David Sedaris
With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s preeminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness…
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Finally an annual collection of the best nonfiction audio stories pulled from podcasts, radio, and audiobooks, featuring a foreword by bestselling author, and audio fan, David Sedaris.
The Best Audio Storytelling is a new collection of thirteen of the year’s best nonfiction audio stories from podcasters, radio journalists, authors, independent creators, and more.
The stories within this anthology transport you to a lush garden, to life in prison, to a cruise ship bar, and even into outer space. Curated by Pushkin Industries Executive Editor Julia Barton, a longtime editor of podcasts and radio, with a foreword by lifelong audio junkie David Sedaris, The Best Audio Storytelling is a celebration of the most innovative and powerful audio storytelling of the year.
This year’s collection includes pieces from:
- Author Jason Reynolds
- KCRW Radio Race “Newbie” Award winner: Ezra and Eve Austin (aka “Mass of Kugel”)
- Investigative podcast Will Be Wild
- Critically-acclaimed investigative podcast Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s
- History podcast One Year: 1986
- NPR’s Morning Edition
- Science podcast Terrestrials
- Actor Lake Bell
- Planet Money
- Rumble Strip
- The New York Times
- Award-winning podcast Ear Hustle
- Richard’s Famous Food Podcast
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Julia Barton
Julia Barton is the executive editor of Pushkin Industries, following a long career in public radio. She helped develop Revisionist History and Against the Rules, among other chart-topping shows. She’s…
