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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![Suzanne Simard](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/suzanne-simard-alt-photo-4-%C2%A9-diana-markosian.jpg?itok=VoGHCGs_)
Suzanne Simard, Jia Tolentino
June 22, 2021
Science/Nature
![Vendela Vida](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/vendela-vida-%C2%A9-lili-peper.jpg?itok=Y1WusQfs)
![Daniel James Brown](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/daniel-j-brown-c-robinvbrowncolor.jpg?itok=ORmNHTrS)
Daniel James Brown, Tom Ikeda
May 20, 2021
History/Bio
![The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story book cover](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/john-freemanbook-copy.jpg?itok=OVCYUhAS)
Sandra Cisneros, Manuel Muñoz, George Saunders, John Freeman
May 11, 2021
Fiction/Literature
![Ian Manuel](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/ian-manuelphoto.jpg?itok=rfY8ev7m)
Ian Manuel, Bryan Stevenson
May 5, 2021
Essay/Memoir
![Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/nguyen-viet-thanh-author-photo-credit-bebe-jacobs.jpg?itok=bKsS5VyJ)
![people in wheel chairs at a protest](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/thumbnail-2.jpg?itok=RcwnLIuX)
Jasmine E. Harris, Ruth Colker, Michele Bratcher Goodwin
March 1, 2021
Current Events, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics
![Rosa Brooks](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/rosa-brooksheadshot.jpg?itok=_3zW64TP)
Rosa Brooks, Christy Lopez
February 18, 2021
Essay/Memoir, Social Sci/Politics
![We're Better Tahn This book cover](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/elijah-e-cummingsbook.jpg?itok=S7SIfx7V)
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, James Dale
February 9, 2021
Essay/Memoir, Social Sci/Politics
![Paola Ramos](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/paola-ramosheadshot.jpg?itok=7TK5hpmY)
Paola Ramos, Fidel Martinez
February 3, 2021
Others, Social Sci/Politics
![African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song book cover](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/kevin-youngbook-copy.jpg?itok=JdRA8VcZ)
Amanda Gorman, Kris Bowers, Robin Coste Lewis, Safiya Sinclair, Kevin Young
January 28, 2021
Poetry
![André Gregory in a cap and sweater at the beach](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/andr%C3%A9-gregoryheadshot-c-cindy-kleine.jpg?itok=IZDtghWK)
André Gregory, Wallace Shawn
December 6, 2020
Arts & Entertainment, Biography, Essay/Memoir
![clothing label that reads: CASHMERE Made in England, 100% Cashmere](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/saban100%EF%BF%BD-cashmere-made-england-clothing-tag2019-scaled.jpg?itok=p33mdThe)
Lea Remba, Luis Remba, Shaye Remba, Jessica Strand
November 19, 2020
Arts & Entertainment
![Just Us book cover](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/claudia-rankinebook.jpg?itok=BosMFrNT)
Claudia Rankine, Terrance Hayes, Dawn Lundy Martin
November 15, 2020
Essay/Memoir, Poetry, Social Sci/Politics
![Debora Spar](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/thumbnail-1.jpg?itok=tuYJ9jTU)
Debora Spar, Michele Bratcher Goodwin
October 14, 2020
Social Sci/Politics, Technology
![solder looking at a man drawing a peace sign on a poster](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/thumbnail.jpg?itok=0Si_PnfK)
Yamiche Alcindor, Sewell Chan, Brooke Gladstone, Hector Amaya
September 9, 2020
Current Events
![The System by Robert Reich](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/48908cc0-5db8-4d85-bae7-313492345117.jpg?itok=zo1mgV-J)
![D.J. Waldie](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/djw-copy.jpg?itok=Dnc9FD2s)
D.J. Waldie, Carolina A. Miranda, David Kipen
August 20, 2020
California/The West, History/Bio
![Mary Helen Immordino-Yang](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/headshot-colormhiy.jpg?itok=TSAGm5dw)
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Achuta Kadambi
July 30, 2020
Science/Nature
![Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/nicholas-kristof-and-sheryl-wudunnphoto.jpg?itok=gkqssFsL)
Nicholas Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Willow Bay
February 26, 2020
Social Sci/Politics
![Gish Jen](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/gish-jenphoto-%C2%A9-basso-cannarsa.jpg?itok=6scd3ceW)
![Kali Fajardo-Anstine](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/kali-fajardo-anstinephoto-%C2%A9-graham-morrison.jpeg?itok=_H38kH4R)
![Diane Ravitch](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/diane-ravitchphoto-%C2%A9-jack-miller-miller-photo-2019.jpg?itok=IIifriQC)
![Carl Zimmer](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/carl-zimmerphoto.png?itok=ihNUjFtJ)
![Color headshot of Andrea Bernstein](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/bersteincredit-matthew-septimus.png?itok=e6Q1jIz_)
Andrea Bernstein, Kristen Muller
January 30, 2020
Current Events, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics