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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Mary Karr, David L. Ulin
September 24, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature, Poetry, Religion/Spirituality

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Jeffrey Toobin
September 21, 2015
Current Events

Salman Rushdie, Héctor Tobar
September 10, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature

Laura Karpman, Janai Brugger, Victoria Kirsch, Taura Stinson, David Young
July 29, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature, History/Bio

Meghan Daum, Leslie Jamison, Molly Pulda
July 23, 2015
Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature, Religion/Spirituality

Ron Finley, Elizabeth Medrano, Neelam Sharma, Josh Kun
July 14, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, California/The West, Fiction/Literature, History/Bio, Science/Nature, Social Sci/Politics

Lynell George, Marisela Norte, Frosty
July 9, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, California/The West, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature, Poetry

Luis Alberto Ambroggio, Christopher Merrill, Sholeh Wolpe, Sahba Motallebi
June 30, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature, Poetry

Cynthia Hawkins, Ricardo Diaz, Josh Kun
June 14, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, California/The West, Fiction/Literature, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics


Tracy K. Smith, Lynell George
May 28, 2015
Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature, Poetry

Jane Hirshfield, Louise Steinman
May 19, 2015
California/The West, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature, Poetry, Religion/Spirituality

Jennifer Clement, Magdalena Edwards
May 14, 2015
Current Events, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics

CalArts, Otis, UCI, UCR, USC
April 30, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature, Poetry

Joseph Stiglitz, Jim Newton
April 27, 2015
Current Events, Social Sci/Politics

Joseph Stiglitz, Jim Newton
April 27, 2015
Business/Tech, Current Events, Science/Nature, Social Sci/Politics

Ana Tijoux, Jen Hofer
April 23, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Current Events, Poetry

Sandy Tolan, Kelly McEvers
April 21, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Current Events, Fiction/Literature, Social Sci/Politics

Karima Bennoune, Ani Zonneveld
April 2, 2015
Current Events, Religion/Spirituality, Social Sci/Politics


Adam Johnson, Blaine Harden
March 23, 2015
Current Events, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics

Timothy Snyder, Masha Gessen, Justinian Jampol
March 10, 2015
Current Events, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics

Bill T. Jones, Kristy Edmunds
March 5, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Essay/Memoir

Eric Foner, Randall Kennedy
March 4, 2015
Fiction/Literature, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics

David Axelrod, Michel Martin
February 17, 2015
Essay/Memoir, Social Sci/Politics