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March 13, 2024

Mandy Moore on Playing ’60s Nashville Hero Sue Brewer in Audible Original Podcast ‘The Boar’s Nest’: ‘Such an Important Story’

If there had never been Sue Brewer, there may never have been the Outlaw Country movement led by Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash. Though the artists already knew each other, in the mid-‘60s, Brewer gave them a safe haven in her Nashville living room, dubbed the Boar’s Nest, to create music and form lifelong friendships. She believed in them when naysayers in the Nashville music establishment doubted them and provided a shelter from the outside world, including, at times, their wives.

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December 5, 2023

Audible Renews First-Look Deal With ‘The Big Lie’ Producer Fresh Produce Media; Todd Ellis Kessler, Elliot Fletcher & Others Sign On To New Projects

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh Produce Media, the podcast company behind Jon Hamm and Kate Mara-fronted scripted series The Big Lie, has renewed its first-look deal with Audible. The Amazon-owned company has extended the multi-year agreement after initially striking a deal with Fresh Produce in March 2022.

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February 14, 2024

Mandy Moore Stars as Nashville Music Influencer Sue Brewer in Audible Scripted Podcast Series (EXCLUSIVE)

Mandy Moore stars in a new Audible podcast series as Sue Brewer, the unsung hero of the outlaw country music movement whose home became the epicenter of the scene in 1960s Nashville.

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October 3, 2023

Ariyon Bakare, Rose Leslie & Toby Jones To Star In Audible Sci-Fi Drama Podcast Series ‘The Salvation’

EXCLUSIVE: A trio of British actors is leading The Salvation, an Audible sci-fi podcast drama. Ariyon Bakare (His Dark Materials, Good Omens), Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones, Vigil) and Toby Jones (The Hunger Games, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny) will star in the time-travel series, which is from musical artist and writer Justin Lockey. The Salvation drops on Audible on Thursday (October 5), directed by Boz Temple-Morris and recorded in London. A.K. Benedict and Jeffrey Aidoo have provided additional writing on the eight-part series, which comes from audio-first entertainment company Fresh Produce Media and London-based producer Free Turn Entertainment.

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September 9, 2023

Helen Hunt, Beau Bridges & Julia Rehwald To Star In Sci-Fi Podcast ‘Alethea’ For Audible From Fresh Produce

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh Produce Media, the podcast company behind series such as Jon Hamm-fronted The Big Lie, is launching a new dystopian sci-fi series starring Helen Hunt, Beau Bridges and Julia Rehwald. The company is behind Alethea, which comes from Mark Henry Phillips, who worked on Serial, which debuts on Amazon’s Audible.

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Getting to tell this story over audio, in aformat that mirrors the way audiences might have actually heard it over theradio in the 1950s, made it all the more authentic.

Jon Hamm on The Big Lie.