Media Archive

Explore our collection of video and audio recordings from ALOUD, a public programming series of conversations, readings, and performances by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles. 

Video

A Conversation Between Writer Susan Minot and Actor/Producer Griffin Dunne: Discussing their New Books

susanminotandgriffindunn

Back to School

As the new school year starts, watch these programs that speak to issues that youth face at home and globally:

Jun
5
Podcast

Rebel Music: Race, Empire, and the New Muslim Youth Culture

Hisham Aidi
May
31
GalleryPodcast

Planet of the Blind: A Poet’s Journey

Steve Kuusisto
May
30
GalleryPodcast

A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership

James Comey
May
23
Podcast

The End of Capitalism: My Battle with the European and American Deep Establishment

Yanis Varoufakis
May
16
GalleryPodcast

The Mars Room

Rachel Kushner
May
15
Podcast

An Evening with Tom Wolfe

Tom Wolfe
Feb
9
GalleryVideoPodcast

The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures

Antonio Damasio
Feb
9
GalleryPodcast

Haiku in Zapotec: From Oaxaca to Japan and Back

Jane Hirshfield and Víctor Terán
Feb
8
GalleryPodcast

Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy

Heather Ann Thompson
Jan
11
VideoPodcast

The Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter

Albie Sachs
Jan
5
GalleryVideoPodcast

Oaxaca’s Third Gender: Man, Woman, Muxe

Víctor Cata, Bamby Salcedo, Maritza Sanchez
Dec
20
GalleryVideoPodcast

Threat of Extinction: Language Activism and Preservation

Bob Holman, Vincent Medina, Odilia Romero Hernández, and Virginia Carmelo with linguist Leanne Hinton
Sep
9
Video

To Live and Dine in L.A.:
Micah Wexler, Wexler’s Deli

Micah Wexler
Sep
9
Video

To Live and Dine in L.A.:
A Live Mixtape

Josh Kun, Rakaa Iriscience, Roy Choi, Chris Cormier, Roger Guenveur Smith, Mark Broyard, Ras G, Nes Abegaze, Norman Lear, Evan Kleinman, Lisa Eden, DJ Cavem, Alkemia Earth, Cambalache, Mia Doi Todd, Tembi Locke, Los Angeles Eats Itself, Luis Perez Ixoneztli, MC Supernatural
Sep
9
Video

Hollywood is a Verb:
Los Angeles Tackles the Oxford English Dictionary

Sep
9
Video

My Moby Dick – Michael Tolkin

Michael Tolkin
Sep
7
VideoPodcast

The End of Ice:
Stories from Greenland’s Northernmost Villages

Gretel Ehrlich, Neal Conan
Sep
7
Video

Two Writers Reflect on War and Peace

Maxine Hong Kingston, Viet Thanh Nguyen
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