The Story of Arlington National Cemetery

Written and Narrated By: Robert M. Poole

Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins

…Where those who’ve fought for us go to Rest In Peace…

The Lost Recordings

By: Luis Alberto González Arenas, Diego Morales De Murga / Narrated By: Robb Moreira, Thom Rivera, Ozzie Rodriguez, Gabriel Romero, Pietro Gonzalez, Julia Vera Andrews, Frankie Maria Corzo, Rene Veron

Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins

Intricate, Inspiring, Very Well-Done

The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China

By: Jonathan Kaufman / Narrated By: Joel Richards

Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins

Engaging, a real treat!

And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

By: Sam Kean / Narrated By: Sean Runnette

Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins

SUCH True Science, I mean, like, reeeeally! has me Wanting ‘bout, ooooh I dunno, TWELVE of My Hours Back…?!

Migrant Farmworkers in the United States

By: Seth Holmes / Narrated By: Paul Costanzo

Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins

No really, beYONd a Left/Right Issue—this is just a shared humanity, isn’t it?!?

When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes

By: Elizabeth Lesser / Narrated By: Xe Sands

Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins

First time? Liked it. Second time? Oh gosh! juuuuuust what I NEEDED!!!

Written and Narrated By: Thomas Fudge

Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins

Snooooze… hypotheses suggested… snooooze…. no conclusions drawn… snooooooze… Whazza? Is it over?!

By: Sarah Vowell / Narrated By: Sarah Vowell, Conan O'Brien, Seth Green, Stephen Colbert

Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins

No finer essayist on All Things American—The Good, The Bad, The Ugly… The Hilarious…!

By: Sarah Vowell / Narrated By: Sarah Vowell, Conan O'Brien, Catherine Keener, Stephen King, Dave Eggers, Jon Stewart

Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins

Uneven guest narrators don’t throw off a delight. Morbid meets Road Trip

Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

By: Steven Johnson / Narrated By: George Newbern

Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins

Oh how I do so love Steven Johnson! This one neither disappoints, nor does it go off on a meandering tangent in the end. Rather, it’s one looooong meandering and delightful tangent!!!

History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them

By: Jennifer Wright / Narrated By: Gabra Zackman

Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins

Maybe not very Academic, but WILDLY entertaining… Plus, the cover has the Creepy Beak-Doctor from my nightmares…!

How Microbes Shaped Our History

By: Dorothy H. Crawford / Narrated By: Jennifer M. Dixon

Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins

Taken in by the cover; bored to death by the text

52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World

By: Mackenzi Lee / Narrated By: Lucy James

Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins

Itty bitty snippets/bios of a gazillion and six women who rocked

Six Queens of Egypt

Written and Narrated By: Kara Cooney

Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins

Well… I liked it, but I can see how they haaaaaated it over on Audible :(

A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus

By: Bill Wasik, Monica Murphy / Narrated By: Johnny Heller

Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins

Can Rabies be a lot of fun?!? Why, yes! It can! HUZZAH!

An Audible Original

Written and Performed By: Merrill Markoe, Megan Koester

Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins

Markoe and Koester knock this one outta the park!

The True Story of Santa Claus and His Christmas Mission

By: Robert Sullivan / Narrated By: John Ritter

Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins

Very entertaining once past the beginning and through some audio glitches…