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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![John McWhorter, Mark Z. Danielewski, Howard A. Rodman](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/mcwhorterdanielewski.jpg?itok=Pno2Rm7Y)
John McWhorter, Mark Z. Danielewski, Howard A. Rodman
April 11, 2016
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature
![Sarah Bakewell](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/bakewell.jpg?itok=_bpOOVdO)
Sarah Bakewell, David L. Ulin
April 6, 2016
Biography, History/Bio
![Helen Macdonald](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/macdonald.jpg?itok=XPWl2mAO)
Helen Macdonald, Louise Steinman
April 4, 2016
Arts & Entertainment, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature, History/Bio, Science/Nature
![Baz Dreisinger](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/dreisinger.jpg?itok=g7gQiwrg)
Baz Dreisinger, Scott Budnick
March 23, 2016
Current Events, Social Sci/Politics
![Ellen R. Malcolm](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/malcolm.jpg?itok=iBQFMx_j)
Ellen R. Malcolm, Ann Friedman
March 17, 2016
Current Events, Social Sci/Politics
![Jamaica Kincaid and Sarah Ogilvie](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/ogilviekincaid.jpg?itok=5kDZ_x9D)
Jamaica Kincaid and Sarah Ogilvie: Empire of Words: An Unsentimental Journey to the Birth of the OED
Jamaica Kincaid, Sarah Ogilvie
March 15, 2016
Arts & Entertainment
![Octavia Butler](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/radioimagination.gif?itok=K79YvHaz)
Ben Caldwell, Ayana A.H. Jamieson, Douglas Kearney, Nisi Shawl, Tisa Bryant, DJ Lynnée Denise
March 10, 2016
Arts & Entertainment, California/The West, Fiction/Literature, History/Bio
![Hanya Yanagihara](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/yanagihara.jpg?itok=7bgPQ5Jc)
Hanya Yanagihara, Matthew Specktor
February 23, 2016
Arts & Entertainment
![Rachel Sussman holding onto a book](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/sussmanbook.jpg?itok=rVSRTRTh)
Rachel Sussman, Ursula K. Heise
February 17, 2016
Arts & Entertainment
![Ingrid Betancourt](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/betancourt.jpg?itok=qifKOtHM)
Ingrid Betancourt, Alicia Partnoy
February 9, 2016
Arts & Entertainment
![Elizabeth Alexander and Kevin Young](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/alexander-young-2.jpg?itok=QglV7UMj)
Elizabeth Alexander, Kevin Young
February 4, 2016
Arts & Entertainment
![Trash can fire](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/rodriguez_0.jpg?itok=lZMs212K)
Luis J. Rodríguez, Michael Meade, John Densmore
January 20, 2016
Arts & Entertainment
![Brian Seibert](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/seibert.jpg?itok=8NKsxEFl)
Brian Seibert, Sarah Reich, Danny Janklow, Sasha Anawalt
January 14, 2016
Arts & Entertainment
![Michael Cunningham](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/cunningham.jpg?itok=VGvMkhoE)
Michael Cunningham, Aimee Bender
December 2, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature
![Simon Winchester](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/winchester.jpg?itok=0RLrHqFh)
Simon Winchester, Tom Lutz
November 10, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, California/The West, Current Events, Fiction/Literature
![Author Stacy Schiff](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/schiff.jpg?itok=qs5d9ZVr)
Stacy Schiff, Jon Wiener
November 4, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, History/Bio, Religion/Spirituality
![Author Sandra Cisneros](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/cisneros.jpg?itok=sgx8yioz)
Sandra Cisneros, Reyna Grande
October 28, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, California/The West, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature
![Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/coates.jpg?itok=-TV01hjm)
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Robin D.G. Kelley
October 26, 2015
Current Events, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature
![man waving rainbow flag](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/kaplan-and-faderman.jpg?itok=X5KCNA1S)
Roberta Kaplan, Lillian Faderman, Patt Morrison
October 19, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Current Events, Essay/Memoir, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics
![Author Mona Eltahawy](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/eltahawy.jpg?itok=hF1DaDhL)
Mona Eltahawy, Kelly McEvers
October 8, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Current Events, Essay/Memoir, Social Sci/Politics
![man holding up a Clay Water Brick](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/jackley-and-macfarquhar.jpg?itok=a-Vivxkf)
Jessica Jackley, Larissa MacFarquhar
October 1, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Business/Tech, Fiction/Literature, Social Sci/Politics
![Lauren Groff](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/groff.jpg?itok=YzD2PiOx)
Lauren Groff, Julie Robinson
September 30, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature
![Author Mary Karr](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/karr.jpg?itok=0F5aS2wT)
Mary Karr, David L. Ulin
September 24, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature, Poetry, Religion/Spirituality
![Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/breyer.jpg?itok=EWwnkQoQ)
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Jeffrey Toobin
September 21, 2015
Current Events
![Author Salman Rushdie](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/rushdie.jpg?itok=LFVI2iin)
Salman Rushdie, Héctor Tobar
September 10, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature