Art audiobooks

Champion

By: Steve Byrne

Narrated by: Steve Byrne

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Indomitable Steve Byrne brings the high-energy flair that earned him a nod as one of the best comics in the history of the Comedy Central Stand Up. Read more

Laffmobb's We Got Next, Vol. 2

By: Austin Hall, Reyna Amaya, Bob Sumner, Kevin Sim...

Narrated by: Austin Hall, Reyna Amaya, Bob Sumner, Kevin Sim...

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A new comedy series that delivers a next generation twist on stand-up. An entertaining hour where reality meets stand-up comedy via performances and profiles of the next generation of great African American comics. We Got Next takes you into the talent scout lab of Bob Sumner (Founder/Producer/Lead Talent Scout of Def Comedy Jam series with... Read more

Poetry: The Rebirth of Wonder

By: Joyce Jenkins

Narrated by: Phil Cousineau

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Great poets reveal discreet moments in which their own heart and soul lit up. They break open our hearts and minds to the truth behind the truth, the truth beyond mere facts. They lead us into an experience of hyper-truth, hyper-reality. Poems speak our fears and loves out loud. Take a romp into the depths of poetry with Jenkins and Cousineau. Read more

Gunsmoke, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: William Conrad & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Around Dodge City and in the territory out West, there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that's with a US marshal and the smell of … Gunsmoke!"Radio Westerns were strictly for kids until 1952, when Gunsmoke hit the radio airwaves. The stories were grim, the deaths brutal, and life on the plains was harsh. Radio... Read more

The Amos ’n’ Andy Show, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll made their radio debut on January 12, 1926, as the comedic blackface characters Sam 'n' Henry. On March 19, 1928, they introduced Amos 'n' Andy, which went on to become one of the most popular and longest-running programs in radio history. During the height of its popularity, almost the entire country listened... Read more

Part Swan, Part Goose

By: Swoosie Kurtz & Joni Rodgers

Narrated by: Swoosie Kurtz

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

In a wise, warmhearted memoir that celebrates her extraordinary life and stellar career, Swoosie Kurtz shares just the right combination of personal misadventure and showbiz lore, candidly reflecting on the right choices that empowered her, the wrong choices that enlightened her, and the intimate journey of caring for an aging parent.

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Laffmobb's We Got Next, Volume 1

By: Yoursie Thomas, Erin Jackson, D. C. Ervin & Geo...

Narrated by: Yoursie Thomas, Erin Jackson, D. C. Ervin & Geo...

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A new comedy series that delivers a next generation twist on stand-up. An entertaining hour where reality meets stand-up comedy via performances and profiles of the next generation of great African American comics. We Got Next takes you into the talent scout lab of Bob Sumner (Founder/Producer/Lead Talent Scout of Def Comedy Jam series with... Read more

What Are We Talking About

By: The Sklar Brothers

Narrated by: The Sklar Brothers

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The Sklar Brothers' bring their A-game to Madison WI with their energetic new comedy special, What Are We Talking About. Watch the former zygote sharing duo duke it out over sports, mullets, and airport etiquette, invoking their power house humor worthy of the hall of fame. Read more

NPR American Chronicles: World War I

By: NPR

Narrated by: Rachel Martin

Length: 3 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Famously referred to by US president Woodrow Wilson as “the war to end all wars,” the first world war eclipsed all previous wars with its scale of destruction. With over twenty-seven nations involved, the battle-field horrors and political outcomes of the first truly global military conflict had repercussions that are still felt today.

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Mike Vecchione: Muscle Confusion

By: Mike Vecchione

Narrated by: Mike Vecchione

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

New York-based Mike Vecchione takes the stage in his first recorded stand up album, Muscle Confusion. Read more

The Fun Part

By: Christian Finnegan

Narrated by: Christian Finnegan

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

Disarmingly honest and brutally charming, Christian Finnegan discusses every aspect of life in this comedy special — from traveling the globe to inconvenient bodily functions. Read more

Own It!

By: Tabatha Coffey

Narrated by: Tabatha Coffey

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

From the straight-shooting breakout star of Bravo’s Tabatha Takes Over and author of It’s Not Really About the Hair, Tabatha Coffey shares the secrets of her success in Own It!On television, Coffey is known for using tough love to overhaul failing businesses and help owners take charge of their future. In Own It!, Coffey takes her trademark... Read more

Lucian Freud

By: Phoebe Hoban

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Phoebe Hoban, author of definitive biographies of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Alice Neel, now turns her attention to Lucian Freud, the grandson of Sigmund and one of the greatest painters England has produced. Lucian Freud: Eyes Wide Open is the first biography to assess Freud’s work and life, showing how the two converge.In Hoban’s dramatic and... Read more

Elon Gold: Chosen and Taken

By: Elon Gold

Narrated by: Elon Gold

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Elon Gold unleashes his sharp, biting humor in his comedy special Chosen & Taken. His manic wit transcends race and religion to celebrate the absurd things people do. Read more

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters

By: Peter Korn

Narrated by: Traber Burns

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In this moving account, Peter Korn explores the nature and rewards of creative practice. We follow his search for meaning as an Ivy-educated child of the middle class who finds employment as a novice carpenter on Nantucket, transitions to self-employment as a designer and maker of fine furniture, takes a turn at teaching and administration at... Read more

Dirty Daddy

By: Bob Saget

Narrated by: Bob Saget

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Millions of viewers know and love Bob Saget from his role as the sweetly neurotic father on the smash hit Full House, and as the charming wisecracking host of America's Funniest Home Videos. And then there are the legions of fans who can't get enough of his scatological, out-of-his-mind stand-up routines, comedy specials, and outrageously... Read more

Patches of My Life

By: Kenneth D. Fly

Narrated by: Tom Mailey

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Kenneth Fly went from town living to the life of a farm boy during the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s. It was a life of hard work without luxury. Instead of watching television and playing video games, he grew up working in the fields of North Carolina, handling firearms, operating machinery, and participating in other activities and tasks that... Read more

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: Bob Bailey & a full cast

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

First heard on network radio in 1948, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar chronicled the adventures of freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar, "the man with the action-packed expense account." For fourteen years it was one of the most popular detective shows on the air, lasting until the final days of network radio drama in 1962. Each story... Read more

Have Gun—Will Travel, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: John Dehner & a full cast

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Have Gun—Will Travel follows the adventures of Paladin, a soldier of fortune turned hired gunfighter, played by John Dehner. Paladin prefers to settle problems without violence, yet when forced to fight, he excels.It's 1875, and Paladin lives at the swanky Carlton Hotel in San Francisco, where he dresses in formal wear, eats gourmet food,... Read more

Completely Normal

By: Tom Segura

Narrated by: Tom Segura

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Radio, television, and live performance veteran, Tom Segura shares a few off-hand appraisals on hotels and hobbies with a cool and thoughtful demeanor in this one hour comedy special, Completely Normal. Read more

The 2nd New & Old Time Radio Collection - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua, Donnie Pitchford, Charles Dawso...

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Donnie Pitchford, Charles Dawso...

Length: 15 hours

Abridged: Yes

A tribute to the golden age of radio from veteran producer Joe Bevilacqua and comic strip artist Donnie Pitchford, The 2nd New & Old Time Radio Collection is a series of new stories and parodies featuring beloved radio characters and shows.A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Volume 1This half-hour anthology represents more than forty years of... Read more

Charm

By: Stephen Bayley

Narrated by: Stephen Bayley

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

An informative, fun and rather charming essay on the nature and history of one of life’s most desirable assets, Charm, by renowned culture and design critic, Stephen Bayley. Aiming to wound, a schoolmaster wrote on future design-guru Stephen Bayley’s last ever school report “Charm alone will not get him through”. Bayley took... Read more

Life in Motion

By: Misty Copeland

Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

"Picture a ballerina in a tutu and toe shoes. What does she look like?"



As the only African-American soloist dancing with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre, Misty Copeland has made history. But when she first placed her hands on the barre at an after-school community center, no one expected the undersized, anxious thirteen-year-old to... Read more

The Gifts Of The Feminine

By: Mary Anne Radmacher & Liz Kalloch

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

These two women share insights on the many attributes of the “Divine Feminine” such as what it means to be an intrepid traveler, why creativity needs to be expressed, how we are all artists, how moving and dancing can lift us out of a downward spiral, the three keys to friendship, and more. Read more