The Authority File Wrap-Up 2025: Most Listened To Episodes

Highlighting popular episodes with our listeners in the past year

Posted on December 3, 2025 in Blog

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This year’s installment of the annual The Authority File podcast wrap-up features 10 of the most listened to episodes of 2025. AI-related topics were clearly top of mind for our listenership; of the list, half are related to AI tools, evolution, or overall impact on the scholarly communication environment. However, non-AI episodes still made their mark, as our most popular episode of the year examines scholarly podcasting (go figure!).

Thanks to our listeners, guests, and sponsors for another excellent year. We hope you enjoy the list. See you in 2026!

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Episode 406: Defining Podcast Studies: Challenging the traditional principles of scholarly communication

Podcaster and academic Dario Llinares and Lori Beckstead, Associate Professor of sound media in the RTA School of Media at Toronto Metropolitan University, explore how scholarly podcasting can challenge the traditional principles of academic research. Listen to Episode 406.

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Episode 415: Implications and Solutions for AI Bot Traffic on Library Websites with Rosalyn Metz

Rosalyn Metz, Chief Technology Officer for Libraries and Museum at Emory University, discusses how of AI bot traffic on Emory library’s website has led to service shutdowns. She explores how her library has dealt with this issue and the ethical implications of making a library’s catalog and metadata openly available on the Internet in the age of AI. Listen to Episode 415.

Episode 414: Library Tech Milestones, AI Evolution, and Advocating for Innovation with Eric Lease Morgan

Digital Initiatives Librarian Eric Lease Morgan provides historical context for today’s artificial intelligence landscape. He charts the progression of library technology applications, explaining how we’ve arrived at the current moment of machine learning and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) language processing. Listen to Episode 414.

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Episode 428: Why Humanities and Social Sciences Matter for Today’s AI Landscape

Anil Chandy, VP of Humanities, Social Sciences Books & Focus Projects at Springer Nature, explains how his role at Springer Nature intersects with AI technology and provides a broad overview of HSS coverage of AI. He also charts HSS discussions of AI pre- and post the launch of large language models for public use as theoretical ideas steadily became a reality. Listen to Episode 428.

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Episode 442: Addressing Librarians’ Research Integrity Concerns with AI Transparency and Detection Tools

Harmen van Paradijs, Vice President STM Books Publishing & Books Business Optimization at Springer Nature, addresses research integrity in the implementation of AI in STM book publishing. He outlines concerns he’s hearing from libraries on collecting and dispersing quality research in this environment. He also explains AI research integrity and ethical issues specific to STM subjects, such as protecting patient privacy when handling medical data. Listen to episode 442.

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Episode 436: Why Libraries Need to Demonstrate Value to University Administration

Our guests—Jeffrey Gold, President of the University of Nebraska System, Hilary Craiglow, Library Consulting Practice Lead at Attain Partners, and Emily McElroy, Vice President of Academic Relations at Taylor & Francis—highlight the importance of libraries connecting their metrics to the university’s data-driven decision-making. Jeff, Hilary, and Emily elucidate why libraries may struggle to illustrate their fundamental services, underlining issues like campus culture and a lack of training in strategic planning. Listen to Episode 436.

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Episode 378: How AI Will (and Won’t) Impact Library Work

This May 2024 episode covers a white paper from Technology from Sage and Skilltype on the librarian skills landscape. In the discussion, the four guests look at how artificial intelligence technologies will (or won’t) impact the library workforce and successful support mechanisms to help staff develop their skills. Listen to episode 378.

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Episode 416: D2O Refresher and Open Access Publishing for Authors

We welcome back MIT Press to discuss its open book publishing program Direct to Open (D2O) and the author benefits of open access. In addition to MIT Press’s Amy Harris, MIT Press authors David Gunkel and Janaki Srinivasan join the program to share their unique experiences with and advantages of open monographs. Listen to episode 416.

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Episode 432: What the Implied Reader of Refugee Comics Tells Us about the Genre and Citizenship

Candida Rifkind, Professor of English at the University of Winnipeg, and Dominic Davies, Reader in English at City St George’s, University of London, chat about their co-authored book Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics. They detail refugee comics, defining the genre, its history, and readership. Listen to episode 432.

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Episode 424: Documentaries as Learning Tools: The Filmmaker’s Perspective

Five guests join the podcast to chat about the value and applications of documentary films in the classroom. In the series, they explore how documentaries can be used in conjunction with traditional research sources and aid learning and critical thinking processes This episode focuses on the filmmaker’s perspective. Listen to episode 424.

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