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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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John Ashbery's Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror   
Joan Arnold, Tom Curwen, Jim Paul, Gil Schwartz, Louise Steinman, Terry Wolverton
Program Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2010

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Timur and the Dime Museum   
Timur and the Dime Museum
Program Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010

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Richard Wagner's Ring: Eros, Mythos, and Ethos--A Lecture by Maestro James Conlon   
James Conlon
Program Date: Monday, April 19, 2010

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How Many Billboards? Visual Rights to the City   
Toby Miller, Christine Pelisek, Rick Robinson, John Tehranian
Moderated by curator Anne Bray, Executive Director, Freewaves
Program Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010

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A Windfall of Musicians: Hitler's Emigres and Exiles in Southern California   
Dorothy Lamb Crawford
In conversation with conductor/composer William Kraft
Program Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010

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Based on Rumors and Secrets: The World of Palestine, New Mexico   
Richard Montoya
In conversation with Mike Sablone, literary associate, Center Theatre Group
Program Date: Monday, December 14, 2009

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An Evening with Twyla Tharp   
Twyla Tharp
Program Date: Monday, December 07, 2009

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Everything You Wanted to Know about Polish Theater (But Were Afraid to Ask)   
Grzegorz Jarzyna, Joanna Klass, Tom Sellar, Richard Schechner
Moderated by David Sefton, Director, UCLA Live
Program Date: Monday, November 16, 2009

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Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth   
Christos H. Papadimitriou
In conversation with Zlatan Damnjanovic, Associate Professor of Philosophy, USC
Program Date: Wednesday, October 07, 2009

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Why Design Matters   
Steven Ehrlich, Leo Marmol
Program Date: Tuesday, August 04, 2009

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Visions in the Desert: Searching for Home in the West   
Rubén Martinez
Program Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009

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The Contemporary City: Urbanism in Flux   
Michael Maltzan
In conversation with Christopher Hawthorne, LA Times Architecture Critic
Program Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2009

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Dreamers in Dream City: A Journey Through Portraits   
Harry Chandler, Kevin Starr
Program Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009

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An Afternoon with Tom Brokaw   
Tom Brokaw
In conversation with Geneva Overholser, Director, Annenberg School of Journalism, USC
Program Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009

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Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life   
John Adams
In conversation with Deborah Borda, President, LA Philharmonic Association
Program Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009

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Manatee/Humanity: Poetry Performance   
Anne Waldman
Program Date: Tuesday, May 05, 2009

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Mark Murphy & David Sefton: Two LA Impresarios   
Mark Murphy, David Sefton
In conversation with journalist/author Barbara Isenberg
Program Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009

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Between Fountainheads   
Lawrence Weschler
In conversation with John Walsh, Getty Museum Director Emeritus
Program Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009

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EMBERS: A Jazz Opera in Poems   
Terry Wolverton, David Ornette Cherry
Program Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009

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Gentrification, Neo-Feudalism, and the Colonists on Your Block: The Real Costs of a Latte   
Danny Hoch, Jerry Quickley
Program Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009

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The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution   
Denis Dutton
In conversation with Michael Shermer, the Skeptic Society
Program Date: Wednesday, January 07, 2009

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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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The Photographer and His City   
Julius Shulman
In conversation with Wim De Wit, Curator of Architectural Collections, Getty Research Institute
Program Date: Tuesday, October 07, 2008

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RADIO ALOUD: A Library of the Airwaves   
Alfred Molina (Host), Alan Ball, Thomas Lynch, August Wilson, W.S. Merwin, Johanna Cooper (Co-Producer), Louise Steinman (Co-Producer)
Program Date: Thursday, August 07, 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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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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Undiscovered   
Debra Winger
In conversation with Maia Danziger, author and actress
Program Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008

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Notes on a Life   
Eleanor Coppola
In conversation with Deborah N. Landis, costume designer & author
Program Date: Thursday, May 08, 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 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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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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The Principles of Uncertainty: Illustrations, Parables, Films   
Maira Kalman
In conversation with Louise Steinman, author and curator of ALOUD
Program Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2007

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The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century   
Alex Ross
Program Date: Wednesday, October 24, 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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Two Actors, Two Authors, Two Lives   
Alan Alda, Mike Farrell
Program Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2007

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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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ALOUD audio is presented by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles and made possible through support provided by The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Annenberg Foundation, City National Bank, KPMG, Donna and Martin J. Wolff, the law firm Arent Fox, and through the support of The Library Associates. Media support provided by KPPC 83.9 FM, KUSC 91.5 FM and KCET. ALOUD theme composed by Larry Karush.
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