Dan Fenyvesi
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The Source
- A Novel
- By: James A. Michener
- Narrated by: Larry McKeever
- Length: 54 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,835
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,601
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,601
In the grand storytelling style that is his signature, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the very beginnings of the Jewish faith, thousands of years ago. Through the predecessors of four modern men and women, we experience the entire colorful history of the Jews, including the life of the early Hebrews and their persecutions, the impact of Christianity, the Crusades, and the Spanish Inquisition, all the way to the founding of present-day Israel and the Middle East conflict.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Unlistenable
- By GGS Engineering on 09-11-15
- The Source
- A Novel
- By: James A. Michener
- Narrated by: Larry McKeever
Captivating historical fiction
Reviewed: 04-03-25
It was wonderful to read an unbiased account of the history of Judaism and that region that was told in a series of short stories.
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World Within a Song
- Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music
- By: Jeff Tweedy
- Narrated by: Jeff Tweedy
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 97
What makes us fall in love with a song? What makes us want to write our own songs? Do songs help? Do songs help us live better lives? And do the lives we live help us write better songs? After two New York Times bestsellers that cemented and expanded his legacy as one of America’s best-loved performers and songwriters, Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back) and How to Write One Song, Jeff Tweedy is back with another disarming, beautiful, and inspirational book about why we listen to music, why we love songs, and how music can connect us to each other and to ourselves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Jeff Tweedy’s Plain Spoken, Direct, Funny, Touching, Vulnerable, & Honest Meditation on Music is Perfection
- By A Picky Reviewer on 02-10-24
- World Within a Song
- Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music
- By: Jeff Tweedy
- Narrated by: Jeff Tweedy
Great window into Jeff’s mind
Reviewed: 12-25-23
Fun, insightful deep dive into music by one of our great modern songwriters. Easy listen and rewarding.
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Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes
- Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
- By: Daniel L. Everett
- Narrated by: Daniel Everett
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 408
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 356
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 356
Daniel Everett, then a Christian missionary, arrived among the Pirahã in 1977 - with his wife and three young children - intending to convert them. What he found was a language that defies all existing linguistic theories and reflects a way of life that evades contemporary understanding. The Pirahã have no counting system and no fixed terms for color. They have no concept of war or of personal property.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Profound Read
- By Wally Brewer on 11-16-17
- Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes
- Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
- By: Daniel L. Everett
- Narrated by: Daniel Everett
All time fav
Reviewed: 09-30-22
Brilliant and entertaining can’t ask for more, great stories full of meaning, well written and an exploration of cultures
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No Simple Highway
- A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead
- By: Peter Richardson
- Narrated by: David Gans
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17
For almost three decades, the Grateful Dead was America's most popular touring band. No Simple Highway is the first book to ask the simple question of why - and attempt to answer it. Drawing on new research, interviews, and a fresh supply of material from the Grateful Dead archives, author Peter Richardson vividly recounts the Dead's colorful history, adding new insight into everything from the Acid Tests to the band's formation of their own record label to their massive late career success, while probing the riddle of the Dead's vast and durable appeal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best of the dead bios
- By Dan Fenyvesi on 03-09-22
- No Simple Highway
- A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead
- By: Peter Richardson
- Narrated by: David Gans
Best of the dead bios
Reviewed: 03-09-22
I’ve read 4-5 dead histories over the years and this is the most interesting one. It is full of intriguing insights and colorful anecdotes. The focus is on the cultural history and how the dead’s story fits in the broader picture of western history and arts.
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Coffeeland
- One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug
- By: Augustine Sedgewick
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 129
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Story4 out of 5 stars 107
Coffee is an indispensable part of daily life for billions of people around the world - one of the most valuable commodities in the history of global capitalism, the leading source of the world's most popular drug, and perhaps the most widespread word on the planet. Augustine Sedgewick's Coffeeland tells the hidden and surprising story of how this came to be, tracing coffee's 500-year transformation from a mysterious Muslim ritual into an everyday necessity.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Unfortunately
- By Brian on 06-06-20
- Coffeeland
- One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug
- By: Augustine Sedgewick
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
Superb history
Reviewed: 12-02-21
Lively book that relates a grand historical narrative spanning a century+ using one export crop, coffee, and one family as a central focus. I loved it!
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Once upon a Time in Hollywood
- A Novel
- By: Quentin Tarantino
- Narrated by: Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,155
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,907
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,896
Quentin Tarantino’s long-awaited first work of fiction - at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal - is the always surprising, sometimes shocking new novel based on his Academy Award-winning film.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Great Book Ruined by Leigh
- By Scott Wilson on 06-30-21
- Once upon a Time in Hollywood
- A Novel
- By: Quentin Tarantino
- Narrated by: Jennifer Jason Leigh
Great story, odd narration
Reviewed: 07-06-21
I’m enjoying this so far, great story though, I hope this doesn’t sound ageist, but the narrator sounds very old (or a heavy smoker or I’ll etc). Clearly she is a great voice actor and deliver the lines well but I can hear the vocal strain with every sentence. Perhaps this is intentional as it is a story of old Hollywood but it’s a bit odd.
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Lost in Mexico
- By: Nita Rao
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
There's more to Mexico than tacos and narcos. Join Nita Rao—lawyer, world champion debater, and journalist—as she explores the hidden sides of Mexican life through conversations with Mexicans.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The telenovela story was great
- By Dan Fenyvesi on 03-22-21
The telenovela story was great
Reviewed: 03-22-21
That is the only I have listened to but it was well done, an entertaining insightful look at trends in Mexican television and it answered some questions I have been wondering for a while regarding portrayal of race and social class in Mexican media. The media landscape there seems to be slowly improving, good news.
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So Many Roads
- The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead
- By: David Browne
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 162
No longer dismissed as relics of the hippie era, a new generation has lionized the Dead for creating a culture that paved the way for social networking, free music swapping, and the uncompromising anticorporate attitude of indie rock. Now, fifty years after the band first began changing rock 'n' roll both sonically and psychically, So Many Roads paints the most vivid portrait yet of the Grateful Dead, one of the most enduring institutions in American music and culture.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great first book on the Dead
- By robert on 10-30-15
- So Many Roads
- The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead
- By: David Browne
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
Enjoyable, well written & researched but pretty negative
Reviewed: 03-03-21
I loved this book, great story telling and unique anecdotes but it has to be mentioned that the band and especially its followers are often viewed through a very negative lens and not much focus on what made the band special, especially the last decade when they at times were still amazingly good and always true to themselves (for instance the band’s activism and charity was mostly ignored) Likewise the followers have many positive qualities, highly artistic, entrepreneurial people who value community and culture.
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Jerry on Jerry
- The Unpublished Jerry Garcia Interviews
- By: Dennis McNally - editor, Trixie Garcia - foreword
- Narrated by: Jerry Garcia
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 403
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 339
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 336
These never-before-published interviews with Jerry Garcia reveal his thoughts on religion, politics, his personal life, and his creative process. Jerry on Jerry provides new insight into the beloved frontman of the Grateful Dead in time for the 50th Anniversary of the band. Released by the Jerry Garcia family and made available to the public for the first time, these are some of the most candid, intimate interviews with Jerry Garcia ever published.
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4 out of 5 stars
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JG dominates the rap, jack, with much new to give
- By gallegos on 01-27-16
- Jerry on Jerry
- The Unpublished Jerry Garcia Interviews
- By: Dennis McNally - editor, Trixie Garcia - foreword
- Narrated by: Jerry Garcia
Fun, entertaining, informative
Reviewed: 02-16-21
A well curated selection of interviews, full of cool insights, fun tangents. Far more than just about music:)
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Ep. 9: The Legacy
- By: Stewart Copeland
- Length: 39 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 145
Stewart and Lennie reflect on what they have learned about their father; his impact on the world and the legacy he left behind. Was he a hero, or did his interference in Middle East affairs sow the seeds for future conflict and bloodshed?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good series until the end
- By Carol on 11-10-20
Entertaining and informative- muy bueno!
Reviewed: 12-17-20
This is the exact kind of podcast one needs on a road trip, keeps you engaged with great stories and thought provoking details, personal history mixed with global - excellent!
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