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This Is the Author

This Is the Author

Penguin Random House Audio

A podcast about authors reading their audiobooks from Penguin Random House Audio.
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In this episode, meet New York Times tech reporter Kashmir Hill, podcast hosts jarrett hill and Tre’vell Anderson, and film professor Foster Hirsch. Tune in to hear how these authors weave together history and popular culture, from AI facial recognition to the history of Black vernacular to the most iconic movies from the nineteen-fifties. Your Face Belongs to Us by Kashmir Hill: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691288/your-face-belongs-to-us-by-kashmir-hill/audio Historically Black Phrases by jarrett hill and Tre’vell Anderson: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711955/historically-black-phrases-by-jarrett-hill-and-trevell-anderson/audio Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties by Foster Hirsch: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/217245/hollywood-and-the-movies-of-the-fifties-by-foster-hirsch/audio
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This Is the Author - S1 E67: Barbara Schoichet, Author of Don't Think Twice
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09/08/16 • 4 min

"Don't Think Twice is about when I suffered three great losses over a six month period."
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This Is the Author - S1 E31: Sean Carroll, Author of The Big Picture
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05/10/16 • 4 min

“Weaving the threads of astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology, and philosophy into a seamless narrative tapestry, Sean Carroll enthralls us with what we’ve figured out in the universe and humbles us with what we don’t yet understand. Yet in the end, it’s the meaning of it all that feeds your soul of curiosity.” —Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey
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This Is the Author - S1 E19: Kate Siegel, Author of Mother, Can You  Not?
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04/04/16 • 6 min

Advice to the next author to narrate their audiobook: "Do NOT record your audiobook with your mother."
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This Is the Author - S1 E15: Keri Smith, Author of The Wander Society
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03/30/16 • 7 min

"One of the reasons I wanted to do an audiobook was the fact that it is very intimate and that I could make a connection as an author using just my voice and the words that I have written . . . That was very enticing to me."
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This Is the Author - S3 E117: Howard Michael Gould and John Michael Higgins
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08/14/18 • 14 min

In this episode of This is the Author, the author, Howard Michael Gould, and the narrator, John Michael Higgins, discusses recording Last Looks. Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/564309/last-looks/
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This Is the Author - S3 E114: Laura June, Author of Now My Heart Is Full
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07/25/18 • 6 min

"What inspired me to write this memoir was I had a daughter four years ago, and my mother, who had been dead for a long time, was an alcoholic. And as I began to write about motherhood I realized that one thing that was very important to me, in my life with my daughter, was to sort of break a cycle of silence and secrecy that exists within most alcoholic families." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/550388/now-my-heart-is-full/
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This Is the Author - S3 E98: Mona Charen, Author of Sex Matters
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06/26/18 • 3 min

"I wrote my book because I’ve been thinking about what has gone wrong in our relations between men and women for as long as I’ve been an adult. As I say in the book, my life tracks almost perfectly with the modern second-wave feminist movement, and I think I have a perspective that lifespan gives me about what has gone right and wrong with the movement." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/548987/sex-matters/
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This Is the Author - S3 E72: Eliza Kennedy, Author of Do This For Me
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05/15/18 • 4 min

"I started out wanting to write a book about how a marriage could survive infidelity. I had this idea of creating this character who was a very powerful woman, who had everything in her life under control, who then had to confront this massive, unexpected problem. Then I was going to show how she got through it. The interesting thing what happened is that she had other ideas. As I wrote the book, I got father and farther away from what I thought it was going to be about." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/537836/do-this-for-me/
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In this episode, meet writer and poet Cole Arthur Riley, senior rabbi of IKAR Sharon Brous, and psychologist and professor Dr. Mariel Buqué. Press play to hear how these authors describe their recording processes, and how they felt hearing their words aloud. Black Liturgies by Cole Arthur Riley: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721989/black-liturgies-by-cole-arthur-riley/audio The Amen Effect by Sharon Brous: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720048/the-amen-effect-by-sharon-brous/audio Break the Cycle by Dr. Mariel Buqué: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714176/break-the-cycle-by-dr-mariel-buque/audio
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How many episodes does This Is the Author have?

This Is the Author currently has 673 episodes available.

What topics does This Is the Author cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts and Arts.

What is the most popular episode on This Is the Author?

The episode title 'S4 E61: Jonathan Vaughters, Christopher McDougall, and Mira and Jayson Calton' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on This Is the Author?

The average episode length on This Is the Author is 11 minutes.

How often are episodes of This Is the Author released?

Episodes of This Is the Author are typically released every 5 days, 21 hours.

When was the first episode of This Is the Author?

The first episode of This Is the Author was released on Feb 12, 2016.

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