_ Deine Lise / Yours, Lise (2018/20)
13 July 1938. Renowned nuclear physicist Lise Meitner, almost 60 years old and of Jewish descent, is sitting on a night train heading for the German-Dutch border, secretly fleeing into exile. After months of anxiety, she now has to leave everything behind: her friends, her beloved adopted home of Berlin and, above all, her research and teaching, the centre of her life. She does not yet know that she will never return to Germany and that she will soon make a world-changing discovery in exile.
This audiobook describes a period in which physics had a decisive influence on the course of world history – beginning with the discovery of nuclear fission at the end of 1938 and ending with the dropping of the first atomic bombs on Japan in 1945.
The narrative backbone is formed by the letters that Meitner wrote and received while in exile. The narrators – led by the unforgettable Burgtheater actress Elisabeth Orth as Lise Meitner – succeed in creating a dense, exciting and compelling atmosphere of the time, supported by improvised music and dramatic sound collages in the background.
After being successfully launched in German-speaking countries, favourable reviews in the press and lectures in Austrian cultural forums, the audiobook was also released in English in 2020, this time with renowned American narrators Kate Reading and Michael Kramer.
_ the unknown soldier (2014)
in memory of Bertha von Suttner
[German]
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the death of pacifist Bertha von Suttner and the 100th anniversary of the First World War, this audiobook examines the complex interrelationships between peace, pacifism and the political circumstances in which peace is constantly renegotiated and often falls victim to compromise or base interests
The book is based on selected texts by the author, activist and initiator and first female laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize Bertha von Suttner, read by experts in the field: officers and recruits of the Austrian Armed Forces. With their simple, direct reading, they lend the texts additional authenticity, catapulting them into the urgency of the present. For now more than ever, it is important to know and implement Suttner's ideas.
_ the Prophet (2019)
read by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer
The two actors Kate Reading and Michael Kramer are sought-after narrators in the US audiobook market. After our constructive transatlantic collaboration on the English version of ‘Yours, Lise’ (which you can listen to here), they asked me if I would like to record their version of Khalil Gibran's famous text.
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