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Animal Farm: Penguin Modern Classics by George Orwell

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361466 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361466] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Animal Farm: Penguin Modern Classics Author: George Orwell Narrator: Adam Buxton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 23 minutes Release date: January 7, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others' When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless élite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought, and find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced with another. (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Reprehensible: Polite Histories of Bad Behaviour by Mikey Robins

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374877 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374877] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reprehensible: Polite Histories of Bad Behaviour Author: Mikey Robins Narrator: Mikey Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 18 minutes Release date: August 5, 2020 Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody Publisher's Summary: Rollicking and informative, Reprehensible: Polite Histories of Bad Behaviour is your guide through some of the most shameful behaviour indulged in by humanity’s most celebrated figures, as told by Mikey Robins, one of Australia’s most loved comedians. It is often said that we live in an era of constant outrage, but we are definitely not the inventors of outrageousness. Let’s be honest, human beings have always been appalling. Not everyone and not all the time, but our history is littered with those whose work and deeds  have rendered them . . . reprehensible. Sometimes it’s our most esteemed luminaries who behave the worst. What are we to make of Catherine the Great’s extensive collection of pornographic furniture, Hans Christian Andersen’s too-much-information diary and Karl Marx’s epic pub crawls? Or hall-of-fame huckster William McCloundy, who in 1901 actually ‘sold’ the Brooklyn Bridge to an unsuspecting tourist, and the pharaoh who covered his slaves in honey to keep flies off his meal? Did you know about the royal ticklers of the House of Romanov, and the bizarre coronation rituals of early Irish kings? (Let’s just say that eating a white horse wasn’t the weirdest part of the ceremony.) So sit back and rest your conscience: there will be a host of scoundrels, bounders and reprobates, tales of lust and power aplenty, as we indulge in that sweet spot where history meets outrage, with just a bit of old-school TMZ thrown in for good measure. Praise for Reprehensible: ‘Finally, Mikey Robins has put his vulgar mind to good use, telling history’s lesser known grubby yarns. I love it!’ Tom Gleeson

Yes, I Can Say That: When They Come for the Comedians, We Are All in Trouble by Judy Gold

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370558 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370558] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Yes, I Can Say That: When They Come for the Comedians, We Are All in Trouble Author: Judy Gold Narrator: Judy Gold Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: July 28, 2020 Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody Publisher's Summary: ''No one makes me laugh harder than Judy Gold. If I had to pick one comedian to write a book about free speech, it would be Judy.'' – Amy Schumer From award-winning comedian Judy Gold, an equal parts thoughtful and hilarious polemic on the current efforts to censor comedians, arguing that they undermine the art—and purpose—of comedy itself. “You can say anything that comes to mind as long as it is funny.” — Richard Pryor The fallout after Michelle Wolf’s roast at the 2018 White House Correspondent’s Dinner, Samantha Bee’s forced apology after calling Ivanka Trump a “feckless c*nt,” Kathy Griffin’s being “blacklisted” from Hollywood after posting a photo with what looked like the president’s severed head, all represent a dangerous and growing trend—to censor comedians. In Yes I Can Say That, comedy veteran Judy Gold argues that ''no one has the right to tell comics what they can or cannot joke about…. Laughter is a unifier. It's the best medicine. It's also the most palatable way to bring up seditious, subversive topics.” For Gold, nothing is more insidious than enforcing silence and repressing jokes—the job of a comedian is to expose society's demons, and confront them head-on, no prisoners allowed. In ten impassioned polemics, she frames comedy as a tool of empowerment, a way to reclaim hateful rhetoric and battle the democracy-crushing plight of censorship. Uninhibited and bold, Gold is as skilled at making readers laugh as she is at exposing uncomfortable truths about our culture and society. In this era of partisan politics and gaping inequalities, Yes I Can Say That is the refreshingly candid, wickedly funny and deliciously blunt manifesto we need.

You're Not Special: A (Sort-of) Memoir by Meghan Rienks

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/348941 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/348941] to listen full audiobooks. Title: You're Not Special: A (Sort-of) Memoir Author: Meghan Rienks Narrator: Meghan Rienks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 5, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody Publisher's Summary: In her first-ever (sort of) memoir, the beloved actor and YouTube sensation gets personal about everything from mental health to drunken debaucheries with this “brave, behind-the-webcam look at self-discovery” (Kirkus Reviews). As an only child raised in a town of less than 8,000 people and without a Starbucks in sight, Meghan Rienks has always been pretty good at entertaining herself. Then one day—cue the dramatic voiceover—her life changed forever. In 2010, Meghan was diagnosed with mononucleosis. Mono is basically just a really bad case of the flu, right? Wrong. To a party crazed sixteen-year-old, mono is social suicide. More than anything, it’s just plain boring. So, Meghan opened up her MacBook, used the webcam for something other than a bad Andy Warhol–style photobooth session, and recorded her first YouTube video. Since then, Meghan has shared the ups and downs of her life with the internet, documenting her teenage years for the whole world to see. Now that she’s (mostly) through her awkward stage, Meghan’s here to tell you that it gets better. You’re not alone in the thoughts you think. Sometimes a bad hair day feels worse than a punch in the gut and asking a boy out seems about as difficult as achieving that perfect dewy glow. But despite what you’ve been told, your problems are not unique, and somebody else has felt the way you feel right at this very moment. You’re not special. But you’re also not alone on the bumpy road to adulthood.

Alex Edelman: Millennial & Peer Group: Two BBC Radio 4 comedy series by Alex Edelman

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370542 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370542] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alex Edelman: Millennial & Peer Group: Two BBC Radio 4 comedy series Author: Alex Edelman Narrator: Alex Edelman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 2 minutes Release date: April 16, 2020 Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody Publisher's Summary: Alex Edelman - Bostonian native and winner of the prestigious Best Newcomer Award at the 2014 Edinburgh Comedy Festival - brings his unique wit to an exploration of what it means to be a Millennial today. This collection includes two of his BBC Radio 4 series: Millennial: In this half-hour radio special version of his Edinburgh Award-winning show, Alex Edelman gives his take on how his industrious demographic is both ridiculed and misunderstood, and how he's used his smart-arse wit to bite back. Peer Group: The Complete Series 1 and 2: Alex takes a look at what it means to be an adult in a millennial world, with help from his 'peer group'. From what millennials actually want to own (apart from - obviously - a house) in a world where so much is disposable, to how social media has insinuated its way into his life, and what it means to be political in today's world. Is Alex Edelman an adult yet? When will he feel like one? Is he part of a generation that's increasingly emotionally stunted? And is the internet responsible? Produced by Sam Michell A BBC Studios Production