This Is the Author

In this episode, meet writer Brea Baker, founder and CEO of Babes Ciera Rogers, and writer and former Executive Editor of Teen Vogue Samhita Mukhopadhyay. Tune in to hear the beautiful story behind Brea Baker’s book Rooted, what Ciera Rogers is most excited for listeners to hear, and why Samhita Mukhopadhyay calls the experience of recording her audiobook “meditative.”

Rooted by Brea Baker

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712584/rooted-by-brea-baker/9780593908228/

The Outsider Advantage by Ciera Rogers

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671352/the-outsider-advantage-by-ciera-rogers/9780593867419/

The Myth of Making It by Samhita Mukhopadhyay

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690129/the-myth-of-making-it-by-samhita-mukhopadhyay/9780593677742/

In this episode, meet writer, producer, and podcaster Priyanka Mattoo, actor, film producer, and film director Griffin Dunne, and speaker and former journalist Jess H. Gutierrez. Hear these authors share what it was like to fully inhabit their memoirs in the audio booth, and the recording moments that surprised and delighted them most. Plus, more behind-the-scenes details on what only audiobook listeners will hear.

Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones by Priyanka Mattoo: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/677112/bird-milk-and-mosquito-bones-by-priyanka-mattoo/audio

The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717278/the-friday-afternoon-club-by-griffin-dunne/audio

A Product of Genetics (and Day Drinking) by Jess H. Gutierrez: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740096/a-product-of-genetics-and-day-drinking-by-jess-h-gutierrez/audio

In this episode, meet therapist and founder of The Embodiment Institute Prentis Hemphill, writer and podcast producer Glynnis MacNicol, and hospice nurse Julie McFadden. Hear these authors on how they prepared to record their audiobooks, what it was like to get vulnerable behind the mic, and their favorite recording moments.

What it Takes to Heal by Prentiss Hemphill

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/726173/what-it-takes-to-heal-by-prentis-hemphill/9780593908402/

I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself by Glynnis MacNicol

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/736781/im-mostly-here-to-enjoy-myself-by-glynnis-macnicol/9780593908945/

Nothing to Fear by Julie McFadden

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734126/nothing-to-fear-by-julie-mcfadden-rn/9780593868010/

In this episode, meet Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham, founder and CEO of Khan Academy Salman Khan, and economic commentator Kyla Scanlon. Hear Jon Meacham on writing the life of President George H.W. Bush, Salman Khan on how artificial intelligence can have a positive impact on education, and Kyla Scanlon on helping lay people understand what’s going on in the contemporary economy. Plus, what it was like for these authors to record their audiobooks. Enjoy!

The Call to Serve by Jon Meacham: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735686/the-call-to-serve-by-jon-meacham/audio

Brave New Words by Salman Khan: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740806/brave-new-words-by-salman-khan/audio

In This Economy? by Kyla Scanlon: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737854/in-this-economy-by-kyla-scanlon/audio

S9 E16: In this episode, meet former Apple executive and one of Fortune’s “Most Powerful Women” Denise Young, founder of The New Happy company Stephanie Harrison, and writer and cultural worker KB Brookins. Press play to hear about the unique way Denise Young prepared to record, the two big problems that inspired Stephanie Harrison to write her book, and what KB Brookins is most excited for listeners to hear, as a reader and as a writer.

When We Are Seen by Denise Young

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671511/when-we-are-seen-by-denise-young/9780593868904/

New Happy by Stephanie Harrison

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714480/new-happy-by-stephanie-harrison/9780593828229/

Pretty by KB Brookins

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724994/pretty-by-kb-brookins/9780593906774/

In this episode, meet Vanessa Angélica Villarreal, physician and Levels Health co-founder Casey Means, and culture, science, and nature writer Lucy Jones. Tune in to hear the one word Vanessa Angélica Villarreal would use to describe her recording experience, what Casey Means is most excited for her listeners to hear, and what inspired Lucy Jones to write her book about motherhood.

Magical/Realism by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704670/magicalrealism-by-vanessa-angelica-villarreal/audio/

Good Energy by Casey Means, MD: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/727184/good-energy-by-casey-means-md-with-calley-means/audio/

Matrescence by Lucy Jones: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714054/matrescence-by-lucy-jones/audio/

In this episode, meet World Champion lacrosse player and Premier Lacrosse League co-founder Paul Rabil, psychotherapist Dr. Christy Angelle Bauman, and psychotherapist and founder of Brown Girl Therapy, Sahaj Kaur Kohli. Hear Paul Rabil on the ups and downs of pursuing elite performance (and how one of his personal life lessons came into play in the recording booth), Dr. Christy Angelle Bauman on sharing insights from an 18-year therapy career, and Sahaj Kaur Kohli on writing the book she needed as a young person and the importance of delving into our own stories. Plus, what each of these authors is most excited for listeners to hear.

The Way of the Champion by Paul Rabil

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725004/the-way-of-the-champion-by-paul-rabil-foreword-by-bill-belichick/9780593829660/

Her Rites by Dr. Christy Angelle Bauman

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737880/her-rites-by-christy-angelle-bauman-phd/9780593861127/

But What Will People Say? by Sahaj Kaur Kohli

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/705868/but-what-will-people-say-by-sahaj-kaur-kohli-maed-lgpc/9780593789537/

In this episode, meet journalist Sean Patrick Cooper, writer Dominic Gordon, and writer Suzanne Scanlon. Hear what inspired these authors to write their books, and what most surprised them about recording their audiobooks. Enjoy!

The Shooter at Midnight by Sean Patrick Cooper: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/625173/the-shooter-at-midnight-by-sean-patrick-cooper/audio

Excitable Boy by Dominic Gordon: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768153/excitable-boy-by-dominic-gordon/audio

Committed by Suzanne Scanlon: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712686/committed-by-suzanne-scanlon/audio

In this episode, meet bestselling author Chanel Miller, bestselling author Amy Tan, and historian Nell Irvin Painter. Tune in to hear how each of these writers turned their everyday experiences into extraordinary audiobooks, and what they’re most excited for listeners to hear.

Magnolia Wu Unfolds it All by Chanel Miller

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735878/magnolia-wu-unfolds-it-all-by-chanel-miller/9780593867372/

The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717452/the-backyard-bird-chronicles-by-amy-tan/9780593824726/

I Just Keep Talking by Nell Irvin Painter

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/708347/i-just-keep-talking-by-nell-irvin-painter/9780593821343/

In this episode, meet actor George Takei, bestselling writer Leila Mottley, and neuroscientist-turned-environmental journalist Clayton Page Aldern. Listen in as these authors share powerful histories and coming-of-age stories, from George Takei's childhood experience in a US internment camp during World War II, to Leila Mottley's poems of becoming, to Clayton Page Aldern's exploration of the surprising intersection between physical health and climate change.

My Lost Freedom by George Takei

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/708382/my-lost-freedom-by-george-takei-illustrated-by-michelle-lee/9780593865286/

woke up no light by Leila Mottley

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672149/woke-up-no-light-by-leila-mottley/9780593869444/

The Weight of Nature by Clayton Page Aldern

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717097/the-weight-of-nature-by-clayton-page-aldern/9780593827420/