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The following podcasts were recorded live in the 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 monthly basis. Initial funding for ALOUD podcasts was made possible by Arent Fox LLP.

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Deadwood: Stories of the Black Hills
David Milch

In conversation with William Deverell

Program Date: Wednesday, November 01, 2006

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The Golden Road: Notes on My Gentrification
Caille Millner

In conversation with Meghan Daum

Program Date: Thursday, March 27, 2008

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The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It
David Hajdu

In conversation with Ben Schwartz

Program Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2008

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The Senator's Wife
Sue Miller

In conversation with Michelle Huneven

Program Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2008

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Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East
Robin Wright

In conversation with Warren Olney

Program Date: Thursday, March 13, 2008

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The Enigma of Iran (or Why American Policy-makers Should Read More Fiction)
Gina Nahai, Robert Scheer
Program Date: Thursday, March 06, 2008

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The Dancer and the Thief (El Baile de la Victoria)
Antonio Skármeta

In conversation with Verónica Cortínez

Program Date: Wednesday, March 05, 2008

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Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World
Samantha Power

In conversation with Terry George

Program Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2008

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The Age of American Unreason
Susan Jacoby

In conversation with Jack Miles

Program Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2008

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Basic Brown: My Life and Our Times
Willie Brown

In conversation with Bill Boyarsky

Program Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2008

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When the Personal Becomes Political
Katha Pollitt

In conversation with Jon Wiener

Program Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2008

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The Flowers: A Novel
Dagoberto Gilb

In conversation with Marisela Norte

Program Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2008

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In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan

In conversation with Barry Glassner

Program Date: Monday, February 11, 2008

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The Commoner: A Novel
John Burnham Schwartz

In conversation with Anne Taylor Fleming

Program Date: Wednesday, February 06, 2008

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The Science of Leonardo: Inside the Mind of the Great Genius of the Renaissance
Fritjof Capra

In conversation with Manuel Castells

Program Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2008

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The Height of Ambition: New Development Downtown
Lauren Bon, Brian Girard , Daniel A. Rosenfeld, Martha Welborne

Moderated by Christopher Hawthorne

Program Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2008

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Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again
David Frum

In conversation with Arianna Huffington

Program Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2008

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Creating a World without Poverty
Muhammad Yunus

In conversation with Rick Wartzman

Program Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2008

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The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved
Judith Freeman

In conversation with Denise Hamilton

Program Date: Thursday, January 10, 2008

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Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves
Kevin Bales
Program Date: Wednesday, January 09, 2008

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An Evening with Poet Robert Hass
Robert Hass
Program Date: Monday, December 03, 2007

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Cleopatra's Nose: 39 Varieties of Desire
Judith Thurman

In conversation with Gail Eichenthal

Program Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2007

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Theories of Everything
Roz Chast

In conversation with Louise Steinman

Program Date: Monday, November 26, 2007

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Memorial Reading for Mutanabbi Street
Chris Abani, Beau Beausoleil, Laila Lalami, Suzanne Lummis, Majid Naficy, Marisela Norte, Sholeh Wolpé, Terry Wolverton, Saadoun Al-Bayati Ensemble

Moderated by Jordan Elgrably, Louise Steinman, and Justin Veach

Program Date: Monday, November 19, 2007

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A Free Life
Ha Jin

In conversation with Seth Faison

Program Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2007

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Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans & Vagabonds: Mexican Immigration and the Future of Race in America
Gregory Rodriguez
Program Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2007

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A Life Decoded
Dr. Craig Venter

In conversation with Michael W. Quick

Program Date: Thursday, November 08, 2007

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Psychogeography: Disentangling the Modern Conundrum of Psyche and Place
Will Self

In conversation with David L. Ulin, editor, LA TImes Book Review

Program Date: Thursday, November 01, 2007

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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Oliver Sacks

In conversation with Ara Guzelimian

Program Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2007

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The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Jeffrey Toobin

In conversation with Jim Newton

Program Date: Tuesday, October 02, 2007

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No Simple Victory: Europe at War 1939-1945
Norman Davies
Program Date: Thursday, September 27, 2007

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COOL IT: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming
Bjørn Lomborg

In conversation with Judith Lewis

Program Date: Monday, September 24, 2007

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Two Actors, Two Authors, Two Lives
Alan Alda, Mike Farrell
Program Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2007

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The Book of Psalms: A Conversation
Robert Alter and Jonathan Kirsch

Moderated by David L. Ulin, editor L.A. Times Book

Program Date: Monday, September 17, 2007

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Telling Stories that Matter: A Conversation
Helena María Viramontes, Manuel Muñoz
Program Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2007

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Debating Race
Michael Eric Dyson

In conversation with Gregory Rodriguez

Program Date: Wednesday, March 07, 2007

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War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals
David Halberstam

In conversation with Steven J. Ross

Program Date: Wednesday, October 09, 2002

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ALOUD is made possible through the generosity of The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation. Additional support is provided by Arent Fox LLP, City National Bank, KPMG LLP, Donna and Martin J. Wolff and contributors to the Stay Home and Read a Book Ball. Media support provided by KCRW 89.9 FM, KUSC 91.5 FM, and KCET.
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles secures private support to help provide the Los Angeles Public Library with everything from books and materials to reading enrichment programs, technology, cultural events, exhibitions and select capital improvements.

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