

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<v Speaker 2>pals and he thought it was a great idea, and

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<v Speaker 2>again inspired by Carnegie, they set out to start building

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<v Speaker 2>these by twenty ten. So in twenty nine is when

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<v Speaker 2>the first one was built. By twenty ten, it was

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<v Speaker 2>like an established thing that was happening. They started to

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<v Speaker 2>give them away. They had charter signs if it was

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<v Speaker 2>an official one engraved with a charter number, and it

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<v Speaker 2>just people were into it and they start, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you see one of these things in your neighborhood. I

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<v Speaker 2>remember when I saw the first one, I was like, wow,

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<v Speaker 2>that's an incredible idea. And it felt like within that

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<v Speaker 2>year we had like six or seven more.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I remember the first time I saw when I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't get the concept. So I kind of brought it

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<v Speaker 1>down a book that I wanted, and so I looked

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<v Speaker 1>around to make sure no one was looking, and put

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<v Speaker 1>it in my jacket and ran off really quick.

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<v Speaker 2>Thought you got a bunch of books and you sold

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<v Speaker 2>money bay.

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<v Speaker 1>No, I just took one and sold it on eBay. Yeah, eventually.

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<v Speaker 1>But I said that when they started, they wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>make twenty five hundred and eight of these things within

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of years. They ended up surpassing that with

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<v Speaker 1>a year and a half left before their goal date,

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<v Speaker 1>and they just kept going from there. Apparently, Chuck, here's

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<v Speaker 1>some mind boggling numbers for you. So they started into

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand and nine. In twenty twenty two, there were

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<v Speaker 1>more than one hundred and fifty thousand Little Free Library

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<v Speaker 1>credible across the world, in one hundred and twenty different countries.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I did not know it had gone international until

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<v Speaker 2>I started doing this research. It's just incredible, Like I said,

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<v Speaker 2>Brooks retired in twenty fourteen. Someone actually wrote in twenty

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen a woman named Margaret. Oh, she's a pretty famous author. Actually,

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<v Speaker 2>Margaret Aldrich wrote the Little Free Library book. So all

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<v Speaker 2>of a sudden, it's like launching books in and of itself.

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<v Speaker 2>They got in twenty fourteen that same year the Library

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<v Speaker 2>of Congress Literacy Award. Just like people are lauding it.

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<v Speaker 2>People are building these things like crazy, and it's just

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<v Speaker 2>become one of the cool things that the you know,

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<v Speaker 2>started here in the US and then spread all over

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<v Speaker 2>the place. Very sadly, in twenty eighteen, Todd Bowle passed

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<v Speaker 2>away from pancreatic cancer after the launch of their seventy

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<v Speaker 2>five thousandth at the time Little Free Library, and he

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<v Speaker 2>was working for them up until the end and has

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<v Speaker 2>a great quote, I really believe in a little free

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<v Speaker 2>library on every block and a book in every hand.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe people can fix their neighborhoods, fix their communities,

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<v Speaker 2>develop systems of sharing, learn from each other, and see

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<v Speaker 2>that they have a better place in this planet to live.

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<v Speaker 1>Very sweet. That's a great last interview quote.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, pretty awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Well, let's take a break and we'll come

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<v Speaker 1>back and talk about a different kind of alt library

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<v Speaker 1>after this stop Stop put the stop show, okay, Chuck.

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<v Speaker 1>So we already talked about little free libraries, which anybody

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<v Speaker 1>can make. And if you want some tips, like we said,

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<v Speaker 1>go check out the Little Free Library book. If you

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<v Speaker 1>saw that in a little free library, wouldn't the universe

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<v Speaker 1>is collapse in on itself.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. You can also donate to them, of course.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's that kind of give a book take a

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<v Speaker 1>book thing. I don't know if we spelled it out

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<v Speaker 1>or if we needed to, but that's the premise of it, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Another thing was called the Human Library, and this was

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<v Speaker 1>the result of a couple of who I take to

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<v Speaker 1>be artists, brothers, Ronnie Abergail and Danny Abergil. They yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they for a festival in Denmark about the year two thousand.

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<v Speaker 1>They created the Human Library. In Danish, they call it

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<v Speaker 1>menesque BiblioTech it but all one word.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, BiblioTech is that's in a lot of languages, right.

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<v Speaker 1>Sure, but you add the et to the end and

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<v Speaker 1>you got Danish, that's right. So they what they created

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<v Speaker 1>with this human Library was the concept that the books

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<v Speaker 1>were human beings, and they were human beings that people

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<v Speaker 1>might want to get information from. So there were human

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<v Speaker 1>beings who were typically look down upon, mistreated, had different

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<v Speaker 1>experiences from the mainstream. So you had like books that

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<v Speaker 1>were trans people, unhoused people, people from different races, and

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<v Speaker 1>you can check out one of these books, this human book,

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<v Speaker 1>and hang out with them and ask them whatever question

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<v Speaker 1>you want, and then you take them back and check

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<v Speaker 1>out another one.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. It's sort of part performance art, part ted talking

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<v Speaker 2>away just kind of referring to them as books, as

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<v Speaker 2>was the hook I think, and obviously something to you know,

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<v Speaker 2>draw attention to their cause, which is very noble. I

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<v Speaker 2>think it started out as a small festival and I

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<v Speaker 2>think it ran eight hours a day for over four

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<v Speaker 2>days initially with fifty human books available, and now it

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<v Speaker 2>is an international thing. They have human libraries in Asia, Africa, Australia,

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<v Speaker 2>both of the Americas and Europe.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I thought this is kind of cute too. So

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<v Speaker 1>if you're a volunteer as a book, you go through

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<v Speaker 1>a vetting process and then they teach you how to

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<v Speaker 1>do this and they call that getting published. And then

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<v Speaker 1>once you're published, you can be checked out. And the

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<v Speaker 1>rules for readers are that you respect the book, be curious,

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<v Speaker 1>bring the book back on time and in the same condition.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm keeping this book if you read between the lines.

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<v Speaker 1>I think bring it back in the same condition means

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<v Speaker 1>that they don't want any pages stuck together with a booker.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, don't make your book to your dishes, don't put

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<v Speaker 2>your book to work. That's not what this is about.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, luckily, the book can end the loan anytime they want,

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<v Speaker 1>like if things go pear shaped they can be like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm taking myself back to the library.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, just stamp my forehead so I can leave, right.

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<v Speaker 1>They also have mobile libraries called book depots. The headquarters

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<v Speaker 1>for this that it just carried on for the last

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<v Speaker 1>couple of decades. It's headquartered in Copenhagen, but they have

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<v Speaker 1>mobile libraries and I guess they just go round up

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<v Speaker 1>the books and they're like, sorry, you're you're published. They'll

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<v Speaker 1>come in with us on the road for a little while.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you can also like book a group of books

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<v Speaker 2>or you know, check out a group of books at

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<v Speaker 2>one time. Like a company can do this, and companies

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<v Speaker 2>have done this. They'll you know, it's something that companies do.

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<v Speaker 2>They'll bring in like guest speakers and stuff, and in

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<v Speaker 2>this case they're doing it in the form of human books.

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<v Speaker 2>They'll bring in a few different people to bring in

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about, you know, things that again just sort

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<v Speaker 2>of like an individual would like, hey, let's bring in

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<v Speaker 2>some people that maybe don't even work on our field,

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<v Speaker 2>but might enlighten you to some diverse topics and people

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<v Speaker 2>and ways of thinking. So like Microsoft and Eli, Lilly

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<v Speaker 2>and other brands have gotten together to kind of do

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<v Speaker 2>this over the years.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, and I think invariably at all of those events

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<v Speaker 1>there's at least one person who raises their hand and says, so, wait,

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<v Speaker 1>this is just Q and.

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<v Speaker 2>A, right, Like, I don't get it.

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<v Speaker 1>What's the library thing? I don't Yeah, I'm totally confused. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and they probably don't get very much out of the

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<v Speaker 1>experience exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>Those people never do. But yeah, it's just sort of

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<v Speaker 2>a fun hook. I like stuff like this. Some people

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<v Speaker 2>might say it's silly go through notebooks are just people

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<v Speaker 2>and it's just a Q and A. But I encourage

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<v Speaker 2>people like that to sort of broaden their horizons, think

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<v Speaker 2>outside the old box a little bit and CTFD.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, just make sure that the person you're dragging off

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<v Speaker 1>to be checked out is a published book. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>some rando.

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<v Speaker 2>No, you don't want to do that. Hey, you're coming

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<v Speaker 2>with me. That's called kid that's called kidnapping.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, you got anything else?

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<v Speaker 2>I got nothing else. Support Little Free Library, support the

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<v Speaker 2>Human Book Project.

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<v Speaker 1>And support all libraries too.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, those are great.

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