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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
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Sherman Alexie | You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me
• Recorded Jun 22, 2017 Explicit ContentSherman Alexie is acclaimed for prose that “startles and dazzles with unexpected, impossible-to-anticipate moves” ( The Boston Globe ). His books include The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian , winner of the National Book Award; the… more
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Richard Russo | Everybody’s Fool and Trajectory
• Recorded Jun 20, 2017Winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for his novel Empire Falls , Richard Russo is acclaimed for capturing the “foolishness of this lonely world, but also the humor, friendship and love that abide” ( San Francisco Chronicle ). His many other novels… more
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David Baron | American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World
• Recorded Jun 15, 2017As NPR’s science correspondent, David Baron received awards from the National Academy of Sciences, the American Medical Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, among many other organizations. He is the author of… more
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Patricia Lockwood | Priestdaddy: A Memoir
• Recorded Jun 13, 2017Patricia Lockwood, “The Poet Laureate of Twitter” (unofficial), is the author of 2014’s groundbreaking Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals , a book of obscene, angry, funny verse that “is unforgettable, literally: once read, it cannot be… more
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Yaa Gyasi | Homegoing with Kei Miller | Augustown
• Recorded Jun 8, 2017Yaa Gyasi’s breakout debut novel Homegoing , a multigenerational tale that “brims with compassion” ( NPR Books ), follows two half-sisters on opposite sides of the 18th-century Ghanaian slave trade and their descendants. It was a New York Times… more
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Janet Benton | Lilli de Jong
• Recorded Jun 5, 2017In conversation with Sam Katz, civic entrepreneur and executive producer of History Making Productions. Janet Benton’s writing has appeared in some of America’s most prestigious periodicals and literary journals, including The New York Times, The… more
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Thomas E. Ricks | Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom
• Recorded May 25, 2017Military historian and journalist Thomas E. Ricks won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his Wall Street Journal series on U.S. defense spending in the post-Cold War era. His books include The Generals, The Gamble , and the Pulitzer… more
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Joshua Ferris | The Dinner Party with Jim Shepard | The World to Come
• Recorded May 24, 2017Then We Came to the End , Joshua Ferris ’s “truly affecting novel about work, trust, love, and loneliness” (Seattle Times), won the 2008 PEN/Hemingway Award for best first novel and was a finalist for the National Book Award. His other works… more
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William Hogeland | Autumn of the Black Snake: The Creation of the U.S. Army and the Invasion That Opened the West
• Recorded May 23, 2017Blending dramatic historical narrative with critical interpretation in order to make surprising connections to contemporary political and cultural struggles, William Hogeland's three books on founding American history include The Whiskey… more
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Dennis Lehane | Since We Fell
• Recorded May 18, 2017Dennis Lehane’s “raw, harrowing, and unsentimental” ( Washington Post Book World ) bestselling crime novels include Mystic River; Shutter Island; Gone, Baby, Gone ; and Live by Night , all of which have been adapted into critically acclaimed… more
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20th & Vine - Backstage with Alec Baldwin
This month we're featuring Alec Baldwin who joins Laura Kovacs while on tour in Philadelphia for his memoir Nevertheless to talk about sleeplessness, the bookmobile, and the beauty of finding a quiet place to read. 20th & Vine is behind-the-scenes conversations from the Free Library of Philadelphia's award-winning Author Events series. Subscribe now for more videos with your favorite authors.
Top 10 Podcast Episodes May 2017
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Dr. Willie Parker
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Amy Goodman
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Cheech Marin
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Richard Ford
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Elizabeth Strout
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Caitlyn Jenner
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John Waters
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Gabourey Sidibe
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David Callahan
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Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant