NPR podcast cohost Aisha Harris passionately dissects pop culture, delivering an honest portrayal of her life. Her musings are funny, tender, and sometimes searing rebuttals of others' critiques. Harris examines the "Black friend" trope by referencing the TV shows "New Girl," "Scrubs," and "Happy Endings." She compares the development of serialization, reboots, remakes, sequels, and reimaginings to the dwindling amount of original content and ponders the current nostalgia trend. She explains why she doesn't want to have children by referencing movies like KNOCKED UP and shows like "Catastrophe." Her casual style creates a tone of friendly conversation. For example, as a comeback to criticism of an article of hers that went viral, she exhaustedly sighs, "Whatever . . ."
Pub Date: June 13, 2023
Duration: 7 hrs, 30 mins
DD ISBN: 9780063249974
Publisher: Harper Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Inspiring collections of Angelou reading her poetry. These selections showcase Angelou's smooth, lyrical voice and her warm vitality. Her innate rhythm celebrates her verse and offers the poems to listeners as they should be remembered. Occasionally Angelou comments between the selections, and occasionally she interjects a resonant laugh.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: N/A
Publisher: Random House Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Hakimi does his best to keep this encyclopedic history of film moving.
Aden Hakimi possesses a classic narrator’s voice, polished and mellow, adaptable to a wide range of subjects. His accomplished performance and steady pacing anchor a narrative that is more a roll call than a history. In this vast assembly of movie titles and synopses, Hakimi’s skilled voice is the unifying element. The author is expansive, perceptive, and highly versed, and listeners may well find that his taste in films is matchless. But while his narrative proceeds more or less chronologically, it doesn’t supply its narrator with a discernable theme or thread—or anything distinctly revisionist, for that matter.
Hakimi does his best to keep this encyclopedic history of film moving.Pub Date: July 7, 2026
Duration: 11 hrs, 57 mins
DD ISBN: 9781668141717
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Review Posted Online: July 28, 2026
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