Loading ...Free Audio Resources
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS blog feed. Also check out more information on how FFL got started. Thanks for visiting!
This message will go away after 3 visits.
For My upcoming vacation, I am downloading free books on tape to take on the road with me to keep my brain occupied. I don’t want to borrow from the library just in case it gets lost on vacation; but that is a good alternative if your trip is short.
The sites I check out for audio books are:
♫ LibriVox catalog- The only downside is that I like to search by topic, so this takes a bit of time to go through
♫ Audio Books For Free - has the books broken down into fiction, non-fiction and other subcategories
♫ Free Classic Audio Books - has only three pages, but I found one I liked and downloaded
♫ Project Gutenberg Audio - a long list, organized a bit better, but not by category
♫ Learn out Loud - some audio and video that can be downloaded. Some hard to find audios as well
Podcasts for news, concerts, info:
♪ NPR: Podcast directory - Some good stuff from the last couple of years.
– Favorite: Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!
♪ Podcast directory - quite a variety, has many podcasts that are old and haven’t been updated in years.
♪ This American Life - “There’s a theme to each episode, and a variety of stories on that theme. It’s mostly true stories of everyday people, though not always.”
These are other sites that I use online:
Music
♫ Live365 - A wide variety of stations from movie scores to military radio, from sermons to wedding music; they seriously have it all. The only downside is that the popular stations fill up early and you have to buy a monthly VIP pass to get access and not have any ads
♫ Yahoo radio - Good for both radio and videos, some free stations, play mostly the same popular music unless you set up your own station, which is free
♫ Pandora - Easy to use music site, able to fast forward (a few times), seems to work on most any computer.
♫ Last.FM - The competitor to Pandora. I find it frustrating to use, but many people swear by it. No commercials and can launch in it’s own little radio window.
♫ Garageband.com - A reader turned me on to this site, a good source for independent music artists. Not always categorized correctly in my opinion, but generally well done. You can be notified of new songs uploaded by your favorite artists.
♫ Radio Station locater - If you prefer to listen to your local station on the computer and don’t remember the call letters. Appears to be updated well, as they don’t have a local smooth jazz station that went off the air a few weeks ago. They have AM and FM station, but not all stations have an online presence.
Talk/News
♪ BBC Radio - Music and News from around the world. A great way to get away from the same old thing.
♪ NPR - Most NPR stations are available online as well. Find your local one and tune in.
Old time Radio
♪ Old-Time Radio Shows - Listen to hours of X Minus 1, Burns and Allen, The Shadow, Gunsmoke and more. Hasn’t been updated for a few months.
♪ Radio Lovers - They have a nice list from Unsolved Mysteries, Wings to Victory, Father Knows Best and more
♪ Old Time Radio News - Among some of the items they have; you can listen to old news stories and major events
♪ Radio Nostalgia - Regularly updated site with old time radio shows, game shows, old sporting events and more. Downloadable to your ipod, cd, or computer for listening to later.
What else have I forgotten?
Update:
CBC (Canadian Broadcasting) Radio podcasts
Download live concert music
Dance Music Radio
Sky.fm Internet Radio
Popularity: 17% [?]
Thanks for this post! I just got a used MP3 player & am wanting to look into using it for audio books, but didn’t know where to find them for free. So this post is PERFECT timing for me!
March 27th, 2008 at 8:58 amCBC (Canadian Broadcasting) Radio has a great podcast section, too: http://archives.cbc.ca/podcast/
This link is for the archives, but a search of the site will come up with new material.
Those who speak French will also be interested by the French podcasts at src.ca (search for ‘baladodiffusion’).
Thank you for compiling this great list!
March 27th, 2008 at 9:10 amThe link for “Free Classic Audio Books” is incorrect (it is also linking to “Audio Books For Free”.
I think it should point to http://freeclassicaudiobooks.com/
Dawn’s note - Thanks, I corrected that.
March 27th, 2008 at 11:36 amMany fans will post live shows of their favorite bands at eTree or archive.org. With some tech know-how, you can easily convert the lossless file recordings into fantastic concert CDs for only the cost of a blank CD or two and other digital media for free. You will probably run across a recording or two that I made.
March 27th, 2008 at 11:50 amI had no idea there were free audio books. With an hour each way commute, I listen to a lot of audio programs!
March 27th, 2008 at 12:30 pmRemember to download some music that you love to sing along to. The audio books are good, but some will almost put you to sleep (financial topics, for me). When that happens, it’s good to have some favorites to sing along with!
March 28th, 2008 at 8:46 pmI did not know project gutenburg had audiobooks.
good find
www.di.fm has good music if u like the dance/electronica genre. the quality for free is actualy very good. i have not felt the need to pay for premium quality.
-r
March 28th, 2008 at 10:08 pmwww.freelistens.blogspot.com is a blog that reviews free downloadable audiobooks and stories from multiple sources, including some you’ve mentioned here.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:00 pmThis is a great list, thanks Dawn!
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:12 pm