Will Jarvis
speaker
941 appearances
14 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 8 Sep
Will Jarvis’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 14 in all, peaking in Sep 2026 with 5.
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That's in part because AI has made it easier than ever to crank out and post tons of videos with digital narrators who may or may not sound like a cheap robot.
According to one estimate, in the month after a new bestseller is published, an average of more than 5,000 unlicensed audiobooks pop up online.
While YouTube has sophisticated tools for finding and flagging copyrighted music and movies, publishers say the site's not keeping up with audiobooks.
Many creators are able to get around the automated detection systems by adding pauses or music, or even slightly tweaking the text.
A representative for YouTube said that ultimately, the publishing industry itself is responsible for flagging unauthorized works.
Still, at least one publisher seems to think there's a silver lining to the whole situation.
The president of Penguin Random House's audio team told the Times, "...people are going to a lot of trouble to pirate our books, which means there's a listening base and audience there.
We just need to find a legitimate way to get them the content."
Those are the headlines, but stick around.
We've got the Friday News Quiz for you just after these credits.
This show is made by Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Tracy Mumford, Jan Stewart, and me, Will Jarvis.
Original theme by Dan Powell.
Special thanks to Isabella Anderson, Larissa Anderson, Sam Dolnick, Miles McKinley, and Zoe Murphy.
Now, time for the quiz.
Every week, we ask you a few questions about stories The Times has been covering.
Can you get them all?
Here we go.
First up.
On Tuesday, a senior member of the Trump administration, who starred in a recent YouTube series called The Great American Road Trip, faced sharp questions from Democratic lawmakers about the show.
It's more than a road trip.
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