Library Podcasts
Each year the Library hosts readings, lectures, and discussions by authors and other public figures. You may watch video recordings of recent programs on our YouTube channel. Our archive of audio recordings goes back more than 10 years and includes thousands of memorable Library events.
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Lisa See: 'Shanghai Girls'
Lisa See discussed "Shanghai Girls" on June 16, 2009 at the Central Library.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 26 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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Alan J. Stein and Paula Becker: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: Washington's First World's Fair
HistoryLink.org authors Alan J. Stein and Paula Becker shared photographs and stories from their new book, "Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: Washington's First World's Fair," on June 13, 2009 at the Central Library.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 64 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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Alain de Botton: 'The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work'
Alain de Botton discussed "The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work" on June 10, 2009 at the Central Library.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 51 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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Lee Child: 'Gone Tomorrow'
Bestselling author Lee Child read from "Gone Tomorrow," his thirteenth novel featuring Jack Reacher, a character known by millions as a thinking person's action hero, on June 9, 2009 at the Central Library.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 64 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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Diane Wei Liang: 'Lake With No Name: A True Story of Love and Conflict in Modern China'
Beijing-born mystery writer Diane Wei Liang read from her memoir, "Lake With No Name: A True Story of Love and Conflict in Modern China," on June 7, 2009 at the Central Library.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 40 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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'Seattle Noir'
A panel of local writers read from and discussed "Seattle Noir," a new anthology of original crime fiction set in our city's sinful, soggy streets, on June 2, 2009 at the Central Library.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 57 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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Poets Daniel Comiskey and Chris Putnam: 'Crawlspace'
Seattle poets Daniel Comiskey and Chris Putnam read from their book "Crawlspace" on May 28, 2009 at the Central Library.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 33 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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2009 Seattle Reads 'My Jim': Main Event with Nancy Rawles
Nancy Rawles spoke on "Living with Passion" for the main event of Seattle Reads "My Jim" on May 22, 2009 at the Central Library.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 72 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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Lynda Mapes: 'Breaking Ground: The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-whit-zen Village'
Lynda Mapes presented a program about the excavation of the Tse-whit-zen Village of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe in Port Angeles, one of the largest and oldest Indian village sites ever found in this region. Recorded on May 17, 2009.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 62.09MB] [Play time: 1 hr 07 min]
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2009 Seattle Reads 'My Jim': Contemporary African-American Writing
Two authors, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Attica Locke, discussed contemporary African-American writing on May 15, 2009 at the Central Library.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 69 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]