Jon Stewart has narrated 3 audiobooks on Listento.it by 5 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.6★ across 62 ratings. The most-rated is The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook).
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook)
Summary
Where do we come from? Who created us? Why are we here? These questions have puzzled us since the dawn of time, but when it became apparent to Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show that the world was about to end, they embarked on a massive mission to write a book that summed up the human race: What we looked like; what we accomplished; our achievements in society, government, religion, science, and culture - all in a lavishly produced audiobook of approximately 200 minutes. After two weeks of hard work and nights in the recording studio, they had their audiobook. Earth (The Audioook) is the definitive guide to our species. With their trademark wit, irreverence, and intelligence, Stewart and his team will posthumously answer all of life's most hard-hitting questions, completely unburdened by objectivity, journalistic integrity, or even accuracy. Read by Jon Stewart, the Daily Show correspondents, and featuring a special performance by Sigourney Weaver.
©2010 Jon Stewart (P)2010 Hachette Audio
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Audiobook)
Summary
Jon Stewart, host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning The Daily Show, and his coterie of patriots deliver a hilarious look at American government. Termed a "political king-maker" by Newsweek, and "the Dan Rather of infotainment" by Vanity Fair, Jon Stewart, along with the writers of The Daily Show, combines his riotous wit and razor-sharp insight in this hilarious book. American-style democracy is the world's most beloved form of government, which explains why so many other nations are eager for us to impose it on them. But what is American democracy? In America (The Audiobook), Jon Stewart and The Daily Show writing staff offer their insights into our unique system of government, dissecting its institutions, explaining its history and processes, and exploring the reasons why concepts like "one man, one vote", "government by the people", and "every vote counts" have become such popular urban myths. Among the topics: Ancient Rome: The First Republicans The Founding Fathers: Young, Gifted, and White The President: King of Democracy The Supreme Court: 18 Legs, Four Tits, One Mission Running for Office: What Are You Thinking? The Media: Can It Be Stopped? The Future of Democracy: The Constitutional Robocracy and You!This program contains explicit language.
(P)2004 Time Warner Audiobooks
Assassination Vacation
Summary
Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and culture with wit, probity, and an irreverent sense of humor. With Assassination Vacation, she takes us on a road trip like no other, a journey to the pit stops of American political murder and through the myriad ways they have been used for fun and profit, for political and cultural advantage. From Buffalo to Alaska, Washington to the Dry Tortugas, Vowell visits locations immortalized and influenced by the spilling of politically important blood, reporting as she goes with her trademark blend of wisecracking humor, remarkable honesty, and thought-provoking criticism. We learn about the jinx that was Robert Todd Lincoln (present at the assassinations of Presidents Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley) and witness the politicking that went into the making of the Lincoln Memorial. The resulting narrative is much more than an entertaining and informative travelogue, it is the disturbing and fascinating story of how American death has been manipulated by popular culture, including literature, architecture, sculpture, and, the author's favorite, historical tourism. Though the themes of loss and violence are explored and we make detours to see how the Republican Party became the Republican Party, there are lighter diversions into the lives of the three presidents and their assassins, including mummies, show tunes, mean-spirited totem poles, and a 19th-century biblical sex cult. In Order of Appearance:Conan O'Brien...Robert Todd Lincoln Eric Bogosian...John Wilkes BoothStephen King...President Abraham LincolnDave Eggers...Mike Ryan Catherine Keener...Gretchen Worden Jon Stewart...President James A. GarfieldTony Kushner...John Humphrey NoyesBrad Bird...Charles Guiteau & Emma GoldmanDaniel Handler...President William McKinleyGreg Giraldo...President Theodore Roosevelt David Rakoff...Leon Czolgosz
©2005 Sarah Vowell (P)2005 Simon & Schuster Inc. AUDIOWORKS is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc.