Podcasts
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.

Featured Podcast:
Bestselling author Cheryl Strayed takes the ALOUD stage to discuss the transformation of her popular book, Tiny Beautiful Things, to the television
April 20, 2023

Listen to the Children Chatting with Authors Podcast as the members pose questions to a different author each month. These lively and humorous recordings also come with a downloadable discussion guide which can be used in classrooms and bookclubs.

Featured Podcast:
Join the Children Chatting with Authors Podcast as they interview author and illustrator Rashad Doucet and author Jason Reeves about their book Pax Sampson: The Cookout, Vol. 1, and about being an author and artist.
November 17, 2021

Featured Podcast:
In this episode of the Past Due podcast, we’ll discuss how the library came to be built, an early architectural mystery about the library, and some of the intriguing details about one of the oldest books in the library’s collection.
January 12, 2026

A weekly reading of poetry by Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson.

Featured Podcast:
Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads "i am not done yet" by Lucille Clifton.
December 29, 2022
