HeyJaredThis Is the Author
A podcast about authors reading their audiobooks from Penguin Random House Audio.
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S11 E36: David Soren, Tim Manley, and M. T. Anderson (opens the original)
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In this episode, meet director, screenwriter, and illustrator David Soren, filmmaker and storyteller Tim Manley, and award-winning children’s book author M.T. Anderson. Hear David Soren on how his voiceover experience in the animation world influenced his narration, Tim Manley on the nuance of creating stand-up comedy scenes for his audiobook, and M.T. Anderson on the incredible true story that led him to write his action-packed new book. Visible by David Soren https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com
S11 E35: Sona Movsesian, Barry Blanchard, and Sam Tallent (opens the original)
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In this episode, meet author and cohost of Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend Sona Movsesian, world-renowned alpinist and mountain guide Barry Blanchard, and comedian Sam Tallent. Hear about the items Sona Movsesian’s kids gave her for the recording studio, the parts of his book Barry Blanchard is most excited for listeners to hear, and the unorthodox way Sam Tallent prepared to record his audiobook. The World's Worst Mom by Sona Movsesian: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/785801/the-worlds-wo
S11 E34: Vanessa Fuchs, Emily W. King, and Noelle Mering (opens the original)
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In this episode, meet science communicator and host of the Branch Out podcast Vanessa Fuchs, child psychologist Emily W. King, and Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center Noelle Mering. Hear Vanessa Fuchs on how the incredible world of plants influences our daily lives, Emily W. King on what inspired her to write her book, and Noelle Mering on what she’s most excited for listeners to hear. What the Flora? by Vanessa Fuchs https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/854834/what-the-flora-by-va
S11 E34: Vanessa Fuchs, Emily W. King, and Noelle Mering (opens the original)
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In this episode, meet science communicator and host of the Branch Out podcast Vanessa Fuchs, child psychologist Emily W. King, and Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center Noelle Mering. Hear Vanessa Fuchs on how the incredible world of plants influences our daily lives, Emily W. King on what inspired her to write her book, and Noelle Mering on what she’s most excited for listeners to hear. What the Flora? by Vanessa Fuchs https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/854834/what-the-flora-by-va
S11 E33: 2026 Library Card Sign-up Month Special Compilation (opens the original)
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September is Library Card Sign-up Month! To celebrate the vibrancy of the libraries we love and all that they bring to our communities, we're pleased to present this special compilation episode of This Is the Author, in which you can hear authors Isaac Fitzgerald, Eli Hardwood, Elizabeth Preston, Hill Harper, Brooke Averick, Alexandra Elle, Libby Ward, Nephi Craig, Kate Bowler, David Epstein, J. J. Johnson, Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, Nathan Peterson, Emily Durham, Clare Sullivan, Nicholas Epley,
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