Humor
From comedians George Carlin and Paula Poundstone to the Pretty Good Jokes series from A Prairie Home Companion, these audio collections are sure to keep you laughing. For more fun, check out the Car Talk collections under Public Radio.
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That's Not Funny
by Matt Sienkiewicz, Nick Marx; read by Keith Sellon-Wright
A rousing call for liberals and progressives to pay attention to the emergence of right-wing comedy and the political power of humor. Learn More
Dating Tips for the Unemployed
Iris Smyles; read by Amy Landon
Iris Smyles's Dating Tips for the Unemployed is an urban odyssey: a wistful, wise, and wry look back at a young woman trying to find her home in the world. Learn More
How to Win the War on Truth
by Samuel C. Spitale; read by Patrick Lawlor
Made to Stick by Chip Heath meets Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe in this guide to navigating today's post-truth landscape, filled with examples of modern-day propaganda campaigns. Learn More
The Road Trip Rewind
by Kate Tamberelli and Danny Tamberelli; read by Danny Tamberelli and Mara Wilson
Back to the Future meets 10 Things I Hate About You as the past, the present, and two hearts with unfinished business collide in the most epic, hilarious, and downright poignant way . . . Learn More
Improv Nation
by Sam Wasson; read by David deVries
From the bestselling author of Fosse, a sweeping yet intimate—and often hilarious—history of a uniquely American art form that has never been more popular. Sam Wasson charts the meteoric rise of improv in this richly reported, scene-driven narrative that, like its subject, moves fast and digs deep. Learn More
Users
by Colin Winnette; read by Justin Price
Marrying the philosophical absurdities of life, technology, start-up culture, and family, Users is for readers of Ling Ma, Dave Eggers's The Circle, and viewers of the hit Apple TV+ original series Severance. Learn More
Tropic of Orange
by Karen Tei Yamashita; read by Emily Woo Zeller
Irreverently juggling magical realism, film noir, hip hop, and chicanismo, Tropic of Orange takes place in a Los Angeles where the homeless, gangsters, infant organ entrepreneurs, and Hollywood collide on a stretch of the Harbor Freeway. Learn More
American Laughter, American Fury
by Eran A. Zelnik; read by Joe Barrett
How humor helped white men cast the United States as a nation in which only they were entitled to citizenship. Learn More
Mislaid
Nell Zink; read by Cassandra Campbell
A sharply observed, mordantly funny, and startlingly original debut from an exciting, unconventional new voice, about the making and unmaking of the American family that lays bare all of our assumptions about race and racism, sexuality and desire. Learn More
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