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Cinema for your ears. Performed by Hollywood’s best.

Step inside the studio where Hollywood’s top actors bring award-winning screenplays to life... complete with a full cinematic score, immersive sound design, and the energy of a live performance.

Each episode is a front-row seat to a one-of-a-kind production: 20-plus working actors, world-class scripts from acclaimed writers, and film-quality sound crafted by Emmy-winning producers. It’s not just a podcast... it’s a movie you hear.

Recent guests include Mark Hamill, Rosario Dawson, Ty Burrell, Joe Mantegna, Fred Armisen, and more.

Produced by Jack Levy, Shaan Sharma, and Mark Knell Manifest Media.

#1 Fiction Podcast | 2025 Webby, Shorty, and Signal Winner | Cinema for your ears.

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In the mountains of central Appalachia, blood runs as deep as these hollers and just as dark. Since before our kind knew these hills, hearts of unknowable hunger and madness have slumbered beneath them. These are the darkest mountains in the world. How dare we think we can break the skin of a god and dig out its heart without bringing forth blood and darkness? Old Gods of Appalachia is a horror-anthology podcast set in the shadows of an Alternate Appalachia, a place where digging too deep into the mines was just the first mistake.

To learn more about Old Gods of Appalachia, visit our website at www.oldgodsofappalachia.com, and be sure to complete your social media ritual and follow us on Facebook and Instagram @oldgodsofappalachia, or on Bluesky @oldgodspod. If you'd like to support the show — and enjoy exclusive access to stories like Build Mama a Coffin — you can subscriber to the Holler at www.oldgodsofappalachia.com/theholler. You can also find t-shirts and other Old Gods merch in our shop at oldgodsmerch.com.

Old Gods of Appalachia is a production of DeepNerd Media and is distributed by Rusty Quill. All rights reserved. No part of this audio production or its written transcripts may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems.

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Discover the most downloaded family audio drama in history. Eleven-year-old Holiday is pulled from the icy waters of Alaska with no memory of who she is or where she comes from. And when she begins to develop incredible abilities, she’ll soon learn she’s not alone in the world.

From Peabody Award-winning Gen-Z Media, creators of The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel and The Big Fib, Six Minutes is a thrilling adventure for the whole family.

For more great shows and to listen early and ad-free, visit ⁠GZMShows.com⁠.

Join Dame Julie Andrews as she reads Jane Austen's original, unabridged classics, brought to life with original music and immersive sound design.

Season One begins with Julie's narration of the timeless Pride and Prejudice. Season Two sees her bring Austen's beloved Emma to life.

Once a week, step into Austen's world: stroll through grand estates, take tea with well dressed gentlewomen, and enter ballrooms to dance with the great and good of the county. Along the way you'll meet some of literature's most unforgettable characters, brought vividly to life through Dame Julie Andrews' iconic narration.

Whether you're discovering these timeless novels for the first time or returning to them once more, Jane Austen Stories offers a beautifully atmospheric way to experience Austen's enduring wit, romance, and sharp observations of the society in which she lived.

Hit follow to get new episodes of Jane Austen Stories every Tuesday.

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Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa star in the untold true story of how the New York Mafia exploited the aftermath of 9/11.

Nearly 3,000 families lost loved ones that day, and a shocked world mourned alongside them. But for Five Families—the New York Mafia—the day meant something very different. While the world saw an unspeakable tragedy, they saw an opening: the business opportunity of a lifetime.

They might have succeeded were it not for one dedicated and courageous cop. Because of him, many of the men involved were convicted and imprisoned.

UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob is the shocking true story born in the immediate aftermath of 9/11—one that has never been told.

Names of the guilty have been changed to protect the innocent.

A production of Thoroughbred Studios, Goldhawk Productions, and iHeartPodcasts, created & written by Stephen Kronish and starring Michael Imperioli, Steve Schirripa, Ray Abruzzo & Arthur J. Nascarella.

Executive Producers: Michael Imperioli, Jeremy Fox, John Scott Dryden, Howard Stringer & Jason English

Director: John Scott Dryden

Original music: Sacha Puttnam

Producer: Emma Hearn

Editing and Sound Design:  Adam Woodhams & Andriena Gomez Casanova

Studio Engineers: Paul Clark, Diana David, Mac Conklin, Adam Primack & Mia Perfetti

Script Supervisor: Flynn Hallman

Promo & Trailers Producer: Jack Soper

Cast:

Frank Sturiano -  Michael Imperioli

Joe Bianchi -  Steve Schirripa

Mickey Cronin -  Ray Abruzzo

‘Dip’ Di Pietro -  Arthur J Nascarella

Connie Sturiano, - Tonya Cornelisse

Marie Bianchi & Tracey Marquez - Julee Cerda

Eddie Bernstein - Roberto Davide

TV Anchorman - Donald Sage Mackay

Frank Junior -  Luca Silva

Nicky - Hugo Dryden

Mayor Rudy Giuliani - Eric Meyers

North Tower Caller & Priest - Walles Hamonde

Janine Harris - Jennifer Armour

TV Anchorwoman - Vitoria Setta

Sergeant O’Connor -  Alexander Patsos

Carol - Nettie Chickering

South Tower Caller - Lily Lefkow

First Response Tommy & FDNY Chaplain - Nicolas Dipierro

Mob Soldier - Alessandro Caronna 

This library is home to curious things. Strange tales. Unanswered questions. Stories that linger longer than they should.

Hosted by Colin Morgan (Merlin, Belfast) with guest host Katie Leung (Harry Potter, Bridgerton), The Haunted Library invites you deep into the stacks to hear works of classic horror brought to life, from Gothic novels to pulpy penny dreadfuls. 

The library boasts the most extensive and unnerving of collections. Here you’ll find novels including The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein, The Turn of the Screw, The Picture of Dorian Grey, Carmilla and The Invisible Man, as well as short stories by authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker and M.R. James.

Some tales begin with a mystery, others with a bargain that should never have been struck, and a few with something stirring in the dark. You’ll encounter haunted houses, hidden secrets, dangerous ambitions, ghosts, monsters, uncanny apparitions and impossible transformations. 

Two new episodes every week.

The Haunted Library is open. Come in. Stay a while.

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This podcast is produced by BBC Studios, a commercial company that is wholly owned by the BBC. No money from the licence fee was used to create this podcast. The money BBC Studios makes is re-invested to help fund the BBC.