Library Podcasts
Each year the Library hosts readings, lectures, and discussions by authors and other public figures. You may watch video recordings of recent programs on our YouTube channel. Our archive of audio recordings goes back more than 10 years and includes thousands of memorable Library events.
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Medical Lecture Series V: 'The Gift of Giving: How One Living Donor Can Start a Chain of Transplants'
Connie Davis, M.D., professor of UW Medicine and director of Kidney Care and Transplantation Services at UW Medical Center, explained how organ transplantation works and how just one living donor can start a chain of transplants on Nov. 3, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 28 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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Seattle Biblio Café | Episode 4
We've just read Jonathan Franzen's new novel "Freedom," and can't wait to discuss it over coffee. Is it the Great American novel? Tune in and see what we think.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 10 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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Ian Frazier: 'Travels in Siberia'
Ian Frazier discussed "Travels in Siberia," a historical travelogue, on Oct. 31, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 33 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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'Technology and Tweens: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'
Margit Crane, Teen and Family Coach, highlights the ways that social media sites and technology are misdirecting tween girls -- and what families can do about it. This program recorded on Oct. 28, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library is for tween girls, their parents and anyone who works with them.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 27 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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Randall C. Jimerson: 'Collective Memory and Archives'
Randall C. Jimerson talked about "Collective Memory and Archives" as part of The Seattle Public Library's celebration of American Archives Month on Oct. 28, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 26 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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A Conversation with Police Chief John Diaz
John Diaz, Seattle's newest police chief, talked to C.R. Douglas, host and producer of the Seattle Channel, about the Seattle Police Department's goals, challenges and vision on Oct. 28, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 38 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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'Design in Depth: You+the Built Environment+Design'
Barbara Swift presented "You+the Built Environment+Design," the second program in the six-part "Design in Depth: Solving Problems with Design" series, on Oct. 26, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 25 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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Thrilling Tales: October 25, 2010
Listen to "Thrilling Tales," a story time for grown-ups. This week David Wright reads two classic ghost stories from 1906: "The Ghost Child" by Bernard Capes and "The Furnished Room" by O Henry. Recorded on Oct. 25, 2010.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 19 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 40 min]
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'Hiking Washington's History'
Judy Bentley read from her new book "Hiking Washington's History," published by the University of Washington Press, on Oct. 21, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library. "Hiking Washington's History" narrates forty historic trails, ranging from short day hikes to three- or four-day backpacking trips over mountain passes.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 20 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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Paul Harding: 'Tinkers'
Paul Harding read from "Tinkers," winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, on Oct. 20, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, "Tinkers" is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 26 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]