ALOUD @ Los Angeles Public Library
829 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsALOUD is the Library Foundation of Los Angeles' award-winning literary series of live conversations, readings and performances at the historic Central Library and locations throughout Los Angeles.
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Episodes
Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud
October 10, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBIn this intimate exploration, one of America's most gifted and provocative public intellectuals peels back the layers of a remarkable life.
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
October 08, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBA renowned professor of computer science recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell in a historical graphic novel that explicates some of the biggest ideas of mathematics and modern philosophy.
An Evening with Garrison Keillor
October 06, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 78.6 MBThe host and writer of \"A Prairie Home Companion\" knows how to spin a yarn. Join us for an evening of inspired storytelling, as Keillor converts the \"base metal of small town tedium to the gold of comedy.\" (NYTimes)
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
September 25, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBSandel--whose Justice course is one of the most popular and influential at Harvard-- hallenges us to think our way through the hard moral challenges we confront as citizens. Co-presented by the Council of the Library Foundation and City National Bank
No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet and the Discoveries He Makes about Himself and our Way of Life in the Process
September 24, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBNo toilet paper! No plastic containers! No new clothes! No eating out! Beavan discusses-and screens film clips about-- his family's yearlong experiment to live a zero waste lifestyle in New York City.
The Boat
September 17, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBIn his first book, Le writes stunningly inventive stories that take us from the slums of Columbia to the streets of Tehran; from a tiny fishing village in Australia to a foundering vessel in the South China Sea.
The Anthologist
September 16, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBIn re-imagining the lives and loves of history's great poets, Baker creates a seductive meditation on poetry and artistic expression.
A Gate at the Stairs
September 11, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBIn her long-awaited new novel, set after the events of September 2001, Moore brings us up against the heart of racism, the shock of war, and the carelessness perpetrated against others in the name of love.
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster
September 10, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBCan the social connectedness that arises in the aftermath of a disaster-whether natural or manmade-lead us to a new vision of society?
Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future
August 06, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBWhy, when many of the problems of the twenty-first century require scientific solutions, are Americans paying less and less attention to scientists? How might we reverse this alarming trend and integrate science into our national discourse--before it's too late?
Why Design Matters
August 05, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 77.9 MBHow do notions of social responsibility and sustainability, in terms of design, impact the response to the growing density of Los Angeles and beyond? Presented in conjunction with the exhibition \"Richard Neutra, Architect: Sketches and Drawings in the Getty Gallery\"
Visions in the Desert: Searching for Home in the West
July 31, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 66 MBAn evening of stories and songs by Rubén Martinez, with Joe Garcia and featuring John Schayer and Ruben Gonzalez High end art colonies materialize on dusty plains. Mexican migrant corridors transect Native lands. Writer Martinez, accompanied by his longtime musical partner, explores some of the oldest American symbols and the newest motley cast of characters to confront them.
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
July 24, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBUrban and rural collide in this wry, inspiring memoir of a woman who turned a vacant lot in downtown Oakland into a thriving farm.
The Contemporary City: Urbanism in Flux
July 22, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 90 MBWhat alternative avenues for urbanism can be developed as existing models have been undermined by the current economic crisis? How will issues of planning, infrastructure, and the public realm shape architecture and design in the coming generation? Presented in conjunction with the exhibition \"Richard Neutra, Architect: Sketches and Drawings in the Getty Gallery\"
Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California
July 17, 2009 03:00 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBAn award-winning journalist chronicles the life of her great-great grandfather, a brilliant gold-rush era entrepreneur and financier, who rose from store clerk to the upper echelons of society, founded L.A.'s first bank, resurrected the financially troubled Los Angeles Times, and helped establish U.S.C.
Erased
July 16, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBAbandonment, life, death (and, oddly, Cleveland) are explored in the hilarious second installment of Jim Krusoe's trilogy of novels about resurrection.
Riverbig: A Novel
July 10, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 65.9 MB\"Crimes litter the floor of California's great Central Valley like fallen plums . . . Old ties of blood, friendship, and memory are harshly tested . . . but hope takes root in the valley's generous yet unforgiving soil.\" (D.J. Waldie)
A Bright and Guilty Place: Murder, Corruption, and L.A.'s Scandalous Coming of Age
July 09, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBTabloid crimes, the Roaring 20's, and the onset of the Depression form the backdrop of Rayner's captivating tale of how the City of Angels lost its soul.
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
July 01, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBA New Yorker reporter's definitive account of how decisions made behind closed doors in Washington spiraled out around the world, often with unintended consequences.
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
June 25, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBAnsary, native of Afghanistan and astute cultural interpreter, tells the rich story of world history as the Islamic world sees it, from the time of Mohammed to the fall of the Ottoman Empire and beyond.
The Political Mind: A Cognitive Scientist's Guide to Your Brain and Its Politics
June 24, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 75.2 MBOne of the world's best-known cognitive scientists explains why understanding language is critical in politics and why Reason is not as reasonable as we thought.
Dreamers in Dream City: A Journey Through Portraits
June 19, 2009 03:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBPhotographer/author Harry Brant Chandler and historian Kevin Starr explore the fascinating lives of inspirational Southern Californians, the subjects of Chandler's unique portraits.
Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever
June 18, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBA peerless interpreter of American life recounts his own long strange trip from rural Minnesota to the ivy-covered walls of Princeton-- a fascinating examination of the perils of an education that prizes the accumulation of points over the enrichment of the mind.
Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone
June 12, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBIn this history of human adventure, one of Latin America's most distinguished writers illuminates movements of ideas and society across centuries by recalling the lives of artists, writers, gods and visionaries-- from the Garden of Eden to 21st-century New York.
Smogtown: The Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles
June 10, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 80.8 MBHow did smog help mold the modern-day culture of Los Angeles? Join this discussion about pollution, progress and the epic struggle against airborne poisons.
Notes on Sontag
June 05, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBA renowned essayist considers the achievements and limitations of his tantalizing, daunting subject.
Blogging the Narco-Wars: A Panel Discussion
June 04, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 76.9 MBViolence spills north of the border after the bloodiest year in the war to control drug smuggling through Tijuana. Join journalists from San Diego and Tijuana and a long-time watchdog of border violence to discuss the difficulties faced and methods used by reporters doing their jobs in Tijuana.
An Afternoon with Tom Brokaw
May 29, 2009 03:00 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBJoin us for an illuminating conversation with Tom Brokaw, veteran news anchor, author and 2009 recipient of the Los Angeles Public Library Literary Award.
Sag Harbor: A Novel
May 21, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBThe historically African- American enclave of Sag Harbor, on the east end of Long Island, is the setting for the wonderfully funny, supremely original novel by the MacArthur award-winning author of The Intuitionist.
Losing Mum and Pup
May 20, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBIn this tragicomic true story of the year in which both of his parents died, the award-winning author and humorist captures the heartbreaking and disorienting feeling of becoming a 55-year-old orphan.
Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life
May 15, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBOne of America's most performed and admired composers, Adams (Nixon in China, Doctor Atomic) helped shape the landscape of contemporary classical music. His new memoir reveals the inner workings of his creative process and illuminates the recent history of music-making.
Manatee/Humanity: Poetry Performance
May 06, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBWaldman-- a \"Cat 4 hurricane of unchained imagination, curiosity, and invention, political rage and erotic elation.\"-draws on animal lore, animal encounters, dreams, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and Buddhist ritual in her new investigative hybrid-poem exploring the nuances of inter-species communication and compassion
How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization & the End of the War on Terror
May 05, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBSurveying the global scene, a preeminent scholar of religion launches a revolution in the way we understand-and confront-radical Islam.
Newer Poets XIV
April 30, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 74.4 MBJoin us for this exuberant annual reading with emerging Los Angeles-area poets.
The Post-Human Dada Guide: Tzara and Lenin Play Chess
April 29, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 63 MBMagically blending sarcasm and gravity, America's favorite surrealist poet and NPR commentator offers an impractical handbook for practical living in our posthuman world.
The Novel! Why There's Nothing Quite Like It
April 24, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBSmiley, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and author of Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel, talks about how novels work and why we like them.
Linda Gregerson, Paul Muldoon, and Robert Pinsky: Three Kingley Tufts Prize Judged Read from Their Own Poetry
April 23, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBThree members of the final judging panel for the Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards, read from their own prize-winning work.
A Lucky Child
April 22, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBBuergenthal, currently the American judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, arrived at Auschwitz at age ten, and was soon separated from his mother and then his father. In this inspiring memoir, he reminds us of the resilience of the human spirit.
The Challenge for Africa
April 22, 2009 03:00 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBWangari Muta Maathai is the founder of the Green Belt Movement, which, through networks of rural women, has planted over 30 million trees across Kenya since 1977. In 2002, she was elected to Kenya's Parliament in the first free elections in a generation, and in 2003 was appointed Assistant Minister for Environment, Natural Resources, and Wildlife. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 2004, she is the author of Unbowed: A Memoir, and speaks to organizations around the world. Her newest book, The...
Mark Murphy & David Sefton: Two LA Impresarios
April 17, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBNigerian music, Mexican farce, John Updike, Lou Reed. Polish puppeteers, Belgian Butoh, Irish bards? what goes into the making of a season of groundbreaking performing arts at REDCAT and UCLA Live?
The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World
April 15, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBAn award-winning investigative reporter exposes the global war on women's reproductive rights and its disastrous and unreported consequences for the future of global development.
Poetry Reading
April 08, 2009 03:00 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBFairchild, winner of the Kingsley Tufts Award, and Paschen, winner of the Nicholas Roerich Prize, read poems that celebrate how the humble -- the work of a machine shop, the duties of a home -- is exalted by attention and care, just as their poems are distinguished by thoughtfulness, gratitude, and a deep concern for the well-made phrase.
West of the West: Dreamers, Believers, Builders & Killers in the Golden State
April 07, 2009 03:00 - 72.1 MBArax, a native son, spent four years traveling the breadth of the Golden State to explore its singular place in the world. From the marijuana growing capital of the U.S. to the town that inspired The Grapes of Wrath, Arax offers a stunning panorama of California in a new century.
MYhistoricLA: Preserving Los Angeles
April 04, 2009 03:00 - 87.2 MBSurveyLA marks a coming-of-age for LA's historic preservation movement. Join amateur historians and LA aficionados for the public kick off of SurveyLA, share your knowledge of LA's hidden gems, view a screening of the SurveyLA video, and attend a lively panel discussion with city officials, preservationists, community organizers and developers regarding this historic survey.
Leaving India: My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents
April 03, 2009 03:00 - 63.4 MBIn this groundbreaking work, Hajratwala mixes history, memoir, and reportage to explore the questions facing not only her own Indian family but that of every immigrant: Where did we come from? Why did we leave? What did we give up and gain in the process?
A Visionary Look at the Evolution and Future of India
April 02, 2009 03:00 - 59 MBNilekani, Co-Chairman of Infosys, was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine in 2006 and Forbes Businessman of the Year in 2007. In his new book Imagining India, he discusses the future of the subcontinent and its role as a global citizen and emerging economic giant.
Defusing Armageddon: Inside NEST, America's Secret Nuclear Bomb Squad
March 26, 2009 03:00 - 61.5 MBRelying on recently declassified documents, Richelson--Senior Fellow with the National Security Archive--reveals how NEST operated during the Cold War, how the agency has evolved, and its current efforts to reduce the chance of a nuclear device decimating an American city.
Cali Cali -- Three Lives from LA
March 20, 2009 03:00 - 67.6 MBThree emerging women writers discuss using nontraditional forms for an unconventional city, writing a polyvocal landscape for a polyvocal world, publishing with an independent press, and why women write LA better than anybody.
Tao Te Ching: An Illustrated Journey
March 19, 2009 03:00 - 71.5 MBA renowned scholar and translator offers a unique adaptation of the greatest passages from two ancient successors to Lao-tzu, illuminated by his own poetic commentary.
Cutting for Stone: A Novel
March 17, 2009 03:00 - 69 MBA bestselling nonfiction author and renowned physician makes the leap to fiction with this epic tale that spans three continents and five decades, from a convent in India to a cargo ship bound for Yemen; from an operating room in Ethiopia to a hospital in the Bronx.