Philosophy audiobooks

Dark Star Rising

By: Gary Lachman

Narrated by: Jason Culp

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Within the concentric circles of Trump's regime lies an unseen culture of occultists, power-seekers, and mind-magicians whose influence is on the rise. In this unparalleled account, historian Gary Lachman examines the influence of occult and esoteric philosophy on the unexpected rise of the alt-right.Did positive thinking and mental science help... Read more

Let's Move On

By: Vicente Fox

Narrated by: Thom Rivera

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, issues both a denunciation of the current state of American politics and a call to unity and resistance in the face of rising ethnocentric and anti-democratic sentiments.Vicente Fox offers his unique viewpoint as a former head of state, avid historian, and true admirer of America’s constitutional... Read more

Tao Te Ching

By: Lao Tzu

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The original mindfulness book, in a landmark new translation by the award-winning translator of the I Ching and The Art of War
 
The most translated book in the world after the Bible, the Tao Te Ching, or “Book of the Tao,” is a guide to cultivating a life of peace, serenity, and compassion. Through aphorisms and parable, it leads readers toward... Read more

What Kind of Creatures Are We?

By: Noam Chomsky

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Noam Chomsky is widely known and deeply admired for being the founder of modern linguistics, one of the founders of the field of cognitive science, and perhaps the most avidly read political theorist and commentator of our time. In these lectures, he presents a lifetime of philosophical reflection on all three of these areas of research to which... Read more

The Lies That Bind

By: Kwame Anthony Appiah

Narrated by: Kwame Anthony Appiah

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

We all know how identities—notably, those of nationality, class, culture, race, and religion—are at the root of global conflict, but the more elusive truth is that these identities are created by conflict in the first place. In provocative, entertaining chapters, Kwame Anthony Appiah interweaves keen-edged argument with engrossing historical... Read more

Radically Happy

By: Phakchok Rinpoche & Erric Solomon

Narrated by: Juri Henley-Cohn

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Get to know your own mind, stop judging, and be attentive-a Buddhist guide to happiness that's relevant to everyone.

East meets West in a fresh, modern take on a timeless challenge: how to find contentment and meaning in life. A longtime meditator and seasoned Silicon Valley entrepreneur meets a young, insightful, and traditionally educated... Read more

The Arrows of Zen

By: Ernest Cadorin

Narrated by: Ernest Cadorin

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Think Zen is soft music and scented candles? This absolutely fantastic book turns up the lights and illuminates some of the most profound aspects of the ancient philosophy. Drawing on decades of experience in Zen and the martial arts, Ernest Cadorin explains the principles and practices of Zen through compelling stories and brilliant... Read more

Post-Truth

By: Lee McIntyre

Narrated by: Matthew Josdal

Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

What, exactly, is post-truth? Is it wishful thinking, political spin, mass delusion, bold-faced lying? McIntyre analyzes recent examples—claims about inauguration crowd size, crime statistics, and the popular vote—and finds that post-truth is an assertion of ideological supremacy by which its practitioners try to compel someone to believe... Read more

From Age-Ing to Sage-Ing

By: Zalman Schachter-Shalomi & Ronald S. Miller

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 11 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Over two decades ago, beloved and respected rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi felt an uneasiness. He was growing older, and fears about death and infirmity were haunting him. So he decided to embark on mission to get to the bottom of his fears. Through a series of events that included a vision quest in a secluded cabin and studying with Sufi... Read more

Matters of Vital Interest

By: Eric Lerner

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A memoir of the author's decades-long friendship and spiritual journey with the late singer, songwriter, novelist, and poet Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen passed away in late 2016, leaving behind many who cared for and admired him, but perhaps few knew him better than longtime friend Eric Lerner. Lerner, a screenwriter and novelist, first met ... Read more

Moral Choices: Audio Lectures

By: Scott Rae

Narrated by: Scott B. Rae

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Moral Choices: Audio Lectures includes high-quality live recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from... Read more

Dreamstate: A Conspiracy Theory

By: Jed McKenna

Narrated by: Eric Vincent

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

If life is but a dream, to what do we awake?

The central premise of Dreamstate: A Conspiracy Theory, is the admittedly ridiculous but incontrovertibly true assertion that the universe does not exist.

This is something you can understand conceptually, like watching a documentary about Antarctica, or experientially, like moving to Antarctica.

There’s... Read more

Buddhism Is Not What You Think

By: Steven Hagen

Narrated by: Paul Heitsch

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author and renowned Zen teacher Steve Hagen penetrates the most essential and enduring questions at the heart of the Buddha's teachings: How can we see the world in each moment, rather than merely as what we think, hope, or fear it is? How can we base our actions on reality, rather than on the longing and loathing of our hearts and... Read more

Love for Imperfect Things

By: Haemin Sunim

Narrated by: Raymond Lee

Length: 4 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Quiet: "The world could surely use a little more love, a little more compassion, and a little more wisdom. In Love for Imperfect Things, Haemin Sunim shows us how to cultivate all three, and to find beauty in the most imperfect of things--including your very own self."

A #1 internationally... Read more

Surviving the Future

By: David Fleming & Shaun Chamberlin

Narrated by: Shaun Chamberlin

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Surviving the Future is a story drawn from the fertile ground of the late David Fleming’s extraordinary Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It. That hardback consists of four hundred and four interlinked dictionary entries, inviting readers to choose their own path through its radical vision. Recognizing that Lean Logic’s... Read more

Hiking with Nietzsche

By: John Kaag

Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A revelatory Alpine journey in the spirit of the great Romantic thinker, Friedrich NietzscheHiking with Nietzsche is a tale of two philosophical journeys—one made by John Kaag as an introspective young man of nineteen, the other seventeen years later and in quite different circumstances: as a husband and father. His wife and small child in tow,... Read more

The People vs. Democracy

By: Yascha Mounk

Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

“We can no longer assume that liberal democracy is the wave of the future… This splendid book is an invaluable contribution to the debate about what ails democracy, and what can be done about it.” ―Michael J. Sandel, author of Justice“Everyone worried about the state of contemporary politics should read this book.” ―Anne-Marie Slaughter,... Read more

The Infidel and the Professor

By: Dennis C. Rasmussen

Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships—and how it influenced modern thought



David Hume is widely regarded as the most important philosopher ever to write in English, but during his lifetime he was attacked as "the Great Infidel" for his skeptical religious views and deemed unfit to teach the young. In contrast, Adam Smith was... Read more

A Walk in the Wood

By: Dr. Joseph Parent & Nancy Parent

Narrated by: Joseph Parent

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

The benefits of mindfulness are well recognized: greater peace of mind, less stress, and the opportunity to work through and transform thoughts, memories, and worries. It also fosters equanimity, helping us accept the changes and challenges life brings.



In our frantic world, who better to guide listeners through this transformative practice than... Read more

The Most Good You Can Do

By: Peter Singer

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Peter Singer's books and ideas have been disturbing our complacency ever since the appearance of Animal Liberation. Now he directs our attention to a new movement in which his own ideas have played a crucial role: effective altruism. Effective altruism is built upon the simple but profound idea that living a fully ethical life involves doing the... Read more

A Call for Revolution

By: Dalai Lama & Sofia Stril-Rever

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A RALLYING CRY FOR THE WHOLE WORLD, BY ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED LEADERS OF OUR TROUBLED TIMES.This eloquent, impassioned manifesto is possibly the most important message The Dalai Lama can give us about the future of our world. It's his rallying cry, full of solutions for our chaotic, aggressive, divided times: no less than a call for... Read more

Each Journey Begins with a Single Step

By: Deng Ming-Dao

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a book of guidance for life’s journey rooted in the wisdom of ancient China. Bestselling author Deng Ming-Dao provides key poetic lines that distill the essence of Taoism, organizing them in the form of a journey. The material here is drawn from three sources: The Tao Te Ching, The Yijing, and 300 Tang Poems.Deng Ming-Dao writes: “We... Read more

This is Tai Chi: 50 Essential Questions and Answers

By: Paul Read

Narrated by: Paul Read

Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Everything you need to know about Tai Chi, including how to find a class...what happens in a class...how long it takes to learn...the difference between the styles and a unique history of the art in China and its travels to the West. See below for a complete list of the 50 Questions that the book answers. This fascinating audio version of the... Read more

The Philosophy Book

By: DK

Narrated by: Jason Culp

Length: 16 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

An essential introduction to the history, concepts, and thinking behind philosophy that demystifies what can often be daunting subject matter, laid out in DK's signature style.Are the ideas of René Descartes, Mary Wollstonecraft, John Locke, and Thomas Hobbes still relevant today? The Philosophy Book unpacks the writings and ideas of more than... Read more