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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Leslie Marmon Silko: 'The Turquoise Ledge: A Memoir'
Leslie Marmon Silko discussed "The Turquoise Ledge: A Memoir" on Oct. 19, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library. Her first new book in ten years combines memoir with family history and reflections on the creatures and beings that command her attention and inform her vision of the world, taking readers along on her daily walks through the arroyos and ledges of the Sonoran desert in Arizona. Recorded on Oct. 19. 2010.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 40.53MB] [Play time: 1 hr 28 min]
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Dinaw Mengestu: 'How to Read the Air'
Dinaw Mengestu read from "How to Read the Air" on Oct. 18, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library. "How to Read the Air" tells a powerful, unsettling story of family and identity in two generations of an Ethiopian American family.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 21 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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Ron Chernow: 'Washington: A Life'
Ron Chernow discussed his new biography "Washington: A Life" on Oct. 13, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library. Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of George Washington in this first large-scale, single volume, cradle-to-grave narrative of the father of our nation. Ron Chernow is the prize-winning author of five previous books.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 30 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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Biblio Loco! Celebrate the Washington State Book Awards
The Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library presented the 44th annual Washington State Book Awards ceremony on Oct. 8, 2010, recognizing six outstanding books published by Washington authors in 2009.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 35 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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Medical Lecture Series V: 'Lessons in Lessening your Migraine Pain'
Sylvia Lucas, M.D., Ph.D., founder and director of the Neurology Headache and Multiple Sclerosis Center at UW Medical Center, spoke about what triggers migraines, how to control them and the medications available for treatment on Oct. 6, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 37 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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Seattle Biblio Café | Episode 3
Listen in while librarians talk about books on a coffee break. A quick and easy way to hear about some good books to read.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 7 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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Sara Gruen: 'Ape House'
Sara Gruen, author of the international bestseller "Water for Elephants," read from "Ape House" on Sept. 27, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 23 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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Seattle Biblio Café | Episode 2
Listen in while librarians talk about books on a coffee break. A quick and easy way to hear about some good books to read.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 7 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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Science Friction: 'Sparring Scientists: Is Pluto a planet?'
Alan Boyle, nationally known science blogger at MSNBC and author of "The Case for Pluto," unwraps the recent fights between planetary scientists over how to define a planet on Aug. 29, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 26 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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The World of Jewish Music
Enjoy this beautiful blend of songs performed on Aug. 7, 2010 at the Seattle Public Library in Yiddish, Ladino, Russian, English and Hebrew. Commentary is in English and Russian.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 32 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]