Politics & Economy audiobooks

The Case for Cancel Culture

By: Ernest Owens

Narrated by: Ernest Owens

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

"A necessary discourse about power and control, and who ultimately has a voice versus whose is often stifled." —Preston D. Mitchum, LGBTQIA attorney, activist, and adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University

The first major case for cancel culture as a fundamental means of democratic expression... Read more

Triumph of the Yuppies

By: Tom McGrath

Narrated by: Stacy Carolan

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The “entertaining and insightful” first history of the Yuppie phenomenon, chronicling the roots, rise, triumph and (seeming) fall of the young urban professionals who radically altered American life between 1980 and 1987 (New York Times bestselling author Ben Mezrich). 

By the time their obituary was being written in the late 1980s, Yuppies—the... Read more

Wiseguys and the White House

By: Eric Dezenhall

Narrated by: Graham Halstead

Length: 14 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

“Wiseguys and the White House is an eye-opening, authoritative, remarkably detailed exposé of the interplay between organized crime and our presidents, shockingly revealing how close we have come to Mob rule.”—Ronald Kessler, New York Times bestselling author of The Secrets of the FBI and The First Family Detail“Mobsters and presidents? The ties... Read more

Beauty is in the Street

By: Joachim C. Häberlen

Narrated by: Nadia Albina

Length: 14 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

In post-war Europe, protest was everywhere. On both sides of the Iron Curtain, from Paris to Prague, Milan to Wroclaw, ordinary people took to the streets, fighting for a better world. Their efforts came to a head most dramatically in 1968 and 1989, when mass movements swept Europe and rewrote its history.

In the decades... Read more

Tan lejos de dios

By: Juan Manuel de Castells Tejón

Narrated by: Mario de Candia

Length: 15 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Esta publicación tiene como fin plantear la crisis de la iglesia católica contando las historias secretas del Vaticano y las herejías, doctrinas, creencias y dogmas que no tienen nada que ver con la tradición cristiana y la propuesta del papa Francisco hacia un nuevo paradigma del catolisismo. Read more

A Rainbow in the Night

By: Dominique Lapierre

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1652, a small group of Dutch farmers landed on the southernmost tip of Africa. Sent by the powerful Dutch India Company, their mission was simply to grow vegetables and supply ships rounding the cape. The colonists, however, were convinced by their strict Calvinist faith that they were among God's "elect," chosen to rule over the continent.... Read more

Capitalists, Arise!

By: Peter Georgescu

Narrated by: Wes Bleed

Length: 4 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Peter Georgescu explains how his American Dream journey-from refugee to the CEO of Young & Rubicam-is no longer possible, and the underlying culprit is shareholder primacy. The income gap is growing larger and larger, and Georgescu argues that only a return to a true form of capitalism will begin to decrease that gap.


Peter Georgescu is... Read more

Policarpa Salavarrieta

By: Various

Narrated by: Various

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Policarpa se convierte en una de las figuras más visibles por ser la conexión entre quienes apoyaban la independencia y la guerrilla de los Llanos Orientales de Colombia. Fue llevada presa al Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, donde fue ejecutada junto con su novio, Alejo Savarín.

Policarpa became prominent in history because she turned out... Read more

Biblical Basis For Human Rights

By: John Montgomery

Narrated by: John Montgomery

Length: 2 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. Montgomery served as director of studies at the prestigious International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg. France for three years. For thirteen years he has integrated biblical theology and human rights through a summer program in Strasbourg. Learn why only a serious biblical theology can supply the foundations for human rights in... Read more

The Activist Leader

By: Lucy Parker & Jon Miller

Narrated by: Stephen Boxer

Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

If you want to be a successful leader in today’s business world, you need to think like an activist. If you want to be a successful leader in today’s business world, you need to think like an activist. This urgent and essential book shows how to do just that. The Activist Leader argues that the world needs a new... Read more

George Washington

By: David O. Stewart

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 18 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A fascinating and illuminating account of how George Washington became the dominant force in the creation of the United States of America, from award-winning author David O. Stewart

“An outstanding biography . . . [George Washington] has a narrative drive such a life deserves.”—The Wall Street Journal

Washington's rise constitutes one of the... Read more

Krigen i Norden

By: All Verdens Historie

Narrated by: Lars Restad-Hvalby

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Da Hitler satte fyr på Europa i 1939, håpet alle de nordiske landene å holde seg utenfor konflikten. Men bare tre måneder senere angrep Den røde armé Finland og tvang landet ut i en overlevelseskamp. Våren 1940 rullet store tyske divisjoner opp gjennom Danmark og Norge, og heller ikke Sverige gikk helt fri. Hitlers krav om fri passasje gjennom... Read more

Redeeming Power

By: Diane Langberg

Narrated by: Pam Ward

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Power has a God-given role in human relationships and institutions, but it can lead to abuse when used in unhealthy ways. Speaking into current #MeToo and #ChurchToo conversations, this book shows that the body of Christ desperately needs to understand the forms power takes, how it is abused, and how to respond to abuses of power.



Although many... Read more

Compelling Interest

By: Roger Resler

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Is a fetus a person?Is “pro-choice” a neutral position?For 40 years since the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, the abortion debate has been highly charged and politicized. Questions like these—and passionate but widely varying answers—have become the common language of the public dialogue on this issue. Yet behind the scenes of this... Read more

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Real American Heroes

By: Brion McClanahan

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

As presidential candidates sling dirt at each other, America desperately needs a few real heroes. Tragically, liberal historians and educators have virtually erased traditional American heroes from history. According to the Left, the Founding Fathers were not noble architects of America but selfish demagogues, and self-made entrepreneurs like... Read more

The Quiet Before

By: Gal Beckerman

Narrated by: Feodor Chin

Length: 11 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • An “elegantly argued and exuberantly narrated” (The New York Times Book Review) look at the building of social movements—from the 1600s to the present—and how current technology is undermining them

“A bravura work of scholarship and reporting, featuring amazing individuals and... Read more

Medical volunteers risk their lives to save Mosul's injured

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

On the front lines of Mosul, Iraq, two young American volunteers aid those injured in battle. Pete Reed and Derek Coleman treat Iraqi soldiers and civilians right in the path of fire, far closer than other medical providers. Without their proximity to the fighting, many more wounded would die. But their location also means they are at enormous... Read more

The Biggest Prison on Earth

By: Ilan Pappe

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the bestselling study of the 1948 War of Independence comes an incisive look at the Occupied Territories, picking up the story where The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine left off.



Publishing on the fiftieth anniversary of the Six-Day War that culminated in the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Pappe offers a... Read more

Politicians and Rebels

By: Kelly Mass

Narrated by: Chris Newman

Length: 3 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

This book contains 3 titles, which are:Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin was an author, physicist, innovator, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political thinker who resided in America. Franklin was just one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the US Declaration, and the first postmaster general... Read more

Waking Up White: and Finding Myself in the Story of Race

By: Debby Irving

Narrated by: Debby Irving

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Debby Irving is an emerging voice in the national racial justice community. Combining her organization development skills, classroom teaching experience, and understanding of systemic racism, Irving educates and consults with individuals and organizations seeking to create racial equity at both the personal and institutional level.
Irving grew up... Read more

The Life and Death of Sambhaji (Part 1)

By: Medha Deshmukh Bhaskaran

Narrated by: Vasundhra Bose

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

It begins to dawn on the nine-year-old Sambhaji that his father has fled from the clutches of the Mughal badshah Aurangzeb and left him behind. He must now find his way back home with the help of strangers . . .
Under the shadow of an illustrious father, Sambhaji finds himself thrust into the Maratha-Mughal conflict from a tender age.... Read more

100 Ideen für automatisiertes, passives Einkommen

By: Marco Perner

Narrated by: Jakob Seel

Length: 3 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Wer Zeit gegen Geld tauscht, wird stets eine Grenze nach oben haben. In diesem Hörbuch befinden sich 100 Ideen und Strategien, um die Faktoren Zeit und Geld unabhängig von einander zu gestalten - und um endlich frei zu sein. Dabei reichen die Methoden für passives Einkommen von niedrigen bis hohen Startkapitalien, von leichter bis schwerer... Read more

Problem with Everything

By: Meghan Daum

Narrated by: Meghan Daum

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

“[A]ffectingly personal, achingly earnest, and something close to necessary.” —Vogue
“Personal, convincing, unflinching.” —Tablet

From an author who’s been called “one of the most emotionally exacting, mercilessly candid, deeply funny, and intellectually rigorous writers of our time” (Cheryl Strayed, #1 New York Times bestselling author) comes a... Read more

Elämä kylmän sodan varjossa

By: Orage

Narrated by: Tapio Rauvala

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

"Elämä kylmän sodan varjossa" valottaa kylmän sodan uhkaa siviilien näkökulmasta. Kylmä sota erosi perinteisestä sodankäynnistä merkittävästi, sillä sen keinot olivat vähemmän suoria, ja yhteenotot tapahtuivat ripotellen eri puolilla maapalloa. Tästä johtuen kylmä sota oli myös aivan eri tavalla läsnä tavallisten ihmisten arjessa. Pelko... Read more