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.
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![Matthew Desmond](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/matt-desmond-author-photo-credit-michael-kienitz1-253x300.jpg?itok=iCLbJlwF)
Matthew Desmond, Steve Lopez
March 7, 2017
Social Sci/Politics
![Erwin Chemerinsky](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastchemerinsky.jpg?itok=qe2zaKwd)
Erwin Chemerinsky
March 2, 2017
Current Events, Social Sci/Politics
![George Saunders](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/podcastsaunders_0.jpg?itok=B_QkEIns)
George Saunders, Anthony Marra, Phil LaMarr
February 27, 2017
Fiction/Literature
![Guadalupe Nettel](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastluiselli.jpg?itok=9tUubyfa)
Valeria Luiselli, Guadalupe Nettel
February 23, 2017
Fiction/Literature
![Daphne Merkin](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastmerkin.jpg?itok=hAotuDmz)
Daphne Merkin, Jill Soloway
February 21, 2017
Essay/Memoir
![James Shapiro](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastshapiro.jpg?itok=RtahfYFv)
James Shapiro, Lisa Wolpe
February 16, 2017
Arts & Entertainment, History/Bio
![Paul Beatty](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastbeatty.jpg?itok=YKy4ThN6)
![Saul Friedlander](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastfriedlander.jpg?itok=WIv9mlNO)
Saul Friedlander, Steven J. Ross
February 8, 2017
Essay/Memoir, History/Bio
![Clara Bingham](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastbingham.jpg?itok=DNDHcZ6n)
David Harris, Winter Dellenbach, Bob Zaugh
February 6, 2017
California/The West, History/Bio
![Michelle Tea](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcasttea.jpg?itok=FoFt2WqF)
![Dan Flores](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastflores.jpg?itok=Tzo7rEd2)
![Alison Gopnik](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastgopnik.jpg?itok=Bcd-y0se)
Alison Gopnik, Alex Cohen
January 26, 2017
Science/Nature, Social Sci/Politics
![C. Nicole Mason](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastmason.jpg?itok=pDbXnh9k)
C. Nicole Mason, Karon Jolna
January 24, 2017
Current Events, Essay/Memoir
![Peter Sellars](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastsellars.jpg?itok=C3Yp6ukv)
Peter Sellars, Ayanna Thompson
January 19, 2017
Arts & Entertainment
![Eric Stover](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcaststover.jpg?itok=HOW8kF-V)
Alexa Koenig, Victor Peskin, Eric Stover
January 17, 2017
History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics
![Barry Yourgrau](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastyourgrau.jpg?itok=RWAZS7C9)
Barry Yourgrau, Aimee Bender
January 12, 2017
Essay/Memoir
![Prince in concert holding a guitar](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastprince.jpg?itok=cdHhbQtm)
Tisa Bryant, Lynnée Denise, Ernest Hardy, Greg Tate
December 9, 2016
Arts & Entertainment
![Peter Godfrey-Smith](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastgodfreysmith.jpg?itok=mCA8iaAt)
Peter Godfrey-Smith, Amy Parish
December 7, 2016
Science/Nature
![David France](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastfrance.jpg?itok=AuMmRhWS)
David France, Dr. Mark H. Katz, Tony Valenzuela
December 1, 2016
History/Bio, Science/Nature, Social Sci/Politics
![Michael Chabon](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastchabon.jpg?itok=hQcfg5rD)
Michael Chabon, David L. Ulin
November 30, 2016
Fiction/Literature
![Tim Wu](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastwu.jpg?itok=xqJcYoZ6)
Tim Wu, Madeleine Brand
November 14, 2016
Current Events, Social Sci/Politics, Technology
![Rebecca Solnit](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastsolnit.jpg?itok=4IICyF_A)
Rebecca Solnit, Christopher Hawthorne
November 10, 2016
Essay/Memoir, History/Bio
![T.C. Boyle](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastboyle.jpg?itok=t0qEocmd)
T.C. Boyle, Michael Silverblatt
November 1, 2016
Fiction/Literature
![Hisham Matar](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastmatar.jpg?itok=kRqtU_aG)
Hisham Matar, Louise Steinman
October 24, 2016
Essay/Memoir
![Emma Donoghue](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/podcast_listing/public/podcasts/aloud/podcastdonoghue.jpg?itok=16RXgHaD)
Emma Donoghue, Ramona Ausubel
October 19, 2016
Fiction/Literature