The Best Audible Podcasts - December 2023

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EACH ISSUE WE BRING YOU A ROUND-UP OF THE AUDIBLE ORIGINAL PODCASTS OUR MEMBERS ARE LOVING AND PRESS ARE BUZZING ABOUT TOO. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO HERE’S OUR MEMBERS ON THEIR FAVOURITE LISTENS…

GHOST STORIES: STEPHEN FRY'S DEFINITIVE COLLECTION

As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops. Come, brave listener, pull up a chair, and spend some time with master storyteller Stephen Fry, as he tells us some of his favourite ghost stories of all time, in truly terrifying spatial audio. From the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow, to the tortured spirits of M.R. James, from Edgar Allan Poe’s terrifying tale of a doppelganger to Charlotte Riddell’s Open Door that should definitely stay shut. Join Stephen as he tells you some truly terrifying tales of ghosts and ghouls, spirits and phantasms, spectres and apparitions. Listener discretion advised.

Utterly superb

Hauntingly great

FRENCH & SAUNDERS TITTING ABOUT (SERIES 4)

The legends of comedy are back. Dawn and Jennifer once more settle in behind the mic to bring you the fourth series of their smash hit podcast Titting About, armed with a fresh stack of shiny new topics to tit about. From ghost hunting to grooming rituals, from unwatchable box sets to unlistenable bird noise, from franglais to faff; Dawn and Jennifer once again leave no stone unturned, and no corner of their lives un-poked, in their quest to ensure they are comprehensively titting about for your listening pleasure.

I absolutely love this podcast

Good for the soul

SLAYERS: A BUFFYVERSE STORY

Original cast members from the beloved TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, reunite for an all-new adventure about connections that never die—even if you bury them. A decade has passed since the epic final battle that concluded Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV). The game-changing spell that gave power to all potential Slayers persists. With new Slayers constantly emerging, things are looking grim for the bad guys. Rebellious vampire Spike (James Marsters) is working undercover in Los Angeles with his old pal Clem (James Charles Leary) when he meets feisty, rookie Slayer, Indira (Laya DeLeon Hayes), who wants Spike to be her mentor. Stakes intensify as Cordelia Chase (Charisma Carpenter) emerges from an alternate reality where she alone is the Slayer, and Buffy Summers doesn’t exist. Cordelia enlists Spike’s help with a classic big bad terrorising her world…his ex, Drusilla (Juliet Landau). Giles (Anthony Head), Anya (Emma Caulfield Ford), Jonathan (Danny Strong), and Tara (Amber Benson) also return, but through the years and the vastness of the multiverse, not everyone is who they used to be.

Obsessed!

Thumbs up all round

DERREN BROWN'S BOOT CAMP FOR EMOTION

Our emotions play a powerful role in everything we think, everything we say and everything we do. In this series of Boot Camp, Derren Brown is joined by top behavioural scientists and diverse experts to reveal how we can control these powerful and mysterious forces which often hijack our rational thinking and lead us seriously astray. By increasing our emotional intelligence we can improve our lives in every conceivable way.

Entertaining and informative

Loved everything about this!

USERNAME: RESURGENT

Set in the world of Joe Sugg’s bestselling Username comic books, Audible Originals presents Username Resurgent. Sixteen year old Serena Hall’s big brother Silas walked into the woods on his twentieth birthday and never came back. When local police call off the search, Serena takes it on herself to investigate. Starting her own true-crime podcast, she delves into a world she never knew her brother inhabited, one of supernatural urban legends and global internet mythology that seems to centre on a malevolent digital entity known as The Angel of E.Scape.

Hooked couldn't stop listening

Gripping intrigue

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