The 2 Best ALOUD @ Los Angeles Public Library Podcast Episodes
1) Anand Giridharadas
In an impassioned call to action for elites and everyday citizens alike, former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas shines a light on the shady side of philanthropy. Winners Take All offers a ...Show More
2) Ingrid Betancourt: The Blue Line: A Novel
Betancourt, the extraordinary Colombian French politician and activist, whose New York Times bestselling memoir chronicled her six and a half year captivity in the Colombian jungle by the FARC, ...Show More
3) AI and Inequality: How Machines Keep Us Poor, Sick, and Discriminated Against
This third program in our AI series focused on the critical issue of inherent biases in AI technologies, especially as they are deployed in law enforcement, healthcare, government, and education. We t...Show More
AI and Inequality: How Machines Keep Us Poor, Sick, and Discriminated Against
1:16:18 | May 31st, 2024
4) AI in the Spotlight: Revolutionizing Creativity and Industry in the Arts
From generating new forms of artistic expression to transforming industry practices, artificial intelligence is redefining the boundaries of creativity. This event brought together creatives from dive...Show More
AI in the Spotlight: Revolutionizing Creativity and Industry in the Arts
1:06:37 | Apr 26th, 2024
5) Wandering Stars
Tommy Orange, the Pulitzer Prize-finalist and author of the breakout bestseller There There, returns to ALOUD with one of TIME Magazine’s most anticipated books of 2024, Wandering ...Show More
6) Mind and Machine: Understanding AI’s Impact on Youth Mental Health
Join us for the first of a special ALOUD series on AI where we take a compelling look into the interaction between young people and AI systems, exploring subconscious perceptions and the signifi...Show More
7) Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story
Leslie Jamison has become one of our most beloved contemporary voices, a scribe of the real, the true, and the complex. The New York Times best-selling author of The Recovering&nbs...Show More
8) Alphabetical Diaries
The award-winning, beloved author of Pure Colour Sheila Heti returns to ALOUD with her new thrilling confessional Alphabetical Diaries. Over a 10-year period, Heti kept a reco...Show More
9) The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World
Join us for a conversation with one of our country’s most prominent rabbis, Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR, discussing her new book, The Amen Effect, which explores what it will t...Show More
10) Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice
In 2019, Cristina Rivera Garza traveled from her home in Texas to Mexico City in search of an old unresolved criminal file. "My name is Cristina Rivera Garza," she wrote in her request to the attorney...Show More