Episodes

  • Fall 2024 AI Narration Update

    Fall 2024 AI Narration Update
    Oct 3 2024
    Today we chat with our regular contributor, Sara Hillis about updates on AI Narrated Audiobooks.
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    30 mins
  • Cars, Politics and Book Recommendations

    Cars, Politics and Book Recommendations
    Oct 3 2024
    Our guest is an avid Audiobook listener. Jeffrey Rainey is back with another edition of Rapid Fire Review. Here are Jeffrey Rainey’s book recommendations: • Car Guys VS. Bean Counters, by Bob Lutz. • The Battle for the Soul of American Business Icons and Idiots, also by Bob Lutz. • George Romney, by Patrick Foster. • The Triumph and Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson by Joseph A. Califano Jr. • The Soviet Union During the Brezhnev Era by Charles River
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    30 mins
  • Reviewing The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner with Aamer Khan

    Reviewing The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner with Aamer Khan
    Sep 23 2024
    Joining us today is our audiobook contributor and bookworm, Aamer Khan. Aamer and Jacob will be reviewing The Mars Room By Rachel Kushner The book was shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize. it received the 2018 Prix Médicis Étranger. The title also received a Gold Medal for Fiction from the California Book Awards.
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    28 mins
  • Why Highschool English Class Sucks with Ryan Hooey

    Why Highschool English Class Sucks with Ryan Hooey
    Sep 18 2024

    Ryan Hooey is an avid audiobook listener, who also is a regular contributor on Kelly and Ramya on his featured segments called The Chatty Bookshelf.

    He is here to chat about a couple of things,

    First, we are reviewing the Pearl by John Steinbeck, a classic novella.

    And second, we chat about how classic books like these inevitability make it into high school English curriculums and how they can be a huge disservice to young readers.
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    31 mins
  • Premee Mohamed, author of The Annual Migration of Clouds

    Premee Mohamed, author of The Annual Migration of Clouds
    Sep 16 2024
    Premee Mohamed is a Nebula award-winning Indo-Caribbean scientist and speculative fiction author based in Edmonton, Alberta. She is an Assistant Editor at the short fiction audio venue Escape Pod and the author of the 'Beneath the Rising' series of novels as well as several novellas. Premee Mohamed is here to talk about her literary award-winning series, “The Annual Migration of Clouds.”
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    31 mins
  • Danielle Bouthillier's debut novel Hero

    Danielle Bouthillier's debut novel Hero
    Sep 11 2024
    Danielle Bouthillier is a laboratory technician, digital artist, and a science fiction writer. Her debut novel, Hero, work started in 2012 and went through several revisions over the years to create this tension-driven and unconventional superhero story. It is now available in Audiobook format and the plot features a deaf superhero. Her hearing loss makes her one of the best musicians. Plus, she discovers that her powers cannot solve all her problems.
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    29 mins
  • PAL-Reading Services with Susan Loube

    PAL-Reading Services with Susan Loube
    Sep 9 2024

    In this edition of AMI Audiobook Review, we speak with Susan Loube, a Director of PAL-Reading Services.

    Their mission is to provide, upon request, free audio recorded versions of print material, which give persons with vision impairments or other disabilities access to lifelong learning choices.

    Learn more about PAL-Reading Services online: https://www.palreading.org/

    Highlights:

    • PAL Reading Services - AMI Audiobook Review Intro (00:00)
    • Introducing Susan Loube, Director at PAL-Reading Services (01:11)
    • The Question of Copyright (01:23)
    • Bespoke Audiobooks (02:39)
    • Susan’s Role at PAL & Experience with Vision Loss (03:12)
    • The PAL Process (04:28)
    • Audiobook Delivery Formats (05:41)
    • PAL Narrators (07:07)
    • Accessible Library Services & PAL (07:50)
    • Niche Reading Requests (09:40)
    • Canadian Copyright Law (11:53)
    • PAL’s Biggest Challenges (14:16)
    • The Importance of PAL Reading Services (15:05)
    • Learning from PAL (16:35)
    • Adapting to Audiobooks (18:39)
    • Accessing PAL’s Services (23:24)
    • Closing Remarks (24:31)
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    26 mins
  • Guilty Pleasures & "Rebel Girl" by Kathleen Hanna with Ryan Delehanty

    Guilty Pleasures & "Rebel Girl" by Kathleen Hanna with Ryan Delehanty
    Sep 4 2024

    AMI Podcast Coordinator Ryan Delehanty joins us to discuss guilty pleasures, share his Rapid Fire Reviews and discuss the autobiography “Rebel Girl” by Kathleen Hanna.

    With Rapid Fire Reviews of Find “All Fours” by Miranda July, “Buddy Babylon” by Scott Thompson and Paul Bellini, “Mr. Know It All” by John Waters & “The Kid Stays in the Picture” by Robert Evans.

    Highlights:

    • “Guilty Pleasures” - AMI Audiobook Review Intro (00:00)
    • Introducing AMI Podcast Coordinator, Ryan Delehanty (00:39)
    • Guilty Pleasures Roundtable Discussion (00:56)
    • Ryan’s Rapid-Fire Reviews (9:36)
    • Rebel Girl by Kathleen Hanna (10:18)
    • All Fours by Miranda July (11:16)
    • Buddy Babylon by Scott Thompson (13:54)
    • Mr. Know It All by John Waters (15:46)
    • The Kid Stays in the Picture by Robert Evans (19:42)
    • In-Depth Chat on Rebel Girl by Kathleen Hanna (20:24)
    • Show Close (27:33)

    “Rebel Girl” by Kathleen Hanna on: CELA, Audible

    “All Fours” by Miranda July on: CELA, Audible

    “Buddy Babylon” by Scott Thompson and Paul Bellini on: Audible

    “Mr. Know It All” by John Waters on: CELA, Audible

    “The Kid Stays in the Picture” by Robert Evans on: CELA, Audible
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    28 mins