Art audiobooks

Yakov Smirnoff: Happily Ever Laughter

By: Yakov Smirnoff

Narrated by: Yakov Smirnoff

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Now a university professor of psychology, Yakov brings his infectious charm and practical, research-based advice to the small screen with a sense of humor unlike any other! He leaves the audience in stitches while guiding them on how to bring the honeymoon stage back to their relationship and keep it going year after year. Read more

Small, Broke, and Kind of Dirty

By: Hana Shafi

Narrated by: Tunchai Redvers

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Let's get one thing straight: Small, Broke, and Kind of Dirty: Affirmations for the Real World is not a book of advice. You're not going to find a step-by-step guide to meditation here, or even reminders to drink lots of water and get enough sleep. Those things are all good for you, but that's not what Hana Shafi wants to talk about.Instead,... Read more

Mein Weg oder Fall, aber steh wieder auf

By: Bianca Balzer

Narrated by: Bianca Balzer

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Alles begann am 8. Januar 2018. Ich bin in Salzburg/Österreich aus dem Zug gestiegen. Mit wedelnden, selbstgestrickten Socken, befestigt an der Halterung für ein Selfie vom Handy, erahnte ich zwischen den Menschenmassen, meine Kontaktperson. Warum Socken fragst du dich ? Weil ich immer eiskalte Hände und Füße bekomme wenn ich aufgeregt bin.... Read more

Quarantine Session #60: Michaela Carter + Kate Christensen

By: Michaela Carter

Narrated by: Kate Christensen

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Author (and indie bookstore owner!) Michaela Carter discusses her new book Leonora in the Morning Light, a novel of the real-life Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington, with fellow author Kate Christensen (The Great Man). The two novelists discuss the intersections of painting and writing, women artists as muses for each other, madness and... Read more

A Life of Extremes

By: Max Quinn

Narrated by: Max Quinn

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

From his childhood in a remote town in New Zealand’s North Island to the wilds of the Arctic and Antarctic, life has been an incredible journey for filmmaker Max Quinn. How he got himself into this field is a story in itself, but A Life of Extremes is so much more. It’s a journey that lovers of natural history, travel, adventure and filmmaking... Read more

Bienvenido al Infierno - S01E02

By: Gonzalo Valderrama

Narrated by: Julián Arango, Diego Camargo, Frank Martínez, A...

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Con Ibrahem Salem. Ser comediante no es cosa fácil, ni materia de risas, no señor. Tratar de hacer reír al otro es una experiencia endemoniada, muy divertida eso sí, pero infernal. Acompaña al reconocido comediante colombiano Gonzalo Valderrama a descubrir junto a sus famosos invitados cuáles son las obsesiones, procesos creativos, retos y... Read more

Bienvenido al Infierno - S01E03

By: Gonzalo Valderrama

Narrated by: Julián Arango, Diego Camargo, Frank Martínez, A...

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Con Pamela Ospina. Ser comediante no es cosa fácil, ni materia de risas, no señor. Tratar de hacer reír al otro es una experiencia endemoniada, muy divertida eso sí, pero infernal. Acompaña al reconocido comediante colombiano Gonzalo Valderrama a descubrir junto a sus famosos invitados cuáles son las obsesiones, procesos creativos, retos y... Read more

Hell Hath No Fury Like Her

By: Lee Gambin

Narrated by: Scott Allen Nollen

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

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Bienvenido al Infierno - S01E04

By: Gonzalo Valderrama

Narrated by: Julián Arango, Diego Camargo, Frank Martínez, A...

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Con Julián Arango. Ser comediante no es cosa fácil, ni materia de risas, no señor. Tratar de hacer reír al otro es una experiencia endemoniada, muy divertida eso sí, pero infernal. Acompaña al reconocido comediante colombiano Gonzalo Valderrama a descubrir junto a sus famosos invitados cuáles son las obsesiones, procesos creativos, retos y... Read more

Risas al punto de sal

By: Raquel Sastre

Narrated by: Raquel Sastre & Mago More

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Qué hace una cómica, cuyo oficio es hacer reír a la gente, cuando llega a casa y debe conseguir que su hija con trastorno autista simplemente la mire? La humorista Raquel Sastre narra, con su propia voz, en este audiolibro tremendamente emotivo su experiencia como madre de Emma, diagnosticada al año y medio con síndrome de Phelan-McDermid, una... Read more

Bienvenido al Infierno - S01E05

By: Gonzalo Valderrama

Narrated by: Julián Arango, Diego Camargo, Frank Martínez, A...

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Con Diego Camargo. Ser comediante no es cosa fácil, ni materia de risas, no señor. Tratar de hacer reír al otro es una experiencia endemoniada, muy divertida eso sí, pero infernal. Acompaña al reconocido comediante colombiano Gonzalo Valderrama a descubrir junto a sus famosos invitados cuáles son las obsesiones, procesos creativos, retos y... Read more

Swan Dive

By: Georgina Pazcoguin

Narrated by: Georgina Pazcoguin

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

"Don't expect just tulle and toe shoes. In this fascinating insider's tale, NYCB dancer Pazcoguin reveals her world. . . . A striking debut." —People

Award-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives listeners a backstage tour of the real world of elite ballet—the... Read more

Bienvenido al Infierno - S01E01

By: Gonzalo Valderrama

Narrated by: Julián Arango, Diego Camargo, Frank Martínez, A...

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Con Antonio Sanint. Ser comediante no es cosa fácil, ni materia de risas, no señor. Tratar de hacer reír al otro es una experiencia endemoniada, muy divertida eso sí, pero infernal. Acompaña al reconocido comediante colombiano Gonzalo Valderrama a descubrir junto a sus famosos invitados cuáles son las obsesiones, procesos creativos, retos y... Read more

Shielded

By: KayLynn Flanders

Narrated by: Caitlin Davies

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of Sorcery of Thorns and Furyborn comes a thrilling new fantasy about a kingdom ravaged by war, and the princess who might be the key to saving not only those closest to her, but the kingdom itself, if she reveals the very secret that could destroy her.



The kingdom of Hálendi is in trouble. It's losing the war at its borders, and rumors... Read more

Bienvenido al Infierno - S01E06

By: Gonzalo Valderrama

Narrated by: Julián Arango, Diego Camargo, Frank Martínez, A...

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Con Frank Martínez. Ser comediante no es cosa fácil, ni materia de risas, no señor. Tratar de hacer reír al otro es una experiencia endemoniada, muy divertida eso sí, pero infernal. Acompaña al reconocido comediante colombiano Gonzalo Valderrama a descubrir junto a sus famosos invitados cuáles son las obsesiones, procesos creativos, retos y... Read more

The Life and Work of Oscar Micheaux

By: Earl James Young, Jr.

Narrated by: Alan K Courtright

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Over a three-decade period that began in 1919, Oscar Micheaux wrote, directed, edited, produced, and distributed over forty films nationally and internationally. These films usually featured all-Black casts. They spanned a silent film period (1919-1930)and a talkie period (sound films) (1931-1948). Given such a background and the period in... Read more

Kein Selbstmord oder doch - Andy Gibb

By: Katrin Hampel

Narrated by: Katrin Hampel

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Warum wieder ein Buch über Andy Gibb?Ja, er ist schon lange tot. Genaugenommen seit 32 Jahren - eine lange Zeit.Für mich ist es jedoch lange eine unvollendete Geschichte.Bis jetzt - der Fall ist geklärt. Das ist eine kleine Analyse, die helfen soll, Drogensucht rechtzeitig zu erkennen und zu bekämpfen. Ich bin überrascht, wie attraktiv Andy Gibb... Read more

Pedja Bajović: The Balkan Brain

By: Pedja Bajović

Narrated by: Pedja Bajović

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Comedian Pedja Bajović demonstrates how Balkan natives' senses of humor translates to comedy, jokingly explaining that it often goes unseen by non-natives. Read more

Yakov Smirnoff: United We Laugh

By: Yakov Smirnoff

Narrated by: Yakov Smirnoff

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Yakov Smirnoff is a Russian Immigrant who loves America and being American. After enjoying this journey, Yakov will have everyone laughing united. Read more

They Come Over Here

By: Phil Wang

Narrated by: Cherish Finden, Emmy the Great, Fern Brady, Jam...

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Comedian Phil Wang takes us through a funny and incisive look at race and belonging.

Inspired by his forthcoming book Sidesplitter, Phil and a panel of guests explore the subjects of food, music, politics, nature and empire, and what they mean in today's multicultural society.

Guests include comedian and Budpod co-host Pierre Novellie,... Read more

The Way I See It

By: Alistair Sooke

Narrated by: Alistair Sooke, Steven Pinker, Steve Martin, Or...

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

30 leading cultural figures choose an artwork from the Museum of Modern Art's collection, and discuss the response it provokes in them

Art critic and broadcaster Alastair Sooke, accompanied by some of the world's leading creative thinkers, takes an in-depth look at the outstanding exhibits in New York's MoMA, exploring how the way we 'see' art is... Read more

The Phoenix

By: Leo Hollis

Narrated by: John Hopkins

Length: 14 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

'A tour de force of biography, history, politics, philosophy and experimental science' ECONOMIST

The remarkable and inspiring story of how London was transformed after the Great Fire of 1666 into the most powerful city in the world, and the men who were responsible for that achievement.

'Wonderfully rich and informative ... a rare achievement'... Read more

Quarantine Session #59: Rachel Kushner + Hari Kunzru

By: Rachel Kushner

Narrated by: Hari Kunzru

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award and Man Booker finalist Rachel Kushner discusses her new collection of nonfiction, The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020, with fellow author Hari Kunzru (author of Red Pill and White Tears). The two authors discuss self-examination vs. self-mythologizing in writing about one's own... Read more

Contemporary Art

By: Julian Stallabrass

Narrated by: Corrie James

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Contemporary art has never been so popular—but the art world is changing. In a landscape of increasing globalization there is growing interest in questions over the nature of contemporary art today, and the identity of who is controlling its future. In the midst of this, contemporary art continues to be a realm of freedom where artists shock,... Read more