Kat Johnson

3 weeks ago | audible.com | Kat Johnson

“How scary is Sinners?” As a horror fan who saw Ryan Coogler’s vampire blockbuster on opening weekend, I’ve been getting this question a lot lately. Even the highly squeamish have heard the hype by now, and they want in—even if they have to peek through their fingers to see it. As well they should. Sinners is the most exciting and groundbreaking movie of the year, a blood-soaked epic of blues, Hoodoo, and horror in 1930s Mississippi. Starring Michael B.

1 month ago | audible.com | Kat Johnson

As soon as I heard the premise of Saumya Dave’s The Guilt Pill, about an experimental pill that erases mothers’ guilt, I was fully invested. My oldest is 15, so I’ve had a decade and a half to notice the guilty thoughts that run through my head all day: I should be making the kids’ lunches instead of giving them money for the cafeteria. I should have gotten them involved in sports earlier and given them phones later.

2 months ago | audible.com | Kat Johnson

The bestselling author, exoneree, and unwitting true crime icon shares universal lessons on meaning and resilience in her heart-wrenching new memoir. Note: Text has been lightly edited for clarity and does not match audio exactly. Kat Johnson: Hi, listeners. This is Audible Editor Kat Johnson, and I'm honored to be speaking today with Amanda Knox, exoneree, journalist, public speaker, activist, bestselling author, and co-host with her partner, Christopher Robinson, of the podcast Labyrinths.

2 months ago | audible.com | Kat Johnson |Lisa Jewell |Ian McEwan |Alice Feeney

You can’t always trust an unreliable narrator—it’s right there in the name. But how appealing is a predictable quality like trustworthiness, anyway, compared to the myriad talents of these fanciful fabricators? Unreliable narrators keep us guessing, their true intentions and seemingly intimate accounts artfully arranged to reveal only what and when they choose to.

2 months ago | audible.com | Kat Johnson |Ronan Farrow |Patrick Radden Keefe |Alex Marzano-Lesnevich

True crime has come a long way since the days when it was considered a guilty pleasure at best, or exploitative and salacious at worst. The genre has used its recent explosion in popularity to grapple with its identity, offer more nuanced and systemic perspectives, and center the voices of both victims and underrepresented communities in a quest for justice for all.