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These podcasts are recorded live in Los Angeles Central Library's Mark Taper Auditorium as part of the award-winning ALOUD at Central Library speaker series presented by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles. ALOUD podcasts are updated on a weekly basis. Initial funding for ALOUD podcasts was made possible by Arent Fox LLP.

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Tom Perrotta
Tom Perrotta, Albert Berger
June 23, 2022
Fiction/Literature
Sloane Crosley with her arms crossed against a bright blue wall
Sloane Crosley, Judy Greer
June 16, 2022
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature
Sarah Schulman
Sarah Schulman, David Román
May 3, 2022
History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics
Jennifer Egan arms crossed in a black dress
Jennifer Egan, Danzy Senna
April 26, 2022
Fiction/Literature
woman in red in a bonnet cleaning a big dark floor in an empty room
Bruce Miller, Lorraine Ali
April 13, 2022
Arts & Entertainment
Evoke LA book cover
Tyree Boyd-Pates, Suyapa Portillo Villeda, Natalia Molina, Josh Kun
March 22, 2022
California/The West, History/Bio
Alex Segura
Alex Segura, Steph Cha
March 17, 2022
Fiction/Literature
Andrea Elliott
Andrea Elliott, Robin J. Hayes
January 19, 2022
Social Sci/Politics
cover of the book, Feed Your People
Naz Deravian, Andrea Nguyen, Bryant Terry, Leslie Jonath
December 2, 2021
Louise Erdrich
Louise Erdrich, Eric Gansworth
November 16, 2021
Fiction/Literature
Jelani Cobb
Jelani Cobb, Charlayne Hunter-Gault
November 9, 2021
Current Events, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics
John Freeman's book cover Freeman's Change
Rick Bass, Lana Bastašić, Lina Mounzer, John Freeman
October 28, 2021
Fiction/Literature
Ruth Ozeki in a blue shirt
Ruth Ozeki, Aimee Bender
October 20, 2021
Fiction/Literature
Yusef Salaam with hands clasped leaning against a brick wall
Yusef Salaam, Ekow N. Yankah
October 6, 2021
Essay/Memoir
author Ian Manuel
Ian Manuel, Jessica Strand
September 14, 2021
Poetry
Terry Tempest Williams
Terry Tempest Williams, Jessica Strand
July 8, 2021
Science/Nature, Social Sci/Politics
Suzanne Simard
Suzanne Simard, Jia Tolentino
June 22, 2021
Science/Nature
Vendela Vida
Vendela Vida, Autumn de Wilde
May 26, 2021
Fiction/Literature
The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story book cover
Sandra Cisneros, Manuel Muñoz, George Saunders, John Freeman
May 11, 2021
Fiction/Literature
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Laila Lalami
April 12, 2021
Fiction/Literature

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