Rebecca Clarren steadily narrates her own work, a look at the dispossessed Jews who benefited from the dispossession of the Lakota from their own lands in South Dakota. Clarren is descended from Russian Jews who homesteaded where property was stripped away, by various violent and questionable means, from the Indigenous people who were there first. She weaves together the story of her family with that of the Lakota in a riveting account of an overlooked piece of American history. Clarren is a capable narrator, though some listeners may find she does not have the range of a professional performer. She moves the fascinating story along, and that, coupled with the strength of the narrative itself, makes this a recommended listen.
Pub Date: Oct. 3, 2023
Duration: 9 hrs, 30 mins
DD ISBN: 9780593789667
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Friedman’s powerful performance captures the solemnity and determination of an act of heroism that resonates in Israel...
Journalist Friedman narrates this detailed history of 23-year-old Hannah Senesh and those she accompanied on one of the most surprising military operations in World War II history. In 1944, a team of Jews that had escaped Nazi-occupied Europe parachuted back across enemy lines, and in the process, cemented into consciousness one of Israel’s most popular founding myths. Combining detailed journalism with the perfect pacing of a born storyteller, Friedman delivers the often heartbreaking facts of the team’s history and how one of Senesh’s poems became the beloved Hebrew song “Eli Eli.”
Friedman’s powerful performance captures the solemnity and determination of an act of heroism that resonates in Israel to this day.Pub Date: March 24, 2026
Duration: 6 hrs, 36 mins
DD ISBN: 9798318436871
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau by Spotify Audiobooks
Review Posted Online: June 16, 2026
With understated naturalism, Rob Shapiro introduces listeners to Sid Caesar, the first comic superstar of television. From 1949 to 1957, as many as 60 million viewers tuned in weekly to Caesar's inspired improvisational sketch comedy juggernauts, "Your Show of Shows" and "Caesar's Hour." Caesar's writers' room of protégés such as Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, and Neil Simon went on to influence the entertainment world for close to 70 years. Shapiro's delivery reflects the author's emphatic, almost argumentative, opinion that even with his volatile temper, self-doubt, addictions, and professional burnout, Caesar should be fondly remembered. Who's forgetting? The rags-to-riches story of a Jewish boy from Yonkers practically inventing television comedy is the stuff of legend.
Pub Date: Nov. 11, 2025
Duration: 13 hrs, 30 mins
DD ISBN: 9798217165575
Publisher: Random House Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
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