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
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Amy Goodman | Democracy Now!: Covering the Movements Changing America
• Recorded May 8, 2017After more than 20 years of bringing attention to progressive issues underreported by the mainstream media, Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now! program now airs simultaneously on satellite and cable television, more than 1,400 radio stations throughout… more
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Gabourey Sidibe | This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare
• Recorded May 4, 2017In conversation with longtime broadcaster and journalist, Tracey Matisak Gabourey Sidibe received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her debut role in the 2009 film Precious , based on the novel Push by Sapphire. Sidibe won instant fame… more
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Richard Ford | Between Them: Remembering My Parents
• Recorded May 2, 2017In conversation with Andy Kahan, Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams director of author events. “A talent as strong and varied as American fiction has to offer" ( The New York Review of Books ), Richard Ford won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize and… more
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Elizabeth Strout | Anything Is Possible*
• Recorded May 1, 2017In conversation with Laura Kovacs Possessed of “a magnificent gift for humanizing characters,” ( San Francisco Chronicle ), Elizabeth Strout won the Pulitzer Prize for the 2008 bestseller Olive Kitteridge , a linked collection of narratives… more
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John Waters | Make Trouble
• Recorded Apr 29, 2017 Explicit ContentIn conversation with Jason Freeman “A greater National Treasure than 90 percent of the people who are given ‘Kennedy Center Honors’ ( The Washington Post ), filmmaker, actor, and writer John Waters was also lovingly described as “The Pope of… more
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Caitlyn Jenner | The Secrets of My Life
• Recorded Apr 28, 2017In conversation with Buzz Bissinger , Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of four books, including The New York Times bestsellers 3 Nights in August and Friday Night Lights . Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner, is an Olympic… more
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David Callahan | The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age
• Recorded Apr 27, 2017Blending liberalism with old values, David Callahan’s many nonfiction books include Fortunes of Change , The Moral Center , and The Cheating Culture , a “meticulously researched, thoughtful and damning look at our broken moral compass” (… more
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Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant | Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy*
• Recorded Apr 26, 2017Join Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant, authors of Option B, as they talk about building resilience and moving forward after life’s inevitable setbacks. After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl felt certain that she and her children would never… more
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David Grann | Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
• Recorded Apr 25, 2017David Grann is the no. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lost City of Z , the “brilliant…impressively researched and crafted” ( Los Angeles Times ) nonfiction tale of the deadly search for a fabled Amazonian civilization. His second… more
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Joe Beddia | Pizza Camp: Recipes from Pizzeria Beddia
• Recorded Apr 24, 2017In conversation with Andrew Knowlton, Bon Appétit Joe Beddia is the owner and chef of Philly’s own Pizzeria Beddia, named by Bon Appétit as the best pizza in America. This distinction is not surprising, considering that he devoted the last 10… more
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Camille Paglia
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Daniel C. Dennett
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Mohsin Hamid with Pankaj Mishra
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Erica Armstrong Dunbar
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Judy Collins
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Leading Voices: Amanda Steinberg
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Elizabeth LaBan and Melissa DePino
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Melissa Clark
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Cheech Marin
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James Rahn with Diane McKinney-Whetstone and Tom Teti