If i dont give everybody the utmost expect an understanding and compassion are doing that i am not doing right by the book. Its not a movie or a book but has the best of both worlds. Because you have an actual human being giving the story to you and i love that. And the feeling of how that person tells the story. Hearing your novel read aloud transformed into an audiobook is such an honor and a privilege. And where it is finding itself. Its another way to access literature and often times for nontraditional readers. And these are all the reason that 50 percent of americans listen to ann audiobook in 2019s. Here is to all of you. Here is to amazing audiobooks and here is to 25 years of the audie awards. Ladies and gentlemen we are thrilled to introduce the master of ceremonies mr. Mo rock up. And a frequent panelist on npr quiz show wait wait dont tell me. He is also the host of the obituaries podcast. We are here to have him here this evening. Without further ado teethree. [applause] t
Theres something elemental about speaking the story that puts it to a different task. Narrators bring stories to life in countless ways. The works of shakespeare, toni morrison, Jason Reynolds and Michelle Obama are ace are richer experience heard rather than silent we read. Because of an intimate experience youre not performing per se. You are narrating it. And constantly listening and now get out my iphone and make a recording of someone that might have some characteristic. I feel like its less of myself as a poet who performs and now its myself being let me hold your hand and tell you this thing i heard was so inviting people but its in a different way. If i dont give everybody the utmost respect and understanding and compassion and the im not doing justice to this book. Studies have shown that listening to audiobooks is a more Emotional Experience and tories shared through other mediums. Its not a movie. Its not a book but it has the best of both worlds. Its a very intimate form of
Nobody had ever heard of the Green New Deal six months ago, and now joe biden feels compelled to mimic it. Today biden revealed his own climate plan. Like the Green New Deal, it would put the entire American Economy in the hands of the Democratic Party. It would cost about 6. 7 trillion. How much is that . Its equal to two full years of the entire federal budget. Biden said we must give democrat this power immediately or else the entire planet will become uninhabitable. Science tells us how we act in the next 12 years will determine the livability of our planet. Today, im announcing my plan for clean energy revolution. Outlines what we have to do meet this challenge head on and how were going to get there. Were going to invest monthly 1. 7 trillion in securing our future so that by 2050 United States will be 100 Clean Energy Economy with net zero missions. Tucker just 12 years to act uninhabitable. Who thinks of these lies . Actually, it sounds familiar. Biden took that line directly f
Ocasiocortez. Today biden revealed his own climate plan. Like the green new deal, it would put the entire American Economy in the hands of the Democratic Party. It would cost about 6. 7 trillion. How much is that . Its equal to two full years of the entire federal budget. Biden said we must give democrat this power immediately or else the entire planet will become uninhabitable. Signs tell us how we act in the next 12 years will determine the livability of our planet. Today, im announcing my plan for clean energy revolution. Outlines what we have to do meet this challenge head on and how were going to get there. Were going to invest monthly 7 trillion in securing our future so that by 2050 United States will be 100 Clean Energy Economy will net zero missions. Tucker just 12 years to act when the planet becomes uninhabitable. It sounds familiar. Biden took that line directly from the young pioneer herself. The world will end in 12 years if we dont address climate change. This is our wor