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    Podcast
    September 30, 2014

    Documenting Indigenous Stories Through Film:
    An Alternative Lens

    Lourdes Grobet, Julianna Brannum

    Two filmmakers share and discuss excerpts from their new documentaries that illuminate indigenous stories rarely seen on film. Bering: Balance…

    Podcast
    September 26, 2011

    1493: Uncovering the New World
    Columbus Created

    Charles C. Mann

    From the best-selling author of 1491 - a study of the pre-Columbian Americas - comes a deeply engaging new history…

    VideoPodcast
    January 20, 2011

    The Tell-Tale Brain

    V.S. Ramachandran, Margaret Wertheim

    From autism to basic self-awareness, “the Marco Polo of neuroscience” traces the strange links between neurology and behavior, probing the…

    GalleryPodcast
    October 4, 2016

    Time Travel: A History

    James Gleick

    Leading chronicler of science and technology and best-selling author of The Information and Chaos, James Gleick visits ALOUD with a mind-bending…

    Podcast
    October 23, 2014

    The Poet as Citizen

    Claudia Rankine, Robin Coste Lewis

    Two powerful poets read from their work and discuss how poetry can become an active tool for rethinking race in…

    GalleryPodcast
    September 29, 2016

    The Arab of the Future 2:
    A Graphic Memoir

    Riad Sattouf

    Best-selling cartoonist and filmmaker and a former contributor to the satirical publication Charlie Hebdo, Riad Sattouf shares from his highly…

    GalleryPodcast
    September 20, 2016

    SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

    Mary Beard

    In SPQR, an instant classic from one of our foremost classicists, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome while challenging…

    Podcast
    September 27, 2016

    The Body in Question: Two Poets

    Sharon Olds, Robin Coste Lewis, Louise Steinman

    Two poets read from their intimate work and interrogate the structure of the body through its pleasures and sorrows, complex…

    Podcast
    November 12, 2013

    Making History Graphic

    Gene Luen Yang, Joe Sacco

    Hailed as the creator of war reportage comics, Joe Sacco uses darkly funny short form comics to recount conflicts, including…

    GalleryPodcast
    September 22, 2016

    The Year of Voting Dangerously

    Maureen Dowd

    Before you cast your ballot this November, join ALOUD for an evening of political takes and takedowns with New York…