Social Science audiobooks

Erasing History

By: Jason Stanley

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

“I’ve never read a book that is as timely, urgent and essential as this one. A battle plan for keeping this nation from falling into fascism.” —Khalil Gibran Muhammad, author of The Condemnation of Blackness

From the bestselling author of How Fascism Works, a searing confrontation with the far right’s efforts to rewrite history and undo a... Read more

Decolonizing Trauma Work

By: Renee Linklater

Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

In Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies, indigenous author Renee Linklater explores healing and wellness in the Indigenous communities on Turtle Island. Drawing on a decolonizing approach, which puts the “soul wound” of colonialism at the center, Linklater engages ten Indigenous health care practitioners in a dialogue... Read more

The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist

By: Radley Balko & Tucker Carrington

Narrated by: Robert Fass

Length: 14 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A shocking and deeply reported account of the persistent plague of institutional racism and junk forensic science in our criminal justice system, and its devastating effect on innocent lives

After two three-year-old girls were raped and murdered in rural Mississippi, law enforcement pursued and convicted two innocent men: Kennedy Brewer and... Read more

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

By: Alice Wong

Narrated by: Alejandra Ospina & Alice Wong

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of... Read more

Pockets

By: Hannah Carlson

Narrated by: Stephanie Cannon

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A thought-provoking microhistory of the humble pocket that uncovers what pockets reveal about us—and why it matters.

It’s a subject that stirs up plenty of passion: Why do men’s clothes have so many pockets and women’s so few? In her captivating book, Hannah Carlson, a lecturer in dress history at the Rhode Island School of Design, shows us how... Read more

Saving Time

By: Jenny Odell

Narrated by: Kristen Sieh

Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The visionary author of How to Do Nothing returns to challenge the notion that ‘time is money.’ . . . Expect to feel changed by this radical way of seeing.”—Esquire

“One of the most important books I’ve read in my life.”—Ed Yong, author of An Immense World

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Harper’s Bazaar, Esquire, Chicago... Read more

Humankind

By: Rutger Bregman

Narrated by: Rutger Bregman & Thomas Judd

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The “lively” (The New Yorker), “convincing” (Forbes), and “riveting pick-me-up we all need right now” (People) that proves humanity thrives in a crisis and that our innate kindness and cooperation have been the greatest factors in our long-term success as a species.

If there is one belief that has united the... Read more

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

By: Paulo Freire

Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in English in 1970. Paulo Freire's work has helped to empower countless people throughout the world and has taken on special urgency in the United States and Western Europe, where the creation of a permanent underclass among the underprivileged and... Read more

This American Ex-Wife

By: Lyz Lenz

Narrated by: Lyz Lenz

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America today, and an argument that the former needs a reboot—from journalist and proud divorcée Lyz Lenz

“This American Ex-Wife is a bomb, a bouquet (but not a wedding bouquet), a memoir, a manifesto, and a... Read more

I Never Thought of It That Way

By: Mónica Guzmán

Narrated by: Mónica Guzmán

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

We think we have the answers, but we need to be asking a lot more questions.

Journalist Mónica Guzmán is the loving liberal daughter of Mexican immigrants who voted—twice—for Donald Trump. When the country could no longer see straight across the political divide, Mónica set out to find what was blinding us and discovered the most eye-opening tool... Read more

By the Fire We Carry

By: Rebecca Nagle

Narrated by: Rebecca Nagle

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

“Rebecca Nagle gives a clear and compelling narration of her look into how a small-town murder in the Muscogee Nation led to a significant 2020 Supreme Court case—and the largest restoration of Native tribal land in American history. . . . An illuminating listen.” — AudioFile""Impeccably researched. . . . A fascinating book and an important one.”... Read more

Valley So Low

By: Jared Sullivan

Narrated by: Lee Osorio & Jared Sullivan

Length: 12 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A riveting courtroom drama about the victims of one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history—and the country lawyer determined to challenge the notion that, in America, justice can be bought

For more than fifty years, a power plant in the small town of Kingston, Tennessee,  burned fourteen thousand tons of coal a day, gradually... Read more

The Power Broker: Volume 1 of 3

By: Robert A. Caro

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 22 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A modern American classic, this huge and galvanizing biography of Robert Moses reveals not only the saga of one man’s incredible accumulation of power but the story of his shaping (and mis-shaping of twentieth-century New York.  One of the Modern Library’s hundred greatest books of the twentieth century.

Robert Caro's... Read more

Code Dependent

By: Madhumita Murgia

Narrated by: Madhumita Murgia

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author and includes a bonus interview with the author.

“Engaging and entertaining, this work is essential listening for anyone following the potentially explosive development of AI.” —AudioFile

Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction

A riveting story of what it means to be human in a world changed by artificial... Read more

Trick Mirror

By: Jia Tolentino

Narrated by: Jia Tolentino

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “From The New Yorker’s beloved cultural critic comes a bold, unflinching collection of essays about self-deception, examining everything from scammer culture to reality television.”—Esquire
 
Book Club Pick for Now Read This, from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times • “A whip-smart, challenging book.”—Zadie Smith • “Jia... Read more

All We Can Save

By: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katharine K. Wilkinson

Narrated by: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson...

Length: 15 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Provocative and illuminating essays from women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward.
 
There is a renaissance blooming in the climate movement: leadership that is more characteristically feminine and more faithfully feminist, rooted in compassion, connection,... Read more

Antiracism as Daily Practice

By: Jennifer Harvey

Narrated by: Jennifer Harvey

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

This book illustrates the many ways white Americans―those newly waking to the crisis of racism in 2020 and those already aware―can choose behaviors in our everyday lives to grow racial justice. Full of real life stories, this book shows how vital it is for white people to engage in and with our families, through our social networks, in our... Read more

South to America

By: Imani Perry

Narrated by: Imani Perry

Length: 16 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

“An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American South—and thus of America—by an esteemed daughter of the South and one of the great intellectuals of our time. An inspiration.” —Isabel Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The Origins of Our DiscontentsAn essential, surprising journey... Read more

Survival Is a Promise

By: Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Narrated by: Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Length: 17 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

A bold, innovative biography that offers a new understanding of the life, work, and enduring impact of Audre Lorde.

We remember Audre Lorde as an iconic writer, a quotable teacher whose words and face grace T-shirts, nonprofit annual reports, and campus diversity-center walls. But even those who are inspired by... Read more

The Color of Law

By: Richard Rothstein

Narrated by: Adam Grupper

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation-that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate... Read more

The Highest Law in the Land

By: Jessica Pishko

Narrated by: Nan McNamara

Length: 14 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Shortlisted for Columbia Journalism School’s J. Anthony Lukas Award

A Publishers Lunch NonFiction Buzz Book| Named Most Anticipated by Los Angeles Times

A leading authority on sheriffs investigates the impunity with which they police their communities, alongside the troubling role they play in American life, law enforcement, and, increasingly,... Read more

Languishing

By: Corey Keyes

Narrated by: Landon Woodson

Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

“With his pioneering research, Corey Keyes put languishing on the map. In this powerful book, he brings it to life. Get ready to rethink your understanding of mental health, update your views on happiness, and come closer to realizing your potential.”—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential

If you’re muddling through... Read more

Anatomy of Desire

By: Dr. Emily Jamea

Narrated by: Dr. Emily Jamea

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

Combining over fifteen years of clinical experience with her groundbreaking research into the science of flow, Dr. Emily Jamea's ANATOMY OF DESIRE delivers a fresh perspective on the untapped potential of our sex lives, intimate partner connections, and personal wellbeing.

"Dr. Emily Jamea makes difficult issues... Read more

The Power of Ritual

By: Casper ter Kuile

Narrated by: Casper ter Kuile

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Casper ter Kuile, a Harvard Divinity School fellow and cohost of the popular Harry Potter and the Sacred Text podcast, explores how we can nourish our souls by transforming common, everyday practices—yoga, reading, walking the dog—into sacred rituals that can heal our crisis of social isolation and struggle to find purpose—a message we need more... Read more