Politics & Economy audiobooks

Revolution and Terror

By: Graeme Gill

Narrated by: Julian Elfer

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

This book is a study of the relationship between revolution and terror. Historically many have claimed that revolution inevitably devolves into terror, best reflected in the way in which after coming to power the revolutionary elite turns on itself, and one section of it uses terrorist means to eliminate another section. Graeme Gill argues that... Read more

FDR's Mentors

By: Michael J. Gerhardt

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 13 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A unique and illuminating exploration of the key relationships that shaped Franklin Delano Roosevelt into one of America's most definitive leaders and impacted his influence on the world stage, from the acclaimed author of Lincoln's Mentors



Franklin Delano Roosevelt wasn't a born leader. He became one. As a boy he was in poor health, was... Read more

Dear Mom and Dad

By: Patti Davis

Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Written with dignity and grace in the form of a letter to her parents, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, Dear Mom and Dad is that surprisingly poignant work that succeeds not only as a memoir but as a moving account that will inspire listeners to recall their own childhoods in a totally new light.



Eager to retell the narrative of her own family and her... Read more

Fighting Mad

By: Krystale E. Littlejohn & Rickie Solinger

Narrated by: Deanna Anthony

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A fierce and galvanizing reminder that resistance is everywhere in the fight for abortion and reproductive justice in the United States.



Fighting Mad is a book about what "reproductive justice" means and what it looks like to fight for it. Editors Krystale E. Littlejohn and Rickie Solinger bring together many of the strongest, most resistant... Read more

The Wannabe Fascists

By: Federico Finchelstein

Narrated by: Tom Beyer

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Meet today's almost fascists and learn the warning signs to intercept them on the road from populism to dictatorship.



With The Wannabe Fascists, historian Federico Finchelstein offers a precise explanation of why Trumpism and similar movements across the world belong to a new political breed, the last outcome of the combined histories of fascism... Read more

Julian

By: Philip Freeman

Narrated by: Jonathan Johns

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

"When we think of ancient Rome, it's impossible not to think of Christianity, one of its most notable exports—but what if it hadn't been? This is the question provoked by classicist Philip Freeman in Julian, an appealing new entry in Yale's Ancient Lives series, which tells the story of the old faith's last imperial torchbearer."—Anna Heyward,... Read more

At the Table

By: Katherine Miller

Narrated by: Chelsea Stephens

Length: 5 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

When Katherine Miller was first asked to train chefs to be advocates, she thought the idea was ludicrous. But she quickly learned that chefs and other leaders in the restaurant industry are some of the most powerful forces for change in our troubled food system. Chefs are leading hunger relief efforts, supporting local farmers, fighting food... Read more

Charleston

By: Susan Crawford

Narrated by: Carrie Coello

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

At least thirteen million Americans will have to move away from American coasts in the coming decades, as rising sea levels and increasingly severe storms put lives at risk and cause billions of dollars in damages. In Charleston, South Carolina, denial, boosterism, widespread development, and public complacency about racial issues compound; the... Read more

The Corporation and the Twentieth Century

By: Richard N. Langlois

Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby

Length: 31 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The twentieth century was the managerial century in the United States. An organizational transformation, from entrepreneurial to managerial capitalism, brought forth what became a dominant narrative: that administrative coordination by trained professional managers is essential to the efficient running of organizations both public and private.... Read more

The White Bonus

By: Tracie McMillan

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 11 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

This unflinching book from award-winning investigative reporter Tracie McMillan examines what white privilege delivers—in dollars and cents—not only to white people of wealth but also to white people from the poor to the middle class.



McMillan begins with her own downwardly mobile middle-class family and takes us through a personal history marked... Read more

Under Jackie's Shadow

By: Mitchell Nathanson

Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The stories of thirteen Black Minor League baseball players during the post–Jackie Robinson era, from the 1960s to the mid-1970s, who were figuratively and literally left behind even as both baseball and the country claimed a newfound racial progressiveness. Read more

The Postmodern Predicament

By: Bruce Ackerman

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Human beings have taken one thing for granted since our earliest days: we are bodily creatures dealing with one another on a face-to-face basis. The internet has shattered this fundamental feature of human existence. We are suddenly living our lives in two worlds at once—shifting endlessly from virtual to physical reality as we reach out to... Read more

The United States and the Armenian Genocide

By: Julien Zarifian

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

During the first World War, over a million Armenians were killed as Ottoman Turks embarked on a bloody campaign of ethnic cleansing. Scholars have long described these massacres as genocide, one of Hitler's prime inspirations for the Holocaust, yet the United States did not officially recognize the Armenian Genocide until 2021.



This is the first... Read more

The Yemen Model

By: Alexandra Stark

Narrated by: Emily Durante

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A close look at failed US policies in the Middle East, offering a fresh perspective on how best to reorient goals in the region

In this book Alexandra Stark argues that the US approach to Yemen offers insights into the failures of American foreign policy throughout the Middle East. Stark makes the case that despite often being drawn into... Read more

Commander in Chief

By: Casey B. K. Dominguez

Narrated by: Nancy Peterson

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The constitutional balance of war powers has shifted from Congress to the president over time. Today, presidents broadly define their constitutional authority as commander in chief. In the nineteenth century, however, Congress was the institution that claimed and defended expansive war powers authority. This discrepancy raises important... Read more

The Deep State

By: Ian Fitzgerald

Narrated by: Mack Gordon

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Beneath the outward appearance of legitimate government and accountable officials there lurk hidden agendas, shadowy personalities and special interest groups seeking to seize control of the nation for their own ends. These 'states within a state', unfettered by legal norms and unworried by public opinion, are known as 'deep states'.
In this... Read more

The Warren Report

By: Geoffrey Giuliano

Narrated by: Geoffrey Giuliano & The Ark

Length: 24 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In delving into the examination of the Warren Report, a narrative unfolds, revealing a tapestry of controversies and criticisms that have woven doubt into the fabric of its conclusions. The central pillar of contention revolves around the report's assertion that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, was the sole perpetrator behind the assassination... Read more

The Theory of Evolution is a Joke

By: Danny Erhardt

Narrated by: David Michael Von Neupert

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Danny Erhardt, a mild mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, has sought the truth, and fortuitously found it. You can too. If you seek it with all your heart. If you love the truth more than the opinions and conclusions that are already in your head. The lies of Satan ("the great deceiver who goes forth to deceive the whole... Read more

The Prince

By: Niccolo Machiavelli

Narrated by: Roberto Scarlato

Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

🎧 Dive into the timeless wisdom of political strategy with "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli, now available as an engaging audiobook! Explore Machiavelli's profound insights on leadership, power, and governance, delivered straight to your ears in a captivating narration. Whether you're a student of history, a business professional, or simply... Read more

The War Memoirs

By: Charles de Gaulle

Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill

Length: 41 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The complete war memoirs of the resistance leader Charles de Gaulle, who led France out of its darkest hour during the Nazi occupation during World War II.

“Faced with the political disaster, I had to become France.” This was how Charles de Gaulle answered the call of history. One of the few French battlefield leaders to have distinguished... Read more

Im Moralgefängnis

By: Michael Andrick

Narrated by: Matthias Ernst Holzmann

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

Wieso enden unsere Meinungsverschiedenheiten in bitteren Fehden, die uns entzweien? Warum können wir nicht mehr gesittet streiten? Woher rührt das peinliche Schweigen in Familien, unter Freunden und Kollegen, sobald es um Politik geht? Ob Coronakrise, Zuwanderung oder Ukrainekrieg: Dass die Gesellschaft wahlweise "polarisiert" oder "gespalten"... Read more

Cheap Land Colorado

By: Ted Conover

Narrated by: Sebastian Waldemer

Length: 12 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Der Pulitzer-Preis-Finalist und National Book Critics Circle Award-Preisträger von Newjack führt durch ein wildes Amerika abseits des Zivilisation, wo es neben Unabhängigkeit und atemberaubenden Aussichten auch heftige Winde, Nachbarn mit krimineller Vergangenheit und minimale staatliche und medizinische Versorgung gibt.

"In diesen Depeschen lädt... Read more

Verkaufte Zukunft

By: Jens Beckert

Narrated by: Mathias Grimm

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Seit Jahrzehnten wissen wir um die Erderwärmung und ihre Gefährlichkeit. Dennoch nehmen die globalen Treibhausgasemissionen weiter zu. Offenbar gelingt es uns nicht, den Klimawandel zu stoppen. Wie lässt sich dieses Versagen erklären? Warum reagieren Gesellschaften so zögerlich auf diese Bedrohung? In seinem neuen Buch gibt Jens Beckert eine... Read more

Das kleine Buch der großen Risiken

By: Jakob Thomä

Narrated by: Sebastian Waldemer

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Warum es wahrscheinlicher ist, dass wir einem Zombie begegnen, als von einem Hai gefressen zu werden.

Wir haben wenig Ahnung davon, welchen Risiken wir tagtäglich ausgesetzt sind. Der Think-Tank-Begründer Jakob Thomä nimmt uns mit auf eine spannende Reise zu den größten Gefahren unserer Zeit und erklärt, was uns nachts wirklich wachhalten... Read more