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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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Juan Felipe Herrera
Juan Felipe Herrera, Freddy Lopez, Marisa Urrutia Gedney
June 20, 2013
California/The West, Poetry
Jonathan Kirsch
Jonathan Kirsch, Louise Steinman
June 18, 2013
Fiction/Literature, History/Bio
Alan Mandell and Jeannette Seaver
Alan Mandell, Jeannette Seaver, Howard A. Rodman
June 11, 2013
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Photo Credit: Ivara Esege
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Faith Adiele
June 6, 2013
Fiction/Literature
close-up of an ancient greek pot
Anne Carson
May 30, 2013
Fiction/Literature
Earthrise. NASA/ William Anders
Jim Holt, Sean Carroll
May 29, 2013
Religion/Spirituality, Science/Nature
Pat Mitchell and Jody Williams
Pat Mitchell, Jody Williams, Eve Ensler
May 23, 2013
Arts & Entertainment, Current Events, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature, Religion/Spirituality, Social Sci/Politics
Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin
May 22, 2013
Arts & Entertainment, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature, History/Bio, Science/Nature, Social Sci/Politics, Technology
comic illustration of a child fight a monster with a sword
Zak Smith, Frank M. Hansen, Sharon Rudahl, Russ Kick, Milton Knight
May 21, 2013
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature
line drawing of a man with glasses and smoking a cigarette in black and red
David Shook, Barbara Epler, Ben Ehrenreich, Mónica Maristain, Héctor Tobar
May 16, 2013
Fiction/Literature
book cover of Granta
Nadifa Mohamed, Ross Raisin, John Freeman
April 23, 2013
Fiction/Literature
a bonobo with its fingers to its lips
Frans de Waal, Amy Parish
April 17, 2013
Religion/Spirituality, Science/Nature, Social Sci/Politics
photo of the Pacific coast trail sign in the woods
Cheryl Strayed, Judith Lewis Mernit
April 10, 2013
California/The West, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature, Religion/Spirituality, Science/Nature
Caroline Kennedy and Eloise Klein Healy
Caroline Kennedy, Eloise Klein Healy
April 9, 2013
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature, Poetry
 "Le Livre / The Book" with "Lumière Noire / Black Light" in Saint-Martin-du-Var, France.
Aleksandar Hemon, Louise Steinman
April 4, 2013
Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature
hands harvesting coffee beans
Alexandra Katona-Carroll, Jay Ruskey, Angel Orozco, Peter Giuliano
March 21, 2013
Science/Nature, Social Sci/Politics
Dorothea Lange’s iconic image of "Migrant Mother,"
Marisa Silver, Meghan O'Rourke
March 19, 2013
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature, History/Bio
Mohsin Hamid
Mohsin Hamid, David Treuer
March 14, 2013
Fiction/Literature
Bernie Krause, Photo credit: Tim Chapman
Bernie Krause
March 12, 2013
Arts & Entertainment, Science/Nature, Technology
Nathan Englander. Photo credit: Juliana Sohn
Nathan Englander, David L. Ulin
March 5, 2013
Fiction/Literature
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom, Patt Morrison
February 26, 2013
California/The West, Current Events, Fiction/Literature, Social Sci/Politics
black and white photo collage
Hanna Rosin, Kathy Spillar, Tani Ikeda, Carol Downer, Amy Parish, Betty Friedan
February 21, 2013
Current Events, Fiction/Literature, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics
giant parachute with a black and yellow radio-active logo on it
Dr. Robert Peter Gale, Eric Lax
February 11, 2013
Current Events, History/Bio, Science/Nature, Social Sci/Politics, Technology
vintage photo of people in blindfolds
George Saunders, Bernard Cooper, Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum
February 6, 2013
Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature
Diego Luna
Diego Luna, Mandalit del Barco
January 29, 2013
Arts & Entertainment, Biography, California/The West, Essay/Memoir, Social Sci/Politics

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