Politics & Economy audiobooks

ZOV: L'homme qui a dit non à la guerre

By: Pavel Filatiev

Narrated by: Philippe Sollier

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

« Mon Dieu, si je survis, je ferai tout pour changer ça. » C'est sous le feu nourri de l'artillerie ukrainienne que Pavel Filatiev s'est fait cette promesse. Membre du 56e régiment d'assaut aéroporté russe, il participe dès le 24 février 2022 à la guerre déclenchée par le Kremlin. Blessé à l'oeil, il est évacué et demande à démissionner pour... Read more

De vermoedelijke moordenaar van Olof Palme

By: Marc Pennartz

Narrated by: Stijn Westenend

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Wie vermoordde de Zweedse premier Olof Palme? Meer dan 34 jaar hield deze vraag Zweden in de ban. Op 10 juni 2020 presenteerde justitie een mogelijke dader: de intussen overleden Stig Engström. Is het raadsel nu opgelost? De Nederlandse schrijver Marc Pennartz, die het onderzoek al jaren van nabij volgt, denkt van niet. In dit boek onthult hij... Read more

Generative Artificial Intelligence

By: Jerry Kaplan

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Advances in Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) have created a new class of computer systems that exhibit astonishing proficiency on a wide variety of tasks with superhuman performance, producing novel text, images, music, and software by analyzing enormous collections of digitized information. Soon, these systems will provide expert... Read more

The Diplomacy of the American Revolution

By: Samuel Flagg Bemis

Narrated by: Tom Beyer

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

"To the superficial observer there would seem never to have been an age less propitious for the birth of a new nation. The tendency of the times was altogether for the aggrandizement of big states and the consolidation of their territory at the expense of the little ones, for the extinction of the weaker nations and governments rather than for... Read more

Gaslight

By: Jonathan Mingle

Narrated by: Daniel Henning

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Imagine one day you receive a letter in the mail that informs you that a large energy company is planning to build a massive pipeline through your property. That they have the legal right to do so, whether you like it or not, because this project is in the "public interest"—because the pipeline will be carrying natural gas, the so-called "bridge... Read more

The News Quiz: A Heritage Collection

By: BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by: Various

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A brand-new collection of previously unpublished episodes taken from the programme's first four decades.

As highly prized as a Ming vase or a Regency sideboard, this fine collection of 14 vintage episodes of BBC Radio 4’s long-running panel show - chaired by Barry Took, Simon Hoggart, Bill Tidy and Sandi Toksvig - is at last available for all to... Read more

Confesiones desde el exilio: Enrique Peña Nieto

By: Mario Maldonado

Narrated by: Paris Roa

Length: 4 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Los secretos y escándalos del último gobierno del PRI A través de entrevistas exclusivas con el propio Enrique Peña Nieto, quien durante años no había hablado con ningún medio, y de una amplia investigación que incluye personas cercanas al exmandatario, Mario Maldonado presenta un trabajo periodístico de primer nivel en el que revela todos los... Read more

La historia secreta

By: Anabel Hernández

Narrated by: Karina Castillo

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

«Esta periodista, Anabel Hernández, ha hecho trabajos de investigación de primer orden, es una mujer profesional en el periodismo y valiente, es una mujer excepcional.» -Andrés Manuel López Obrador Todo indica que en realidad AMLO no era el hombre que venía a romper el sistema criminal, sino que ha sido su Caballo de Troya, uno más de los... Read more

The White Peril

By: Omo Moses

Narrated by: Kevin Free

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

From the son of legendary civil rights organizer Robert P. Moses: a brilliant, unflinching memoir about becoming Black in America that interweaves voices from 3 generations of the Moses family

"Omo Moses has written an epic reaffirmation of Black diasporic life and a clarion call for justice. The White Peril is destined to be read and cherished.”... Read more

Truths

By: Vivek Ramaswamy

Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon & Vivek Ramaswamy

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author, accomplished entrepreneur, and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has a plan to save America, and it begins with telling the truth.

Today’s conservatives know what they’re against. They’re anti-woke, anti-globalist, anti-big government. But what exactly do they stand for? The fact that this is a hard... Read more

Catherine, the Princess of Wales

By: Robert Jobson

Narrated by: Lucy Scott

Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Through the author’s extensive connections within the royal household, this dynamic new biography tells the full story of how Catherine, the Princess of Wales, became the woman she is today.

Kate Middleton’s life story seems like a modern-day fairy tale.

An attractive, clever, and ambitious girl from unexceptional beginnings meets and falls in... Read more

Interference

By: Aaron Zebley, James Quarles & Andrew Goldstein

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The behind-the-scenes story of the investigation that shook America to its core—the Mueller investigation that presented the evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election—as told by Robert Mueller’s closest colleagues, including never-before-revealed details into how the team investigated Putin’s campaign to favor candidate... Read more

Trump in Exile

By: Meridith McGraw

Narrated by: Beth Hicks

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Filled with deep insights and never-before-seen details, Trump in Exile is an explosive, all-access account from behind the scenes at Mar-a-Lago as former president Donald Trump regroups from an election defeat that he refuses to acknowledge and plots his return.

The Capitol riots on January 6, 2021, put a horrific closing note on a... Read more

Putins Olygarch

By: Thomas Kistner & Johannes Aumüller

Narrated by: Bodo Henkel

Length: 12 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Sport, Geld, Macht – Thomas Bach Das Gesicht des IOC ist ein Deutscher. Seine Geschichte und die des immer wieder kriminellen IOC laufen seit Jahrzehnten parallel. Hier wird sie erstmals erzählt. Thomas Bach ist der Mann arabischer Scheichs und chinesischer Staatskommunisten, und vor allem: der Olygarch Putins. Dieser investigative Report... Read more

A Concise History of the Middle East, 13th Edition

By: Ibrahim Al-Marashi & Arthur Goldschmidt Jr.

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 21 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A Concise History of the Middle East provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of this region.Spanning from the pre-Islamic era to the present, it explores the evolution of Middle Eastern institutions and culture, the influence of European colonialism and Western imperialism, regional modernization efforts, the struggle of various... Read more

The Highest Calling

By: David M. Rubenstein

Narrated by: David M. Rubenstein, Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodh...

Length: 19 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From the New York Times bestselling author of The American Story and How to Lead and host of PBS’s History with David Rubenstein—David Rubenstein interviews living American presidents and top historians and journalists who reflect on the US presidency, including Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Maggie... Read more

What She Said

By: Elizabeth Renzetti

Narrated by: Elizabeth Renzetti

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

One of Indigo’s Most Anticipated Canadian Books • One of CBC Books’ Works of Canadian Nonfiction to Check Out This Fall

A passionate advocate for gender equity, and one of our most respected journalists, explores the most pressing issues facing women in Canada today with humour and heart.

The fight for women’s rights was supposed to have been... Read more

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

By: Saadhu Sriram

Narrated by: Sri Srinivasa

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

சாவர்க்கர் என்ற பெயரைக் கேட்டதும் அவர் மன்னிப்புக் கடிதம் எழுதித் தண்டனையில் இருந்து தப்பித்தவர் என்று சொல்பவர்கள் ஒரு பக்கம். சாவர்க்கரைப் போன்ற ஒரு தலைவரைப் பார்க்கவே முடியாது என்று சொல்பவர்கள் இன்னொரு பக்கம். எது உண்மை?* யார் இந்த சாவர்க்கர்?* இந்துத்துவத்தை ஓர் அரசியல் தரிசனமாக சாவர்க்கர் முன்வைக்கக் காரணம் என்ன?* சாவர்க்கருக்கு மஹாத்மா... Read more

Africa on the Precipice

By: Nnamdi Chiekwu

Narrated by: Michael Matovu

Length: 12 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Africa on the Precipice (ATP) provides commentary on global geopolitics, economics, and world history, using African interests as a lens to give a different perspective on world events. The book specifically explores how and why Africa has not fared well in the ‘battle of civilizations’ (or global geopolitics) from the 15th century until present... Read more

For God, Country, and Sanity

By: CatholicVote

Narrated by: Gift Orudo

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Some elections really are huge turning points - and 2024 is one of them. A must-read for every Catholic American, For God, Country, & Sanity: How Catholics Can Save America offers 13 insightful chapters that take a deep dive into different aspects of the cultural, political, and religious landscapes of our rapidly declining country. Look no... Read more

Redesigning Education: A New Paradigm for Success

By: Frank “Bud” O’Lery

Narrated by: Jeffrey Brandon

Length: 12 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In "Redesigning Education: A New Paradigm for Success," author Frank "Bud" O'Lery presents a compelling exploration of the challenges facing humanity in the modern era. Drawing parallels to the metaphorical "Four Horsemen of Apocalypse," O'Lery delves into the pressing issues of overcrowding, authoritarianism, greed, and environmental crises.... Read more

COVID Lockdown Insanity

By: Hugh McTavish Ph.D.

Narrated by: Hugh McTavish Ph.D.

Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A Ph.D. biochemist and immunologist goes through the data on one of the greatest public policy disasters in human history—the lockdown response to COVID. How deadly was COVID originally and after it had evolved for a year or two? How many COVID deaths were prevented by the lockdowns? How many people did the lockdowns throw into depression?... Read more

Bitcoin

By: Satoshi Nakamoto

Narrated by: John Riddle

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Bitcoin is a free open source peer-to-peer electronic cash system that is completely decentralized, without the need for a central server or trusted parties. Users hold the crypto keys to their own money and transact directly with each other, with the help of a P2P network to check for double-spending. Read more

Seeing Red

By: Sarah Oates & Gordon Neil Ramsay

Narrated by: Emily Durante

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

The US media has been tainted with Russian disinformation, but the more significant threat is how the Right has embraced the Russian model of the news media as a vehicle for propaganda. This could not have happened without Donald Trump, who has been aided and abetted by politicians and news outlets that favor persuasion over information. From... Read more