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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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An Evening with Toni Morrison   
Toni Morrison
In conversation with David L. Ulin, Book Editor, Los Angeles Times
Program Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008

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The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia   
Laura Miller
In conversation with David L. Ulin, Book Editor, LA Times
Program Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008

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An Evening of Spoken Word and Cello   
Marisela Norte, Maria Elena Gaitan
Program Date: Monday, December 08, 2008

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Poetry Reading and Panel Discussion Part I   
Mark Doty, Dana Goodyear, Timothy Steele
Moderated by Robert N. Casper, Programs Director, Poetry Society of America
Program Date: Thursday, December 04, 2008

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Poetry Reading and Panel Discussion Part II   
Mark Doty, Dana Goodyear, Timothy Steele
Moderated by Robert N. Casper, Programs Director, Poetry Society of America
Program Date: Thursday, December 04, 2008

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Alphabet Juice   
Roy Blount Jr.
Program Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008

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Writing the World   
Adam Zagajewski, Edward Hirsch, Peter Cole, Eavan Boland
Program Date: Thursday, November 06, 2008

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Is Reality Overrated?   
Etgar Keret, Ben Ehrenreich
Program Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008

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Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief   
James McPherson
In conversation with William Deverell, Director, USC-Huntington Institute on the West
Program Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008

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Home: A Novel   
Marilynne Robinson
Moderated by Michael Silverblatt, host, KCRW's "Bookworm"
Program Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008

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The China Lover   
Ian Buruma
In conversation with John Nathan, Takashima Professor of Japanese Cultural Studies, UCSB
Program Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008

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The Zookeeper's Wife   
Diane Ackerman
In conversation with Louise Steinman, Curator, ALOUD
Program Date: Monday, October 20, 2008

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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: 28,000 Miles in Search of the Railway Bazaar   
Paul Theroux
In conversation with Tom Curwen, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
Program Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008

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Unintended Consequences: How the Iraq War Hurt America and Helped Its Enemies   
Peter Galbraith
In conversation with Mike Shuster, NPR Foreign Correspondent
Program Date: Tuesday, October 07, 2008

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Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries   
Naomi Wolf
In conversation with Martin Kaplan, Director, Norman Lear Center, USC Annenberg School for Communication
Program Date: Monday, October 06, 2008

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The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family   
Annette Gordon-Reed
In conversation with Gary B. Nash, Professor Emeritus, UCLA and Director, National Center for History in the Schools
Program Date: Wednesday, October 01, 2008

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Forgotten Histories: Two Novelists in Conversation   
Nina Revoyr, Lisa See
In conversation with author Dinah Lenney
Program Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008

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Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism   
Bernard Henri-Levy
In conversation with Arianna Huffington, host of KCRW's "Left, Right, and Center"
Program Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008

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Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency   
Barton Gellman
In conversation with Nick Goldberg, Los Angeles Times Op-Ed Page Editor
Program Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008

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Truth on the Ground in a Time of War: A Conversation Between Foreign Correspondents   
Farnaz Fassihi, Dexter Filkins
Program Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008

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Crime: A Novel   
Irvine Welsh
In conversation with David L. Ulin, editor Los Angeles Times Book Review
Program Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008

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The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British   
Sarah Lyall
In conversation with Frances Anderton, producer of KCRW's "To the Point"
Program Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008

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Violence   
Slavoj Zizek
In conversation with Jack Miles, Distinguished Professor of English and Religious Studies, University of California, Irvine
Program Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008

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Obscene in the Extreme: the Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath"   
Rick Wartzman
In conversation with William Deverell, director, USC-Huntington Institute on the West
Program Date: Thursday, September 04, 2008

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Los Angeles Without the Los Angeles Times?   
George Kieffer, Robin M. Kramer, Geneva Overholser, Kevin Roderick, Joel Sappell, Brady Westwater, David Lauter
Moderated by Kit Rachlis, Los Angeles magazine
Program Date: Thursday, August 14, 2008

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RADIO ALOUD: A Library of the Airwaves   
Alfred Molina (Host), Alan Ball, Thomas Lynch, August Wilson, W.S. Merwin
Program Date: Thursday, August 07, 2008

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Marinating in Ghetto Air: Writing and Transformation at Homeboy Industries   
Father Gregory Boyle, Leslie Schwartz, Hector Verdugo, Agustin Lizama
Program Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2008

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Photographer on the Battlefield: A Photo Lecture   
Rick Loomis
In conversation with Louise Steinman, curator, ALOUD
Program Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008

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The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics   
Leonard Susskind
In conversation with science writer K.C. Cole
Program Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008

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Kafka Comes to America: Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror . . . A Public Defender's Inside Account   
Steven T. Wax
In conversation with Laurie Levenson, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Ethical Advocacy, Loyola Law School
Program Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008

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My Name is Will   
Jess Winfield
In conversation with Louis Fantasia, Director of Shakespeare at the Huntington Library
Program Date: Wednesday, July 09, 2008

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Art and Upheaval: Artists on the World's Frontlines   
William Cleveland
In conversation with Susan Hill, artist
Program Date: Monday, June 30, 2008

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Newer Poets XIII   
J. Mark Beaver, Rachael Kahn, Mindy Nettifee, Cece Peri, Brian Sanders, Brooke Sprowl
Program Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008

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Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West   
Deanne Stillman
In conversation with author Samantha Dunn
Program Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008

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Undiscovered   
Debra Winger
In conversation with Maia Danziger, author and actress
Program Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008

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ALOUD Science Series: The Body Has a Mind of Its Own   
Sandra & Matt Blakeslee
In conversation with Margaret Wertheim, founder, the Institute for Figuring
Program Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2008

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The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and weakened America   
Robert Scheer
In conversation with John W. Dean, author and former white house counsel
Program Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008

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Soldiers of Reason: The RAND Corporation and the Rise of the American Empire   
Alex Abella
In conversation with Mike Shuster, NPR foreign correspondent
Program Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008

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All You Can Eat: Panel Discussion   
Filmmaker Lisa Brenneis, Monterey Market Owner Bill Fujimoto, Author Paul Roberts
Moderated by Evan Kleinman, host of KCRW's "Good Food"
Program Date: Monday, June 09, 2008

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Relentless Pursuit: A Year in the Trenches with Teach for America   
Donna Foote
In conversation with Paul Cummins, Executive Director, New Visions Foundation
Program Date: Wednesday, June 04, 2008

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The Garden of Last Days   
Andre Dubus III
In conversation with David L. Ulin, editor, Los Angeles Times Book Review
Program Date: Tuesday, June 03, 2008

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The Bishop's Daughter   
Honor Moore
In conversation with Rev. Dr. George F. Regas, Executive Director, the Regas Institute
Program Date: Thursday, May 29, 2008

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The Story of a Marriage   
Andrew Sean Greer
In conversation with blogger and novelist Mark Sarvas
Program Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2008

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ALOUD Science Series: On Seeing and Being

"What Do You See?"
  
Dr. Christof Koch
In conversation with Margaret Wertheim, Institute for Figuring
Program Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2008

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The Post-American World   
Fareed Zakaria
In conversation with author Reza Aslan
Program Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2008

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The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama   
Pico Iyer
In conversation with Tom Curwen, L.A. Times staff writer
Program Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2008

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Bowl of Cherries   
Millard Kaufman
In conversation with Leo Braudy, Professor of English and American Lit, USC
Program Date: Tuesday, May 06, 2008

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An Afternoon with Larry McMurtry   
Larry McMurtry
In conversation with William Deverell, Director USC-Huntington Institute on the West
Program Date: Thursday, May 01, 2008

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Our Story Begins   
Tobias Wolff
In conversation with David L. Ulin, editor, Los Angeles Times Book Review
Program Date: Monday, April 28, 2008

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The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century   
Steve Coll
In conversation with Mike Shuster, NPR Foreign Correspondent
Program Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008

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BONK: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex   
Mary Roach
In conversation with Beth Lapides, writer and performer
Program Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2008

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The Life of the Skies: Birding at the End of Nature   
Jonathan Rosen
In conversation with Louise Steinman, curator of ALOUD
Program Date: Tuesday, April 01, 2008

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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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Lush Life: A Novel   
Richard Price
In conversation with Scott Timberg, L.A. Times staff writer
Program Date: Tuesday, March 25, 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