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    Podcast
    March 23, 2015

    Unveiling North Korea with Fact and Fiction

    Adam Johnson, Blaine Harden

    Coming together for the first time on stage, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Adam Johnson and bestselling nonfiction author Blaine Harden explore…

    Podcast
    March 10, 2015

    The War in Ukraine:
    Propaganda and Reality

    Timothy D. Snyder, Masha Gessen

    In March of 2014, Russia invaded Ukraine, destroying a peaceful order in Europe and placing its own regime at risk. …

    Podcast
    April 2, 2015

    Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here:
    Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism

    Karima Bennoune

    A veteran of twenty years of human rights research and activism and recent recipient of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize,…

    Podcast
    May 20, 2009

    Sag Harbor: A Novel

    Colson Whitehead

    The historically African-American enclave of Sag Harbor, on the east end of Long Island, is the setting for the wonderfully…

    Podcast
    October 30, 2012

    Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice,
    and the Promise of America

    Eboo Patel

    In the wake of 9/11 and the growth of a worrying animosity towards American Muslims, Patel—author, activist, and presidential advisor—argues…

    Podcast
    September 8, 2016

    Tracktown: On the Run

    Alexi Pappas

    Fresh off this summer’s Olympics in Rio, “renaissance runner” Alexi Pappas takes a break with ALOUD to discuss her far-reaching…

    Podcast
    May 13, 2013

    The Noble Hustle:
    Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death

    Colson Whitehead

    Whitehead, the bestselling author of Zone One and an amateur player, lucked into a seat at the biggest card game in town—the…

    Podcast
    October 26, 2011

    Zone One: A Novel

    Colson Whitehead

    In MacArthur Award-winning Whitehead’s satiric take on the post-apocalyptic horror novel, a plague has sorted humanity into two types: the…

    Podcast
    July 23, 2013

    Catastrophe in California:
    A Reappraisal of the St. Francis Dam Collapse

    Rebecca Solnit, William Deverell, Donald Jackson

    In March of 1928, the St. Francis Dam north of Los Angeles—designed by William Mulholland as a reservoir for the…

    Video
    March 28, 2015

    Young Literati Seventh Annual Toast

    Jenny Slate, Busy Philipps, Ken Brecher, Amanda Fairey, La Santa Cecilia

    On Saturday, March 28, 2015, the Young Literati of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles and hundreds of Angelenos gathered…