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Betsy LaQuanda Ross is a self-proclaimed “Peculiar Patriot”, who makes regular visits to penitentiaries in order to boost the morale of her loved ones. When she is not sharing neighborhood updates and gossip, Betsy illuminates our country’s cruel and unjust criminal justice system and its impact not only on the 2.3 million people behind bars, but also their family and friends.

Seeking shelter after a bad break-up, host Laura Nagy falls into the bizarre and beautiful online world of ASMR, where strangers murmur sweet nothings to lonely listeners. But there's more than just comfort to be found here. How will these whispers crack her open, and what will they reveal? Are these anonymous voices all safe - or are there predators lurking here? A timely and powerful personal story, Pillow Talk is one woman’s journey into the heart of the internet and the truth of her own past.

In the wake of the George Floyd murder and calls for defunding the police, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd reflects on our changing points of view on law enforcement through a personal prism - the life and times of her father. For four decades, Detective Sergeant Michael J. Dowd served on the Washington, DC, police force, guarding presidents and catching killers. Meanwhile, his daughter grew up as a child of the 1960s, embracing liberal politics and evolving into a journalist some presidents might have thought they needed to be guarded from.

‘Getting lost to find yourself’ stories don’t often involve going to prison, unless you're award-winning comedian Angella Dravid. Love, Rock Bottom and other Triumphs is her story inspired by true events of a dorky teen who runs away from her dysfunctional family to marry her chat-room true love, almost 30 years her senior and living on the other side of the earth. BUT things get bad. Like, terrible. Yet, this is a surprisingly uplifting journey of finding yourself.

Die Audio-Dokumentation mit bislang ungehörten O-Tönen der jungen Christiane F. (15): "Auf der einen Seite wusste ich, dass irgendwann einmal ein Wendepunkt in meinem Leben kommen wird. Das heißt aber auch, dass ich eben vielleicht noch ein paar Mal auf die Schnauze fliegen muss bevor es soweit kommt." West-Berlin in den 70ern: In dem Gemisch aus Abschottung, Kunst, Kultur, Politik und Drogen entstehen Parallelgesellschaften mit einmaligen Möglichkeiten, aber auch neuen Gefahren.

2020 sin duda será recordado como el año en el que la humanidad se vio obligada a recluirse por la pandemia del Coronavirus. Audible ha querido dejar constancia de este momento excepcional a través de la correspondencia entre Isabel Coixet y Elisabet Benavent, dos mujeres que nos cuentan cómo están viviendo estos tiempos.

To The Woman is Audible UK's flagship podcast series for International Women's Day.

O lugar da Paola Carosella sempre foi a cozinha – até que a fama, a pressão do julgamento constante e a polarização política no país que ela escolheu para viver tiraram até isso dela. Na tentativa de achar um caminho de volta, a renomada chef de cozinha e apresentadora achou as respostas que ela procurava nos livros de uma ensaísta norte-americana: M.F.K. Fisher.

Seeking shelter after a bad break-up, host Laura Nagy falls into the bizarre and beautiful online world of ASMR, where strangers murmur sweet nothings to lonely listeners. But there's more than just comfort to be found here. How will these whispers crack her open, and what will they reveal? Are these anonymous voices all safe - or are there predators lurking here? A timely and powerful personal story, Pillow Talk is one woman’s journey into the heart of the internet and the truth of her own past.