Politics & Economy audiobooks

The Middle Out

By: Michael Tomasky

Narrated by: Adam Barr

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Political journalist Michael Tomasky tracks an exciting change among  progressive economists who are overturning decades of conservative dogma and offering an alternative version of capitalism that can serve broadly shared prosperity to all.

"Engaging, briskly paced ... On balance, history appears to be on Tomasky’s side." —The New York Times... Read more

A Beauty That Hurts

By: W. George Lovell

Narrated by: W. George Lovell

Length: 13 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

When A Beauty That Hurts first appeared in 1995, Guatemala was one of the world’s most flagrant violators of human rights. An accord brokered by the United Nations brought a measure of peace after three decades of civil war, but the country’s troubles are far from over. W. George Lovell revisits Guatemala to grapple once again with the... Read more

Just Price in the Markets

By: Charles R. Geisst

Narrated by: Will Tulin

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

The question of what constitutes a fair price has been at the center of market interactions since the time of Aristotle. Should a seller sell to the highest bidder, or is there some other standard, such as a morally defined price, to be applied? Charles R. Geisst traces the ways that philosophers, religious leaders, and economists have sought to... Read more

India's Turn

By: Suyash Gupta

Narrated by: Suyash Gupta

Length: 10 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The decade has clearly seen India regain its mojo with the nation, well on its way to a $5 trillion economy - almost an obligatory pursuit, for the world’s most populous country – a nation of 1.4 billion aspirations.In "India’s Turn: Imperatives for A Prosperous, Bold Nation”, author Suyash Gupta offers a gripping narrative of India's journey -... Read more

The Super Age

By: Bradley Schurman

Narrated by: Brian Holsopple

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A demographic futurist explains the coming Super Age—when there will be more people older than sixty-five than those under the age of eighteen—and explores what it could mean for our collective future. Societies all over the world are getting older, the result of the fact that we are living longer and having fewer children. At some point in the... Read more

State of the Union 1982

By: Ronald Reagan

Narrated by: Ronald Reagan

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

In the 1982 State of the Union address on January 26, 1982, Reagan invokes his self-deprecating humor and calls for “a new spirit of partnership between this Congress and this administration”. Reagan cites the “stagflation” of the 1970s: double digit inflation, interest rates over 21%, and over 8 million unemployed. Reagan notes economic... Read more

Arbitrary Lines

By: M. Nolan Gray

Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The arbitrary lines of zoning maps across the country have come to dictate where Americans may live and work, forcing cities into a pattern of growth that is segregated and sprawling.



The good news is that reform is in the air, with states across the country critically reevaluating zoning. In cities as diverse as Minneapolis, Fayetteville, and... Read more

Becoming Kim Jong Un

By: Jung H. Pak

Narrated by: Jung H. Pak

Length: 10 hours

Abridged: No

A groundbreaking account of the rise of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un—from his nuclear ambitions to his summits with President Donald J. Trump—by a leading American expert
 
“Shrewdly sheds light on the world’s most recognizable mysterious leader, his life and what’s really going on behind the curtain.”—Newsweek

When Kim Jong Un became the leader of... Read more

Palestine in a World on Fire

By: Ilan Pappe & Katherine Natanel

Narrated by: Zehra Jane Naqvi

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

As more and more people align themselves with the Palestinian people, Palestine in a World on Fire provides the global perspective and analysis needed to inform how we forge ahead on this path of newfound solidarity. Editors Ilan Pappé and Katherine Natanel have gathered a collection of interviews that are intimate, challenging, and... Read more

A Life Removed

By: Rose George

Narrated by: Karen Cass

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

'Asylum-seeker'; refugee'. All the major British political parties have brought these words to the top of the political agenda. Some newspapers shout about the swarms of refugees arriving on our shores; others criticise our government's lack of humanitarian principles. But what do we know about the refugees themselves what it means to leave your... Read more

Superpower Showdown

By: Bob Davis & Lingling Wei

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 15 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the inside story of the US–China trade war, how relations between these superpowers  unraveled, darkening prospects for global peace and prosperity, as told by two Wall Street Journal reporters, one based in Washington, D.C., the other in Beijing, who have had more access to the decision makers in the White House and in China’s... Read more

Hans-Ulrich Rudel: The Life and Legacy of the Luftwaffe’s Deadliest Stuka Pilot

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Jim Walsh

Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Few people personified the advancements, abilities, and tactical adeptness of the Luftwaffe like Hans-Ulrich Rudel, the most successful dive bomber in the history of warfare. Like hundreds of millions of others born in the early 20th century, his life was shaped by the Second World War, which started when he was just 23. He was born into and... Read more

The Ambulance Man and the Spanish Civil War

By: Paul Read

Narrated by: Paul Read

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The True Story of the Canadian Doctor and Ambulance driver that came to help a city in exodus. 
Try to imagine that the city of Malaga is to be evacuated overnight. 150.000 people will have to walk 200km along the coastal road in search of a safe refuge whilst being pursued by Italian tanks, bombed by German aircraft and shelled by Rebel... Read more

Modi - Shahancha Agenda Chukla

By: Thinkbank

Narrated by: Vinayak Pachlag

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

२०१९ चा टेक अवे काय? मोदी- शहानी त्यांना मिळालेल्या यशाचा चुकीचा अर्थ काढला का? सामान्य माणूस कोर्टाच्या निर्णयाचे विश्लेषण करू शकतो का? राम मंदिर, एन आर सी, कलम ३७० या निर्णयाचे देशावर काय परिणाम होतील? आपली आंदोलने सिलेक्टिव्ह झाली आहेत का? महाराष्ट्र इतिहासात अडकला आहे का? २०१९ या वर्षाचा आढावा घेणाऱ्या "भारत २०१९ " या विशेष कार्यक्रमात... Read more

American Whitelash

By: Wesley Lowery

Narrated by: Wesley Lowery

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn NPR Best Book of the Year • Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearLonglisted for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence“American Whitelash is indispensable. Really. It is.” – Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an AntiracistPulitzer Prize–winning journalist Wesley Lowery confronts the sickness at the heart of... Read more

Compromised

By: Peter Strzok

Narrated by: Peter Strzok

Length: 14 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

“This is the book I have been waiting for.”—Rachel Maddow

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  |  The FBI veteran behind the Russia investigation draws on decades of experience hunting foreign agents in the United States to lay bare the threat posed by President Trump.

“Peter Strzok is the FBI agent who started it all.”—David Martin, CBS Sunday... Read more

What It Takes

By: Richard Ben Cramer

Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright

Length: 54 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

An American Iliad in the guise of contemporary political reportage, What It Takes penetrates the mystery at the heart of all presidential campaigns: How do presumably ordinary people acquire that mixture of ambition, stamina, and pure shamelessness that makes a true candidate? As he recounts the frenzied course of the 1988 presidential race—and... Read more

Our First Civil War

By: H. W. Brands

Narrated by: Steve Hendrickson

Length: 16 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

"A fast-paced, often riveting account of the military and political events leading up to the Declaration of Independence and those that followed during the war ... Brands does his readers a service by reminding them that division, as much as unity, is central to the founding of our nation."—The Washington Post

From best-selling historian and... Read more

In Defense of Liberal Democracy

By: Manuel Hinds

Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon

Length: 11 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

In Defense of Liberal Democracy is a clarion call for today's divided time: a bold reaffirmation of the liberal democratic principles that have carried America through each crisis in its history—and can do so again.



Merging expert historical, political, and economic analysis, In Defense of Liberal Democracy shows how our recent technological... Read more

Guerra nuclear

By: Annie Jacobsen

Narrated by: Francia Castañeda

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Qué ocurriría si un misil nuclear se dirigiera a Estados Unidos? «Un thriller geopolítico desde muchas perspectivas y con un cronómetro que te cortará la respiración».
Forbes Solo hay un escenario, aparte del impacto de un asteroide, capaz de acabar con el mundo tal como lo conocemos en cuestión de horas: una guerra nuclear. Hasta ahora, nadie... Read more

Genocide

By: Kelly Mass

Narrated by: Doug Greene

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

In this book, we'll discuss two genocides that have cost the lives of millions but have often been overlooked by world historians. These are the following:
1 - It’s insane to think that mass murder didn’t stop at the end of World War II. Since the Holocaust, various genocides have taken place in different areas of the world. In this book, we’ll... Read more

Navigation by Judgment

By: Dan Honig

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Foreign aid organizations collectively spend hundreds of billions of dollars annually, with mixed results. Part of the problem in these endeavors lies in their execution. When should foreign aid organizations empower actors on the front lines of delivery to guide aid interventions, and when should distant headquarters lead?



In Navigation by... Read more

Barack Obama pienamente svelato

By: Celine Claire

Narrated by: Giulia Segreti

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Barack Hussein Obama è nato il 4 agosto 1961 a Honolulu, Hawaii. È un politico e avvocato americano che ha servito come 44° presidente per due mandati dal 2009 al 2017. È figlio di genitori del Kenya e del Kansas. Il padre di Barack Obama, Barack Obama Senior, è nato di etnia Luo nella provincia di Nyanza, in Kenya. Il padre di Obama è cresciuto... Read more

Robert Kennedy

By: Evan Thomas

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 20 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Traditionally, Robert F. Kennedy has been viewed as either the “Good Bobby,” who saw wrong and tried to right it, or the “Bad Bobby” of countless conspiracy theories, the ruthless and manipulative bully who plotted with the Mafia to kill Castro and lusted after Marilyn Monroe. Evan Thomas’ achievement is to realize RFK as a human being, to bring... Read more