English Wikipedia articles, read aloud by volunteers
New recordings from Wikimedia Commons publish promptly. Earlier recordings are released in a roughly shuffled order, paced to average about thirty minutes of listening per day. A long recording may therefore be followed by one or more quiet days. Each episode credits its reader and links to the original recording, the article as recorded, and the current article.
Stubread by Nicholas Moreau · recorded January 2016 · 0:00:24 · 0.3 MB
Krini (Greek: Κρήνη) is a small town of approximately 400 year-round inhabitants in Northern Greece. Krini is a community of the municipal unit Triglia, regional unit of Chalkidiki. Krini's main agricultural crops include wheat, olives, onions, grapes, and anise.
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Bread by Authors of the article · recorded May 2020 · 0:06:54 · 5.0 MB
Carole Ann Baskin (née Stairs; born June 6, 1961) is an American animal rights activist and the CEO of Big Cat Rescue, a non-profit animal sanctuary. She advocates for the plight of captive big cats. Baskin was featured in the 2020 Netflix true crime documentary series Tiger King, which follows Baskin's escalating feud with Oklahoma-based private zoo owner Joe Exotic. Following the release of the series, many…
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Stubread by Witbcoedus · recorded March 2012 · 0:03:01 · 2.8 MB
Sanford station is a railroad terminal in Sanford, Florida. It is the southern terminus for Amtrak's Auto Train, which runs between this station and Lorton, Virginia. It is Amtrak's busiest station in Florida, as of fiscal 2022, when it served 269,381 passengers. As of 2022, the Auto Train loads its passengers on two tracks in Sanford, as no single track is long enough for all of the passenger railcars. A railroad…
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Bread by Kevin F. Story · recorded September 2007 · 0:19:41 · 14.7 MB
Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general, statesman, and author who was the dictator of the Roman Republic almost continuously from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC. A member of the First Triumvirate, he led the Roman armies through the Gallic Wars and defeated his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil war. He consolidated power and proclaimed himself dictator for life…
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Startread by JohnAnkerBow · recorded December 2019 · 0:08:13 · 5.7 MB
Caged is a 1950 American film noir directed by John Cromwell and starring Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Betty Garde, Hope Emerson, and Ellen Corby. It was adapted by Virginia Kellogg from the story "Women Without Men" by Kellogg and Bernard C. Schoenfeld. The film portrays the story of a young newlywed sent to prison for armed robbery. Her brutal experiences while incarcerated, along with the killing of her…
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Stubread by LauraHale · recorded June 2012 · 0:00:41 · 0.5 MB
Chinese Taipei men's national softball team is the national team for Taiwan (Chinese Taipei). The 1988 World Championships were held in Saskatoon, Canada. The team played 13 games in the round robin round. Australia beat Chinese Taipei 2–0 in one game in this round. The 1992 World Championships, the eighth time the event was competed for, was held in Manila. Australia beat Chinese Taipei 9–2 in one game in the…
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Bread by Kevin F. Story · recorded September 2007 · 0:19:11 · 14.3 MB
Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general, statesman, and author who was the dictator of the Roman Republic almost continuously from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC. A member of the First Triumvirate, he led the Roman armies through the Gallic Wars and defeated his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil war. He consolidated power and proclaimed himself dictator for life…
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Startread by Alexkillby · recorded September 2007 · 0:01:55 · 1.8 MB
Joseph Fielding Smith Jr. (July 19, 1876 – July 2, 1972) was an American religious leader and writer who served as the tenth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1970 until his death in 1972. He was the son of former church president Joseph F. Smith and the great-nephew of church founder Joseph Smith. Smith was named to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1910, when his…
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Bread by Caninedoubletake · recorded September 2007 · 0:04:30 · 3.2 MB
"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is a sentence that is grammatically correct in English that is often presented as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated linguistic constructs through lexical ambiguity. It has been discussed in literature in various forms since 1967, when it appeared in Dmitri Borgmann's Beyond Language: Adventures in Word and…
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GAread by CanonNi · recorded January 2025 · 0:07:54 · 5.5 MB
The Password Game is a 2023 puzzle browser game developed by Neal Agarwal, on the online website neal.fun, where the player creates a password that follows increasingly unusual and complicated rules. Based on Agarwal's experience with password policies, the game was developed in two months, releasing on June 27, 2023. The game went viral and was recognized in the media for the gameplay's absurdity and commentary on…
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FLread by Nicholas Moreau · recorded January 2016 · 0:10:40 · 7.6 MB
Canadian Idol was a Canadian interactive reality game show series. The series premiered their first season in 2003 on CTV and was on air for six seasons. Based on the American version of the show, American Idol, it is part of the Idol series. Canadian Idol was the most-watched Canadian English-language television series of 2008. The show began with a tour across Canada, in which singers audition in front of four…
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Startread by LauraHale · recorded June 2012 · 0:03:22 · 2.3 MB
Luciano Ercoli (19 October 1929 – 15 March 2015) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, producer and unit production manager. Ercoli's career spanned approximately two decades before his retirement in the late 1970s, and saw him direct several films in the giallo genre, as well producing several Spaghetti Westerns. Ercoli was married to Spanish actress Nieves Navarro, who has appeared in several of the films he…
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Startread by Clay2004 · recorded July 2026 · 0:10:08 · 7.0 MB
Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots is a two-player action toy and game designed by Marvin Glass and Associates, and first manufactured by the Louis Marx and Company toy company in 1964. The game features two dueling boxing robots, Red Rocker and Blue Bomber, which are mechanically manipulated by the game's players. The game is won when one player knocks the opposing robot's head up and off the shoulders. The Marx Company was…
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Cread by Matty2025 · recorded September 2007 · 0:02:39 · 2.2 MB
Matterhorn Bobsleds is an attraction that consists of a pair of intertwined steel roller coasters running through a fabricated mountain. It is located at Disneyland in Anaheim, California and is modeled after the Matterhorn, a mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It is the first known permanently-installed tubular steel track roller coaster, though coasters with tubular steel tracks had…
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Startread by Warpig · recorded May 2016 · 0:06:31 · 4.6 MB
Sound quality is typically an assessment of the accuracy, fidelity, or intelligibility of audio output from an electronic device. Quality can be measured to a specific set of standards, such as when tools are used to gauge the accuracy with which the device reproduces an original sound; or it can be measured subjectively, such as when human listeners respond to the sound or gauge its perceived similarity to another…
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Bread by laurenpt015 · recorded August 2014 · 0:13:14 · 9.1 MB
Mrs. Doubtfire is a 1993 American comedy-drama film directed by Chris Columbus, written by Randi Mayem Singer and Leslie Dixon, based on the 1987 novel Madame Doubtfire, by Anne Fine. The film was produced by Mark Radcliffe, Marsha Garces Williams and her then-husband Robin Williams, who also starred in the lead role. The film co-stars Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, and Robert Prosky. It follows a…
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Startread by yutsi · recorded June 2012 · 0:07:36 · 5.4 MB
William Wright (W. W.) Heard (April 28, 1853 - May 31, 1926) was the 32nd Governor of Louisiana from 1900 to 1904. His governorship saw the start of the Louisiana's oil and gas industry.
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FAread by Shayday~enwiki · recorded May 2020 · 2:02:54 · 85.1 MB
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (born Benjamin D'Israeli; 21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881), was a British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, his…
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Bread by Omaryak · recorded September 2007 · 0:29:04 · 20.4 MB
The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, and the U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house. Together, the Senate and House have the authority under Article One of the Constitution to make and pass or defeat federal legislation. The Senate has exclusive power to confirm U.S. presidential appointments, to approve or reject treaties, and to convict or…
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Startread by OVRDRIVN32 · recorded July 2026 · 0:08:42 · 6.2 MB
Super Pac-Man is a 1982 maze video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It was released in Japan and Europe in 1982 and in North America by Bally Midway in 1983. It is the sequel to the original Pac-Man (1980). Bally Midway had previously commissioned General Computer Corporation to develop the unofficial sequel Ms. Pac-Man (1982), with which Namco had little involvement beyond licensing. Toru Iwatani…
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Bread by Macropode · recorded September 2007 · 0:16:24 · 11.9 MB
The green and golden bell frog (Ranoidea aurea), also named the green bell frog, green and golden swamp frog and green frog, is a species of ground-dwelling tree frog native to eastern Australia. Despite its classification and climbing abilities, it does not live in trees and spends almost all of its time close to ground level. It can reach up to 11 cm (4.5 in) in length, making it one of Australia's largest…
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GAread by TheFugeni · recorded January 2021 · 0:05:42 · 4.0 MB
Metis , also known as Jupiter XVI, is the innermost known moon of Jupiter. It was discovered in 1979 in images taken by Voyager 1, and was named in 1983 after the Titaness Metis, the first wife of Zeus and the mother of Athena. Additional observations made between early 1996 and September 2003 by the Galileo spacecraft allowed its surface to be imaged. Metis is tidally locked to Jupiter, and its shape is strongly…
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GAread by Clay2004 · recorded August 2025 · 0:16:15 · 11.2 MB
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back is a 1958 children's book written and illustrated by American author Theodor Geisel under his pen name Dr. Seuss. Published by Random House as one of its five original Beginner Books, it is the sequel to The Cat in the Hat (1957). In the book, the Cat in the Hat leaves a pink stain in the bathtub and spreads it around the house while cleaning it. He unveils a series of increasingly…
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Startread by Maganball · recorded January 2025 · 0:03:43 · 2.6 MB
Simulacra (stylized in all caps) is a 2017 detective-horror game developed and published by Malaysian video game developer Kaigan Games. It was released for the Windows, iOS, Android, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.
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GAread by Matthew David González · recorded November 2013 · 0:30:42 · 21.1 MB
Cory Anthony Booker (born April 27, 1969) is an American politician and lawyer serving as a United States senator from New Jersey, a seat he has held since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Booker is the first African-American U.S. senator from New Jersey. He was the 38th mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013, and served on the Municipal Council of Newark for the Central Ward from 1998 to 2002. Booker was born in…
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