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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Exploring and Comparing Filipino and Latino Mythologies
La Sala and Pinoy Words Expressed present readings by three Latino/a and three Filipino/a poets. Roberto Ascalon, Jim Cantú, Lorna Dee Cervantez, Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Emily Lawsin and Sam Roderick Roxas-Chua read their poems and explore the use, comparison and implications of their respective mythologies in their creative work and the work of other writers representing their cultures.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 66.99MB] [Play time: 2 hr 26 min]
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Kazuo Ishiguro reads from his much anticipated new novel, 'The Buried Giant'
In Arthurian England, the Romans have long since departed and Britain is steadily declining into ruin, but at least the wars that once ravaged the country have ceased. Sometimes savage, often intensely moving, Ishiguro's first novel in a decade is about lost memories, love, revenge and war.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 31.24MB] [Play time: 01 hr 08 min]
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Ellen Ziegler and Molly Tenenbaum discuss great ventriloquists
Ellen Ziegler and Molly Tenenbaum present poems, a slide presentation and video clips of great ventriloquists past and present.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 24.25MB] [Play time: 0 hr 52 min]
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Paul Beatty reads from 'The Sellout'
Join Paul Constant for a conversation with novelist Paul Beatty about "The Sellout," a biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 17.86MB] [Play time: 0 hr 38 min]
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'Selma is Now', an evening of reflection on critical civil rights events, Part 2 of 2
This is Part 2 of a 2-part podcast. --
Join us for an evening of reflection on critical civil rights events and their relevance in our lives today. -- Fifty years ago the nation watched as Alabama state troopers brutally beat civil rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma in what became known as "Bloody Sunday." Two weeks later the same marchers walked 54 miles to the Alabama capitol in Montgomery, and five months later Congress passed and President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act - one of the most important pieces of legislation in the history of American democracy. -- Fifty years later, the battle for voting rights for all Americans has returned to the center of the nation's democracy. While much has changed, there is still more work to do to heal our communities of injustice through non-violence work -- Listen, be inspired, and reflect on your role in the ongoing work of justice for all.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 27.86MB] [Play time: 01 hr 00 min]
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'Selma is Now', an evening of reflection on critical civil rights events, Part 1 of 2
This is Part 1 of a 2-part podcast. --
Join us for an evening of reflection on critical civil rights events and their relevance in our lives today. -- Fifty years ago the nation watched as Alabama state troopers brutally beat civil rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma in what became known as "Bloody Sunday." Two weeks later the same marchers walked 54 miles to the Alabama capitol in Montgomery, and five months later Congress passed and President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act - one of the most important pieces of legislation in the history of American democracy. -- Fifty years later, the battle for voting rights for all Americans has returned to the center of the nation's democracy. While much has changed, there is still more work to do to heal our communities of injustice through non-violence work -- Listen, be inspired, and reflect on your role in the ongoing work of justice for all.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 29.63MB] [Play time: 1 hr 04 min]
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Elliot Ackerman reads from 'Green on Blue'
Elliot Ackerman, a decorated veteran of the Iraq and Afghan Wars, reads from his debut novel about a young Afghan orphan caught in the brutal realities of his war-torn country.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 21.55MB] [Play time: 0 hr 47 min]
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Jeff Levy presents a seminar: Your Business - Start Smart
Are you thinking of going into business for yourself? Join entrepreneur and business coach Jeff Levy as he walks you through what it really takes to start and run a business. Recorded on March 5, 2015.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 47.79MB] [Play time: 1 hr 44 min]
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PechaKucha Seattle: Watch Me Now - Notes on a Surveillance Society
PechaKucha Seattle brings together speakers and experts from across the information ecosystem to discuss the complex issues surrounding privacy and surveillance in the digital world.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 37.54MB] [Play time: 1 hr 21 min]
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Cured of HIV: A Community Q & A with Timothy Ray Brown & Gero Hütter
Join us for a Q & A session with Timothy Ray Brown, the first person cured of HIV, and Gero Hütter, the doctor who cured him.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 45.09MB] [Play time: 01 hr 38 min]