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What Are Children For?
By: Anastasia Berg & Rachel Wiseman
Narrated by: Jennifer Pickens, Kirsten Potter & Zura Johnson
Length: 9 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
This program features multicast narration.
A modern argument, grounded in philosophy and cultural criticism, about childbearing ambivalence and how to overcome it
Becoming a parent, once the expected outcome of adulthood, is increasingly viewed as a potential threat to the most basic goals and aspirations of modern life. We seek... Read more
How to Be Queer
By: Sarah Nooter
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
The idea of sexual fluidity may seem new, but it is at least as old as the ancient Greeks, who wrote about queer experiences with remarkable frankness, wit, and insight. How to Be Queer is an infatuating collection of these writings about desire, love, and lust between men, between women, and between humans and gods, in lucid and lively new... Read more
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The Evolution of Christian Doctrine
By: Joseph McCabe
Narrated by: Oberon Michaels
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
In the opinion of secular scholar Joseph McCabe, the teaching of Jesus was “almost entirely ethical.” He contends that the dogmatic pillars of organizational Christianity, such as original sin, the atonement and the divinity of Christ, were not part of Jesus’ message and originated with Paul. He also discusses the interminable and insoluble... Read more
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On Teaching and Learning Christian Ethics
By: D. Stephen Long
Narrated by: Tom Parks
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
An expansion of the discipline of ethics demonstrates that Aquinas's "infusing of virtue" makes better sense of the moral life than finding a method to guide action
While teaching ethics is universally applauded, how one goes about it is much more difficult and contested than is often recognized.
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Woke: The Journey of a Word
By: Matthew Syed
Narrated by: Matthew Syed
Length: 1 hour 9 minutes
Abridged: No
Matthew Syed traces the origins and evolution of the word 'woke’
Once a watchword for African Americans in the early 1900s, 'woke' is now used as an insult across the political spectrum, and it has become synonymous with our era of angry debate. As the word has spread, what people mean by it has become less clear than ever. Award-winning... Read more
Modern Tantric Buddhism
By: Justin von Bujdoss
Narrated by: A'rese Emokpae
Length: 14 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
This essential guide to socially engaged Tantric Buddhism reveals how modern practitioners can use the wisdom of the Vajrayana to confront systems of power and abuse.
Today, a new generation of Buddhists searches for ways to adopt Vajrayana while staying true to its historical legacy. Modern Tantric Buddhism unpacks the principles and... Read more
The Roman Revolution
By: Nick Holmes
Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
It was a time of revolution. The Roman Revolution describes the little known "crisis of the third century", and how it led to a revolutionary new Roman Empire. Long before the more famous collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century, in the years between AD 235-275, barbarian invasions, civil war, and plague devastated ancient Rome.... Read more
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How to Get Over a Breakup
By: Ovid
Narrated by: BJ Harrison
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
Breakups are the worst. On one scale devised by psychiatrists, only a spouse's death was ranked as more stressful than a marital split. Is there any treatment for a breakup? The ancient Roman poet Ovid thought so. Having become famous for teaching the art of seduction in The Art of Love, he then wrote Remedies for Love (Remedia Amoris), which... Read more
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Which Way Is Up?
By: Susan Gillis Chapman
Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
A heartfelt guide for meeting difficult times with mindfulness, compassion, and courage—from a psychotherapist and Buddhist practitioner who learned from her own crisis.
Using personal examples from her own recent bardo crisis—undergoing cancer treatment during the pandemic—and offering contemplative prompts for inner-reflection and a... Read more
Los Grandes Iniciados
By: Édouard Schuré
Narrated by: Artur Mas
Length: 27 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
"Los Grandes Iniciados" es una obra seminal. Publicado por primera vez en 1889, este libro se erige como una exploración fascinante de las vidas y enseñanzas de figuras espirituales y místicas a lo largo de la historia. La obra de Schuré tiene como objetivo descubrir los hilos comunes que conectan las experiencias y las enseñanzas de destacados... Read more
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Saanen 1961 - Public Talk 9
By: J. Krishnamurti
Narrated by: J. Krishnamurti
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
001_Saanen 1961 - Public Talk 1 - How do we meet_002_Saanen 1961 - Public Talk 2 - To see something totally003_Saanen 1961 - Public Talk 3 - Why are we in such conflict004_Saanen 1961 - Public Talk 4 - There is no learning005_Saanen 1961 - Public Talk 5 - Self-knowing is006_Saanen 1961 - Public Talk 6 - Time does not wipe007_Saanen 1961 - Public... Read more
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Sydney 1970 - Small Group Discussions - Action and conformity
By: J.Krishnamurti
Narrated by: J.Krishnamurti
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
The space between the observer and the observed. Action according to knowledge becomes inaction. Looking at something as a whole. Is there an action without the past? Seeing the danger of something. Nationalism. A total action out of emptiness. Confidence. Dependency. Conclusions. Conflict. Conformity. Becoming. Measurement. Awareness. Read more
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Out of One, Many
By: Jennifer T. Roberts
Narrated by: Petrea Burchard
Length: 13 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Covering the whole of the ancient Greek experience from its beginnings late in the third millennium BCE to the Roman conquest in 30 BCE, Out of One, Many is an accessible and lively introduction to the Greeks and their ways of living and thinking. In this fresh and witty exploration of the thought, culture, society, and history of the Greeks,... Read more
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Dangerous Jokes
By: Claire Horisk
Narrated by: Rachel Perry
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
People often get away with belittling others if they frame their speech as jokes—speech that would be condemned if stated seriously. "It's just a joke," they say. But what is different or special about joking? And if jokes about lawyers and politicians are morally acceptable, then what is wrong with joking about race or gender? Furthermore, if... Read more
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All Things Are Too Small
By: Becca Rothfeld
Narrated by: Ruth Crawford
Length: 10 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
A glorious call to throw off restraint and balance in favor of excess, abandon, and disproportion, in essays ranging from such topics as decluttering, mindfulness, David Cronenberg, sadomasochism, and women who wait. All Things Are Too Small is brilliant cultural and literary critic Becca Rothfeld’s plea for derangement: imbalance, obsession,... Read more
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Bullsh*t Comparisons
By: Andrew Brooks
Narrated by: Andrew Brooks
Length: 8 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Bullshit Comparisons will challenge the way you think about rankings, charts, and other marketing and political tools designed to create odious and dangerous comparisons.
Is Boris Johnson really like Winston Churchill? Are electric cars actually greener than petrol ones? Which is the world's most successful university? Is Lisbon the new... Read more
Violence and the Sacred
By: René Girard
Narrated by: Peter Noble
Length: 17 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Violence and the Sacred is René Girard's landmark study of human evil. Here Girard explores violence as it is represented and occurs throughout history, literature, and myth. Girard's forceful and thought-provoking analyses of Biblical narrative, Greek tragedy, and the lynchings and pogroms propagated by contemporary states illustrate his... Read more
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The Black Practice of Disbelief
By: Anthony Pinn
Narrated by: Darian Dauchan
Length: 3 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
A short introduction to Black Humanism: its history, its present, and the rich cultural sensibilities that infuse it
In the United States, to be a Black American is to be a Black Christian. And there’s something to this assumption in that the vast majority of African Americans are Christian. However, in recent years a growing number of African... Read more
Platón de Atenas: Una vida en la filosofía
By: Robin Waterfield
Narrated by: Carlos Moreno
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Pocos se atreverían a afirmar que Platón sea el único padre de la filosofía, pero eso es lo que se defiendeen este libro, siguiendo la línea del filósofo inglés Alfred North Whitehead cuando afirmó que «la historia dela filosofía occidental no es más que una serie de notas al pie de página de Platón». Pese a todo, se sabemuy poco del hombre que... Read more
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El torbellino Kant
By: Norbert Bilbeny
Narrated by: Santiago Gómez & Simon Gómez
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
Introducción en clave divulgativa a la vida y la obra del mayor filósofo de la razón que abrió la puerta de la modernidad. Se ha comparado la importancia del autor de Crítica de la razón pura con la de los clásicos griegos y figuras como Descartes y Newton. A excepción de Aristóteles y Nietzsche, es probable que no se haya hablado y escrito... Read more
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Opening to Oneness
By: Nancy Mujo Baker
Narrated by: Kathleen Li
Length: 6 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
In Opening to Oneness, Zen teacher Nancy Baker offers a detailed path of practice for Zen students planning to take the precepts and for anyone, Buddhist or non-Buddhist, interested in deepening their personal study of ethical living. She reveals that there are three levels of each precept: a literal level (don't kill, not even a bug), a... Read more
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Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice
By: J.F. Martel
Narrated by: J.F. Martel & Donna Tartt
Length: 4 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Introduction Written and Read by Donna Tartt
Part treatise, part critique, part call to action, Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice is a journey into the uncanny realities revealed to us in the great works of art of the past and present.Received opinion holds that art is culturally-determined and relative. We are told that whether a picture, a... Read more
Contra la estupidez, aprende a pensar
By: Ricardo Moreno Castillo
Narrated by: Santiago Gómez & Simon Gómez
Length: 7 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
El método definitivo contra la estupidez ¿Para qué sirve pensar, reflexionar sobre el mundo que nos rodea? ¿Cómo aprender a pensar? Este libro responde a ambas preguntas y nos muestra lo que nos enseñan algunos de los grandes pensadores que nos han precedido. Pensar no es un mero pasatiempo teórico. Nos ayuda a combatir los prejuicios; a darnos... Read more
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The Zen of Art
By: Carolyn Schlam
Narrated by: Sara Van Beckum
Length: 6 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
The Zen of Art starts with the premise that making art is akin to what happens when wind engages with a set of chimes. The chance encounter of source and instrument generates a song that enriches and elevates the moment. Author and artist Carolyn Schlam draws a parallel with what she calls the "Zen of Art"-the process of allowing creative... Read more
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