Politics & Economy audiobooks

From Ballots to Mugshots

By: Thomas T. Taylor

Narrated by: Jack Pemberton

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

When it comes to politics, the journey from the ballot box to public office is often perceived as a noble path, driven by a desire to serve the public and make a positive impact on society. However, lurking behind the scenes is a darker side of politics, rife with corruption, crime, and their far-reaching consequences. From Ballots to Mugshots:... Read more

Defectors

By: Erik R. Scott

Narrated by: David de Vries

Length: 11 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Defectors fleeing the Soviet Union seized the world's attention during the Cold War. Their stories were given sensational news coverage and dramatized in spy novels and films. Upon reaching the West, they were entitled to special benefits, including financial assistance and permanent residency. In contrast to other migrants, defectors were... Read more

To Build a Black Future

By: Christopher Paul Harris

Narrated by: Landon Woodson

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook narrated by Landon Woodson shares how the new Black politics can forge a future centered on collective action, community, and careWhen #BlackLivesMatter emerged in 2013, it animated the most consequential Black-led mobilization since the civil rights and Black power era. Today, the hashtag turned rallying cry is but one expression... Read more

Tyranny of the Minority

By: Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late—from the authors of How Democracies Die

“[Levitsky and Ziblatt] write with terrifying clarity about how the forces of the right have co-opted the enshrined rules to exert their tyranny.”—The Washington Post

ONE OF THE CALIFORNIA REVIEW OF... Read more

Wealth Supremacy

By: Marjorie Kelly

Narrated by: Tiffany Williams

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

This powerful analysis explains how the bias toward wealth that is woven into the very fabric of American capitalism is damaging people, the economy, and the planet and explores what the foundations of a new economy could be.

This bold manifesto exposes seven myths underlying wealth supremacy-the bias that institutionalizes infinite extraction of... Read more

The Grunts of Wrath

By: Ronny Bruce

Narrated by: Jamie Renell

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Combat diaries from elite operators and commanding officers dominate the space. But what happens when regulars face the fire?

Ronny Bruce is a renaissance man: philosopher, drifter, Gen X rock 'n' roller, and gentleman. At thirty-two, divorced and burnt-out with the burbs, Ronny bails on his teaching career and seeks army infantry. It's no joke... Read more

Universal Basic Income

By: Matt Zwolinski & Miranda Perry Fleischer

Narrated by: Terrence Kidd

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The motivating idea of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) is radically simple: give people cash and let them do whatever they want with it. But does this simple idea have the potential to radically transform our society?



This book provides the average citizen with all the information they need to understand current debates about the UBI. It recounts... Read more

Crusade in Europe

By: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 22 hours

Abridged: No

A classic of World War II literature, an incredibly revealing work that provides a near comprehensive account of the war and brings to life the legendary general and eventual president of the United States.

Five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower was arguably the single most important military figure of World War II. Crusade in Europe tells the... Read more

Wealth Supremacy

By: Marjorie Kelly

Narrated by: Tiffany Williams

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

This powerful analysis explains how the bias toward wealth that is woven into the very fabric of American capitalism is damaging people, the economy, and the planet and explores what the foundations of a new economy could be.

This bold manifesto exposes seven myths underlying wealth supremacy-the bias that institutionalizes infinite extraction of... Read more

Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds

By: Jared Ross Hardesty

Narrated by: Sanya Simmons

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Shortly after the first Europeans arrived in seventeenth-century New England, they began to import Africans and capture the area's indigenous peoples as slaves. By the eve of the American Revolution, enslaved people comprised only about 4 percent of the population, but slavery had become instrumental to the region's economy and had shaped its... Read more

Taming the Street

By: Diana B. Henriques

Narrated by: Karen Murray

Length: 16 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The “extraordinary” (New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) story of FDR’s fight for the soul of American capitalism—from award-winning journalist Diana B. Henriques, author of The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust

“I thought I was well versed in the New Deal, but it turns out I knew next to nothing. Diana Henriques’s... Read more

The Sister

By: Sung-Yoon Lee

Narrated by: Dexter Galang

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

This first book on Kim Jong Un’s increasingly powerful sister, tapped to be his successor, offers jaw-dropping insights into the latest generation of North Korea’s secretive and murderous dynasty.

The first woman ever to issue the threat of a nuclear weapons strike is not even officially a head of state. Kim Yo Jong is the sister of North... Read more

Israelophobia

By: Jake Wallis Simons

Narrated by: Jake Wallis Simons

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

'This is an important and necessary book by a superb and subtle writer. There's no one more qualified to write it than Jake Wallis Simons, both as ground-breaking Middle East security correspondent and Editor of the Jewish Chronicle. It analyses the often prejudiced coverage and intense scrutiny of Israel that so often veers into obsession and... Read more

Politics on Trial

By: Thomas T. Taylor

Narrated by: Jack Pemberton

Length: 3 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Ever wondered how the intricate web of politics and the judiciary intertwines? "Politics on Trial: The Judiciary’s Role in Sorting Truth from Fiction" takes you on a riveting journey through the legal landscape of political assertions, providing a clear lens to view the blurred lines between free speech, perjury, and the many shades in... Read more

Return to Vienna

By: Peter Dixon

Narrated by: The Author

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

'Captain Charles Kennedy' parachuted into a moonlit Austrian forest and searched frantically for his lost radio set. His real name was Leo Hillman and he was a Jewish refugee from Vienna. He was going home.Men and women of Churchill’s secret Special Operations Executive worked to free Austria from Hitler's grip. Many were themselves Austrians... Read more

Huumepoliisin jalanjäljissä: Helsingin poliisin huumerikostutkintaa viideltä vuosikymmeneltä

By: Yrjö Ketonen

Narrated by: Pertti Huuskonen

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

50 vuotta huumeita ja rikostutkintaa Helsingin kaduilla. Kun Helsingin poliisin huumeryhmä perustettiin vuonna 1967, ei ensimmäisillä huumepoliiseilla ollut juurikaan tietoa siitä, mitä huumeita kaupungissa ylipäätään liikkui ja kuka niitä käytti. Nykyään huumerikollisuus on kytkeytynyt kansainväliseen järjestäytyneeseen rikollisuuteen ja... Read more

Uncle Tom's Cabin

By: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Narrated by: Larraine Paquette

Length: 20 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Delve into the powerful and moving world of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This audiobook takes you on an emotional journey through the lives of its compelling characters, depicting the harsh realities of slavery in 19th-century America. Through the eyes of Uncle Tom, Eliza, and other unforgettable figures, you will witness the... Read more

The Last Politician

By: Franklin Foer

Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins & Franklin Foer

Length: 12 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestseller

Franklin Foer tells the definitive insider story of the first two years of the Biden presidency, with exclusive access to Biden’s longtime team of advisers, and presents a gripping portrait of a president during this momentous time in our nation’s history.

"You might love Biden or you might hate Biden, but either way,... Read more

Hispanic Star: Sonia Sotomayor

By: Claudia Romo Edelman & Nathalie Alonso

Narrated by: Diana Pou

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

This audiobook features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun that is Hispanic Star: Sonia Sotomayor.

Read about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, one of the the most groundbreaking, iconic Hispanic and Latinx heroes that have shaped our culture and the world, in this gripping biography written by Claudia Romo Edelman and... Read more

Beyond the Wall

By: Katja Hoyer

Narrated by: Sam Peter Jackson

Length: 16 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the ashes of the Second World War to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the definitive history of East Germany, "a fascinating, sparkling book, filled with insights" (Peter Frankopan)
 
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany ceased to be. For over forty years, from the ruin of the... Read more

Budapest

By: Victor Sebestyen

Narrated by: Elinor Coleman

Length: 16 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A vivid and enthralling account of the historical and cultural events that defined Budapest, a unique city in the heart of Europe, on the fault line between East and West—from the critically acclaimed author of Lenin

“A compelling portrait of one of the most important cities in Europe. Full of sharp insights,... Read more

Great Strategic Rivalries

By: James Lacey

Narrated by: David Stifel

Length: 28 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

From the legendary antagonism between Athens and Sparta during the Peloponnesian War to the Napoleonic Wars and the two World Wars of the twentieth century, the past is littered with long-term strategic rivalries. History tells us that such enduring rivalries can end in one of three ways: a series of exhausting conflicts in which one side... Read more

How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement

By: Fredrik deBoer

Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

An eye-opening exploration of American policy reform, or lack thereof, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement and how the country can do better in the future from Fredrik deBoer, “one of the sharpest and funniest writers on the internet” (The New York Times).

In 2020, while the Covid-19 pandemic raged, the... Read more

El espía que robó la bomba atómica

By: Ann Hagedorn

Narrated by: Carlos Garza

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

. Aunque nació en Iowa en 1913, George Koval vivió por ocho años en la URSS, lugar en el que se crio bajo el yugo de la ideología soviética. Sus cualidades lo convertían en el candidato ideal para el Ejército Rojo: una afición al beisbol, una doble nacionalidad y una mente brillante. Con el comienzo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la inteligencia... Read more