Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine
Find your next great audiobook on our podcast, Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine. Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile Editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. All in 6 minutes or less. It’s short, sweet, and just what your ears need. Want more? Listen to our bonus episodes featuring conversations with the best voices in the audiobook industry.
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ROBIN MILES: Golden Voice Narrator
Robin Miles is a student of dialects and accents, including African, Haitian, Creole, or simply brilliant regional American accents. Her timing and pace within each work are finely tuned, and she keeps listeners within the story.
5 min
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GERARD DOYLE: Golden Voice Narrator
Golden Voice Gerard Doyle has a voice that begs to be followed—like the Pied Piper. From Irish noir to fantasy, let Gerard immerse you in the story.
6 min
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ALYSSA BRESNAHAN: Golden Voice Narrator
Golden Voice Alyssa Bresnahan is a confident storyteller who can match the emotion of the characters. She’s able to elevate a story and make it memorable for listeners. Alyssa is active on Broadway but makes time for audiobooks.
5 min
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GEORGE GUIDALL: Golden Voice Narrator
Golden Voice George Guidall is a consummate storyteller. He astutely understands an author’s approach and delivers the essence of the written work. One of the first narrators to elevate the audiobook art form, he has recorded more than 1,300 audiobooks.
7 min
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SIMON JONES: Golden Voice Narrator
Golden Voice Simon Jones played the role of Arthur Dent in the original BBC Radio cast of THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY. His roles on stage and screen and in audiobooks capitalize on Simon’s keen sense of wit and humor.
4 min
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DION GRAHAM: Golden Voice Narrator
Golden Voice Dion Graham is a storyteller for any age group. Dion can swing from Miles Davis to Trombone Shorty. He always connects with his audience, whether he’s narrating mysteries, history, or audiobooks for children.
6 min
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BARBARA ROSENBLAT: Golden Voice Narrator
Golden Voice Barbara Rosenblat is an audiobook superstar. She creates an energy field around her electrifies each audiobook she records. She is superb with accents, unfailingly accurate and consistent—from the Bronx to Bridget Jones.
6 min
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SIMON PREBBLE: Golden Voice Narrator
Golden Voice Simon Prebble’s smooth British voice and keen facility with accents distinguish his performances of multi-volume mystery and romance series, literary fiction, and history—from Sherlock Holmes to Shackleton.
6 min
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Interview with Scott Brick - AudioFile Magazine...
Golden Voice narrator Scott Brick celebrates 20 years in audiobooks this June. He received the honor of Golden Voice fifteen years ago as his prolific career took off quickly. He delights listeners with his many sci-fi, fantasy, and suspense audiobooks.
29 min
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SUZANNE TOREN: Golden Voice Narrator Interview
In June 2019, Suzanne Toren was honored as a Golden Voice, AudioFile's lifetime achievement honor for audiobook narrators. Suzanne chats with Robin Whitten about her long career in audiobooks and some of the aspects she particularly loves.
10 min
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JOHNNY HELLER: Golden Voice Narrator Interview
Audiobook narrator Johnny Heller was honored as a Golden Voice in June 2019. This achievement honor is given to top narrators who exemplify the very best in audiobook talent. Johnny chats with Michele Cobb about some of his audiobook adventures.
6 min
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BAHNI TURPIN: Golden Voice Narrator Interview
In June 2019, Bahni Turpin was honored as a Golden Voice, AudioFile's lifetime achievement honor for audiobook narrators. Stories with a bit of magic are among Bahni’s favorites—listen as Bahni and Robin Whitten chat about her favorite genres.
9 min
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EDOARDO BALLERINI: Golden Voice Narrator Interview
Audiobook narrator Edoardo Ballerini was honored as a Golden Voice in June 2019. AudioFile’s lifetime achievement honor is given to top narrators who exemplify the very best in audiobook talent. Edoardo chats with Michele Cobb about his craft.
6 min
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JANUARY LAVOY: Golden Voice Narrator Interview
In June 2019, January LaVoy was honored as a Golden Voice, AudioFile's lifetime achievement honor for audiobook narrators. Listen in as January talks with Robin Whitten about some highlights and behind the scenes moments in her audiobook career.
10 min
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FROM SCRATCH by Tembi Locke, read by Tembi Locke
Tembi and Saro shared a brilliant love, even though their romance wasn’t easy. Tembi’s smooth, warm voice transports listeners as she narrates her memoir about creating a family, losing her husband to cancer, and finding hope in the Sicilian countryside.
4 min
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PRIDE, PREJUDICE, AND OTHER FLAVORS by Sonali D...
A fresh, modern take on the Jane Austen classic. When Dr. Trisha Raje and Chef DJ Caine meet, sparks fly—but for all the wrong reasons. Soneela Nankani makes the intricate relationships (and DJ’s drool-worthy creations) real for the listener.
4 min
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RED WHITE & ROYAL BLUE by Casey McQuiston, read...
Imagine a whirlwind romance between England’s Prince Henry and Alex Claremont-Diaz, son of the first female U.S. President. Ramón de Ocampo brings out all the emotion in a story full of political intrigue, royal secrets, and ridiculous late-night texting.
4 min
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WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH by Elizabeth Acevedo, rea...
For every listener who loved THE POET X! Elizabeth Acevedo warmly narrates her feel-good YA novel about aspiring chef Emoni, who navigates life as both a high school senior and a single mom and discovers how to harness her magic in the kitchen.
4 min
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THE BRIDE TEST by Helen Hoang, read by Emily Wo...
In a moving and unconventional love story, Khai Diep is convinced he is incapable of feeling love, and Esme Tran jumps at the chance to show him he is wrong. A delightful romance by the author of THE KISS QUOTIENT, skillfully read by Emily Woo Zeller.
4 min
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KARAMO by Karamo Brown, read by Karamo Brown
“Queer Eye” fans will want to hear social worker and cultural commentator Karamo Brown narrate his debut audiobook. Brown’s fascinating memoir is a blend of his background and life lessons and what shaped his worldview and empowered him to help others.
3 min
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MY LOVELY WIFE by Samantha Downing, read by Dav...
This debut thriller has an astonishing premise: a happily married couple whose hobby is killing innocent women. Narrator David Pittu gives a subtle, seemingly effortless performance that draws listeners completely into the charade.
4 min
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MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE by Lori Gottli...
Psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb describes her experiences helping clients and shares a few of her own issues—like how to help others when you find your own life in disarray. Narrator Brittany Pressley stays true to the author’s intent.
4 min
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LIGHTS ALL NIGHT LONG by Lydia Fitzpatrick, rea...
Ilya is an exchange student from Russia who comes to Louisiana and leaves behind a brother. Narrator Michael Crouch takes this fascinating novel and makes it downright riveting as an audiobook.
4 min
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NORMAL PEOPLE by Sally Rooney, read by Aoife Mc...
Set in Ireland, Sally Rooney’s subtle writing and engrossing plot work with narrator Aoife McMahon’s nimble, witty performance and gorgeous Irish accent in this story of Connell and Marianne’s special relationship.
4 min
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LATE BLOOMERS by Rich Karlgaard, read by Fred S...
Early achievers get all the attention—the prodigy, the phenom, the superstar. The author explores alternative narratives with this look at “The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement,” and narrator Fred Sanders makes it accessible to listeners.
5 min