Moby-Dick Big Read
Moby-Dick is the great American novel. But it is also the great unread American novel. Sprawling, magnificent, deliriously digressive, it stands over and above all other works of fiction, since…
Journalists, Audiobook Narrators Sue AI Giants Under Illinois Biometric Privacy Law for ‘Stealing Their Voices’
In yet another display of how Illinois’ pioneering biometric privacy law can be used to protect Americans, state residents who work as audio storytellers, broadcast journalists, podcasters, voice actors, and…
Kristen Bell Is the Star of a New Jesus Podcast From Fox. No One Told Her
The network announced a host of stars as part of its new The Life of Jesus Podcast. They failed to mention the audio was recorded for a different project in…
Narrating Audiobooks From Other Worlds
The field of audiobooks has exploded since the introduction of mp3 players, and it continues to expand. But it takes a unique set of skills to voice audiobooks in sci-fi…
Audiobook Anxiety and What Constitutes ‘Real’ Reading
Our cultural anxiety about audiobooks may have deeper roots in media and educational history, dating as far back as the beginning of the Enlightenment period, when the West made a…