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The Free Library Podcast is an easy way to participate in the author events and lectures that take place at the Central Library. Visit Author Events to find upcoming events.

Recent Episodes

  • Posted 5 days ago

    The Author Events Series presents Juan Williams | New Prize for These Eyes REGISTER In Conversation with Marsha Levick  In New Prize for These Eyes, award-winning author Juan Williams shines a light on this historic, new movement. Who are its… more

  • Posted 10 days ago

    The Author Events Series presents Uché Blackstock  | Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine REGISTER In Conversation with Dr. Joel Bervell The rousing, captivating story of a Black physician, her career in medicine, and the… more

  • Posted 13 days ago

    The Author Events Series presents Caroline Eden | Cold Kitchen: A Year of Culinary Travels REGISTER In Conversation with Jonathan Deutsch From the author of Red Sands, a New Yorker "Best Cookbook of the Year," a cozy, thoughtful memoir recalling… more

  • The Intertextual Self: New Approaches to the Memoir

    (55 mins) • Recorded Dec 5, 2024
    Posted 25 days ago

    The Author Events Series presents The Intertextual Self: New Approaches to the Memoir REGISTER Memoirists most often focus on the authenticity of their own voice and experience, and how best to render on the page the intersection of memory and… more

  • Bill Clinton | Citizen: My Life After the White House

    (66 mins) • Recorded Nov 20, 2024
    Posted a month ago

    The Author Events Series presents Bill Clinton | Citizen: My Life After the White House REGISTER In Conversation with Jonathan Capehart A powerful, candid, and richly detailed memoir from an American icon, revealing what life looks like after the… more

  • Lori Ginzberg | Tangled Journeys

    (45 mins) • Recorded Nov 14, 2024
    Posted 25 days ago

    The Author Events Series presents Lori Ginzberg | Tangled Journeys  REGISTER In conversation with Tamala Edwards In 1830 Richard Walpole Cogdell, a husband, father, and bank clerk in Charleston, South Carolina, purchased a fifteen-year-old… more

  • Posted 25 days ago

    The Author Events Series presents Andre Robert Lee | A Conversation with the Documentary Filmmaker and Author REGISTER In Conversation with Cherri Gregg André Robert Lee most recently served as the Executive Producer of Notes From America With… more

  • Maira Kalman | Still Life with Remorse

    (49 mins) • Recorded Oct 29, 2024
    Posted 25 days ago

    From the critically acclaimed artist, designer, and author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty, My Favorite Things, and Women Holding Things comes a moving meditation in words and pictures on remorse, joy, ancestry, and memory.… more

  • Malcolm Gladwell | Revenge of the Tipping Point

    (31 mins) • Recorded Oct 24, 2024
    Posted 25 days ago

    Congregation Rodeph Shalom 615 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA  19123 Enter at 1339 Green Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123 The Author Events Series presents Malcolm Gladwell |  Revenge of the Tipping Point  REGISTER In conversation with… more

  • Paola Mendoza | Solis: A Companion to Sanctuary

    (52 mins) • Recorded Oct 10, 2024
    Posted 25 days ago

    The Author Events Series presents Paola Mendoza | Solis: A Companion to Sanctuary   REGISTER In conversation with AJ Hikes From the authors of Sanctuary comes a haunting near-future companion tale about undocumented immigrants subjected to deadly… more

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