Politics & Economy audiobooks

The News Quiz: A Vintage Collection

By: BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by: Alan Coren, Barry Took, Full Cast & Simon Hoggart

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A headline-crunching celebration of Radio 4’s hugely successful topical comedy quiz show

The News Quiz made its debut on Radio 4 in 1977, and four decades later it’s still playfully making and breaking the headlines of our daily news.

Among the vintage gems in this collection are 25 Years of the News Quiz, in which Alan Coren, Andy Hamilton,... Read more

Inside the CIA

By: Ronald Kessler

Narrated by: Edward Lewis

Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Ronald Kessler’s explosive bestseller, The FBI, brought down FBI Director William S. Sessions. Now, in this unparalleled work of investigative journalism, Kessler reveals the inner world of the CIA. Based on extensive research and hundreds of interviews, including two with active Directors of Central Intelligence William H. Webster and Robert M.... Read more

To Protect and Serve

By: Norm Stamper

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

American policing is in crisis. The last decade witnessed a vast increase in police aggression, misconduct, and militarization, along with a corresponding reduction in transparency and accountability. Nowhere is this more noticeable and painful than in African American and other ethnic minority communities. Racism—from raw, individualized... Read more

To Obama

By: Jeanne Marie Laskas

Narrated by: Jeanne Marie Laskas, Sullivan Jones, MacLeod An...

Length: 12 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

President Barack Obama received ten thousand letters a day from his constituents. This is the story of the private and profound relationship with letter writers that shaped his presidency. Their voices combine to reveal a diary of a nation.
 
Every evening for eight years, at his request, President Obama was given ten handpicked letters written... Read more

Incomparable Grace

By: Mark K. Updegrove

Narrated by: Robin Miles & Mark K. Updegrove

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

An illuminating account of John F. Kennedy’s brief but transformative tenure in the White House, from acclaimed author and historian Mark K. Updegrove, head of the LBJ Foundation and presidential historian for ABC News

“Tremendously absorbing and inviting… An important book.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin • “Elegant, concise, [and] knowing.”—Michael... Read more

The Boys' Crusade

By: Paul Fussell

Narrated by: Joel Leffert

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

National Book Award Winner Paul Fussell tells the breathtaking story of WWII from the young soldiers' points of view. WWII was not the glorified picture it is often depicted to be. For the American soldier it was a tiring, emotional, and gruesome experience. Fussell's extensive details and insight help to make this story come alive. Read more

Understanding Iran

By: William R. Polk

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 12 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

William R. Polk provides an informative, history of a country which is moving quickly toward becoming the dominant power and culture of the Middle East.



A former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Council, Polk describes a country and a history misunderstood by many in the West. While Iranians chafe under the yolk of their current... Read more

Fuel and Power

By: Jeronim Perović

Narrated by: Michael Page

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a very timely study of Russia's development into a global energy power from the Russian Revolution to the present day. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, Russia emerged not only as a key producer but also as one of the world's leading exporters of oil. Russia's transformation into a modern global power was connected to its ability... Read more

Hegemony or Survival

By: Noam Chomsky

Narrated by: Brian Jones

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The world's foremost intellectual activist narrates his irrefutable analysis of America's pursuit of total domination and the catastrophic consequences that are sure to follow.

"Reading Chomsky today is sobering and instructive . . . He is a global phenomenon . . . perhaps the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet." -The New... Read more

التبعية الثقافية

By: عبد العظيم الديب

Narrated by: سامي العربي

Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

" من ينظر إلى واقع أمَّتنا المسلمة –الثقافي والفكري- يدرك ما آلَ إليه أمرنا من تبعيَّة ثقافية وفكرية، جعلتْ عقولنا تستنيم لكل ما يُلقى إليها، حتى صارت لدينا مسلَّماتٌ خادعة وبدهيات كاذبة، ترتاح إليها العقول وتؤمن بها! وكان من ثمرة هذه التبعية أن ثقافة عصرنا –في جُملتها- تدور على التهجُّم على تاريخنا السياسي والفكري، والسخرية منه، وازدراء... Read more

Die Getriebenen

By: Robin Alexander

Narrated by: Helmut Winkelmann

Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Grenzöffnung für Flüchtlinge im Herbst 2015 hat das Land gespalten - die einen preisen Angela Merkels moralische Haltung, die andern geißeln die Preisgabe von Souveränität. Doch was als planvolles Handeln erscheint, ist in Wahrheit eine Politik des Durchwurstelns, des Taktierens und Lavierens, befeuert von hehren Idealen und Opportunismus.... Read more

Tod per Knopfdruck

By: Emran Feroz

Narrated by: Armand Presser

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

116 zivile Drohnentote laut US-Administration. 1.427 zivile Drohnentote laut dem Bureau of Investigative Journalism. 6.000 und mehr Drohnentote, die laut ehemaligen US-Militärs unrechtmäßig getötet wurden. Seit Beginn des War on Terror gehören US-Drohnen-Angriffe in Afghanistan, Irak, Pakistan, Somalia und vielen anderen Ländern zum Alltag.... Read more

A Fish Has No Word For Water

By: Violet Blue

Narrated by: Keira Grace

Length: 11 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER: 2023 Independent Publisher Book Awards GOLD"A gripping account of survival and a condemnation of the conditions that marginalize and endanger the unsheltered." —KIRKUS"Superb... Sharp dialogue, incisive observations, and polished prose." —BookLife EDITOR'S PICKHer mother was a hacker-for-hire and drug dealer to Silicon Valley's elite;... Read more

A Very Expensive Poison

By: Luke Harding

Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith

Length: 13 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A true story of murder and conspiracy that points directly to Vladimir Putin, by The Guardian’s former Moscow bureau chief and author of The Snowden Files and Collusion

On November 1, 2006, journalist and Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned in London. He died twenty-two days later. The cause of death? Polonium—a rare, lethal, and... Read more

Inside the Crisis: Presidents' Toughest Moments Revealed

By: Garrett Blackthorne

Narrated by: Nick Porter

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Inside the Crisis: Presidents' Toughest Moments Revealed
⭐⭐ Simplified Guide & Explanations Included ⭐⭐
Are you searching for a way to advance your understanding and propel your career by uncovering the highs and lows of presidential leadership during crisis periods?
Looking for an all-encompassing resource that discloses the intricate details... Read more

Monologue

By: Jon Macks

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 4 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Ever since Johnny Carson first popularized the late-night talk show in 1962 with The Tonight Show, the eleven p.m. to two a.m. comedy time slot on network television has remained an indelible part of our national culture. More than six popular late-night shows air every night of the week, and with recent major shake-ups in the industry,... Read more

Institution Building in Weak States

By: Andrew Radin

Narrated by: Christopher Douyard

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

In Institution Building in Weak States, Andrew Radin argues that the international community's approach to building state institutions needs its own reform. This innovative book proposes a new strategy, rooted in a rigorous analysis of recent missions.



In contrast to the common strategy of foreign interveners—imposing models drawn from Western... Read more

The World Trade Organization

By: Amrita Narlikar

Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is scarcely ten years old, but even in these early years of its existence it has generated debate, controversy, and even outrage. Rulings on beef hormones and tuna-dolphin cases provide graphic examples of how the organization regulates and intrudes into areas of individual consumer choice, ethical preferences,... Read more

The Decisive Decade

By: Jonathan D.T. Ward

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 11 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Decisive Decade, Dr. Jonathan D. T. Ward offers a comprehensive framework for how the US can, and must, defeat China on the world stage economically, diplomatically, militarily, and ideologically. International security and American supremacy are at stake—and now is the time for the US to take action. China's global power and influence... Read more

Bloody Minded

By: Susie Ferguson

Narrated by: Susie Ferguson

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

'A story of grit and determination from a woman who writes the way she lives - fiercely, with passion and in full colour.' - Michele A'Court
'There are times, admittedly rare, when a book comes along that needs only one word to evaluate it. In the case of Bloody Minded, that word is ""WOW""... Unquestionably it must be a hot contender to top its... Read more

Yallah Deutschland, wir müssen reden! - Aus dem Leben einer deutsch-marokkanischen Beamtin (ungekürzt)

By: Souad Lamroubal

Narrated by: Souad Lamroubal

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

"Ich verrate Dir, wo ich herkomme, und vor allem, wo ich hinwill!" - So beginnt ein packendes, tiefgründiges, witzig-ernstes Zwiegespräch mit "ihrem" Deutschland, das Souad Lamroubal als "problematisches" Gastarbeiterkind kennengelernt hat und dem sie heute als Integrationsbeamtin dient. Ein unwiderstehlicher Dialog über Freiheit und Herkunft,... Read more

The Future of China

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Tracy Tupman

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

One must accept that a lot of inconsistencies about China will never sound good in terms of the Western mindset. However, China, whose Communist Party government turns 70 today, treads the path of growth, carrying occasional embarrassment of inconsistency. A similar China that is acclaimed for the infringement of its human rights is the China... Read more

1900: Or; The Last President

By: Ingersoll Lockwood

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

This near-future political satire about the election of a new president argues that socialism and populism will eventually give rise to chaos and disaster. Authored by Ingersoll Lockwood-around whom conspiracy theories concerning the sci-fi/fantasy character Baron Trump now abound-1900; or, The Last President is notable for both its clairvoyance... Read more

To Catch a Dictator

By: Reed Brody

Narrated by: Reed Brody

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

What does it take to make a dictator answer for his crimes? Hissène Habré, the former despot of Chad, terrorized, tortured, and killed on a horrific scale over eight years in power—while enjoying full American and Western support. After Habré’s overthrow, his victims and their supporters were determined to see him held responsible for his... Read more