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Join transtemporal adventuress Iris Wildthyme (Katy Manning) for a series of eight brand-new half-hour episodes as she travels through time and space aboard her trusty double-decker bus, accompanied by her new friend, Captain Turner!

Billy Bane is a prophet who got it all wrong, and the galaxy has been burning ever since. All he wants is to waste away in the darkest corner of space with his best pal Dust, a supercharged Fuq bot. But when a new prophet comes calling, Billy is summoned to save the galaxy he's at least partially responsible for destroying. Too bad he couldn't care less.

In the newly revised 2019 version of the show, David Dean Bottrell performed his highly-acclaimed comic storytelling show that the Los Angeles Times called "hysterical" and SoCal Public Radio deemed "profane, hilarious, and moving." Bottrell revisits how love and sex (or the lack thereof) have affected the course of his life from age five to the present. This audiobook features both live and in-studio recordings of the monologues from David Dean Bottrell Makes Love.

Solutions, Inc., Vol. 1 is a paranormal comedy set in Boston, and produced by the award-winning Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air.

The youngest child of debtor William Dorrit, Amy is born in Marshalsea prison. She and her father are befriended by Arthur Clennam, whose mother employs "little Dorrit" as a seamstress. The fortunes of the Dorrits undergo an extreme change when William inherits a fortune, and the family move to Italy. Back in England, Arthur Clennam finds himself the victim of a massive fraud and ends up in Marshalsea. There he is found by Little Dorrit, whose fortune has had no effect on her generosity and humility.

After a tornado uproots her from her home in Kansas, Dorothy and her beloved dog, Toto, are whisked away to the strange and magical Land of Oz! Landing in Munchkin Country and accidentally killing the Wicked Witch of the East, Dorothy and Toto embark on a quest to find the only person who can help them return home: Oz, the Great and Terrible Wizard.

Come and envision Old Jacob Marley appearing before his sinister old partner Scrooge to foretell of the things to happen which fate has set forward. Feel the presence of the ghosts as they take Scrooge one by one from the past to the future. Feel the warmth and the laughter and even the sorrow of Tiny Tim and the Crachit Family. Come listen and envision as the townspeople laugh without sorrow of the passing of Old Scrooge and the barter with the pawnbroker over the simplest things he left behind. Envision what happened to Scrooge as the last phantom shows him the things of yet to come.

Here is a collection of Shakespeare's most inspiring speeches from the BBC Sound Archives. Hear timeless soliloquies from Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Henry V, King Lear, Macbeth, Richard III, and The Merchant of Venice, memorably delivered by some of the leading actors of the 20th century.

If you didn’t manage to make it to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019, Audible has you covered! We selected a cross section of some of the most exciting new plays of the year, invited the actors and directors into the studio and recorded stirringly intimate audio performances of the plays just for you.... Portions of this audio drama contain explicit content, with mature language and themes that some listeners may find disturbing. Listener discretion is advised.

The fascinating life of storyteller and humorist Mark Twain is revealed in this one-man performance based on Twain's writings. The early years of Samuel Clemens, the Mississippi River experiences, and his move to the silver mining area of Nevada are portrayed by exuberant actor McAvoy Layne; some of the most famous tales, from "The Blue Jay Yarn" to "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" are woven into the history of this most colorful author.

Cosma war eigentlich eine ganz normale Schülerin, doch ihr Tod bringt Düsteres zu Tage – und nicht nur Freundschaften ins Wanken. Die charismatische Schülerin Cosma Passadakis war klarer Mittelpunkt ihrer Clique. Als sie tot im Straßengraben gefunden wird, sind Eva und Shirin, Luke und ihr Freund Nico verzweifelt. Wer hat ihre Freundin auf dem Gewissen? Die Polizei ermittelt, ihre Freunde auch. Und entdecken dabei, dass in Cosmas perfektem Leben nichts so war, wie es scheint. Wer war ihre Mitschülerin, Vertraute und Freundin wirklich?

Selected Shorts is an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by acclaimed actors. The readings are recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City. The Selected Shorts radio series is a co-production of Symphony Space and WNYC, New York Public Radio, and is heard on public radio stations nationwide.

Jim Gaffigan is a very successful comedian and that means he gets to perform in interesting places for interesting people. On this extra special episode of Hold On, host Eugene Mirman brings Jim into the studio to tell a live story on the spot. The story in question? The time Jim did stand-up comedy as an opening act for Pope Francis in Philadelphia, at an event attended by hundreds of thousands of people.

Luther battles against the Disruptors in a parallel world where many things are familiar - but nothing is the same. The alternative England where Luther fights the Disruptors did not see the monarchy restored after the English Civil War and has been under the rule of the Puritan Parliamentarians for hundreds of years. Led by a direct descendant of Oliver Cromwell, England is ripe for the taking by European superpowers that are preparing to invade.

Ni testigos, ni pistas, ni cadáver. Josy, la hija de doce años del prestigioso psiquiatra Viktor Larenz, ha desaparecido en misteriosas circunstancias y nadie sabe qué ha sido de ella. Dos años más tarde, Viktor vive atormentado y recluido en la remota casa donde solía veranear. Pese a ello, ha conseguido llegar hasta él una bella desconocida que padece alucinaciones en las que ve a una niña que después desaparece sin dejar rastro, igual que Josy. Viktor acepta tratarla, pero la terapia se va convirtiendo a cada paso en un tenso interrogatorio.

Whether performing his original tales or retelling an old classic, Bill Harley is one of the liveliest acts going in storytelling for kids. You'll hear a story about a little girl named Sarah as well as Harley's take on what might happen if a kid stayed up all night (something he never got to do as a child) and his version of the old English folktale "Fox's Sack."

[Contains explicit content] For most teenagers, prom is a big deal with a lot of build-up. Asking someone to the big dance comes with enough hurdles as it is, so Hasan Minhaj (The Daily Show) was convinced that his strict Indian father and his family's cultural quirks would ruin any shot he might have at finding someone to slow dance with on prom night. On this episode of Hold On, host Eugene Mirman takes Hasan back to high school to find out if he managed to score his dream date for the big night.

¿Estará capacitada para volver al trabajo? Han pasado doce semanas desde que Paula Beyer, inspectora de la Policía de Dresde, viajó hasta la pequeña localidad de Freidorf para investigar las misteriosas desapariciones de varios adolescentes. Ahora está sentada frente al psicólogo encargado de determinar si dice la verdad sobre el caso o si, por el contrario, debe ser apartada del servicio de forma indefinida.

The most renowned and wittiest of Oscar Wilde's comedies, The Importance of Being Earnest ridicules Victorian sensibilities and is still strikingly relevant to this day. This full-cast audio adaptation featuring Tim Brooke-Taylor as Lady Bracknell is unique yet at the same time reassuringly familiar, with wonderful performances from the Offstage Theatre Group.

A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord siezes the throne with the help of his scheming wife - and a trio of witches. Anthony Quayle, Robert Hardy, Ian Holm, Stanley Holloway, and Jill Balcon star in an unabridged performance of Shakespeare's Macbeth.