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Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #162 Careers and LibriVox. Hosted by jpercival. Duration: 12:35 Contributors: jpercival, shrimpphish, sjmarky 0:00 – Introduction0:22 – Job Work as read by Larry Wilson from the October 13, 2019 Weekly Poetry Collection1:52 – New Language Update2:12 – Statistics and Libriversaries3:20 – Archive Diving – What s Your Time Budget for [ ]
Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #161 Continuing the Social Connection Conversation with the LibriVox Community. Hosted by jpercival. Duration: 17:10 Contributors: jpercival, shrimpphish, carriemaestreb, sjr8545 0:00 Introduction 0:22 The Twenty Mule Team Brigade from the LibriVox 20th Anniversary Collection 1:28 20th Anniversary Congratulations 1:44 Statistics and Libriversaries 2:55 Archive…
LibriVox celebrates its 20th anniversary this month. From the humble beginnings of a group of friends meeting online to becoming one of the world s largest producers of free audiobooks, LibriVox volunteers have achieved many milestones in the last two decades. Let s dive into LibriVox history. All of the currently 20,648 completed LibriVox titles were chosen [ ]
Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #160 Social Connection Brainstorm with the LibriVox Community. Hosted by CarrieMaeStreb. Duration: 17:11 Contributors: CarrieMaeStreb, PeterWhy, Stagewalker, cavaet, marisad6, ShrimpPhish 00:00 Introduction00:17 Social Connection Discussion01:18 PeterWhy s Contribution02:46 Stagewalker s Contribution07:50 cavaet s Contribution09:15 marisad6 s Contribution11:47…
Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #159 Firsts vs Lasts. Hosted by jpercival. Duration: 17:53 Contributors: jpercival, shrimpphish, adrianstephens, clairemaestreb, redrun 00:00 Introduction00:24 Clip from the first LibriVox Community Podcast Sept 14, 200601:14 Booting the Swarmers and forum updates01:40 Statistics and Libriversaries02:46 LibriVox Featured Volunteer: Adrian Stephens08:28 Archive…
Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #158 To Poem or Not to Poem: That Is the Question. Hosted by jpercival. Duration: 23:24 With contributions from ShrimpPhish, Rapunzelina, redrun, and cavaet. 00:00 – Introduction00:25 – To Be or Not To Be by William Blake Read by Craig Campbell02:01 – Website and Forum Updates and New [ ]
Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #157 Clean-Up Month Kick Off. Hosted by Jpercival. Duration: 22:56 With contributions from Jpercival, ShrimpPhish, redrun, sparkleberry17, Rapunzelina, and adrianstephens. 00:00 Introduction00:22 LibriVox in May redrun01:28 May They All Get Into The Catalogue01:51 Statistics and Libriversaries02:47 Archive Diving 2007 March Madness, 2009 [ ]
Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #156 Spring Cleaning. Hosted by jpercival. Duration: 14:06 Contributors: jpercival, ShrimpPhish, TriciaG 0:00 Intro 0:20 Spring Cleaning by Harry Graham from Coffee Break Collection 31 Springtime 2:11 Forum Slowness Booting the Swarmers 2:36 Statistics and Libriversaries 3:40 Archive Diving We need an [ ]
Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #155 What s in a Name?. Hosted by jpercival. Duration: 21:19 With contributions from Rapunzelina, mujinai, ShrimpPhish, Algy Pug, Phineas2000 0:00 Intro0:21 O Romeo, Romeo, Wherefore Art Thou from the Shakespeare Monologues Collection Vol. 161:49 In Memorium: Rosemary McDonald (roselbex), Eva Davis (Bluechien)2:04 The Lady s [ ]
Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #154 I Can t Wait To Record This. Hosted by jpercival. Duration: 14:16 With contributions from Jpercival, ShrimpPhish, LightCrystal, Piotrek, and KevinS. 0:00 Introduction0:23 My Heart has Known Its Winter by Arna Bontemps from the Short Poetry Collection 2601:20 News Highlight: Project Status Table, Statistics, and February [ ]
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 Introduction0:22 A Happy New Year from A Happy New Year and Other Verses by Charles Edward de la Poer Beresford, read by Larry Wilson1:21 [ ]
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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 0:00 Intro0:25 Here We Come a Wassailing from the Christmas Carol Collection [ ]
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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 0:00 Intro0:41 Statistics and Libriversaries2:52 A conversation [ ]
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 [ ]
LibriVox will turn 19 in a few days and thus enter the final one of its teenage years. Let s take a look back at the last year with 10 newly arrived gems from our catalog. A young man just arrived at River Hall, The Uninhabited House in a fashionable neighborhood. He doesn t know that its [ ]
Summer time means vacation time! But how about instead of going to a different place, you could go to a different time? Take a trip through history with 10 gems from our catalog. Henry Kenton is traveling from Kentucky to South Carolina on the eve of the American civil war. He is anxious to complete [ ]
There is something in the air that makes June a perfect month to get married. Be inspired or reminisce with 10 gems from our catalog. As far as inspiration goes, Edward J. Wood has done plenty of research already. Read about different ceremonies for The Wedding Day in All Ages and Countries as [ ]
February the month of carnival, Mardi Gras, Shrovetide, Shrove Tuesday Whatever it s called where you are from, let s have fun with 10 hilarious gems from our catalog. Humor is best delivered in short bursts. And it can t get any pithier than Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture, little vignettes from 19th century Canada [ ]
Happy New Year! A new year brings fresh starts, a chance to try something again or to go for something entirely new. Get inspired with 10 gems from our catalog. Let s start at the beginning of humankind. C. H. Robinson follows the development of human society from the discovery of fire and working all [ ]
So many celebrations this month! Whether you celebrate Christmas, the winter solstice or just the end of the year, get in the mood with 10 gems from our catalog. Every year, kids anxiously await Christmas. How many days left can be easily deduced from an Adventskalender counting down the days with little daily gifts. This [ ]