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.
![Bestselling author Cheryl Strayed](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_overview/public/podcasts/aloud/cheryl-strayedcredit-holly-andres.jpg?itok=CLV35hOj)
Career Conversations is a series presented by Teen'Scape. Teens and adults are able to listen to guests discuss their chosen career and the path it took to get there. These relaxed conversations are a great insight into your dream career!
![2 men and a woman smiling with their arms around each other](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_overview/public/podcasts/career-conversations/philharmonicsquare160.jpg?itok=jTtuLF_7)
Listen to the Children Chatting with Authors Podcast as the members pose questions to a different author each month. These lively and humorous recordings also come with a downloadable discussion guide which can be used in classrooms and bookclubs.
![Authors Rashad Doucet and Jason Reeves holding up their book Pax Sampson](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_overview/public/podcasts/children-chatting/rashad-and-jason.jpg?itok=cxDkKU5k)
A weekly reading of poetry by Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson.
![Lucille Clifton](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_overview/public/podcasts/poems-air/lucillecliftonpodcast.jpg?itok=d_J45cqr)