Radio broadcaster, assistant to those with special needs.

Michael Scherer with microphone and cowboy hat.

I am an AmeriCorps member, working with individuals after release from prison, helping to obtain gainful employment opportunities and establish self-sufficiency.

A documentary narration for Idaho Public Television that I did at the end of 2024.

Two recent audiobooks narrated for Audible.com. Click the images for more info.

I am a member of the St. Dismas Reentry Conference in Southwest Idaho. This is a conference of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, working to build a sustainable, improved standard of living for men and women released from incarceration.

Group photo of 13 members of the St. Dismas Reentry Conference
Island natives, with large 3-masted ship on horizon, and 3 canoes between the ship and the shore.

Typee

I was privileged to read Herman Melville’s first three novels for the Library of Congress, so much so that I made this recording his first novel, Typee, available for free on Librivox.
(Image is link to recording)

Some books narrated for the Library of Congress

Over 20 years, I narrated audiobooks for the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled. These are some of the most memorable books from that time.

A collection of 1,055 newspaper poems published in American newspapers from 1912 to 1915.