Interview/Lecture/Performance
Podcast
Personal Interview
Email
Poetry Reading
Performance
Class lecture
Practice your knowledge
Podcast
If the podcast is from an app, include that information in the works cited entry. If the podcast is from a website, like the second example below, include the URL.
Host or Narrator. “Title of Episode.” Name of Podcast, Other Contributors, season #, episode #, Publisher, Date of Publication, App or URL.
Examples of works cited entries for podcasts
McMahon, Sharon, host. “Fair Voting on the Ballot with Deb Otis.” Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, season 18, episode 9, Audacy, 04 Nov. 2024. Apple Podcasts app.
Power, Tom, host. “Snotty Nose Rez Kids Share Their Vision for a Red Future.” Q with Tom Power, CBC Radio, 12 Dec. 2024, www.cbc.ca/arts/q/snotty-nose-rez-kids-share-their-vision-for-a-red-future-1.7408485.
Personal Interview
For unpublished personal interviews, MLA treats the person interviewed as the author. Include a title for the interview. If there is no title, write “Interview” (with no quotation marks).
Author (the person being interviewed). Title of interview. Date of Interview.
Example of a works cited entry for a personal interview
Snyder, Timothy. Telephone interview. 4 May 2024.
The author is the person writing the email, and the title describes where the email was sent. If the email was sent directly to you, use the phrase ‘Email to the author.’ as the title. Then, add the date of the communication.
Author (the person sending the email). Title of the email. Date of communication.
Example of a works cited entry for an email
Germain, Cameron. E-mail to Allison Ryan. 5 Apr. 2025.
Jessup, Leonard. E-mail to the author. 14 Aug. 2024.
Poetry Reading
Presenter. “Title of Presentation.” Title of Meeting. Sponsoring Organization, Date of Presentation, Location, City.
Examples of a works cited entry for a poetry reading
Roma-Deeley, Lois and Ryan Stone. “Connecting the Past to the Present: An Evening of Poetry and Prose.” PVCC English Division, 9 Apr. 2025, Paradise Valley Community College, Phoenix.
Performance
Primary Contributor. Title of Work Performed. Other Contributors, Production Company or Organization, Date, Theatre, City.
Examples of works cited entries for performances
Lamar, Kendrick and SZA. Grand National Tour. 27 May 2025, State Farm Stadium, Glendale.
Sondheim, Stephen. Into the Woods. Directed by Karla Koskinen, The Phoenix Theatre Company, 21 May 2025, Hormel Theatre, Phoenix.
Class Lectures (in person or online)
In-person:
Instructor. Lecture. Course title, Date of lesson, College or University.
Example of a works cited entry for an in-person class lecture
Todd, Christopher. Lecture. Digital Arts Studies, 4 Feb. 2024, Mesa Community College.
Online:
Instructor. Lecture on ___. Learning Management System, College or University, Date of lesson, URL. Video recording.
Example of a works cited entry for an online class lecture
Petty, Sean. Lecture on cybersecurity. Canvas, Paradise Valley Community College, 24 Oct. 2024, learn.maricopa.edu. Video recording.
