Audiobooks Narrated by Tanya Moodie

Forest 404: A BBC sci-fi thriller

Forest 404: 9-part thriller, 9-part talk, 9-part soundscape and exclusive bonus documentary Can you feel loss for something you've never known? Meet Pan. She lives a few centuries from now, in a future beyond a data crash that wiped out most records of life from before the 23rd century: The Cataclysm. Her job is to sort through the old sound recordings that survived from before the crash - from The Slow Times. When winters were still cold. When the USA still had people in it. All day she listens to sounds from The Slow Times, and she decides which noises live, and which can just...finally die. Deleted to make space. Because data costs. But when she finds an old recording of a rainforest, she has no idea what it is. Because forests no longer exist. And the sound of it haunts her - she is compelled to hunt down the truth about how the forests of the old world died. But the agents of new world have other ideas... A sci-fi thriller starring Pearl Mackie (Doctor Who), Tanya Moodie (Sherlock, Motherland) and Pippa Haywood (Green Wing, Bodyguard). Each episode is accompanied by a talk which looks at the issues raised by the drama, featuring a diverse range of speakers: musicians, bio-futurists, anthropologists and tree-climbers. They explore questions ranging from 'Why should I listen to trees?' to 'Would you vote for an AI government?' and 'What is death in the digital age?' Each episode also comes with an immersive soundscape of natural world environments, mixed in binaural sound for a 3D headphone experience. You can hear the sound of the Sumatran rainforest, the songs of whales, a chorus of frogs, and a full playout of Bonobo's specially-composed theme music. Lastly, this release includes an exclusive bonus documentary episode, which looks at the making of the series, featuring interviews with writer Timothy X Atack and director Becky Ripley. It also shares the findings of The Forest 404 Experiment: a related project in collaboration with Exeter University and the Open University, about the effects that different natural sounds have on our moods and mental health. Credits: Pan - Pearl Mackie Daria - Tanya Moodie Theia - Pippa Haywood With theme music by Bonobo Directed by Becky Ripley Track listing: 1. Episode 1: Life in the Fast Times 2. Talk 1: Why should I listen to trees? 3. Soundscape 1: Rainforest Symphony 4. Episode 2: The Fumetown Priest 5. Talk 2: How is the sound of the world changing? 6. Soundscape 2: Frog Chorus 7. Episode 3: Into the Inner 8. Talk 3: Could I live in darkness? 9. Soundscape 3: Whale Songs 10. Episode 4: Of Earthly Delights 11. Talk 4: Why do trees live so long 12. Soundscape 4: Woodland Walk 13. Episode 5: Last Days of the Slow World 14. Talk 5: Will we all become cyborgs? 15. Soundscape 5: Theia's Hometown 16. Episode 6: A New Leaf 17. Talk 6: What is death in the digital age? 18. Soundscape 6: Pan's Dwindling 19. Episode 7: Dreams of the Autopilot 20. Talk 7: Would you vote for an AI government? 21. Soundscape 7: Daria's Nightmare 22. Episode 8: Future Conditional 23. Talk 8: How will humans die out? 24. Soundscape 8: The Memory Transfer 25. Episode 9: Enigmata 26. Talk 9: Love Letter to the Forest... 27. Soundscape 9: Bonobo's Theme 28. Exclusive bonus 'making of' documentary

Timothy X Atack (Author), Pearl Mackie, Pippa Haywood, Tanya Moodie (Narrator)

Audiobook

Play Sample Listen For Free

Attack of the 50 Ft. Women: How Gender Equality Can Save The World!

Yet in many of these countries, the majority of politicians and business leaders profess to believe in gender equality-as well they might. One report predicts a boost to global GDP of £8.3 trillion by 2025 simply by making faster progress towards narrowing the gender gap. Researchers point to many other potential benefits too, not least in improved relations between the sexes and a healthier, more peaceful planet. If gender equality promises benefits not just to women, but to everyone, why aren't we embracing it? And how can we speed the pace of change? Fewer than nine percent of world leaders are female, but the few women who have broken through include towering figures such as Angela Merkel. Could 50-foot women save the day? These questions have gripped journalist and author Catherine Mayer since she accidentally founded the Women's Equality Party in March 2015 and watched it grow in months from an idea to a vibrant political force with more than 70 branches across the UK. In ATTACK OF THE FIFTY FOOT WOMEN, her insightful, revelatory, often hilarious, and hugely inspiring book, she tackles those questions and many more, sharing inside views and experiences from building a party, and bringing together global research with analyses and interviews based on her own far-flung research. And she goes further. Campaigning for the Women's Equality Party ahead of elections in May 2016, she noticed that many people found it hard, in the absence of any real-life examples, to envisage a gender-equal world. So she takes us there, to the place she calls Equalia. What is it like? Does gender equality make for a society that is more equal in other ways too? Who does the low-paid jobs? How does gender express itself in a place freed from gender programming? What's the sex like? What's on the telly?

Catherine Mayer (Author), Tanya Moodie (Narrator)

Audiobook

Play Sample Listen For Free