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Library Talks is hosted by The New York Public Library. The show has published 391 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Fintan O'Toole: The Idiocy of Greatness" (22 April 2026, 60 minutes), "Maile Chapman with Larissa MacFarquhar: The Spoil" (15 April 2026, 58 minutes), and "Bob Crawford with Alexis Coe: America's Founding Son" (8 April 2026, 58 minutes).
Library Talks publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 58 minutes across 391 episodes.
Booking probability for Library Talks is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Library Talks requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Library Talks's contact route on record: verified email.
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The New York Public Library hosts Library Talks, an education podcast with 391 episodes published.
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In this episode of Library Talks , the acclaimed Irish writer, Fintan O'Toole, delivers the annual Robert B. Silvers lecture. The idea of greatness has infused politics across much of the globe in the last decade, from...
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In this episode of Library Talks , acclaimed author Maile Chapman joins the podcast to discuss her first novel in fifteen years from acclaimed, The Spoil. As a young girl growing up on the outskirts of Tacoma in the...
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In this episode of Library Talks , The historian and bass player for The Avett Brothers, Bob Crawford revisits the life of John Quincy Adams in his book America's Founding Son. Adams was born nine years before the...
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In this episode of Library Talks , Author Daisy Hernández explores one of the most contested questions in contemporary American life: who belongs. Hernández is joined in discussion with journalist Jia Lynn Yang...
In this episode of Library Talks , historian Ellen Carol DuBois discusses her new book Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Revolutionary Life with legal scholar Julie Suk. Elizabeth Cady Stanton presents a definitive portrait of...
In this episode of Library Talks , historian Jeanne Theoharis joins the podcast to discuss her groundbreaking work, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. She is joined in discussion by fellow historian Robyn C...
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In this episode of Library Talks , award winning director Clint Bentley joins the podcast to discuss his new film Train Dreams and the process of adapting Denis Johnson's beloved novella. Train Dreams is the moving...
In this episode of Library Talks , historian Nina Sankovitch discusses her new book Not Your Founding Father: How a Nonbinary Minister Became America's Most Radical Revolutionary. In 1776 a 23-year-old woman named...
In this episode of Library Talks , we explore the life of one of the most influential architects of the civil rights era Rev. James Lawson Jr. and discuss his new posthumous memoir Nonviolent: A Memoir of Resistance...
In this episode of Library Talks , Academy and BAFTA Award–winning filmmaker, Emerald Fennell, discusses her seductive interpretation of Wuthering Heights . Wuthering Heights has been the subject of controversy since it...
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In this episode of Library Talks , author Edward McPherson sits down with fellow author Robert Sullivan to discuss his latest book, Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View. Look Out is an exploration of...
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In this episode of Library Talks , prizewinning constitutional historian Akhil Reed Amar talks about his new book Born Equal: Remaking America's Constitution, 1840–1920. Born Equal recounts the dramatic constitutional...
In this episode of Library Talks , Pulitzer Prize–winning author and physician Siddhartha Mukherjee joins Library Talks to discuss the updated edition of his groundbreaking book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography...
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In this episode of Library Talks , The legal scholar and former White House official, Tim Wu, examines how today's tech giants extract wealth from ordinary citizens and deepen America's class divide. The Internet was...
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In this episode of Library Talks , 4th generation Russ & Daughters co-owners Niki Russ Federman & Josh Russ join the podcast to talk about their book Russ & Daughters: 100 Years of Appetizing with fellow writer Joshua...
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In this episode of Library Talks , writer Amanda Vaill joins the podcast to discuss her new book Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution. Discover America's Founding Era anew through the lives...
In this episode of Library Talks , science writer Mindy Weisberger discusses her new book Rise of the Zombie Bugs: The Surprising Science of Parasitic Mind-Control with Neuroscientist Paula Croxson. Zombies aren't just...
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In this episode of Library Talks , award-winning journalist Margalit Fox joins Library Talks to discuss her latest book, The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss, the true...
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In this episode of Library Talks , author Lance Richardson joins Library Talks to discuss his new book True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen. He's joined by award-winning writer Sam Anderson. A towering...
In this episode of Library Talks , award-winning author and New York Times Magazine staff writer Jonathan Mahler joins the podcast to discuss the transformative, tumultuous era in New York City he evokes vividly in The...
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advising editor to the New York Review of Books, Irish Times
Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth
Leonard F.. Manning Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law
Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
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