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Starmaker
- David O. Selznick and the Production of Stars in the Hollywood Studio System
- Written by: Milan Hain
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
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David O. Selznick (1902–1965) was one of the most prominent film producers of the Hollywood studio era. However, film production was not his only domain. Starting in the late 1930s, he built an impressive stable of stars within his own independent company. In Starmaker: David O. Selznick and the Production of Stars in the Hollywood Studio System, author Milan Hain reveals the mechanisms by which Selznick and his collaborators discovered and promoted new stars and describes how these personalities were marketed, whether for financial gain or symbolic recognition and prestige.
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Starmaker
- David O. Selznick and the Production of Stars in the Hollywood Studio System
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Release Date: 21-12-23
- Language: English
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How Coppola Became Cage
- Written by: Zach Schonfeld
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
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Brimming with previously untold stories and insights, How Coppola Became Cage both revels in and demystifies Cage's onscreen eccentricities. No other modern actor has explored such profound creative extremes while bending the boundaries of good taste. Here is the origin story of an actor who truly is wild at heart and weird on top.
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How Coppola Became Cage
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
- Release Date: 26-12-23
- Language: English
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Still Laughing
- A Life in Comedy (From the Creator of Laugh-In)
- Written by: George Schlatter, Jon Macks - contributor, Lily Tomlin - foreword,
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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Still Laughing features never-before-told stories from the creation of one of the most groundbreaking shows in television history.
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Still Laughing
- A Life in Comedy (From the Creator of Laugh-In)
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Release Date: 28-11-23
- Language: English
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The Female Gaze
- Essential Movies Made by Women
- Written by: Alicia Malone
- Narrated by: Brigid Lohrey
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
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With the success of the Wonder Woman movies and the results following the outcry of the #MeToo movement, now is the time to highlight the female influences in film history previously left unheard!
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The Female Gaze
- Essential Movies Made by Women
- Narrated by: Brigid Lohrey
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Release Date: 28-11-23
- Language: English
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A Disturbance in the Force
- How and Why the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
- Written by: Steve Kozak
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
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Even by the standards of the 1970s, even compared to Jar-Jar Binks, the legendary 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special is a peerlessly cringeworthy pop-culture artifact.
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A Disturbance in the Force
- How and Why the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Release Date: 15-11-23
- Language: English
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Necessary Death
- What Horror Movies Teach Us About Navigating the Human Experience
- Written by: Chris Grosso, Preston Fassel
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
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Based on very real and practical commentary, life experience, and occasionally, tongue-in-cheek-misfortunes of horror legends, Necessary Death explores how the horror genre offers individuals a unique opportunity for insight and understanding of their own lives.
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Necessary Death
- What Horror Movies Teach Us About Navigating the Human Experience
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Release Date: 31-10-23
- Language: English
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The Villain Edit
- A Memoir About Reality TV and Taking Control of the Narrative
- Written by: Alisha Aitken-Radburn
- Narrated by: Alisha Aitken-Radburn
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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When former government staffer Alisha Aitken-Radburn was given a 'villain edit' on her first season of The Bachelor, she wasn't entirely surprised – there are only a handful of character tropes producers can manipulate into storylines. But the backlash on social media was unexpectedly intense, and Alisha found her sense of identity completely rocked by a single comment: 'You are a bad person'. Determined to shake the 'villain' label, she returned to reality TV screens, and this time, she got a different edit.
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The Villain Edit
- A Memoir About Reality TV and Taking Control of the Narrative
- Narrated by: Alisha Aitken-Radburn
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Release Date: 01-12-23
- Language: English
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Supes Ain't Always Heroes
- Inside the Complex Characters and Twisted Psychology of The Boys
- Written by: Lynn S. Zubernis - editor, Matthew Snyder - editor
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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Go deeper inside the hit TV show The Boys and its characters with psychologists, media experts, filmmakers, and more—including the original comic series' cocreator and the actors behind Soldier Boy and Stormfront. Supes Ain't Always Heroes offers a fresh look at The Boys, delving into the show's unflinching depiction of celebrity, politics, social media, corporate greed, racism, sexism, and more.
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Supes Ain't Always Heroes
- Inside the Complex Characters and Twisted Psychology of The Boys
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Release Date: 05-12-23
- Language: English
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The Value Gap
- Female-Driven Films from Pitch to Premiere
- Written by: Courtney Brannon Donoghue
- Narrated by: Vanessa Daniels
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
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Conversations about gender equity in the workplace accelerated in the 2010s, with debates inside Hollywood specifically pointing to broader systemic problems of employment disparities and exploitative labor practices. Compounded by the devastating #MeToo revelations, these problems led to a wide-scale call for change. The Value Gap traces female-driven filmmaking across development, financing, production, film festivals, marketing, and distribution, examining the realities facing women working in the industry during this transformative moment.
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The Value Gap
- Female-Driven Films from Pitch to Premiere
- Narrated by: Vanessa Daniels
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Release Date: 10-10-23
- Language: English
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Begin Transmission
- The Trans Allegories of The Matrix
- Written by: Tilly Bridges
- Narrated by: Tilly Bridges
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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Trans woman and screenwriter Tilly Bridges takes you through the trans allegories of the Matrix franchise, with deep dives into The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Animatrix, The Matrix Revolutions, and The Matrix Resurrections, tracking one person’s transition journey—from Thomas Anderson, to Neo… to Trinity. Each movie’s allegory is deeply layered, building from movie to movie, and speaks to a different aspect of trans existence.
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Begin Transmission
- The Trans Allegories of The Matrix
- Narrated by: Tilly Bridges
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Release Date: 21-11-23
- Language: English
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Monsters on the Couch
- The Real Pyschological Disorders Behind Your Favorite Horror Movies
- Written by: Brian A. Sharpless
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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From psychologist, researcher, and horror film enthusiast Brian A. Sharpless comes Monsters on the Couch, an exploration into the real-life psychological disorders behind famous horror movies. Accounts of clinical syndromes every bit as dramatic as those on the silver screen are juxtaposed with fascinating forays into the science and folklore behind our favorite movie monsters.
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Monsters on the Couch
- The Real Pyschological Disorders Behind Your Favorite Horror Movies
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Release Date: 17-10-23
- Language: English
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Playboy Laughs
- The Comedy, Comedians, and Cartoons of Playboy
- Written by: Patricia Farmer
- Narrated by: Denise Shearer
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
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Following her success with Playboy Swings, Patty Farmer looks at Playboy’s relationship with comedians and cartoonists in her new book Playboy Laughs. Playboy Laughs invites listeners onto the sets of the organization’s groundbreaking TV shows, Playboy Penthouse and Playboy After Dark. These popular variety series brought top-tier comedians, impressionists, and monologists—as well as the finest musicians—into people’s homes each week.
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Playboy Laughs
- The Comedy, Comedians, and Cartoons of Playboy
- Narrated by: Denise Shearer
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Release Date: 20-11-23
- Language: English
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La bella confusione
- Written by: Francesco Piccolo
- Narrated by: Lino Musella
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Il 1963 è stato l’anno di Fellini e di Visconti. Un anno decisivo per il cinema italiano, che ha visto la nascita di Otto e mezzo e Il Gattopardo. Ma prima di diventare i capolavori che ben sappiamo erano due incredibili scommesse, nonché il campo di battaglia tra due artisti rivali e profondamente diversi: mentre Claudia Cardinale cambiava il colore dei capelli secondo il capriccio di chi la dirigeva, l’intero contesto culturale italiano si stava preparando a sposare l’una o l’altra visione del cinema e del mondo.
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La bella confusione
- Narrated by: Lino Musella
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Release Date: 15-09-23
- Language: italian
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The Truth is Still Out There: Thirty Years of the X-Files
- Thirty Years of the X-Files
- Written by: Bethan Jones
- Narrated by: Daniela Acitelli
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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In September 1993, a TV show like no other appeared on our screens, asking us to consider the essence of truth and belief, to think about the nature and roles of science and humanity, and to question what we were told by those in power. Combining horror, science fiction, drama, crime, and comedy with cinematic filmmaking, The X-Files transported the paranoia of the sixties and seventies to the technologically savvy nineties as it followed two iconic characters, FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, in their labyrinthine pursuit of truth.
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The Truth is Still Out There: Thirty Years of the X-Files
- Thirty Years of the X-Files
- Narrated by: Daniela Acitelli
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Release Date: 12-09-23
- Language: English
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The Warner Brothers
- Written by: Chris Yogerst
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
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Warner Bros. Studio is best known as a media conglomerate with a broad range of intellectual property, spanning movies, TV shows, and streaming content. Despite popular interest in the origins of this empire, the core of the Warner Bros. saga cannot be found in its commercial successes. It is the story of four brothers—Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack—whose vision for Hollywood helped shape the world of entertainment.
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The Warner Brothers
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Release Date: 12-09-23
- Language: English
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Anime Impact
- The Movies and Shows That Changed the World of Japanese Animation
- Written by: Chris Stuckmann
- Narrated by: Jackson Heaton
- Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins
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Japanese animation—or anime—holds a special place in the hearts of countless fans around the globe. Since the early days of Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy to Makoto Shinkai’s astounding success with Your Name, anime has left an undeniable impact on our culture. Anime Impact explores the impression the medium has left on various fans with detailed discussions on television shows and movies from the 1960s all the way to the present.
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Anime Impact
- The Movies and Shows That Changed the World of Japanese Animation
- Narrated by: Jackson Heaton
- Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins
- Release Date: 19-09-23
- Language: English
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Edge of Reality
- Journeys Through the Rabbit Hole of Reality Television
- Written by: Jacques Peretti
- Narrated by: Jacques Peretti
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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Reality TV's influence is seismic: twenty-five years ago, the concept didn't exist. Yet today, it is one of the most powerful cultural forces on earth; a multi-billion-dollar machine. Despite that, it is often derided as "trash"; a cultural McDonalds not worthy of examination. The truth is that reality TV offers a profound insight into who we are as human beings, questioning the very nature of what we deem to be entertaining. Writer, broadcaster and reality TV-obsessive Jacques Peretti goes behind the scenes of a world that has entranced and consumed him for two decades.
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Edge of Reality
- Journeys Through the Rabbit Hole of Reality Television
- Narrated by: Jacques Peretti
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Release Date: 03-08-23
- Language: English
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Retro Active Television
- An In-Depth Perspective on Classic TV's Social Circuitry
- Written by: Herbie J Pilato, Eric Scott - foreword
- Narrated by: Herbie J Pilato, Eric Scott
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
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Ever wonder what the people who bring us our TV entertainment are thinking? Television and pop culture historian and author Herbie J Pilato has, and now takes listeners on a provocative and entertaining look into the agenda behind TV shows and the resulting trends. Even when it seemed television programming was primarily mindless, there was serious thought behind what audiences were presented. The networks, after all, believe in giving the people what they want, even when the people should have known better.
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Retro Active Television
- An In-Depth Perspective on Classic TV's Social Circuitry
- Narrated by: Herbie J Pilato, Eric Scott
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Release Date: 29-08-23
- Language: English
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Haunted
- On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds
- Written by: Leo Braudy
- Narrated by: Perry Daniels
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
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Leo Braudy, a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, has won accolades for revealing the complex and constantly shifting history behind seemingly unchanging ideas of fame, war, and masculinity. Continuing his interest in the history of emotion, this book explores how fear has been shaped into images of monsters and monstrosity.
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Haunted
- On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds
- Narrated by: Perry Daniels
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Release Date: 27-06-23
- Language: English
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The Exorcist Legacy
- 50 Years of Fear
- Written by: Nat Segaloff
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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On December 26, 1973, The Exorcist was released. Within days it had become legend. Moviegoers braved hours-long lines in winter weather to see it. Some audience members famously fainted or vomited. Half a century later, the movie that both inspired and transcends the modern horror genre has lost none of its power to terrify and unsettle. The Exorcist Legacy reveals the complete story of this cultural phenomenon, from the real-life exorcism in 1949 Maryland that inspired William Peter Blatty's bestselling novel on which the movie is based, to its many sequels, prequels, TV series, and homages.
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The Exorcist Legacy
- 50 Years of Fear
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Release Date: 25-07-23
- Language: English
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