Politics & Economy audiobooks

V Is For Victory

By: Craig Nelson

Narrated by: Stephen Graybill

Length: 15 hours

Abridged: No

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2023

“Belongs in the library alongside the histories and biographies of Martin Gilbert, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and David McCullough.” —Doug Stanton, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Horse Soldiers

In this epic and definitive history of the American home front during World War II, New York Times bestselling... Read more

The Fourth Turning Is Here

By: Neil Howe

Narrated by: Neil Howe

Length: 20 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The visionary behind the bestselling phenomenon The Fourth Turning looks once again to America’s past to predict our future in this startling and hopeful prophecy for how our present era of civil unrest will resolve over the next ten years—and what our lives will look like once it has.

Twenty-five years ago, Neil Howe and the late William... Read more

In Defense of the Second Amendment

By: Larry Correia

Narrated by: John McLain

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

What part of the Second Amendment don’t you understand?That’s the question posed by award-winning, bestselling author, and professional firearms instructor Larry Correia.Bringing with him the practical experience that comes from having owned a high-end gun store—catering largely to law enforcement—and as a competitive shooter and self-defense... Read more

The United States vs. China

By: C. Fred Bergsten

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 13 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

After leading the world economy for a century, the United States faces the first real challenge to its supremacy in the rise of China.Is economic—or broader—conflict, well beyond the trade and technology war that has already erupted, inevitable between the world’s two superpowers? Will their clash produce a new economic leadership vacuum akin to... Read more

The Deepest Map

By: Laura Trethewey

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

The dramatic and action-packed story of the last mysterious place on earth—the world’s seafloor—and the deep-sea divers, ocean mappers, marine biologists, entrepreneurs, and adventurers involved in the historic push to chart it, as well as the opportunities, challenges, and perils this exploration holds now and for the future.Five oceans—the... Read more

The January 6 Report

By: January 6th Committee, The

Narrated by: Ari Melber & Joe Knezevich

Length: 19 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The instant #1 New York Times bestsellerThe official report and findings of the bipartisan Congressional investigation into the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and Donald Trump’s related coup conspiracies to overthrow the election, with an original foreword by attorney and Emmy-winning MSNBC anchor Ari Melber. This edition includes an exclusive... Read more

The Entrepreneurs

By: Derek Lidow

Narrated by: Christopher Grove

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

As far back as we can trace human history, there have been entrepreneurs. Almost five millennia ago, copper tool manufacturers set up a factory in what today is southwest Spain, profiting for hundreds of years from trade around the Mediterranean. Papyri document the diverse investments of an ancient Egyptian businessperson, from grain-yielding... Read more

The View from My Foxhole

By: William Swanson

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, millions of young American men were eager to join up and defend their country. William Swanson was among them.



The View from My Foxhole tells William Swanson's story of fighting in the jungles of Bougainville and Guam and the ash heap of Iwo Jima. Through it he maintains his sense of humor and thanks his... Read more

News and Democratic Citizens in the Mobile Era

By: Johanna Dunaway & Kathleen Searles

Narrated by: Kim Niemi

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Though people frequently use mobile technologies for news consumption, evidence from several fields shows that smaller screens and slower connection speeds pose major limitations for meaningful reading. In News and Democratic Citizens in the Mobile Era, Johanna Dunaway and Kathleen Searles demonstrate the effects of mobile devices on news... Read more

The Pursuit of Dominance

By: Christopher J. Fettweis

Narrated by: Tristan Morris

Length: 11 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

The United States is the most powerful actor in the international system, but it is facing a set of challenges that might lead to its decline as this century unfolds.



In The Pursuit of Dominance, Christopher J. Fettweis examines the grand strategy of previous superpowers to see how they maintained, or failed to maintain, their status. Over the... Read more

Breve historia de la mentira fascista

By: Federico Finchelstein

Narrated by: Ezequiel Álvarez

Length: 4 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

El protagonismo de la mentira en los fascismos del pasado y en los populismos de derecha del presente analizado detalladamente y en perspectiva histórica en tiempos de la "post verdad".
Al explicar por qué su antecesor mentía tanto, el presidente de los Estados Unidos de América, Joe Biden, dijo "Trump miente como Goebbels". ¿Era adecuada... Read more

Terra Viva

By: Vandana Shiva

Narrated by: Sudha Bhuchar

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Vandana Shiva has been described in many ways: the “Gandhi of Grain,” “a rock star” in the battle against GMOs, and “the most powerful voice” for people of the developing world. For over four decades, she has vociferously advocated for diversity, indigenous knowledge, localization, and real democracy; she has been at the forefront of seed... Read more

Undersea Warrior

By: Don Keith

Narrated by: David de Vries

Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The remarkable true story of Dudley "Mush" Morton, the most admired—and feared—submarine commander of World War II



Mush Morton was a warrior without peer. At the helm of the USS Wahoo he completely changed the way the submarines fought in the Pacific War. He would relentlessly attack the Japanese at every opportunity, burning through his supply... Read more

How the World Became Rich

By: Mark Koyama & Jared Rubin

Narrated by: Adam Barr

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Most humans are significantly richer than their ancestors. Humanity gained nearly all of its wealth in the last two centuries. How did this come to pass? How did the world become rich?



Mark Koyama and Jared Rubin dive into the many theories of why modern economic growth happened when and where it did. They discuss recently advanced theories... Read more

Adam Smith

By: Christopher J. Berry

Narrated by: Julian Elfer

Length: 3 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1776 Adam Smith (1723-90) wrote The Wealth of Nations, a book so foundational that it has led to him being called the "father of economics." Today he is associated with the promotion of self-interest, a defense of greed and a criticism of any governmental "interference" in market transactions which, if left to the "invisible hand," will... Read more

Whistles from the Graveyard

By: Miles Lagoze

Narrated by: Miles Lagoze

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

“The most bracingly honest, refreshing account of the Afghan war” (Sebastian Junger, New York Times bestselling author) from a Marine Corps Combat Cameraman and director of the acclaimed documentary Combat Obscura.

At just eighteen years old, Miles Lagoze joined the Marine Corps a decade after the war began and found himself surrounded by people... Read more

These are the Plunderers

By: Gretchen Morgenson & Joshua Rosner

Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd

Length: 11 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A Wall Street Journal Bestseller

Pulitzer Prize­­­–winning and New York Times bestselling financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson and financial policy analyst Joshua Rosner investigate the insidious world of private equity in this “masterpiece of investigative journalism” (Christopher Leonard, bestselling author of Kochland)—revealing how it... Read more

President Garfield

By: CW Goodyear

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 17 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” (The Washington Post) biography of the extraordinary, tragic life of America’s twentieth president—James Garfield.

In “the most comprehensive Garfield biography in almost fifty years” (The Wall Street Journal), C.W. Goodyear charts the life and times of one of the most remarkable Americans ever to... Read more

The Trump Tapes

By: Bob Woodward

Narrated by: Donald J. Trump & Bob Woodward

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

“The most memorable contribution to this year’s American political literature, however, was not a printed book. The Trump Tapes…is an audio collection that offers a passport to the heart of darkness.” —The Guardian

“An uncharacteristic warning from one of the most respected, non-partisan journalists in the world” —Jake Tapper, CNN

“It was... Read more

India Since Independence Part 1

By: Bipin Chandra, Mridula Mukherjee & Aditya Mukhe...

Narrated by: Prateek Dutt Sharma

Length: 18 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of the forging of India, the world's largest democracy, is a rich andinspiring one. This volume, a sequel to the India's Struggle forIndependence, analyses the challenges India has faced and the successes ithas achieved in the light of its colonial legacy and century-long struggle forfreedom. It covers the framing of the Constitution... Read more

India Since Independence Part 2

By: Bipin Chandra, Mridula Mukherjee & Aditya Mukhe...

Narrated by: Prateek Dutt Sharma

Length: 17 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of the forging of India, the world's largest democracy, is a rich andinspiring one. This volume, a sequel to the India's Struggle forIndependence, analyses the challenges India has faced and the successes ithas achieved in the light of its colonial legacy and century-long struggle forfreedom. It covers the framing of the Constitution... Read more

Head Held High

By: Vishwas Nangre Patil

Narrated by: Mayur Suvarna

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Whenever decorated officer Vishwas Nangre Patil recalls the memories of Diwali from his childhood days, the sounds of firecrackers often transform into the deafening grenade blasts from the night of 26/11. It was his grit, cultivated over the years from the neck-breaking labour of studying for the UPSC exams, that had enabled him to... Read more

Reaching Ninety

By: Martin Duberman

Narrated by: Donald Corren

Length: 12 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Martin Duberman, one of the LGBTQ+ community’s maverick thinkers and historians, looks back on ninety years of life, his history in the movement, and what he’s learned.In the early sixties, Martin Duberman published a path-breaking article defending the Abolitionists against the then-standard view of them as “misguided fanatics.” In 1964, his... Read more

When China Attacks

By: Col. Grant Newsham

Narrated by: Axel Bosley

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A warning about America’s impending war with China. The conflict is coming, a former Marine intelligence officer shows, and we’re not ready. But it’s not too late to prepare.Communist China is ambitious. It wants to replace the United States as the world’s leading superpower. And it is well on its way. It is dominant in the world economy. It is... Read more