Politics & Economy audiobooks

Things That Make White People Uncomfortable

By: Michael Bennett & Dave Zirin

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Super Bowl Champion and two-time Pro Bowler Michael Bennett is an outspoken proponent for social justice and a man without a censor. One of the most scathingly humorous athletes on the planet, he is also a fearless activist, grassroots philanthropist, and organizer.

Bennett, a defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks, has gained international... Read more

The Gift of Our Wounds

By: Pardeep Singh Kaleka & Arno Michaelis

Narrated by: John McLain & Kirby Heyborne

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

When white supremacist Wade Michael Page murdered six people and wounded four in a Sikh Temple in Wisconsin in 2012, Pardeep Kaleka was devastated. The temple leader, now dead, was his father. His family, who had immigrated to the U.S. from India when Pardeep was young, had done everything right. Why was this happening to him? Meanwhile, Arno... Read more

Virtual Country

By: Richard Lang

Narrated by: Todd Haberkorn

Length: 4 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Virtual Country examines the current nexus of technology and western democracy, pointing to a historical opportunity for We the People to evolve our democracy to include a new public institution that enables a coherent, collective voice on the issues that affect us all. The book’s centerpiece is a proposal for a new online institution for... Read more

The China Mission

By: Daniel Kurtz-Phelan

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 13 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A spellbinding narrative of the high-stakes mission that changed the course of America, China, and global politics―and a rich portrait of the towering, complex figure who carried it out.As World War II came to an end, General George Marshall was renowned as the architect of Allied victory. Set to retire, he instead accepted what he thought was a... Read more

Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?

By: Robert Kuttner

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 14 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Before and after World War II, a serendipitous confluence of events created a healthy balance between the market and the polity—between the engine of capitalism and the egalitarian ideals of democracy. Under Roosevelt's New Deal, unions and collective bargaining were legalized. Glass-Steagall reined in speculative finance. At Bretton Woods, a... Read more

The Opposite of Hate

By: Sally Kohn

Narrated by: Sally Kohn

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

As a progressive commentator on Fox News and now CNN, Sally Kohn has made a career out of bridging intractable political differences, learning how to talk civilly to people whose views she disagrees with passionately. Famously "nice," she even gave a TED Talk about what she termed emotional correctness. But these days, even Kohn has found... Read more

The Life of Mohammed

By: Bill Warner, PhD

Narrated by: Bill Warner, PhD

Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

THE LIFE OF MOHAMMED: THE SIRA is a condensed version of the biography of Mohammed, a man who became the first ruler of a united Arabia and laid the foundation for the empire of Islam. The Sira is not just a biography but it is also a sacred Islamic text of how devout Muslims should conduct their life.Mohammed’s life is an epic story. He was an... Read more

The People vs Tech

By: Jamie Bartlett

Narrated by: Sandro Monetti

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of The Dark Net comes a book that explains all the dangers of the digital revolution and offers concrete solutions on how we can protect our personal privacy, and democracy itself.

The internet was meant to set us free. But have we unwittingly handed too much away to shadowy powers behind a wall of code, all... Read more

Has the West Lost It?

By: Kishore Mahbubani

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Penguin Audio presents Has the West Lost It? by Kishore Mahbubani, read by Jonathan Keeble.

The West's centuries-old status as the centre of global wealth and power is coming to an end. As the new powers - China and India from Asia and others from Africa and Latin America - rise to the top of the world's pecking order, how should the West react?... Read more

Por qué las cosas pueden ser diferentes

By: Manuela Carmena

Narrated by: Marina Viñals

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Las cosas pueden ser diferentes. Se pueden cambiar, siempre que exista la voluntad, también individual, de hacerlo. Se pueden hacer grandes cambios pero podemos empezar también por cambiar pequeñas cosas. Los cambios uno a uno significan poco, pero la acumulación de muchos pequeños cambios puede hacer que el mundo sea diferente. Eso nos dice la... Read more

A Survivor's Journey

By: Natasha Simone Alexenko

Narrated by: Natasha Simone Alexenko

Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

An inspiring true story of love, hope, and victory—and of one woman who was determined to make a difference in the wake of a crime.On August 6, 1993, twenty-year-old Natasha Alexenko was assaulted at gunpoint. After nearly a decade, her backlogged rape kit was finally tested and her rapist, who roamed free for ten years, was brought to justice.... Read more

Lady in Red

By: Sheila Tate

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Lady in Red is the long-awaited collection of behind-the-scenes stories of one of the most influential First Ladies in modern history -- Nancy Reagan. Lovingly compiled by long-time close confidante and aide, Sheila Tate, the audiobook provides a rare and much-anticipated look into the personal life of the president's wife, from her daily... Read more

New Power

By: Jeremy Heimans & Henry Timms

Narrated by: Andrew Fallaize

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

NOW A NATIONAL BESTSELLER

The definitive guide to spreading ideas, building movements, and leaping ahead in our chaotic, connected age. Get the book New York Times columnist David Brooks calls "the best window I’ve seen into this new world."

Why do some leap ahead while others fall behind in our chaotic, connected age? In New Power, Jeremy Heimans... Read more

The War on Normal People

By: Andrew Yang

Narrated by: Andrew Yang

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

***New York Times Bestseller***

From 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, a captivating account of how "a skinny Asian kid from upstate" became a successful entrepreneur, only to find a new mission: calling attention to the urgent steps America must take, including Universal Basic Income, to stabilize our economy amid rapid... Read more

To Dare More Boldly

By: John C. Hulsman

Narrated by: Matthew Waterson

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Our baffling new multipolar world grows ever more complex, desperately calling for new ways of thinking, particularly when it comes to political risk. To Dare More Boldly provides those ways, telling the story of the rise of political risk analysis, both as a discipline and a lucrative high-stakes industry that guides the strategic decisions of... Read more

Cazando a El Chapo

By: Andrew Hogan & Douglas Century

Narrated by: Trujo Trujo

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Una combinación de las películas Manhunt, Killing Pablo y Zero Dark Thirty, esta sensacional obra de misterio, y de alta tecnología de investigación, de Andrew Hogan y Douglas Century —que pronto será una gran película producida por Sony— es una crónica impresionante de un capítulo en la guerra contra las drogas en el siglo veinte: la... Read more

Anthony Fokker

By: Marc Dierikx

Narrated by: L.J. Ganser

Length: 16 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Comprehensive biography of Anthony Fokker, the famed Dutch pilot and daredevil aviator Anthony Fokker: The Flying Dutchman Who Shaped American Aviation tells the larger-than-life true story of maverick pilot and aircraft manufacturer Anthony Fokker. Fokker came from an affluent Dutch family and developed a gift for tinkering with mechanics.... Read more

Cold War Navy SEAL

By: James M. Hawes & Mary Ann Koenig

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

For the first time, a Navy SEAL tells the story of the US's clandestine operations in North Vietnam and the Congo during the Cold War.Sometime in 1965, James Hawes landed in the Congo with cash stuffed in his socks, morphine in his bag, and a basic understanding of his mission: recruit a mercenary navy and suppress the Soviet- and Chinese-backed... Read more

Our 50-State Border Crisis

By: Howard G. Buffett

Narrated by: Matt Kugler

Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of America's most prominent philanthropists, an eye-opening, myth-busting new perspective on the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Howard G. Buffett has seen first-hand the devastating impact of cheap Mexican heroin and other opiate cocktails across America. Fueled by failing border policies and lawlessness in Mexico and Central... Read more

Die Angst der Eliten

By: Paul Schreyer

Narrated by: Sebastian Pappenberger

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Ist unsere Demokratie noch zu retten? Das System steckt in der Krise. Liegt der Ausweg in mehr direkter Demokratie? Oder ist das Volk zu dumm, um in wesentlichen Fragen selbst zu entscheiden? Lässt es sich zu leicht manipulieren und geht rechten Populisten auf den Leim? Wenn Außenseiter bei Wahlen erfolgreich sind, heißt es oft, die Bürger... Read more

The Death of Democracy

By: Benjamin Carter Hett

Narrated by: Steven Crossley

Length: 11 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"[Narrator Steven Crossley's] British accent gives his narration an academic-sounding quality fitting for the text. He is clear and precise in pronunciation and enunciation and is suitably expressive throughout." — AudioFile Magazine

The Death of Democracy is a riveting audiobook account of how the Nazi Party came to power, and how the failures... Read more

The Final Race

By: Eric T. Eichinger

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

On July 19, 1924, Eric Liddell was on top of the world.He was the most famous Briton at the time, having just won the gold in the Olympic 400-meter race. The story of that race―and the one he didn’t run―was told in the popular movie classic Chariots of Fire. But what most of us don’t know is what became of Eric Liddell in the years after the... Read more

Make Trouble

By: Cecile Richards

Narrated by: Cecile Richards

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

From Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood for more than a decade, daughter of the late Ann Richards, featured speaker at the Women’s March on Washington, and “the heroine of the resistance” (Vogue), comes “an enthralling memoir” (Booklist, starred review) filled with “practical advice and inspiration for aspiring leaders... Read more

North Korea Confidential

By: Daniel Tudor & James Pearson

Narrated by: Derek Perkins

Length: 4 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

**Named one of the best books of 2015 by The Economist**Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors.North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth. The country's 24 million people live under a violent dictatorship led by a single family, which relentlessly pursues the development of nuclear arms, which... Read more