Pioneer of Audio Books – Barbara Holdridge Ep17
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English - March 28, 2017 01:25 - 1 hour - 29.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsCareers Business Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
If you enjoy listening to spoken word audio you have Barbara Holdridge to thank for it. Together with her business partner, Marianne (Roney) Mantell, co-founded Caedmon Records in 1952. As an entirely women-owned company Caedmon stressed gender equality and focused on women’s writings. She was a pioneer in the genre of spoken word literary recordings, … Continue reading Pioneer of Audio Books – Barbara Holdridge Ep17 →
If you enjoy listening to spoken word audio you have Barbara Holdridge to thank for it. Together with her business partner, Marianne (Roney) Mantell, co-founded Caedmon Records in 1952. As an entirely women-owned company Caedmon stressed gender equality and focused on women’s writings. She was a pioneer in the genre of spoken word literary recordings, and is considered to have laid the foundation for modern audio books.
I got the chance to meet her in Baltimore and she was kind enough to record with me on a new medium, podcasts. I really enjoyed Barbara and visited her several times afterwards to help her with her award winning gardens.