Mona
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April 28, 2021
- By: The New York Times
- Narrated by: Mark Moran
- Length: 55 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
It's the perfect listen for your morning commute! In the time it takes you to get to work, you'll hear a digest of the day's top stories, prepared by the editorial staff of The New York Times. Each edition includes articles from the front page, as well as the paper's international, national, business, sports, and editorial sections.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Can someone teach Mark Moran to read please?
- By Mona on 04-28-21
- April 28, 2021
- By: The New York Times
- Narrated by: Mark Moran
Can someone teach Mark Moran to read please?
Reviewed: 04-28-21
The audio reader seems to have the reading skills of a sixth grader. His mispronounced words are too numerous to list. A few examples: Lay-Own for Lyons, Sigh-Ton for seitan, etc. He often misreads entire sentences.
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March 24, 2020
- By: The New York Times
- Narrated by: Mark Moran
- Length: 58 mins
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Overall2.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance2 out of 5 stars 4
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Story2.5 out of 5 stars 4
It's the perfect listen for your morning commute! In the time it takes you to get to work, you'll hear a digest of the day's top stories, prepared by the editorial staff of The New York Times. Each edition includes articles from the front page, as well as the paper's international, national, business, sports, and editorial sections.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Audio reader needs reading lessons
- By Mona on 03-24-20
- March 24, 2020
- By: The New York Times
- Narrated by: Mark Moran
Audio reader needs reading lessons
Reviewed: 03-24-20
Could someone PLEASE coach
Mark Moran in reading and pronunciation?
There are bloopers in every single issue.
“Staid” is not pronounced “stay-yed”.
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January 20, 2020
- By: The New York Times
- Narrated by: Mark Moran
- Length: 54 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
It's the perfect listen for your morning commute! In the time it takes you to get to work, you'll hear a digest of the day's top stories, prepared by the editorial staff of The New York Times. Each edition includes articles from the front page, as well as the paper's international, national, business, sports, and editorial sections.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mark Moran’s Reading Shows No Improvement
- By Mona on 01-20-20
- January 20, 2020
- By: The New York Times
- Narrated by: Mark Moran
Mark Moran’s Reading Shows No Improvement
Reviewed: 01-20-20
This audio reader still can’t read. He pronounced “hate mail” as “hay tee mail”. There are one or two bloopers every single day.
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January 6, 2020
- By: The New York Times
- Narrated by: Kristi Burns
- Length: 49 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
It's the perfect listen for your morning commute! In the time it takes you to get to work, you'll hear a digest of the day's top stories, prepared by the editorial staff of The New York Times. Each edition includes articles from the front page, as well as the paper's international, national, business, sports, and editorial sections.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narrator
- By Helen on 01-06-20
- January 6, 2020
- By: The New York Times
- Narrated by: Kristi Burns
Finally! A good audio reader for NYT!
Reviewed: 01-06-20
Thank you for FINALLY replacing Mark Moran with a much better audio reader, Kristi Burns. I only hope this change is permanent, not temporary.
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December 23, 2019
- By: The New York Times
- Narrated by: Mark Moran
- Length: 51 mins
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 6
It's the perfect listen for your morning commute! In the time it takes you to get to work, you'll hear a digest of the day's top stories, prepared by the editorial staff of The New York Times. Each edition includes articles from the front page, as well as the paper's international, national, business, sports, and editorial sections.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Could someone PLEASE teach the audio reader to read???
- By Mona on 12-23-19
- December 23, 2019
- By: The New York Times
- Narrated by: Mark Moran
Could someone PLEASE teach the audio reader to read???
Reviewed: 12-23-19
“Secretary General of the United States” doesn’t exist. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. There are mega bloopers like this. EVERY. DAY. And it’s not improving.
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July 17, 2019
- By: The New York Times
- Narrated by: Mark Moran
- Length: 53 mins
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story3 out of 5 stars 3
It's the perfect listen for your morning commute! In the time it takes you to get to work, you'll hear a digest of the day's top stories, prepared by the editorial staff of The New York Times. Each edition includes articles from the front page, as well as the paper's international, national, business, sports, and editorial sections.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The audio reader can’t read
- By Mona on 07-17-19
- July 17, 2019
- By: The New York Times
- Narrated by: Mark Moran
The audio reader can’t read
Reviewed: 07-17-19
Mark Moran makes innumerable and continuous cringeworthy pronunciation bloopers. But he also cannot read the text. ‘ “I know racism when I see it”, thundered John Lewis, an icon of the civil rights movement, who was beaten to death in 1965.’ Really? A ghost speaks to Congress?
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The New York Times Audio Digest, Two Week Free Trial
- Length: 45 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,887
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,296
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,187
How does a reading of The New York Times sound? As an audible.com® exclusive, we offer an audio digest of the Times that includes stories from the front page, international, national, business, journal, sports, and editorial sections. Try it free for two weeks!
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1 out of 5 stars
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Danger
- By Ducksoup on 07-27-19
- The New York Times Audio Digest, Two Week Free Trial
Please teach this guy to read..
Reviewed: 04-05-19
Giuliani is “unbowed”. The audio reader pronounced it “un-boed” (as in, Giuliani is covered in bells and bows.) “Factually” turned into “facially”. This type of thing occurs in every audio he reads. Someone please coach the reader...
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March 20, 2019
- By: The New York Times
- Narrated by: Mark Moran
- Length: 53 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4
It's the perfect listen for your morning commute! In the time it takes you to get to work, you'll hear a digest of the day's top stories, prepared by the editorial staff of The New York Times. Each edition includes articles from the front page, as well as the paper's international, national, business, sports, and editorial sections.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Terrible audio reader for the NY Times
- By Mona on 03-20-19
- March 20, 2019
- By: The New York Times
- Narrated by: Mark Moran
Terrible audio reader for the NY Times
Reviewed: 03-20-19
Mark Moran is a terrible reader. His voice does have a nice timbre, but he mispronounces lots of words and makes the contents sound really boring. The only part he seems excited to read is the Sports Page. Listen to this if you’re having trouble sleeping..it will put you to sleep.
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April 17, 2017
- By: The New York Times
- Narrated by: Mark Moran
- Length: 53 mins
- Highlights
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
It's the perfect listen for your morning commute! In the time it takes you to get to work, you'll hear a digest of the day's top stories, prepared by the editorial staff of The New York Times. Each edition includes articles from the front page, as well as the paper's international, national, business, sports, and editorial sections.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Love the NY Times, not the reader
- By Mona on 04-17-17
- April 17, 2017
- By: The New York Times
- Narrated by: Mark Moran
Love the NY Times, not the reader
Reviewed: 04-17-17
If you could sum up April 17, 2017 in three words, what would they be?
Love the Times, in spite of its tendency to be self righteous and insular at times.
The audio reader...not so much. Every single issue he reads has one or more cringeworthy mispronunciations.
In this one he pronounced Banksy as "Banski".
Wish you had a reader who could actually read.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
At least one serious pronunciation error in every issue.
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The Martian
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: R. C. Bray
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 175,838
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 161,643
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Story5 out of 5 stars 161,463
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plainold "human error" are much more likely to kill him first.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Macgyver on Mars
- By Michael G Kurilla on 06-21-13
- The Martian
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: R. C. Bray
Technical manual crossed with space opera
Reviewed: 07-04-14
What three words best describe R. C. Bray’s voice?
Suitable for the material, but not compelling.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
Maybe.
Any additional comments?
I'm less ecstatic about this book than many of the other reviewers. It read like a cross between a technical manual, a space opera, and a comic book. I found the many characters two-dimensional and uninteresting (mostly because we never get into them very deeply). The book lacked most of things I really enjoy in novels---complex, vital, original, and compelling characters who change and develop; rich descriptions of the surroundings; and a satisfying and surprising story line. I found the story predictable.
While I admired Mark Watney, the main character, an astronaut stranded on Mars, for his resilience, cleverness, sense of humor, problem solving ability, and dogged determination to survive, he still never totally came alive for me as a flesh-and-blood person. In part, this is because we never really learn much about him other than how he responds to various crises he must handle. Most of the book is a step-by-step (and very technical) description of his resolution of various (apparently insurmountable) problems of surviving on Mars; and of others' attempts to help him. Somehow, it's emotionally flat, like reading a manual about how to assemble a vacuum cleaner.
Still, the author came up with an interesting scenario and has an extensive knowledge of space engineering. So, either he works for NASA himself or has done a lot of research. Also, I liked his upbeat view of humanity (which is either optimistic or naive, depending on how you look at it).
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