Performance audiobooks

Amos n' Andy Show, Collection 2

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll made their radio debut 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 to... Read more

Boston Blackie, Collection 2

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Author, Jack Boyle, created the modern Robin Hook-like character, Horatio Black, known to friend and foe as Boston Blackie.  Blackie was a reformed jewel thief and safecracker, constantly suspected of crimes he did not commit and forced to play the role of detective to clear his name.  His girlfriend, Mary Wesley, assisted Blackie from time to... Read more

Cloak and Dagger, Collection 1

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on the book, Cloak and Dagger: The Secret Story of the O.S.S. by Corey Ford and Alistair McBain, the radio version of these fascinating true stories kept listeners on the edge of their seats. To helm the series, NBC brought in Wyllis Cooper who had created Lights Out and Quiet Please. Cooper collaborated with British crime journalist... Read more

Kevin Young Intertwines Personal And Public History

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

As a writer, editor and archivist, Kevin Young is a poet actively engaged with the world. In his new collection, Brown, Young draws heavily on his boyhood in Topeka, Kansas, tying it in large and small ways to the wider world. Jeffrey Brown reports. Read more

Short Story Press Presents Agent Romanov

By: Short Story Press & Natashiah Jansen

Narrated by: Nikki Kwiatkowski

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Brigitte had a rough start in life. It all began when her village was bombed when she was just a child. After being sent to the USA by a refugee agency, she drifted from one foster home to another for some time. In her pursuit to find the sense of family she is recruited by the Russian mob, where she meets up with an old friend. The mob offered... Read more

Not So Normal Norbert

By: James Patterson

Narrated by: Michael Crouch

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A kooky kid is banished to another planet in this hilarious adventure about a futuristic world where different is dangerous, imagination is insanity, and creativity is crazy!
Norbert Riddle lives in the United State of Earth, where normal means following the rules, never standing out, and being exactly the same as everyone else, down to the plain... Read more

Short Story Press Presents Summer of Saracens

By: Short Story Press & James England

Narrated by: Joseph Prince

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

In the summer of 777 AD, Charlemagne rode out to conquer the Saracens and reclaim Hispania for the Holy Roman Empire. While immortalized in the words of medieval poets, scholars, and historians, the story never told is the one of what happens when all the men leave and the village is left to run itself. This is a story of Lady Matilda, the wife... Read more

NAPOLEON by Stanley Kubrick - Abridged

By: David Serero & Stanley Kubrick

Narrated by: David Serero

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NAPOLEON by Stanley Kubrick is recorded for the first time. Starring David Serero as Napoleon, in his own adaptation of Stanley Kubrick's greatest movie never made. Studio Cast Album Recording from Off-Broadway production of 2018. Read more

Dave Gorman - Genius: The Complete Series 1-3

By: Dave Gorman

Narrated by: Dave Gorman & Full Cast

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The complete Genius radio series, in which Dave Gorman and his celebrity guests consider the ridiculous, unworkable, but sometimes genius inventions of the public.

Guests such as Stewart Lee, Johnny Vegas, Germaine Greer and Charlie Brooker peruse a parade of proposals, be they innovations, gadgets, gizmos, philosophies or follies, in an attempt... Read more

Wordaholics: The Complete Series 1-3

By: Jon Hunter & James Kettle

Narrated by: Alex Horne, Dave Gorman, Gyles Brandreth, Jack ...

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

All 18 episodes of Radio 4's word-obsessed comedy panel game hosted by Gyles Brandreth, where stars from across the world of wordplay come together to guess the meanings of now-obsolete words, invent their own clichés and cockney rhyming slang, discuss their own favourite words and phrases - and suggest words they would like to ban.

This witty... Read more

The Quanderhorn Xperimentations

By: Rob Grant & Andrew Marshall

Narrated by: Cassie Layton & Ryan Sampson

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

England, 1952.

Churchill is Prime Minister for the last time. Rationing is still in force. All music sounds like the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. People like living in 1952: it's familiar and reassuring, and Britain knows its place in the world.
Few have noticed it's been 1952 for the past 65 years.

Meet Professor Quanderhorn; a brilliant, maverick... Read more

Running For Their Lives Was The Only Option For These Migrants

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

For many of the immigrant families now separated in the U.S. by Trump administration policy, their stories began with terror and persecution in their home countries. In Mexico City, Nick Schifrin meets two Central American families making the arduous journey north. Read more

A Poet Who Holds The Men Behind The Music Accountable

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by the people who have come forward as part of the #MeToo movement, Imani Davis shares her poem “Platinum” and gives her Brief but Spectacular take on how society can overlook wrongdoing by famous artists. Read more

Short Story Press Presents Trapped In Margins

By: Short Story Press & Blaise Marcoux

Narrated by: Ron Everson

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Scandal forces Maria Posaltakis out of her job as a celebrity reporter. The paparazzi blacklists her, but media mogul Mark Bannerman takes her under his wing, intent on making Maria the newest addition to his politically-charged network AmeriPress News.He brings her to Isla Loci, his private resort, to personally train her on sticking to the... Read more

The Pallisers

By: Anthony Trollope

Narrated by: Ben Miles, David Troughton, Full Cast & Sophie ...

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A sweeping radio saga of political intrigue, love affairs, financial wrangles and murder, based on the books by Anthony Trollope, creator of The Barchester Chronicles

This epic drama follows several generations of the Palliser dynasty, as they navigate the twists and turns of political and high society in Victorian England.

Wealthy aristocrat and... Read more

Getting On

By: Alan Bennett

Narrated by: Charles Simpson, David Rintoul, Emily Richard, ...

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast production of one of the earliest plays by Alan Bennett

The 1970s are a time of change, but Labour MP George Oliver feels stuck in one place: distrusting the ‘mawkish mentality’ of the young and fearing the encroaching life of the middle-aged, with little to look forward to but the imminent end of a not-very-interesting... Read more

Color of Lies

By: Abbe Rolnick

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The loss of a "nuclear" bomb off Puerto Rico during WWII brings strange consequences to a stressed community in Washington State decades later. In the Skagit River Valley, gateway to the pristine Pacific Northwest wilderness, vegetation, birds, and people are inexplicitly dying. One elderly bully's spiteful lies have trapped her victims in a... Read more

My Teacher Fried My Brains - Abridged

By: Bruce Coville

Narrated by: Arye Gross

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Brains are sizzling in the seventh grade...The first day of seventh grade is probably the worst day of Duncan Dougal's life. He knows that things are really bad when he finds an alien's hand in a Dumpster and then gets plugged into an alien brain fryer! Can Duncan find out which of the four new teachers in his school is an alien before his... Read more

Self-awareness is key to self-sufficiency at this job training program

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

For workers trying to break the generational cycle of poverty, keeping a job can be as important as getting the job in the first place. As part of our series Chasing the Dream, John Yang reports on a program called Cara in Chicago that teaches the personal attributes and soft skills needed to succeed. Read more

Short Story Press Presents Broken Rocks

By: Short Story Press & Cynthia Haltom

Narrated by: Lavy Samo

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Julia has been let go from her job of 20 years, as a ground water geologist in Eastern Washington and must find a new way to support herself. She decides to pack up her belongings and return to her family's cottage on Pine Island. There she hopes to find a new meaning to her life, while living in the peaceful and serene setting that she always... Read more

Short Story Press Presents Knight Adventure

By: Short Story Press & Edward Kurtz

Narrated by: Carol Weakland

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

An old castle, a courageous knight, a beautiful princess, a sacred icon, an evil wizard and two little sparrows: these are some of the exciting things in store for you in Edward Kurtz’s latest magical story entitled, “Knight Adventure.”The fast-paced story is set in medieval times and recounts the quest of the Silver Knight as he attempts to... Read more

Short Story Press Presents Love's Silver Lining

By: Short Story Press & Jordan Lane

Narrated by: Alexander Morris

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Sometimes it is so easy to fall into a routine that you never notice when you are becoming a part of the woodwork. When that change does come, we can either embrace it or discard it. However if we are brave enough to embrace it, we might discover that there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Or in Delancy Smith’s case, she discovered... Read more

Short Story Press Presents Grave Silence

By: Short Story Press & Jasmine Bowen

Narrated by: Cynthia Ann

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

They were happy once and everything was perfect. A man and a woman and a little girl. Lots of money and an American dream life. Jake was an actor, Jane was a nurse, and Sara, their little girl, was nothing short of perfect. For years, they were a happy family, until reality came crashing down.Jake tried his best to raise Sara after her mother... Read more

Short Story Press Presents Love Doesn't Exist

By: Short Story Press & Aivan Antonio

Narrated by: Yvette Lee

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

If you are a person who see failing not as a negative thing but a learning experience, this story will resonate with you. “Love Doesn’t Exist” is a story about an 18-year old boy named Bruno who experiences a lot of embarrassment and faces a lot of his internal demons only to achieve one of life’s greatest joys – searching for that eternal love.... Read more