Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens.

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On today’s episode, host Jo Reed and AudioFile contributor Brian Price discuss John Muir’s observations crafted over the two years he lived in a tiny cabin alongside Yosemite Creek. Narrator Nick McArdle is a Scotsman, like Muir, and the author’s words wash over listeners like a walk in the woods. McArdle imparts all of the author’s enthusiasm for every encounter with the park’s flora, fauna, and geology. Muir’s spirit of discovery and magical descriptions live on in this beautiful narrative trek through an awe-inspiring ecosystem.

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Behind the Mic

Behind the Mic

Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile Editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. All in 6 minutes or less. It’s short, sweet, and just what your ears need.