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LibriVox Community Podcast #153

Posted on January 10, 2025 by | Posted in Librivox Community Podcast, News | Comments: 1 Comment on LibriVox Community Podcast #153

Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #153 – New Year, New Goals, New Plans. Hosted by Jpercival.

Duration: 15:39


With contributions from Jpercival, ShrimpPhish, TriciaG, redrun, Kitty, HannaPonomarenko.


0:00 – Introduction
0:22 – A Happy New Year from A Happy New Year and Other Verses by Charles Edward de la Poer Beresford, read by Larry Wilson
1:21 – 20,000 Release: Hardcase by Luke Short, Statistics, and Libriversaries
3:00 – Archive Diving: Broadcasting LibriVox to Space
3:50 – Goals and Planning: Discussion thread
4:24 – Community Submissions – TriciaG (works by Pansy), redrun – read by jpercival
7:52 – Multilingual Collection and Collaboration Information by Kitty – Pronunciation Help: All Languages – Read by ShrimpPhish
9:48 – The accomplishments of the Russian-Ukrainian team by HannaPonomarenko – read by jpercival

12:16 – Bloopers by ShrimpPhish
15:27 – Goodbyes


We are interested in whatever feedback – positive or constructively critical – anyone has about our podcasts. Add a comment below or pop over to this forum thread. Any member of the community who has contributed readings to the LibriVox catalog can host a podcast and is most welcome to do so. Visit this thread on the forum to express an interest and float your ideas.


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Recent past LibriVox Community Podcast files can be found at our spot on: Archive.org and archived shows for previous years can be found at: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013-2018.

Archived shownotes for the Community Podcast can be found at: http://librivox.org/category/librivox-community-podcast/ And the rss feed for those shownotes is: http://librivox.org/category/librivox-community-podcast/feed

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LibriVox Community Podcast #152

Posted on December 8, 2024 by | Posted in Librivox Community Podcast, News | Comments: 2 Comments on LibriVox Community Podcast #152

Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #152 – What LibriVox Taught Me, hosted by Jessie Percival.

Duration: 15:25

This episode includes contributions from jpercival, shrimpphish, and redrun.

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0:00 – Intro
0:25 – Here We Come a Wassailing from the Christmas Carol Collection 2006
2:12 – Archive.org update, Statistics, and Libriviersaries
3:45 – Adventskalender 2024 release announcement
5:37 – Archive diving – What if LibriVox Dies? a discussion inspired by a Reason Magazine Article
6:42 – Ceremonies for Christmas read by Tomas Cruz for Weekly Poetry
7:30 – Community Submissions
12:22 – Forum Highlights – Reaper Discussion Group and How to Become a DR/Play Coordinator
12:56 – Bloopers
15:09 – Goodbyes

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We are interested in whatever feedback – positive or constructively critical – anyone has about our podcasts. Add a comment below or pop over to the forum thread for this episode, for comments.

Any member of the community who has contributed readings to the LibriVox catalog can host a podcast and is most welcome to do so. Visit the Community Podcast planning thread to express an interest and float your ideas.

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To Subscribe to the Librivox Community Podcast, subscribe to the RSS feed on FeedBurner, or visit our page on the Apple Podcast Index or your favorite podcast app.

Past LibriVox Community Podcast recordings can be found at our spot on Archive.org: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013-present. The show notes for each episode can be found on LibriVox.org.

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LibriVox Community Podcast #151

Posted on November 29, 2024 by | Posted in Librivox Community Podcast, News | Comments: Comments Off on LibriVox Community Podcast #151

Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #151 – Best Part of LibriVox, hosted by Jessie Percival.

Duration: 25:41

This episode includes contributions from jpercival, shrimpphish, loon, Czandra, SilverQuill, Winnifred, and ej400.

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0:00 – Intro
0:41 – Statistics and Libriversaries
2:52 – A conversation between jpercival and ShrimpPhish
7:58 – LibriVox Archive – LibriVox Song and Knitter Invasion
9:27 – Community Submissions
21:37 – Suggestion and Help Forum Highlights
22:29 – Bloopers
25:30 – Goodbyes

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We are interested in whatever feedback – positive or constructively critical – anyone has about our podcasts. Add a comment below or pop over to this forum thread, for comments on this episode.

Any member of the community who has contributed readings to the LibriVox catalog can host a podcast and is most welcome to do so. Visit this thread on the forum to express an interest and float your ideas.

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To Subscribe to the Librivox Community Podcast, subscribe to the RSS feed on FeedBurner, or visit our page on the Apple Podcast Index or your favorite podcast app.

Past LibriVox Community Podcast recordings can be found at our spot on Archive.org: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013-2024. The show notes for each episode can be found on LibriVox.org.

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Everyday Science For Every Day

Posted on September 1, 2024 by | Posted in about LibriVox, Blog, Books, For Volunteers, Monthly Picks, News | Comments: 1 Comment on Everyday Science For Every Day

Technology is ubiquitous in our world, and it’s all based on scientific discoveries. Let’s look at the beginnings of what we consider normal these days with 10 gems from our catalog.

One of the best-known families of scientists with three Nobel Prizes to their name are the Curies. The biography of Pierre Curie, written by his wife Marie Curie, gives insights into their public as well as their private lives.

For actress Ruth Morton, there is barely a distinction between these two. But when this gains her the attention of a stalker, detective couple Richard and Grace Duvall must look behind the scenes of the Film of Fear in the book by Frederick Arnold Kummer.

Everybody is afraid of something, whether it be spiders, the dark, strangers… Arthur Christopher Benson explores the reasons and psychology behind it in Where No Fear Was: A Book About Fear.

Robert Graves had to face his fears in the trenches of WWI. His early poetry, Over the Brazier, was published around that time, and it includes topics related to astronomy like the Jolly Yellow Moon and Star Talk.

There must have been a lot of talk when a group of space explorers strand on a distant planet. There, they try to colonize it despite the alien life surrounding them. Florence Carpenter Diendonne describes what happens in those 33 Years in a Star.

Much more pleasant is the trip through India with a steam-powered elephant. Until one of the group is targeted by his arch nemesis – who also wants to take control of the country… See what they do to step up to the challenge in Jules Verne’s novel The Steam House – also available in Spanish.

When a certain Mr. Snell calls on Nicholas Carter about a kidnapping, he is so unconvincing that the famous detective refuses to take the case. Can the Photographer’s Evidence change his mind?

Much more persuasive was the man who seduced Madeline, much to her fiance’s chagrin. When she cannot get over the incident, he gets her to undergo Dr. Heidenhoff’s Process to remove the haunting memory. See if it’s successful in the novel by Edward Bellamy.

Could the hive mind of bees be erased? While this is not addressed in la vie des abeilles, Maurice Maeterlinck discusses everything else going on in a beehive. This book is also available in German and English.

Science is never “done”, we discover something new every day. Paolo Mantegazza explores life in l’anno 3000 through the eyes of a couple planning to get married. Written in 1897, many of his predictions already came true – who knows where we’ll go from here?

Enjoy – and stay curious!

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