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ALOUD

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.

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woman in red in a bonnet cleaning a big dark floor in an empty room
Bruce Miller, Lorraine Ali
April 13, 2022
Arts & Entertainment
Dambisa Moyo
February 22, 2011
Business/Tech, California/The West, Social Sci/Politics
Mohsin Hamid
Mohsin Hamid, David Treuer
March 14, 2013
Fiction/Literature
David France
David France, Dr. Mark H. Katz, Tony Valenzuela
December 1, 2016
History/Bio, Science/Nature, Social Sci/Politics
Jonah Lehrer
February 12, 2009
Science/Nature
Don Bachardy, Ann Louise Bardach, Mary Ann Braubach, John Densmore
June 21, 2011
Arts & Entertainment, History/Bio, California/The West
Maxine Hong Kingston
January 25, 2011
Fiction/Literature, History/Bio, Essay/Memoir
Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish
January 12, 2011
Essay/Memoir, Social Sci/Politics
author Ian Manuel
Ian Manuel, Jessica Strand
September 14, 2021
Poetry
Miguel Syjuco
May 5, 2010
Fiction/Literature
Jonah Lehrer
April 3, 2012
Fiction/Literature, Science/Nature
Central Library as seen from Flower Street
Victoria Chang, Brendan Constantine, Kim Dower, Blas Falconer, Amy Gerstler, Doug Kearney, Brynn Saito
May 11, 2017
Poetry
Michael Pollan
February 11, 2008
Science/Nature
Jonathan Lethem, Daniel Mendelsohn
November 8, 2012
Essay/Memoir, Fiction/Literature
David Eagleman
May 15, 2012
Fiction/Literature, Social Sci/Politics
Abdellah Taïa
Abdellah Taïa, Steven Reigns
April 12, 2017
Fiction/Literature
Ingrid Betancourt
Ingrid Betancourt, Alicia Partnoy
February 9, 2016
Arts & Entertainment
Daniel Brummel, Jessica Catron, Laura Steenberge, Ezra Buchla
December 15, 2010
Arts & Entertainment
Bill Boyarsky, Peter Jones
June 22, 2010
History/Bio, California/The West, Social Sci/Politics
Andrea Elliott
Andrea Elliott, Robin J. Hayes
January 19, 2022
Social Sci/Politics

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