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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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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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An Afternoon with Tom Brokaw   
Tom Brokaw
In conversation with Geneva Overholser,
Program Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009

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

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How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization & the End of the War on Terror   
Reza Aslan
In conversation with Amy Wilentz, author and journalist
Program Date: Monday, May 04, 2009

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The Post-Human Dada Guide: Tzara and Lenin Play Chess   
Andrei Codrescu
In conversation with Oana Sanziana Marian, Transylvanian Yankee Poet
Program Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009

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The Novel! Why There's Nothing Quite Like It   
Jane Smiley
Program Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009

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Linda Gregerson, Paul Muldoon, and Robert Pinsky: Three Kingley Tufts Prize Judged Read from Their Own Poetry   
Linda Gregerson, Paul Muldoon, Robert Pinsky
Program Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2009

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A Lucky Child   
Judge Thomas Buergenthal
In conversation with Nick Goldberg, Op-Ed Page Editor, LA Times
Program Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009

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The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World   
Michelle Goldberg
In conversation with Sue Horton, Op-Ed & Sunday Opinion Editor, LA Times
Program Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009

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Poetry Reading   
B.H. Fairchild, Elise Paschen
Program Date: Tuesday, April 07, 2009

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West of the West: Dreamers, Believers, Builders & Killers in the Golden State   
Mark Arax
In conversation with Thomas Curwen, LA Times staff writer
Program Date: Monday, April 06, 2009

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MYhistoricLA: Preserving Los Angeles   
Ken Bernstein, Adriene Biondo, William Deverell, Michael Diaz, Mott Smtih
Moderated by Larry Mantle, host of KPCC-FM's Air Talk
Program Date: Friday, April 03, 2009

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Leaving India: My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents   
Minal Hajratwala
In conversation with journalist Swati Pandey
Program Date: Thursday, April 02, 2009

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Defusing Armageddon: Inside NEST, America's Secret Nuclear Bomb Squad   
Jeffrey Richelson
In conversation with Mike Shuster
Program Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009

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Cali Cali -- Three Lives from LA   
Vanessa Place, Janet Sarbanes, Veronica Gonzalez
Moderated by Brighde Mullins, Director, USC Master of Professional Writing program
Program Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009

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Tao Te Ching: An Illustrated Journey   
Stephen Mitchell
In conversation with Jack Miles, Distinguished Professor of English & Religious Studies, UC Irvine
Program Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009

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Cutting for Stone: A Novel   
Abraham Verghese
In conversation with Hector Elizondo, actor
Program Date: Monday, March 16, 2009

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Green to the Street: The Future of Pershing Square   
Daniel Biederman, Kathleen Bullard, Lewis MacAdams, Barry Sanders, Doug Suisman
Moderated by Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles Times Architecture Critic
Program Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009

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The Eco-Barons: The Dreamers, Schemers, and Millionaires Who Are Saving Our Planet   
Ed Humes
In conversation with Patt Morrison, LA Times Columnist and KPCC Radio Host
Program Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009

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An Insomniac's Slant on Sleep   
Gayle Greene
In conversation with Alice Wexler, Research Scholar, UCLA Center for the Study of Women
Program Date: Monday, March 09, 2009

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The Domestic Drama: Novel Form or Formula?   
Antonya Nelson, Marisa Silver
Moderated by author Bernadette Murphy
Program Date: Wednesday, March 04, 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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Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of Love and Danger in Iran   
Azadeh Moaveni
Program Date: Monday, February 23, 2009

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Sailing Home: Using the Wisdom of Homer's Odyssey   
Norman Fischer
In conversation with Irene Borger, Director, Alpert Award in the Arts
Program Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009

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How We Decide   
Jonah Lehrer
In conversation with Dr. Larry Swanson, Appleman Professor of Biological Sciences, USC
Program Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009

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Born to be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life   
Dacher Keltner
In conversation with Antoine Bachara, Professor of Psychology, USC
Program Date: Thursday, February 05, 2009

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The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet   
Neil deGrasse Tyson
In conversation with Dr. Laura Danly, astronomist, Curator of Griffith Observatory
Program Date: Wednesday, February 04, 2009

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The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk and Adventure in the Twenty-Five Years After 50   
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
In conversation with author/journalist Barbara Isenberg
Program Date: Tuesday, February 03, 2009

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Wallace Stegner & the Shaping of Environmental Consciousness in the West   
Tom Curwen, William Deverell, Jenny Price, Page Stegner
Moderated by David L. Ulin, book editor, L.A. Times
Program Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009

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How to Live: A Search for Wisdom From Old People (While They Are Still on This Earth)   
Henry Alford
In conversation with Sandra Tsing Loh
Program Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009

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Thinking About Earthquakes: A Panel Discussion   
Mariana Amatullo, Lucy Jones, Michael Dear, David Ulin, Dennis Mileti
Moderated by Judith Lewis, editor, the L.A. Earthquake Sourcebook
Program Date: Thursday, January 22, 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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Things I've Been Silent About: A Memoir in Moments   
Azar Nafisi
In conversation with Michael Silverblatt, host, KCRW 89.9 FM's "Bookworm"
Program Date: Wednesday, January 14, 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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Out of Exile: The Abducted and Displaced People of Sudan   
Panther Alier, Craig Walzer, Rana Lintotawela
Program Date: Thursday, December 11, 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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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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Alphabet Juice   
Roy Blount Jr.
Program Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008

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ALOUD Science Series: On Seeing and Being

Seeing the Divine
  
Dr. Michael A. Arbib, Dr. Lisa Bitel
Moderated by Margaret Wertheim, the Institute for Figuring
Program Date: Monday, November 10, 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