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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![Color photo of Dr. Achuta Kadambi](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/dr-achuta-kadambiphoto.jpg?itok=DT6g4Kn5)
Achuta Kadambi, Nellie Bowles
November 21, 2019
Science/Nature, Technology
![Black and white headshot of author Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/author-photot-coates-c-gabriella-demczuk-copy.jpg?itok=vrpyk5Rm)
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ryan Coogler
October 17, 2019
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature
![Headshot of Dr. April Pyle](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/dr-april-pyleheadshot-1.jpg?itok=v55l413t)
April Pyle, Karen Kaplan
October 10, 2019
Science/Nature, Technology
![Michael Pollan](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastpollan.jpg?itok=CkE1On_B)
![Anand Giridharadas](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastgiridharadas.jpg?itok=d0dzN_FP)
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![Ottessa Moshfegh](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/ottessa-moshfeghphoto-c-krystal-griffiths.jpg?itok=ZdEc6fh0)
![Federico Motka](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/federico-motkaphoto.jpg?itok=l7wUKeq9)
Joel Simon, Sewell Chan, Federico Motka
January 31, 2019
Current Events, Social Sci/Politics
![David Kipen](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/croppeddavid.jpg?itok=RnNzQ-qR)
David Kipen
December 11, 2018
California/The West
![Jean Guerrero](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastborders.jpg?itok=Q8QuRQ6T)
Reyna Grande, Jean Guerrero, Octavio Solis
November 13, 2018
Essay/Memoir
![Lynsey Addario](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastaddario.jpg?itok=gbwfZBc_)
![Kwame Anthony Appiah](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastappiah.jpg?itok=l72qd2Iv)
Kwame Anthony Appiah, Njideka Akunyili Crosby
October 25, 2018
History/Bio
![Susan Orlean](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastorlean.jpg?itok=xhztNndD)
![Joel Simon](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastsimon.jpg?itok=QFpRQ5CQ)
Joel Simon, Gerard Ryle, Alex Cohen
October 11, 2018
Current Events
![Edouard Louis in a blue sweater](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastlouis_0.jpg?itok=u0AiiiFo)
![Tommy Orange](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastorange.jpg?itok=TAdFWQTg)
![Miriam Pawel](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastpawel.jpg?itok=iK_kWRG8)
Miriam Pawel and Kathleen Brown
September 17, 2018
History/Bio
![Nelson Mandela artwork. Image source: Inspiration Now, Marco Cianfanelli](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastmandela.jpg?itok=bMoP0k5J)
Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela, Sahm Venter, Ashaki Jackson, Michael Datcher, Amanda Gorman, DJ Nnamdi Moweta, and more
July 24, 2018
Essay/Memoir
![Kareem Abdul Jabar and Bruce Lee in Karate poses](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastlee.jpg?itok=vboGQSJA)
W. Kamau Bell, Jeff Chang, Shannon Lee
July 17, 2018
Arts & Entertainment
![b & w photo of a bldg under construction](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcasthanna-attisha.jpg?itok=s9jS0TSK)
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, Geoffrey Mohan
July 11, 2018
Current Events
![vintage illustration of berries and leaves](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastmailhot.jpg?itok=842DkQNs)
![Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising their fists with bowed heads while receiving the gold and bronze medals](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastbryant.jpg?itok=jfQ1VEyb)
Howard Bryant, John Carlos, Dr. Todd Boyd
June 19, 2018
Current Events
![Steve Kuusisto and his seeing eye dog](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastkuusisto.jpg?itok=T3Bqe_f9)
![James Comey](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastcomey.jpg?itok=5AnIynq-)
![Yanis Varoufakis](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastvaroufakis.jpg?itok=EYy8s1AO)
Yanis Varoufakis, Alex Cohen
May 17, 2018
Current Events