Art audiobooks

Americans Are Drowning In Medical Debt, So This Nonprofit Is Buying — And Forgiving — It

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Collectively, Americans owe nearly a trillion dollars of medical debt, and Congress is trying to figure out a policy response. But in the meantime, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on an unusual non-profit’s effort to relieve the burden of medical debt for those in need. Read more

Orson Welles: The Ultimate Collection

By: Orson Welles

Narrated by: Harold Bloom

Length: 63 hours

Abridged: No

If you are a lover of old-time radio and a fan of Orson Welles, you won't want to miss this treasure chest of legendary Orson Welles radio broadcasts! With his flair for the sensational and innovative, Welles captured audiences' attention with his 1930s CBS weekly drama series The Mercury Theatre on the Air, later renamed The Campbell Playhouse,... Read more

The Cinnamon Bear - Complete Radio Shows (1937)

By: Barbara Jean Wong

Narrated by: Verna Felton

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The Cinnamon Bear is an old-time radio program produced by Transco (Transcription Company of America), based in Hollywood, California. The series was specifically designed to be listened to six days a week between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Read more

Les Miserables

By: Orson Welles

Narrated by: Isabel F. Hapgood

Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Les Miserables (1937) was Orson Welles' first radio series. He served as actor, director, producer, and adaptor, developing narrative and audio techniques that would later be used for The Mercury Theatre on the Air. Read more

Ballpark

By: Paul Goldberger

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 11 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

From the earliest corrals of the mid-1800s (Union Grounds in Brooklyn was a "saloon in the open air"), to the much mourned parks of the early 1900s (Detroit's Tiger Stadium, Cincinnati's Palace of the Fans), to the stadiums we fill today, Paul Goldberger makes clear the inextricable bond between the American city and America's favorite pastime.... Read more

Ben Hecht

By: Adina Hoffman

Narrated by: Adina Hoffman

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A vibrant portrait of one of the most accomplished and prolific American screenwriters, by an award-winning biographer and essayist.



He was, according to Pauline Kael, "the greatest American screenwriter." Jean-Luc Godard called him "a genius" who "invented eighty percent of what is used in Hollywood movies today." Besides tossing off dozens of... Read more

Why Millennials Are Increasingly Choosing An Alcohol-Free Lifestyle

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Millennials are increasingly reevaluating their relationship with alcohol.
A movement known as “sober curious” is gaining popularity with these young
adults, who are questioning both the physical effects of alcohol and the
way drinking is ingrained in American culture. And now, bars and breweries
are looking to capitalize on the trend by... Read more

Hollywood Lights, Nashville Nights

By: Victoria Hallman & Diana Goodman

Narrated by: Victoria Hallman & Diana Goodman

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In their star-studded memoir, Hollywood Lights, Nashville Nights, coauthors Victoria Hallman and Diana Goodman are the first of the iconic Hee Haw Honeys to write about their lives as the glamour gals of TV’s longest-running syndicated variety show. Read more

The World of Sanditon: The Official Companion

By: Andrew Davies & Sara Sheridan

Narrated by: Adrian Scarborough

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of Jane Austen's Sanditon television series.

Sanditon, the final novel Austen was working on before her death, has been given an exciting conclusion, and will be brought to a primetime television audience on PBS/Masterpiece for the very first time by Emmy and BAFTA Award winning screenwriter... Read more

Walter Gropius

By: Bernd Polster

Narrated by: Hans Jürgen Stockerl

Length: 21 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Der Biograf und Designhistoriker Bernd Polsters enthüllt die wahre Geschichte des Bauhaus-Gründers und der Architekten-Legende Walter Gropius Walter Grophius zählt zu den ganz Großen der modernen Architektur: Was aber hat er wirklich gebaut? Nicht viel. Und das ist auch nicht wirklich erstaunlich, denn nach zwei Jahren Studium war klar, dass ihm... Read more

The Peril of Barnabas Collins

By: Marilyn Ross

Narrated by: Kathryn Leigh Scott

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The Peril of Barnabas Collins (November 1969)

After falling in love with beautiful heiress Diana Hastings, Barnabas Collins makes a desperate attempt to find a cure for his vampire curse. He summons to Collinwood Dr. Rudolf Padrel, a strange scientist who claims he can develop a serum that will make Barnabas a normal man again.

But as time... Read more

Barnabas Collins Versus the Warlock

By: Marilyn Ross

Narrated by: Kathryn Leigh Scott

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Barnabas Collins Vs. the Warlock (October 1969)

David Collins and Amy Jennings, two charming, innocent children are suddenly turned into demons. At first their pranks only annoy Maggie Evans, their governess. But soon she realizes they have become malicious, bent on destroying all of Collinwood.

Convinced the children are possessed by a... Read more

Ruben Paul: Laughter Knows No Color

By: Ruben Paul

Narrated by: Ruben Paul

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Ruben Paul is one of the most unique and versatile comedians working today. His quick wit, and vivid story telling takes audiences on a hilarious ride from beginning to end. Ruben has the ability to connect with all types of audiences, a testimony to his diverse background growing up in a mixed race neighborhood in Carson California. Ruben’s... Read more

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

Jenny McCarthy's Dirty Sexy Funny

By: Jenny McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Justine Marino...

Narrated by: Jenny McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Justine Marino...

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Several popular female comedians like Tammy Pescatelli, Lynne Koplitz, Paula Bel and Tiffany Haddish shed some light on what it's really like to be a woman. Read more

Gareth Reynolds: Riddled With Disease

By: Gareth Reynolds

Narrated by: Gareth Reynolds

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Gareth Reynold’s debut album, Riddled With Disease is delightful dip into the observational comedy that Gareth carefully constructs every night on stage. Whether he’s tackling deep societal conversations like racism, the AIDS epidemic or his cat named Jose, Gareth delivers spirited tales through a cynical lens in his Riddled With Disease. 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

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

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

‘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