Mar 30, 2026

Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Ciaran Talbot, Director: AI and Ideas Adoption, The University of Manchester Library.

Ciaran studied computing and began his career as an IT support analyst in the central team at Manchester University before an...

Mar 23, 2026

Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Thorsten Fröhlich, Professor of IT Management and Big Data at IU International University of Applied Sciences.

Thorsten has over 35 years of experience in higher education, IT & digital transformation, and...

Mar 18, 2026

Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Phillip Bradley, Consultant on AI and the Internet.

Phillip has titled his life story “From CD-Rom to AI”. He says he decided as a child that he wanted to be a librarian and obtained an Honours degree in...

Mar 10, 2026

Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Brewster Kahle, Founder & Director, Internet Archive.

Brewster says that back in the 1980’s he believed that everything would eventually become digital. He dreamed of building a Library of Alexandria where...

Mar 2, 2026

Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Rachel Miles, Research Impact Coordinator, Virginia Tech University Libraries.

Rachel is “an expert in the applications and impacts of research in academia and the public sphere: how it's communicated, what...