200 Women: Who Will Change The Way You See The World

"Robin: One I found really interesting is 200 Women . This is a series of interviews with 200 women around the world, from all different walks of life, many of whom I had never heard of. Some of them are people that you might know—celebrity chefs or politicians—but many of them are just women living in totally different kinds of circumstances. “I always like to use a seesaw analogy for audiobooks.” This team of New Zealand journalists and photographers went around the world and interviewed them and photographed them in place. It’s a fascinating program. There is an accompanying coffee table book with stunning photographs. This would definitely be a case where you’d want to look through the book as well as listen to these women answering questions. It’s a very interesting, very unusual book. Robin: It’s more like cultural commentary. The full title is 200 Women: Who Will Change the Way You See the World . They’re being asked exactly the same five questions. So you’ll be asked the same question as a woman who is herding goats in Afghanistan. It’s stunning. Mary: I think 200 Women is a good example of how many audiobooks today, especially the multi-voiced ones, have really strong appeal for podcast listeners. Podcasts are kind of the gateway drug to audiobooks. That whole idea of social history, finding out about a culture, little snippets, feels very comfortable to podcast listeners. This is a title that can bring podcast listeners into the audiobook fold."