Politics & Economy audiobooks

Honoring Civil Rights Hero Medgar Evers

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Nearly half a century after his murder, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was honored in a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Gwen Ifill examines the life and legacy of Evers -- a World War II veteran and the NAACP's first field secretary in the South -- with Jerry Mitchell of Jackson, Mississippi's The Clarion-Ledger newspaper. Read more

Mountain climbing gives Afghan girls a chance to breathe free

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Few are brave enough to climb Afghanistan's rugged mountains. But for women, harassment from extremist groups make practicing outdoor sports even more difficult. A new organization is helping women find peace living in the war-stricken country by teaching them how to hike and rock climb. Julia Griffin reports on how women in Afghanistan are... Read more

The Hooligans of Kandahar

By: Joseph Kassabian

Narrated by: Thomas Dukeman

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

During the peak of the Afghanistan War, a group of soldiers is dropped by helicopter into the remote mountains outside of Kandahar City. Mismanaged and overlooked by command, the squad must rely on each other to survive.
Their mission is to train and advise the Afghan National Police and help rebuild the country of Afghanistan. The Afghan Police... Read more

Notes on Richard Haass's A World in Disarray by Instaread

By: Instaread

Narrated by: Dwight Equitz

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Richard Haass's A World in Disarray and NOT the original book.
Preview:
In A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order, diplomat Richard Haass argues that since the end of the Cold War, the world has become more disordered. Haass believes the United States should renew its... Read more

Notes on Bret Baier's Three Days in January by Instaread

By: Instaread

Narrated by: Sam Scholl

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Bret Baier’s Three Days in January and NOT the original book.
Preview:
Bret Baier’s Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower’s Final Mission is a laudatory evaluation of Eisenhower’s career in the military and subsequent presidency. The book is framed around Eisenhower’s 1961 Farewell Address and the January... Read more

The bubble dynamics of bitcoin

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Can bitcoin be a currency if you never know its value? Living outside the traditional banking network by design, its fluctuating value makes it too cumbersome for petty transactions. Yet despite the hurdles, bitcoin and its underlying technology is seen as a kind of "digital gold." Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports. Read more

Notes on Michael Eric Dyson's Tears We Cannot Stop by Instaread

By: Instaread

Narrated by: Jeff Jorgensen

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Michael Eric Dyson's Tears We Cannot Stop and NOT the original book.
Preview:
Michael Eric Dyson’s Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America is a book about racism in the United States. Dyson argues that white Americans need to understand the privilege and power whiteness grants them. They can then take... Read more

Power Struggle

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Ray Suarez reports on the FBI raid on Louisiana Democratic Rep. William Jefferson's office and the constitutional debate it has sparked on Capitol Hill. Then, Suarez speaks with Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University School of Law and Stephen Gillers, a professor at New York University Law School. Read more

Death Row DNA

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Margaret Warner talks to Marcia Coyle about today's Supreme Court arguments on a Death Row inmate's right to new DNA testing. Read more

Interview with Ayatollah Khomeini

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A 1978 interview with Ayatollah Khomeini in which he discusses movement to overthrow the Shah of Iran. Originally broadcast on The MacNeil/Lehrer Report. Read more

Cuban attitudes toward Castro range from devout to cynical

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In the week following Fidel Castro’s death, reactions have been mixed among those who remember his reign or are still influenced by it. For many, Castro was a symbol of Cuba's hope, following the Batista dictatorship, for strong leadership in a new era of prosperity. But for others, his legacy represents unfulfilled promises and relentless... Read more

Scarred by war, Yemen’s children carry burdens beyond their years

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In Yemen, some of the most vulnerable victims are the 2 million children on the brink of starvation, or those who lost limbs during the fighting. In Aden, many children have been fit with prosthetic limbs, but with rudimentary materials and old technology, they are sometimes barely functional. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs reports in... Read more

Zmierzch demokracji

By: Anne Applebaum

Narrated by: Albert Osik

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Wnikliwe i poruszające spojrzenie na drogę i warunki powrotu do wartości demokratycznych. Anne Applebaum – zdobywczyni nagrody Pulitzera, autorka takich głośnych publikacji jak „Czerwony głód”, „Gułag” czy „Za żelazną kurtyną” – wyjaśnia, dlaczego elity w demokracjach na całym świecie zwracają się w stronę nacjonalizmu i autorytaryzmu.... Read more

US Citizenship Test Study Guide 2024-2025

By: Jackson Rhodes

Narrated by: Rob Williamson

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you ready to create your future with US citizenship and looking for an exhaustive study guide that covers all the necessary materials for acing the US Citizenship Test?
Look no further. Keep reading!
This ultimate guide is designed to provide a thorough understanding of the information required for the US Citizenship Test. Prepare yourself for... Read more

Female Marines Part 2

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

For generations combat jobs in the U.S. military were blocked to women, but not anymore. The question now is can women meet the same rigorous standards as the men in order to qualify for frontline jobs? William Brangham has the second story on women in combat roles. Read more

Notes on Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince by Instaread

By: Instaread

Narrated by: Dwight Equitz

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince and NOT the original book.
Preview:
The Prince (1532) is a guide to success in statecraft for heads of state, whom author Niccolò Machiavelli refers to as “princes” throughout the text. Machiavelli argues that princes should cultivate the appearance of virtue, but that they... Read more

The Cheka: The History of the Soviet Agency that Eventually Became the KGB

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Steve Knupp

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: No

The KGB is one of the most famous abbreviations of the 20th century, and it has become synonymous with the shadowy and often violent actions of the Soviet Union’s secret police and internal security agencies. In fact, it is often used to refer to the Soviet state security agencies throughout its history, from the inception of the inception of... Read more

Daniel K. Inouye

By: Sharlene Nelson & Ted Nelson

Narrated by: Highlights for Children

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Highlights presents Daniel K. Inouye written by Sharlene and Ted Nelson. This is the biography of Daniel K. Inouye, a Japanese American who was born in Hawaii. He served in the army during World War II, earning several military awards. He is the longest-serving senator in the United States Congress. Read more

The Dark History of American Presidents

By: Micheal Kerrigan

Narrated by: William Birch (Male Synthesized Voice)

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

This recording has been digitally produced by DeepZen Limited, using a synthesized version of an audiobook narrator’s voice under license. DeepZen uses Emotive Speech Technology to create digital narrations that offer a similar listening experience to human narration.The office of the American President has evolved dramatically over the last 200... Read more

Mildred Loving

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1967, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Loving v. Virginia that laws against interracial marriage were unconstitutional. Mildred Loving, a black woman married to a white man, had been prosecuted under one such Virginia law in 1958 and challenged it in the high court. Jeffrey Brown talks to Bernard Cohen, a longtime friend of the Lovings... Read more

Taylor Branch: The Clinton Tapes

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Jeffrey Brown speaks with Taylor Branch about his behind the scenes look at the White House. Read more

Ann Arbor, Michigan Finds Its "Life Preserver"

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Michigan is home to few bright economic spots these days -- with the exception of the college town of Ann Arbor. Ray Suarez reports. Read more

Mikhail Gorbachev's Resignation

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Reaction from Moscow, and a conversation with former United States National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski. Read more

Krugman- Nobel Prize in Economics

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The last of six 2008 Nobel Prizes was awarded Monday to Princeton University professor and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman for his research on free trade and globalization. Krugman discusses his research and theories with Jim Lehrer. Read more