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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![odler man kissing a parrot](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/not-uniquely-human.jpg?itok=MnFij4NL)
Laurel Braitman, Kathryn Bowers, Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, Sanden Totten
July 10, 2014
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature, Others, Science/Nature, Social Sci/Politics
![Letters to ONE: Gay and Lesbian Voices in the 1950s and 1960s](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/one.jpg?itok=SX2exnZz)
Zsa Zsa Gershick, Dalila Ali Rajah, Hunter Lee Hughes, Paul Jacek, Beverly Mickins, Craig M. Loftin
June 28, 2014
Essay/Memoir, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics
![Geoff Dyer](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/dyer.jpg?itok=AJ7JV3t3)
Geoff Dyer, Howard A. Rodman
June 26, 2014
Biography, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature
![Denis Johnson](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/wordtheatre.jpg?itok=iv1EMuyE)
Denis Johnson, Darrell Larson, Cedering Fox, Christina Avila, John Heard, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Jan Munroe, Jeff Perry, David Call, Angela Paton, Jason Ritter, Brenda Strong
June 23, 2014
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature, Others, Religion/Spirituality
![Michelle Huneven and Mona Simpson](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/love-3-perspectives-copy.jpg?itok=3-sLrpPC)
Michelle Huneven, Mona Simpson, Christopher Bollas
June 18, 2014
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature, Science/Nature, Social Sci/Politics
![Michael Silverblatt](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/st-aubyn.jpg?itok=WzMLvsVH)
Edward St. Aubyn, Michael Silverblatt
June 3, 2014
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature
![old photo of Union Station](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/union-station.jpg?itok=eX_7BY40)
Debra Gerod, Jenna Hornstock, Eugene Moy, Marlyn Musicant, Kevin Roderick
May 29, 2014
Arts & Entertainment, California/The West, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics
![black and white fingers holding a yellow pencil](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/sentence.jpg?itok=pC6yVBm4)
Anne Germanacos, Dinah Lenney, Matias Viegener, Jim Krusoe
May 20, 2014
Arts & Entertainment, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature
![Jessye Norman](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/norman.jpg?itok=fnYBLTmS)
Jessye Norman
May 15, 2014
Arts & Entertainment, Essay/Memoir, Social Sci/Politics
![Colson Whitehead](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/whitehead.jpg?itok=SfmyS--O)
Colson Whitehead, Laurie Winer
May 13, 2014
Arts & Entertainment, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature
![Jeremy Denk](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/denk.jpg?itok=IDCqiRKy)
Jeremy Denk, Jeffrey Kahane
May 10, 2014
Arts & Entertainment, Essay/Memoir, Science/Nature
![Marilyn Chin](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/psa.jpg?itok=mw7Vd9nf)
Marilyn Chin, Toi Derricotte, Percival Everett, Alice Quinn
April 24, 2014
Arts & Entertainment, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature
![college graduation ceremony with all in black cap and gowns](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/writing-our-future.jpg?itok=hgvc9x_0)
Nicole Adlman, KT Browne, Marie Horrigan, Blake Kimzey, Eugenie Montague, Angela Peñaredondo, Amanda Ruud, Rachel Schramm, Emerson Whitney, Victor Yates
April 17, 2014
Arts & Entertainment, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature
![Walter Kirn](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/kirn2.jpg?itok=NEQbzhgW)
Walter Kirn, Richard Rayner
April 10, 2014
Arts & Entertainment, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature
![Lorrie Moore](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/moore.jpg?itok=4zL9shLl)
Lorrie Moore, Brighde Mullins
April 9, 2014
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature
![Cesar Chavez speaking into a microphone](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/chavez.jpg?itok=GV4HPgnT)
Miriam Pawel, Luis Valdez, Laura Pulido
April 1, 2014
Arts & Entertainment, Biography, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics
![Dinaw Mengestu](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/mengestu.jpg?itok=n242IvGY)
Dinaw Mengestu, Laila Lalami
March 27, 2014
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature, Social Sci/Politics
![Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal, Sarah Shourd](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/3-americans.jpg?itok=_FCHTtgQ)
Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal, Sarah Shourd, Arun Rath
March 25, 2014
Essay/Memoir, History/Bio, Religion/Spirituality, Social Sci/Politics
![George Packer](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/packer.jpg?itok=D9JkQyzM)
George Packer, Héctor Tobar
March 20, 2014
History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics
![Rebecca Goldstein](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/goldstein.jpg?itok=QaHA01CV)
Rebecca Goldstein, Alex Cohen
March 18, 2014
Arts & Entertainment, Religion/Spirituality, Science/Nature, Social Sci/Politics
![Hisham Aidi](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/aidi.jpg?itok=q3K_uf9r)
Hisham Aidi, Safa Samiezade'-Yazd
March 13, 2014
Arts & Entertainment, History/Bio, Religion/Spirituality, Social Sci/Politics
![Masha Gessen](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/gessen.jpg?itok=LlJib--N)
Masha Gessen, Suzi Weissman
March 12, 2014
Arts & Entertainment, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics
![Jeff Koons and John Waters](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/koonswaters2.jpg?itok=AD9GQBHO)
Jeff Koons, John Waters
February 24, 2014
Arts & Entertainment
![Walter Mosely](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/mosley2.jpg?itok=lztUw8h-)
Walter Mosely, Attica Locke
February 20, 2014
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature
![Edward Frenkel](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/frenkel.jpg?itok=xAuyeM22)
Edward Frenkel, Chris Carter
February 13, 2014
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature, Science/Nature, Technology