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“When I become mayor, we become mayor.” Ras Baraka’s famous words speak to exactly who he is as a leader - a fiercely loyal member of his community. In this innovative and ground-breaking Audible Original, hear how Baraka - the mayor of Newark, New Jersey - grew from spoken-word artist to school principal to successful politician.

L'enigma Claus Von Bulow, uomo affascinante ed ambiguo accusato di aver ridotto a un vegetale sua moglie, gli inganni mortali di H.H. Holmes che nel suo hotel labirinto a Chicago uccise più di 27 persone, la follia del dottor Carl von Cosel che visse con il cadavere trafugato di una sua giovane paziente per otto anni, le oscure sorelle Wardlaw finite in cella per aver ridotto alla fame e e poi lasciato morire la loro figlia e nipote, sono alcune delle storie vere, avvenute tra la fine dell'Ottocento e il Novecento negli Stati Uniti.

One day, on her way to a date, Isabella Huffington gets hit by a bike. What begins as a concussion with a diagnosed recovery time of seven-to-ten days becomes more than two years of debilitating pain with no apparent end and a string of unhelpful doctor and specialist visits. In the wreckage, jobs are canceled. Leases are broken. There is no second date. What’s left is Isabella, her body, and her pain. Because the source of her pain cannot be located within the body, she is told over and over that her pain is psychosomatic. And Isabella believes it, over and over.   

Antonieta Osornio era una joven rebelde que se enamoró y se casó muy joven. Un día su marido la desafía y Tony decide saltar de un avión y como resultado de esa experiencia, Tony se vuelve adicta al paracaidismo. A partir de ese momento, su vida se convierte en una serie de aventuras, escapando de la muerte en tantas ocasiones que finalmente la llevan a convertirse en una fuente de inspiración y cambio para las personas con discapacidades motoras.

Who am I? Who were these people who made me who I am? And, what was this place? Was it ever what I thought it was? For celebrated journalist and author Julie Salamon, these recently became central questions. Salamon spent the first 18 years of her life Seaman, Ohio, a town that is part of the American heartland, a repository of mythology and misunderstanding.

In 2012, 21-year-old Dutch hacker David Schrooten was living at his parents’ house in the Netherlands and spending most of his time online. When he wasn’t squabbling with fellow hackers, he was making plans to visit his Romanian girlfriend. His life turned upside-down when Interpol agents arrested him at an airport in Romania on international hacking charges involving $63 million in damages. Soon Schrooten found himself extradited to the United States, a country where he had never been before.

"Torna a casa, Lessico!" Si parla di parole, in brevi episodi. Emergono in racconti, sfilano per temi. Etimologie, storie, significati, sfumature di significati, narrazioni. Un intrattenimento di parole utili al pensiero e alla vita, che non avete mai sentito così. Possiamo dirlo? Qualcosa di nuovo.

On a cold December evening in 2016 a terrified young woman turns up at a brothel in Germany with a French passport but doesn’t speak a word of French. The owner is suspicious and alerts the German authorities, igniting a groundbreaking and history-making global investigation where ancient rituals collide with the modern world of crime fighting.

Li puoi chiamare investigatori, poliziotti, detective, quelli dalla parte buona della giustizia, quelli che mettono in pericolo la loro vita per dare la caccia agli assassini; se nella storia del crimine c'è poco spazio per le vittime, ancor meno conosciamo della vita, dei metodi e dei successi degli "sbirri"; sappiamo solo che esistono, ed è quello che vogliono. Prova a cercare il loro nome nei motori di ricerca: troverai milioni di informazioni su Sherlock Holmes, Nero Wolfe, il commissario Derrick, il tenente Colombo. Ma chi conosce Dave Toschi o Marcel Guillame?

In der zweiten Staffel dieses Original Podcasts berichtet der erfahrene Tatortreiniger Thomas Kundt von tragischen und grotesken Fällen, die zu seinem Berufsalltag gehören. Dabei erlangen wir neue Erkenntnisse über die Details und Eigenarten des Jobs als Tatortreiniger, erhalten überraschende Einblicke hinter verschlossene Türen der Nachbarschaft und erfahren mehr über die gesellschaftspolitischen Prozesse, die zum Beispiel Einsamkeit fördern. Außerdem berichtet Thomas in dieser Staffel von der Heimlichtuerei eines ganzen, streng katholischen Dorfes und von schicksalhafter Gier.

Wer auch immer das Konzept Freundschaft erfunden hat: Vielen Dank! Gute Freunde tummelten sich auf den Schulhöfen unserer Kindheit, mit ihnen teilte man Geheimnisse und Betten, jetzt helfen sie einem im besten Falle beim Reflektieren und sie lassen einen ankommen. Aber wie findet man heutzutage eigentlich noch Freunde - also ohne die Hilfe des Internets?

Wie wird man eigentlich, wer man ist? Mit dieser Frage kennt sich das Magazin BUNTE ganz besonders gut aus. Die Experten für Prominenz und blaues Blut kennen die Stars. Im Podcast "Das BUNTE Gespräch" entlockt Nina Ruge ihren Gästen die Geheimnisse einer erfolgreichen Karriere. Und findet auch die dunklen Stellen in den Lebensgeschichten der Prominenten. Freuen Sie sich auf eine Stunde beste Unterhaltung.

It’s 2006. After a string of rejections from men who tell her they could never, ever, ever see her “that way,” awkward third-grade teacher Micaela Blei signs up for a mysterious course called “The Divine Feminine,” and feels like she might have found the key to the perfect life. Turns out if you’re an A student, you can get an A in anything – including men. Pretty soon she’s learning to "conjure" her desires with vision boards, flirtations, and even a daring jumbotron viewing party for her, ahem..."divine center."

Worum geht es wirklich im Leben? Und was reicht, um glücklich zu sein? Patrizia Schlosser lässt sich auf ein Experiment ein, um dieser Frage nachzugehen: sie verabschiedet sich von Routine und Alltag, kündigt ihre Wohnung und zieht mit ihrem Freund Fredy in ein Auto. Ohne Ziel, nur mit dem Vorsatz weiter als Journalistin und Buchautor zu arbeiten, fahren die beiden los. Ihr Weg führt sie kreuz und quer durch Deutschland, bis in die USA, nach Mexiko und - tief hinein in den Dschungel der eigenen Identität.

"Grandi menti a confronto 2 - donne che hanno cambiato la Storia" è la seconda stagione della serie audio di Audible Original dedicata alla divulgazione scientifica. In questa serie la voce di Piergiorgio Odifreddi, matematico e scrittore, spiega e confronta le idee dei grandi pensatori che hanno segnato la Storia, questa volta concentrandosi sul pensiero femminile: scienziate, matematiche, filosofe, addirittura attrici hollywoodiane; semplicemente, grandi donne che hanno lasciato un segno magnifico e indelebile nella nostra Storia.

Nel mondo LGBTQ+, per coming out si intende il momento in cui una persona decide di dire al mondo "io sono così" e deriva dal modo di dire "coming out of the closet". I coming out sono tutti diversi non solo perché sono diverse le persone che li fanno, ma anche perché sono diverse quelle che li ascoltano. Ogni coming out è una storia, il racconto di un pezzo di viaggio unico, un incontro tra chi ha bisogno di dire e chi ha (si spera) voglia di ascoltare. Queste sono 12 storie che volevano uscire dall'armadio, ora non resta che starle a sentire.

Jeden Mittwoch eine neue Folge. Der Adel ist nicht totzukriegen. Vor hundert Jahren wurde er in Deutschland abgeschafft und dennoch scheint auch für uns kaum etwas so spannend wie die glamourösen Geschichten aus den Königshäusern Europas. Vor Popstars und Oscarroben gab es royale Stilikonen, die die Welt in Atem hielten. Und auch heute schauen wir noch immer neugierig auf Schlösser und ihre Bewohner. Mit modernen Cinderellastorys und historischen Königen und Königinnen ist "GALA Royals" nichts weniger als Champagner für die Ohren.

With an entirely fresh take on presidential history, James Swanson, author of the New York Times best-selling, Edgar Award-winning Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer, shares the story of his lifelong obsession with the murder of America’s most revered president and the frantic hunt for his assassin. The renowned Lincoln scholar treats listeners to an audible “walking tour” of the people, places, events, and artifacts that tell the story of those horrible days in April 1865.

Cristiano Ronaldo, James Rodríguez, Diego Costa, David de Gea, José Mourinho… todos tienen un nombre en común: Jorge Mendes. El representante portugués, antes propietario de una cadena de videoclubes en el norte de Portugal, maneja los hilos (y los millones) del mercado futbolístico. 

In this moving audio memoir, Michael Elliot chronicles his life from being homeless on the streets of Philadelphia to successful Hollywood screenwriter and business entrepreneur. He talks about how his cycles of success and setbacks have become moments to focus on opportunity - like how first big success eventually fell away, and Michael found himself working at the Gap. Confronted with who he really was - and truly understanding why he failed - a series of moments restored his faith and eventually taught him how keep finding success through boldness and belief.