Kat is an Audible editor and podcast addict who lightens up her rotation of true crime, hidden history, and investigative journalism with mystically tinged self-dev and the occasional science blockbuster to sound smarter at parties. You can subscribe to her nonfiction newsletter here.
These wild-but-true tales loom large in the annals of maritime history and survival stories.
With “Death by Astonishment,” scientist and psychonaut Andrew R. Gallimore delivers a mind-bending history of DMT.
Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser probes the mysterious proliferation of murder in her native Pacific Northwest.
These well-loved listens speak to the timeless quest for enlightenment—and make a calming counterpoint to the relentless rush of the new.
When the acclaimed memoirist traded sex for solitude, she found the surprising joys and feminist roots of “The Dry Season.”
As Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster vampire film returns to theaters in IMAX 70mm, we put together a listening list for fans.
In her funny and provocative new novel, author and psychiatrist Saumya Dave explores the mind-bending ramifications of “The Guilt Pill.”
The famous exoneree, activist, and accidental true crime icon shares universal lessons on meaning and resilience in her heart-wrenching new memoir.
There’s something so compelling about a perspective that alternately tells and hides the truth—and audio only adds an extra shiver of delight.
Full of interviews with renowned physicists and neuroscientists, the bestselling author’s new audio documentary grapples with the elusive nature of reality and our own minds.
Do you enjoy murder mysteries or chilling criminal escapades? Here are the best true crime audiobooks to satisfy your inner detective.
“It was like running face-first into a brick wall. And I was in the middle of it before I really looked up and went, What is happening?”
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