For this episode, Matt Moffett and YALSA Board Member Sarah Sogigian talk about Badges for Learning, a new educational inititative designed by the Mozilla Foundation and funded in part by the MacArthur Foundation and HASTAC. Matt and Sarah discuss the Badges concept in general as well as YALSA's involvement with Badges as a potential educational tool for its members.

This episode features three interviews, each covering a different aspect of this year's ALA Annual Convention in Anaheim, California. First up is Allison Tran from YALSA's Local Arrangements Committee, who shares some important and fun details about Anaheim and Orange County. We then hear from Gretchen Kolderup about the always popular Speed Networking Event and close with Linda Braun filling us in on her program, Being a Social Teen Advocate.

Ted and Sarah from YALSA's The Hub return with another edition of Comfort Zone, in which they challenge each other to read YA books they haven't gotten to yet. This time they discuss two selections off of YALSA's reading challenge: The Scapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston and Wandering Son volume 1 by Shimura Takako.

This episode concludes our coverage of YALSA’s 2012 elections. The following podcast contains interviews with of the two candidates for YALSA President.

Mary Hastler

Shannon Peterson 

This episode continues coverage of YALSA’s 2012 elections. The interviews with the two candidates for the Board of Directors 

Vicki Emery

Steve Matthews

This episode contines the podcast’s coverage of YALSA’s 2012 elections.  The following podcasts are interviews with the four candidates for the Board of Directors.

Candice Mack 

Matthew Moffett

Sarah Sogigan

Priscille Dando 

If you prefer, you may download the podcast at the YALSA Podcast site and transfer the file to the mp3 player of your choice.

In these interviews you'll hear from Shannon Peterson and Mary Hastler the candidates for President-Elect/President.

In this interview meet the four candidates running for YALSA Board of Directors in 2012:

• Priscille Dando
• Sarah Soggigian
• Matthew Moffett
• Candice Mack

In these interviews meet Viki Emery and Steve Matthews both running on the 2012 YALSA slate for Councilor.