The Best Audio Storytelling 2022

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The Best Audio Storytelling 2022

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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 Award-winning podcast Ear Hustle NPR The New York Times Critically-acclaimed investigative podcast Stolen Actor Lake Bell Richard Parks III Rumble Strip

  1. EPISODE 1

    Opening Credits

    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 and curated by Pushkin Industries Executive Editor Julia Barton. Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the full audiobook: https://apple.co/409b0NL 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    23 sec

  2. EPISODE 2

    Foreword by David Sedaris

    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 and curated by Pushkin Industries Executive Editor Julia Barton. Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the full audiobook: https://apple.co/409b0NL 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    6 min

  3. EPISODE 3 • PUSHKIN+ ONLY

    Introduction by Julia Barton

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    3 min

  4. EPISODE 4 • PUSHKIN+ ONLY

    “I Can Do Anything” from My Mother Made Me

    An audio essay, first in a series by award-winning author Jason Reynolds, who wants you to meet his mother, Isabell. Isabell raised Jason to be ambitious and selfless, which means she also raised him to be…overwhelmed. With life. But not to worry, Isabell also knows exactly what to say to pull Jason out of a rut, which she does every Sunday, when he rolls up to her house for a weekly visit. Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the full audiobook: https://apple.co/409b0NL From Radiotopia Presents

    30 min

  5. EPISODE 5 • PUSHKIN+ ONLY

    “Burning”

    “Burning” won the “Newbie Award” for the 2022 Radio Race sponsored by KCRW, a public radio station in Santa Monica, CA, which challenges producers to record, write and produce a piece within 24 hours. This story takes place on the eve of the Covid pandemic, when Ezra Austin finds himself on a dramatic quest to find an open pharmacy. Also, he happens to be extremely high. Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the full audiobook: https://apple.co/409b0NL From Ezra Austin and Eve Austin (aka “A Mass of Kugel”)

    5 min

  6. EPISODE 6 • PUSHKIN+ ONLY

    “The Tunnel” from Will Be Wild

    In a tunnel below the Capitol, the paths of an insurrectionist and a police officer converge. Will their lives ever be the same? Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the full audiobook: https://apple.co/409b0NL From Pineapple Street Studios, Wondery, and Amazon Music

    41 min

  7. EPISODE 7 • PUSHKIN+ ONLY

    “Don’t Play with This” from Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s

    After hearing allegations from members of her family against two priests, Connie Walker sets out to investigate these men and their work at St. Michael’s, a residential school in Canada. What she discovers is alarming. But when Connie shares her findings with a survivor who knew her father, he issues a stark warning that leaves her reeling. Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the full audiobook: https://apple.co/409b0NL From Gimlet Media and Spotify Originals

    43 min

  8. EPISODE 8 • PUSHKIN+ ONLY

    “The Man from Fifth Avenue” from One Year: 1986

    The stranger-than-fiction story of a mysterious American who starred in a Soviet propaganda film during the late Cold War. Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the full audiobook: https://apple.co/409b0NL From Slate Podcasts

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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 Award-winning podcast Ear Hustle NPR The New York Times Critically-acclaimed investigative podcast Stolen Actor Lake Bell Richard Parks III Rumble Strip

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