Podcast

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

  • 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

  • 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

    • Recorded Nov 14, 2024

    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

  • 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

    • Recorded Oct 29, 2024

    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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The Author Events Series presents Francis Collins |  The Road to Wisdom: On Truth, Science, Faith, and Trust REGISTER In conversation with Kathleen Hall Jamieson In  The Road to Wisdom , Francis Collins reminds us of the four core sources of… more

  • The Author Events Series presents Carrie Rickey |  A Complicated Passion, The Life and Work of Agnès Varda  REGISTER In conversation with Gary Kramer Born in Los Angeles,  Carrie Rickey  is an award-winning film critic, art critic, and film… more

  • SOLD OUT The Author Events Series presents Melissa Fitzgerald & Mary McCormack |  What's Next: A Backstage Pass to the West Wing  REGISTER WHAT’S NEXT: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service… more

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