Episodios

  • Ep. 1: Between the Darkness
    Aug 24 2020

    Welcome to Series 2 Episode 1 of Audible Original: You Heard It Here First. The podcast that helps you discover the best that Audible has to offer.

    Here’s what you can expect from this episode:

    We kick things off with a review from you! This week we picked out a listener’s peppy review of Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem. Get your wellies at the ready.

    Dive into in-depth honest reviews of Milly Johnson’s chucklesome cosy romance novel My One True North before getting your notebooks out for Elaine Welteroth’s life-affirming memoir More Than Enough.

    If you’re not sold on our recommendations, listen to Audible Editors describe why they absolutely love the haunting new Audible Original Drama The Sandman, then grab your dancing shoes for an honest take of Audible Original Podcast Pitch.

    We round off with Gregg Hurwitz’s jaw-dropping Audible Session before we turn the mic around to Hasib who has a quirky pick for our Genre corner.

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    31 mins
  • Ep. 2: What We Don't See
    Sep 7 2020

    Welcome to Episode 2 of You Heard It Here First. The podcast that helps you discover the best that Audible has to offer.

    Here’s what you can expect from this episode:

    We kick things off with a review from you! This week’s reviewer was so engrossed by The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre that he couldn’t get out of the car.

    Next, we can’t get enough of Shola von Reinhold’s decadent debut novel Lote which elegantly transports us to a life of luxury and relaxation. And for anyone that’s been cooped up at home our review of Alistair Humphrey’s Around the World by Bike will help you escape the monotony of being stuck indoors.

    If our recommendations aren’t doing it for you, we’re joined by two Audible Editors who share why they’re in love with The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett and How To Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X Kendi.

    And that’s not all. We explore the ordinary with Catherine Gray’s Audible Session before we turn the mic around to Phoebe who has a powerful pick for our Genre corner.

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    29 mins
  • Ep. 3: Don't Hold Your Breath
    Sep 21 2020

    Welcome to Episode 3 of You Heard It Here First. The podcast that helps you discover the best that Audible has to offer.

    Here’s what you can expect from this episode:

    We launch the show with a Featured Customer Review. This week’s reviewer was gripped by the out-of-this-world adventure Do You Dream Of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh.

    Next, our Featured New Release will have you breathing differently as we share all of our thoughts on Breath: The Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor. Things take a luxurious and ludicrous turn, as we review The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald narrated by Jake Gyllenhaal.

    If the above hasn’t tickled your fancy, we’re joined by two Audible Editors who rave about The Colour Purple by Alice Walker, narrated by Samira Wiley, and Fraud by David Rakoff.

    And that’s not all. We explore the term ‘mixed-race’ in Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith’s Audible Session before we turn the mic around to Michael who can’t wait for you to listen to his sci-fi pick for our Listener Corner.

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    29 mins
  • Ep. 4: The Waggle Dance
    Oct 5 2020

    Bienvenidos a Episode 4 of You Heard It Here First. Or in other words, welcome to Episode 4 of the podcast that helps you discover the best that Audible has to offer.

    Here's what you can expect from this episode:

    Find out if your review has been selected as our Featured Customer Review. This week's reviewer was enthralled from start to finish with Call for the Dead by John le Carré.

    Next, our New Release pick will have you wishing you were struck by Cupid's arrow in Love in Colour by Bolu Babalola. After that, adjust your ears and get ready for a Spanish inspired turn of events as we try to learn Spanish with Learn Spanish with Paul Noble for Beginners - Complete Course.

    If you haven't been blown away by our recommendations by this point, have no fear as we are joined by two Audible Editors who are loving kid's favourite The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson, and her other children's books, and Animal Societies by Ashley Ward.

    And that's not all. We unearth a dysfunctional family dynamic in Russell Kane's Audible Session before we turn the mic around to Chris who's loving a classic historical British comedy in our Listener's Corner.

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    29 mins
  • Ep. 5: The Peeping Man
    Oct 19 2020

    Welcome to Episode 5 of You Heard It Here First. The podcast that helps you discover the best that Audible has to offer.

    Here's what you can expect from this episode:

    We kick things off with a Featured Customer Review of Deepa Anappara's Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line. This reviewer loved it so much and they think you will too.

    We're bringing all of the laughs in our Featured New Release review of From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast. Things then get very dark with our Hidden Gem, Evil Has a Name, presented by Jim Clemente and Paul Holes.

    If the above hasn't tickled your fancy, we're joined by author Mariam Khan who shares her love for Becoming by Michelle Obama. We then hear from one of our resident Audible Editors about her love for Clare Pooley's The Authenticity Project.

    We're always keen to deliver you lots more, so we head straight into space and learn about the rocky bodies with Tim Gregory's Audible Session. Then we turn the mic around to Ross who can't wait for you to listen to his fantasy pick for our Listener Corner.

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    28 mins
  • Ep. 6: The Spectacle of Life and Death
    Nov 3 2020

    Welcome to Episode 6 of You Heard It Here First. The podcast that helps you discover the best that Audible has to offer.

    Here’s what you can expect from this episode:

    We start the show with a Featured Customer Review. This week’s reviewer loved being taken on a journey by Ray Bradbury in Fahrenheit 451.

    The Featured New Release is I Am Not Your Babymother by Candice Brathwaite a must-listen for anyone who can get pregnant in Britain. Our Hidden Gem is a sombre but necessary pick as we get real accounts of the aftermath of a natural disaster in Ghosts of the Tsunami by Richard Lloyd Parry.

    To lighten the mood we’re joined by Australian comedian and host of Audible Original Podcast Rogue Son, Nazeem Hussain, who can’t wait for you to listen to Limitless by Jim Kwik. We’re then joined by one of our resident Audible Editors who’s gone down an internet rabbit hole and wants you to read Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates.

    We’re like a gift that keeps on giving as we get a little bit political with Magid Magid’s Audible Session before we give the mic to Will to recommend his favourite memoir which we can’t help but adore in our Listener Corner.

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    31 mins
  • Ep 7: Remains in the Drains
    Nov 17 2020

    Welcome to Episode 7 of You Heard It Here First. The podcast that helps you discover the best that Audible has to offer.

    Here’s what you can expect from this episode:

    We kick things off with a Customer Review of Crashed by Adam Tooze. Adam loved this take on the 2008 financial crisis.

    Then we head to Ireland for our Featured New Release with a review of Home Stretch by Graham Norton. We go on from there to revisit language learning with Spanish Short Stories For Beginners by Lingo Mastery narrated by Jesse Fister and Nicolas Villanueva.

    If the above hasn’t tickled your fancy, we’re joined by our Audible Editors who have opted for a more colourful selection with The Secret Life Of Colour by Kassia St Clair and the gruesome Killing For Company by Brian Masters.

    We hope you’re up for a challenge with Layla Saad’s Audible Session. Then we turn the mic around to Richard who’ll sweep you up in his enthusiasm for his adventure drama pick for our Listener Corner.

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    29 mins
  • Ep 8: Very Funny Women
    Dec 1 2020

    Welcome to Episode 8 of You Heard It Here First. The podcast that helps you discover the best that Audible has to offer.

    Here’s what you can expect from this episode:

    We kick things off with a review from you! This week’s reviewer couldn’t get enough of Njambi McGrath’s debut novel Through the Leopard's Gaze.

    Next, things get a little dark and twisted in Boy Parts by Eliza Clark, which draws us into the inner workings of a Northern fetish photographer. We then take a turn to a more sweet and tender story with a young boy trying to reunite his family in My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal.

    For even more recommendations, we’re joined by two Audible Editors who share why they’re laughing out loud while listening to French and Saunders: Titting About by Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders and Quite by Claudia Winkleman.

    And that’s not all. We find out what it takes to escape a cult with Megan Phelps Roper’s Audible Session before we turn the mic around to Deborah who has a spellbinding pick for our Listener corner.

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    29 mins