S09E12 – RERUN (with Update) S04E03 Intellectual Freedom in Library Spaces
From SHOUT! For Libraries by CJSR 88.5 FM
August 22, 2025 · 29 min · Season 9 · Episode 12
About this episode
The episode discusses intellectual freedom in libraries, focusing on a controversial event featuring Meghan Murphy at the Toronto Public Library.
This month, we’re reaching back into the vault, and bringing you a rerun of the third episode of Shout’s fourth season. In this rerun episode, Julia Guy, Joel Blechinger, Belinda Ongaro, Dan Hackborn, and Timothy Arthur from the season 4 Shout team sit down as a panel to discuss the invitation of trans-exclusionary radical feminist Meghan Murphy to speak at an event taking place in the Toronto Public Library in 2019 and what intellectual freedom looks like in the context of libraries in Canada. The original episode also features commentary from guest speakers Matthew Stepanic, Parker Leflar, and Colette Poitras. (The original episode aired in November 2019. This rerun (with update) aired August 22, 2025.) Theme Song Music: Vlad Gluschenko – Forest License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en Production Credits Natasha D’Amours, Emily Jensen, Jennie McCurdy, Andy Zhang, Brett Sheehan, and Ethan Tonack. S04E03 credits: Julia Guy, Joel Blechinger, Belinda Ongaro, Dan Hackborn, and Timothy Arthur.
People in this episode
Hosts: Julia Guy, Joel Blechinger, Belinda Ongaro, Dan Hackborn, Timothy Arthur
Guests: Matthew Stepanic, Parker Leflar, Colette Poitras
Topics covered
- intellectual freedom
- library spaces
- trans-exclusionary radical feminism
- Canada
- panel discussion
Keywords
- intellectual freedom
- libraries
- Meghan Murphy
- Toronto Public Library
- panel discussion
- Canada
- trans-exclusionary radical feminism
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Toronto Public Library
Books & works: SHOUT! For Libraries
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