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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![painted portrait of Langston Hughes](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/askyourmama.jpg?itok=moRMKqmW)
Laura Karpman, Janai Brugger, Victoria Kirsch, Taura Stinson, David Young
July 29, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature, History/Bio
![Meghan Daum and Leslie Jamison](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/daumjamisonpodcast.jpg?itok=_Dp9-j0R)
Meghan Daum, Leslie Jamison, Molly Pulda
July 23, 2015
Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature, Religion/Spirituality
![Ron Finley in a garden holding a rake](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/liveandeatlapodcast.jpg?itok=wISWeJye)
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
![bright pink dress on a dress form fallen over in the street](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/lovela2.jpg?itok=_Og4EswH)
Lynell George, Marisela Norte, Frosty
July 9, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, California/The West, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature, Poetry
![old photo of Walt Whitman](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/waltwhitman.jpg?itok=VQsfavA5)
Luis Alberto Ambroggio, Christopher Merrill, Sholeh Wolpe, Sahba Motallebi
June 30, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature, Poetry
![a fancy menu that reads To Live and Dine in LA](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/tladla.jpg?itok=6bdq6R90)
Cynthia Hawkins, Ricardo Diaz, Josh Kun
June 14, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, California/The West, Fiction/Literature, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics
![Judy Blume smiling sitting in a chair](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/judyblume.jpg?itok=QwarKcB3)
![Tracy K. Smith](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/tracyksmith.jpg?itok=r2QeOnlj)
Tracy K. Smith, Lynell George
May 28, 2015
Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature, Poetry
![Jane Hirshfield in a red swaeter and pearls](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/janehirshfield.jpg?itok=kd2dl0lI)
Jane Hirshfield, Louise Steinman
May 19, 2015
California/The West, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature, Poetry, Religion/Spirituality
![Jennifer Clement](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/jennifercleement.jpg?itok=RrDKjFTB)
Jennifer Clement, Magdalena Edwards
May 14, 2015
Current Events, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics
![Students: Sydney Barile, Justin Evans, Amanda Foushee, Melissa Gutierrez, Michael Mitchell, Nicole Olweean, Niela Orr, Sean Pessin, Julian Smith-Newman, and Paula Tang.](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/writingourfuture.jpg?itok=CBUCxrPc)
CalArts, Otis, UCI, UCR, USC
April 30, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature, Poetry
![Joseph E. Stiglitz smiling and wearing glasses](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/stiglitz.jpg?itok=MQyy52dj)
Joseph Stiglitz, Jim Newton
April 27, 2015
Current Events, Social Sci/Politics
![Joseph Stiglitz in glasses and a blue shirt](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/josephstiglitz.jpg?itok=q4dsOJlS)
Joseph Stiglitz, Jim Newton
April 27, 2015
Business/Tech, Current Events, Science/Nature, Social Sci/Politics
![Ana Tijoux wearing a colorful scarf](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/tijoux.jpg?itok=yndpjzVt)
Ana Tijoux, Jen Hofer
April 23, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Current Events, Poetry
![Sandy Tolan in a blue shirt](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/tolan.jpg?itok=GvDhcco8)
Sandy Tolan, Kelly McEvers
April 21, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Current Events, Fiction/Literature, Social Sci/Politics
![Karima Bennoune](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/bennoune.jpg?itok=ZTn6SiNe)
Karima Bennoune, Ani Zonneveld
April 2, 2015
Current Events, Religion/Spirituality, Social Sci/Politics
![Thomas McGuane](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/mcguane.jpg?itok=ccEgJrWn)
![altered photo of a large group of North Korean dancers](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/nkorea.jpg?itok=w5DmE6dJ)
Adam Johnson, Blaine Harden
March 23, 2015
Current Events, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics
![photo of a sign that reads: Putins Puppets Out](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/snydergessen.jpg?itok=aQuJQNcJ)
Timothy Snyder, Masha Gessen, Justinian Jampol
March 10, 2015
Current Events, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics
![4 male dancers in shadow during a staged performance](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/jones.jpg?itok=RiU0Gp9L)
Bill T. Jones, Kristy Edmunds
March 5, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Essay/Memoir
![Randall Kennedy](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/foner_0.jpg?itok=eCKqy4yx)
Eric Foner, Randall Kennedy
March 4, 2015
Fiction/Literature, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics
![cover of the book Believer](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/believeraxelrodusethisone.jpg?itok=IqpqYFrS)
David Axelrod, Michel Martin
February 17, 2015
Essay/Memoir, Social Sci/Politics
![a photo of a galaxy in space](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/freedmancarroll.jpg?itok=xG5XeKxg)
Wendy L. Freedman, Sean Carroll
February 12, 2015
Science/Nature
![The Sculptor book cover](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/mccloud.jpg?itok=w2enlNbZ)
Scott McCloud, Elvis Mitchell
February 10, 2015
Arts & Entertainment, Fiction/Literature
![Jill Leovy](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/leovy.jpg?itok=nQfBX7dg)
Jill Leovy, Warren Olney
February 5, 2015
California/The West, Current Events, Fiction/Literature, Social Sci/Politics