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p>Food and drink often feature prominently in our favorite stories. It can help introduce us to new or fantastical cultures, connect us with our past, and bring together our favorite characters in celebration or loss. Our panel (Shachi Bhatt, Mark Siegal, and Scott Ullery) will be cooking up their favorite literary meals with each course coming from a different audiobook.

Round 1:

Shachi: Páramo de Guzmán Cheese from The Telling Room (Written by: Michael Paterniti / Narrated by: L.J. Ganser) [Audible]

Mark: Green Smoothies from Laurie Berkner's Song and Story Kitchen (Written by: Laurie Berkner, The Laurie Berkner Band / Narrated by: Laurie Berkner, Josiah Gaffney) [Audible Stories (free)] / [Audible]/ [Ep 29: Audible Originals]

Scott: Dr. Chef's Smoky Buns from The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Written by: By: Becky Chambers / Narrated by: Rachel Dulude)

[Libro.fm] /

[Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Ep 45: Wayfarers]

Round 2:

Shachi: The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African-american Culinary History in the Old South (Written + Narrated by: Michael W. Twitty [Libro.fm] /

[Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Mark: Red Kibble from The Expanse (Series) (Written by: James S. A. Corey / Narrated by: Jefferson Mays) [Libro.fm] /

[Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Ep 4]

Scott: Lembas (Elven bread) from The Fellowship of the Ring (Written by: J.R.R. Tolkien / Narrated By: Rob Inglis [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Round 3:

Shachi: Lickable Wallpaper from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Written By: Roald Dahl / Narrated by: Douglas Hodge) [Libro.fm] /

[Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Mark: Circus foods from The Night Circus (Written by: Erin Morgenstern / Narrated by: Jim Dale) [Libro.fm] /

[Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Ep 1]

Scott: Dr. Elma York's Chocolate Chess Pie from The Fated Sky (Written & Narrated By: Mary Robinette Kowal)

[Audible] / [Ep 27]

**Additional Picks:**

Shachi: Chocolate Cake (Matilda), "Eating Your Words" (The Phantom Tollbooth), The Joy Luck Club

Mark: (Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life), Harry Potter (series), fresh baked bread (The Golem and the Jinni)

Scott: Mark Watney's potatoes (The Martian); Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster (The Restaurant at the End of the Universe); Wine, Beer, Rum, Coffee, Tea, & Soda (A History of the World in 6 Glasses); Daughter of Fishes Tea (Ancillary Sword); Food: A Cultural History (The Great Courses); Wienerschnitzel from Redd Beirgarten (Menu Excerpts from Our Favorite Newark Restaurants)

**Other References:**

Audible Stories

James and the Giant Peach (Written By: Roald Dahl / Narrated By: Taika & Friends) [YouTube]

The Narrated audiobook club discusses The Hate U Give, written by Angie Thomas and narrated by Bahni Turpin. Panelists include: Shachi Bhatt and Scott Ullery

The Hate U Give [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Children of Blood & Bone (also narrated by Bahni Turpin) [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Talking to Strangers [Libro.fm] / Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Ep: 59]

Dan Moren returns to Narrated to discuss his latest novel The Aleph Extraction in The Galactic Cold War series. We also discuss audiobook production during a pandemic and play a quick game of Disney themed mashups.The Aleph Extraction is available in print and ebook on May 12th. The audiobook release is currently TBD, and will be narrated by Victor Bevine.

The Aleph Extraction [Indiebound] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Bayern Agenda [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Caledonian Gambit [Audible] / [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Short Stories (The Galactic Cold War series) [dmoren.com]

Six Colors: Self publishing

**Other Referenced Works:**

Gargoyles (Disney+)

Logan Lucky

Mission: Impossible

Felix Castor (series)

The Dresden Files (series)

**Dan Moren:**

The Incomparable

Total Party Kill

Inconceivable!

Not Playing with Lex & Dan

Clockwise

The Rebound

Website

Twitter (@dmoren)

Instagram

An audio review of Bowen Greenwood's novel, The Prophet Conspiracy, narrated by Anneliese Rennie, and published by Bowen Greenwood Communications

The Prophet Conspiracy [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Episode 36: Narrator Anneliese Rennie

Thank you to narrator Anneliese Rennie for providing a review copy of The Prophet Conspiracy.

An audio review of Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition, written by Rae Carson and narrated by Marc Thompson; and discussion of recent Star Wars novel/audiobook news.

Happy Star Wars Day !

The Rise of Skywalker [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Libro.fm]

**Star Wars Novels/Audiobook News:**

The High Republic (series) [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Libro.fm]

Doctor Aphra: An Audiobook Original Revealed (starwars.com)

**Other Referenced Works:**

Dooku: Jedi Lost [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Libro.fm] / [Ep 38]

[Ep 44]: Star Wars Audiobooks with Nick Martorelli

From a Certain Point of View [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Libro.fm]

Resistance Reborn [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Libro.fm]

Spark of the Resistance [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Libro.fm]

Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Libro.fm]

Thank you to Penguin Random House Audio for providing a review copy of The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition for today's episode.

Even the most avid audiobook listers often end up with a backlog of audiobooks on their To Be Listened (TBL) list. Mark Siegal joined me to discuss his TBL list and to pick out his next audiobook listen.

**Referenced Audiobooks:**

The Tales of Beedle the Bard : [Audible]

Murder Your Darlings [Audible]

The Art of X-Ray Reading [Audible]

This is How You Lose the Time War [Audible] [Ep 54: Gifting Audiobooks]

The Phantom Tollbooth : [Audible] [Ep 53]

Rip-Off! [Audible] [Ep 27: The Calculating Stars [Lady Astronaut series]]

The Baron in the Trees [Audible]

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler [Audible]

The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter [Audible]

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore [Audible] [Ep 33]

Norse Mythology [Audible]

Infinite Jest [Audible] + Infinite Jest, Part III: The Endnotes [Audible]

Kingkiller Chronicle [Audible]

The Android's Dream [Audible]

Agent to the Stars [Audible]

**Other Referenced Works:**

Harry Potter at Home [Website]

Westworld (TV)

Levar Burton Reads [Website ] [Live Stream on Twitter ]

The Expanse - Season 4 (TV)

EDIT/OR: Episode 18 - Quarantine Conference Day 3: Scott Ullery

**Mark's Full TBL List** at: https://narratedpodcast.com/episodes/067">Narrated Ep 67 (TV)

Author John Scalzi joined me to discuss his latest novel: The Last Emperox, narrated by Wil Wheaton. He also shares his thoughts on the growing popularity of audiobooks and how they have influenced his writing.

The Last Emperox is the third book of The Interdependency series and follows as Emperox Grayland II and her allies strive to save the planets of the Interdependency from isolation as The Flow, an interstellar connection between star systems, begins to collapse.

The Last Emperox [Audible]

The Interdependency series [Audible]

**Other Referenced John Scalzi Titles:**

Lock In series [Audible]

Old Man's War series [Audible]

The Dispatcher [Audible]

Redshirts [Audible]

**Other Links:**

For signed copies of The Last Emperox, contact: Jay and Mary's Book Center

Virtual Event (Tuesday April 14th, 6:00pm): Brookline Booksmith

**Connect with John Scalzi:**

Website: Whatever

Twitter: Scalzi

Facebook:John Scalzi

The Great Courses is an educational series of college-level audio courses that connect listeners with dynamic lecturers in a range of fields. Courses are available direct from The Great Courses or from Audible and Overdrive/Libby in similar manner to other audiobooks. I am joined by Mark Siegal.

The Great Courses [Direct] [Audible] [OverDrive/Libby]

Soon after recording, Audible released its Feed Your Mind sale which includes a number of The Great Courses offerings (sale ends March 27th, 2020)

**Courses Referenced:**

The Science of Sci-Fi: [Audible Original] (free with March 2020 Member Benefit)

How Great Science Fiction Works [Audible] [OverDrive/Libby]

Food: A Cultural Culinary History [Audible] [OverDrive/Libby]

Living History: Experiencing Great Events of the Ancient and Medieval Worlds [Audible] [OverDrive/Libby]

The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries [Audible] [OverDrive/Libby]

Great Ideas of Philosophy [Audible] [OverDrive/Libby]

Mysteries of Modern Physics: Time [Audible] [OverDrive/Libby]

The Vikings [Audible] [OverDrive/Libby]

**Other Referenced Works:**

Dr. Erin Explains the Universe (YouTube)

The Good Place and Jeremy Bearimy

Word by Word [Audible] [OverDrive/Libby]

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry [Audible] [OverDrive/Libby]

Narrator Greg Tremblay (Greg Boudreaux) joined me to discuss his experiences as an audiobook narrator including his early interest in spoken word stories, how he prepares for each new narration, and how he approaches character voices. Greg also shares his experiences with narrating the popular Arc of a Scythe series by Neal Shusterman.

Trained in vocal and stage performance, Greg Tremblay is an award winning audiobook narrator with over 260 titles, including recordings as Greg Boudreaux.

**Referenced Greg Tremblay and Greg Boudreaux Works:**

The Legacy Fleet series (by Nick Webb) [Audible]

Ralph Breaks The Internet (by Disney Press, adapted by Suzanne Francis) [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]

365 Bedtime Stories (by Disney Press) [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Arc of a Scythe series (by Neal Shusterman) [Audible] / [Ep 12: Scythe]

The LaNague Federation series (by F Paul Wilson) [Audible]

The Opus X series (by Michael Anderle) [Audible] / [Libro.fm]/ [Overdrive/Libby]

Twisted Wishes series (narrated as Greg Boudreaux, written by Anna Zabo) [Audible] / [Libro.fm]/ [Overdrive/Libby]

"OMG – you have the best job! How do *I* do that?"

Audio Books for Fun and Profit!

Greg Tremblay on: [Audible] / [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Greg Boudreaux on: [Audible] / [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

**Other Referenced Works:**

Brother Cadfael mysteries [Audible] / [Libro.fm]/ [Overdrive/Libby]

The Ten Thousand Doors of January [Audible] / [Libro.fm]/ [Overdrive/Libby]

Sailing Alone Around the World (by Joshua Slocum)

The Catcher in the Rye (by J.D. Salinger)

Unwind series (by Neal Shusterman) [Audible]

The Martian (by Andy Wier, narrated by Wil Wheaton) [Audible] - The R.C. Bray narration referenced in the episode is no longer available from Audible

**Contact Greg Tremblay:**

Website: https://gregtremblay.com/

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: gtremblayvoice

Facebook

An audio review of Andrew Krivak's novella, The Bear, narrated by Eric Jason Martin, that tells a powerful story of family, humanity, and our connection with nature. Published by HighBridge.

The Bear [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Thank you to the Libro.fm ALC Program and HighBridge Audio for providing a review copy of The Bear for today's episode.