Art audiobooks

Bobby Slayton: Born to Be Bobby

By: Bobby Slayton

Narrated by: Bobby Slayton

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Living legend Bobby Slayton is one of the most recognized, respected, and energetic comedians working today. Read more

After 23 Years Wrongly Imprisoned, Ricky Kidd Is Free — And Using His Voice

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The exoneration of Ricky Kidd, a wrongly convicted man in Missouri who
spent more than two decades in prison, highlights major problems with U.S.
criminal justice. As covered in our Broken Justice podcast, Kidd was freed
largely due to pro bono legal efforts. Kidd and attorney Sean O’Brien join
Amna Nawaz to discuss the overburdened public... Read more

Eric Foner (The Second Founding) with Chris Hayes at Greenlight Bookstore

By: Eric Foner

Narrated by: Chris Hayes

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner discusses his newest book The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution with Chris Hayes of MSNBC and The Nation, in an erudite, energetic and surprisingly funny conversation about the Reconstruction period and its enormous relevance for contemporary American life... Read more

These Forest Fungi Are A Bounty For Arizona Mushroom Hunters

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Mushroom hunters have long fanned out across the forest floor seeking what can be lucrative and delicious finds for teas, broths and medicinal remedies. But what does climate change mean for the fungi? From the Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University, Melanie Porter reports on what the foragers of the Arizona Mushroom Society... Read more

The Way We All Became The Brady Bunch

By: Kimberly Potts

Narrated by: Chloe Cannon

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In celebration of the Brady Bunch's 50th anniversary, TV writer Kimberly Potts writes a Seinfeldia-like definitive history of the show that changed the family sitcom and made an indelible impact on pop culture.

There isn't a person in this country who hasn't heard of The Brady Bunch. Whether it's the show they watched growing up, or the one... Read more

The Shakespeare Book

By: DK

Narrated by: Roger May

Length: 16 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the perfect study guide to the complete works of Shakespeare, covering everything from the romantic comedy of Romeo and Juliet to the tragedy Macbeth, alongside his Elizabethan history plays, sonnets, and other poems.

With detailed plot summaries and an in-depth analysis of the major characters and themes, this is a brilliant, innovative... Read more

Inside The ‘Extraordinary' Campaign To Put Brett Kavanaugh On The Supreme Court

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

President Trump's nomination of federal judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court in 2018 launched a bitter partisan fight that grew even more polarized when Christine Blasey Ford said Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her in high school. Kavanaugh was ultimately confirmed and now sits on the Court. The Washington Post’s Ruth Marcus details his... Read more

Kid Artists

By: David Stabler

Narrated by: Pete Cross

Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Every great artist started out as a kid. Forget the awards, the sold-out museum exhibitions, and the timeless masterpieces. When the world’s most celebrated artists were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Jackson Pollock’s family moved constantly—he lived in eight different cities before he was sixteen years old. Georgia... Read more

Ancient & Prehistoric Civilizations

By: Martin K. Ettington

Narrated by: Martin K. Ettington

Length: 3 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

There are many civilizations which existed in pre-history and most of them are now lost to our knowledge and ken. Many of them were lost when the Oceans rose during the melting from the last Ice Age. Some were just buried and have recently come to lightIn this book we examine many of these lesser known civilizations and cities and look at some... Read more

‘The Overstory' Author Richard Powers Answers Your Questions

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Powers, author of our November pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions on “The Overstory,” and Jeff announces the December book selection. Read more

Stealing the Show

By: John Barelli

Narrated by: Mack Sanderson

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

When he retired as the chief security officer of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, John Barelli had spent the better part of forty years responsible not only for one of the richest treasure troves on the planet, but the museum’s staff, the millions of visitors, as well as American presidents, royalty, and heads of state from around the... Read more

Storytelling

By: James Moore

Narrated by: Sean Posvistak

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Would you like to become a great storyteller?Telling stories is as old as language itself.Before humans learned how to write, the only way to communicate was through telling stories, in today's world, most of us, regard ourselves as bad storytellers...What happened? Telling Great stories is a skilled art.Almost anyone can become a first-class... Read more

Powerful Pacing for Storytellers

By: Vanessa Grant

Narrated by: Vanessa Grant

Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In Vanessa Grant's Powerful Pacing for Storytellers, you'll discover how to build tension, emphasize important events, and control your story's pacing while increasing the reader's engagement. You'll explore story pacing with its three different timing clocks and a formula that can help you control the relationship between time, speed, viewpoint... Read more

As Taliban Peace Talks Resume, What's At Stake For Afghan Women?

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

During his surprise Thanksgiving trip to Afghanistan, President Trump
announced he had restarted talks with the Taliban. The ability of the
conflict-wracked nation to achieve peace is at stake -- but so is progress
for women, who could not work, study or even leave home unescorted under
Taliban rule. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson reports... Read more

¿Es amor o apego? T01E06

By: Eduardo Navarrete, Pepe Parra-García & Sebastiá...

Narrated by: Eduardo Navarrete

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

El amor según el budismo es aquel que "es capaz de generar alegría tanto para uno mismo como para la otra persona". Para el budismo, si existe la bondad, el gozo, la compasión y la libertad, también existe el amor verdadero; lo demás es apego. Read more

Four Days and a Year Later

By: Barry Friedman

Narrated by: Barry Friedman

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

He endured every parent’s worst nightmare.When writer-comedian Barry Friedman’s son died from a drug overdose one Friday morning, Barry was devastated—but not surprised. Paul’s death had been in dress rehearsal for years. The world alternately froze and galloped after Paul was found face-down in his room. Barry had to find a way to continue, to... Read more

Dov Davidoff: Lower Your Expectations

By: Dov Davidoff

Narrated by: Dov Davidoff

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In Dov Davidoff's all new stand-up special, Lower Your Expectations, Dov returns with his one-of-a-kind frenetic style to dissect the hilariously misleading truths in culture and to question the American future. Read more

¿A qué venimos al mundo? T01E08

By: Eduardo Navarrete, Pepe Parra-García & Sebastiá...

Narrated by: Eduardo Navarrete

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Todas las filosofías de vida coinciden en decir que el sentido de la vida es simple: maximizar los momentos de felicidad y minimizar los de sufrimiento de nosotros, como de los que nos rodean. Pero, ¿realmente esto es posible? Read more

¿Los budistas no se enojan? T01E07

By: Eduardo Navarrete, Pepe Parra-García & Sebastiá...

Narrated by: Eduardo Navarrete

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Hay quien cree que ser budista es lo más cercano a ser un maniquí. Aquí no sólo desmitificaremos tal idea, sino que discutiremos los retos realistas (y hasta divertidos) que tiene un budista en la vida cotidiana. Read more

Mindfulness: ¿una moda pasajera? T01E09

By: Eduardo Navarrete, Pepe Parra-García & Sebastiá...

Narrated by: Eduardo Navarrete

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

La meditación y el mindfulness se han convertido recientemente en la práctica de salud que más crece en el mundo. Pero ¿qué es realmente? Los millones de personas que cada año se suman a esta práctica no pueden estar equivocadas, ¿o sí? Read more

¿Cómo? ¿Ser budista en la oficina? T01E10

By: Eduardo Navarrete, Pepe Parra-García & Sebastiá...

Narrated by: Eduardo Navarrete

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Meditar es fácil en un entorno controlado, como un retiro espiritual o una habitación con incienso y velas. El verdadero reto es llevarlo a todos los ámbitos de la vida, tanto personal como laboral. ¿Te atreves? Read more

Great Expectations

By: Jack Lohman

Narrated by: Jack Lohman

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A provocative, progressive rejoinder to the status quo, from the perspective of a disrupter and global leader in the museum world.

The challenge to transform museums is unapologetically real and complicated. But everything we learn about reconciliation, science and biodiversity, climate change, and sustainability gives us the confidence and... Read more

¿Ángel o demonio?: Pinot Noir y Nebbiolo T01E05

By: Alejandra Garduño Melgarejo & Edgardo Schiller ...

Narrated by: Alejandra Garduño Melgarejo

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

La cosa se pone interesante con el Pinot Noir y el Nebbiolo, ambas tienen sus trucos, pero cuentan con grandes aficionados. Con una de estas uvas se hizo un vino cotizado en 500 mil dólares. Descubre cuál es. Read more

10 uvas que no puedes dejar de probar T01E09

By: Alejandra Garduño Melgarejo, Ana Paola Ortega &...

Narrated by: Alejandra Garduño Melgarejo

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

En este episodio conoceremos sobre variedades blancas (Verdejo, Semillon, Moscatel, Malvasía, Riesling) y tintas (Gamay, Barbera, Bonarda, Bobal, Pinotage) que no son menos importantes pero creemos que no te las puedes perder si eres un verdadero amante del vino. Descubre sus características, de dónde vienen, con queé platillos acompañarlas y... Read more