Politics & Economy audiobooks

How Economics Works

By: DK

Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover everything you need to know about economics with this unique graphic guide.

With clear, jargon-free language, How Economics Works is a comprehensive and user-friendly guide to all aspects of economics.

Covering everything from economic theories to economies in action, the book presents the groundbreaking ideas of key economists - from... Read more

Shocks, Crises, and False Alarms

By: Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak & Paul Swartz

Narrated by: Jon Vertullo

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

An essential new guide to navigating the turbulent macroeconomic landscape as you form your strategy.



When turmoil hits, executives and investors face notoriously unreliable macroeconomic forecasts, whipsawing data, and contradictory opinions. Are disruptions transient and ephemeral—or permanent and structural? False alarms are costly traps, but... Read more

Wingless Victory

By: Anthony Richardson

Narrated by: Richard Trinder

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The true story of an airman's audacious escape from occupied France in World War Two.



Perfect for fans of The Great Escape, The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram, and The Wooden Horse.



Sir Basil Embry's Blenheim bomber was shot down in the summer of 1940.



During the course of his time in enemy territory he broke out from a column of prisoners while... Read more

God & The State

By: Mikhail Bakunin

Narrated by: Geoffrey Giuliano & The Bell

Length: 3 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

"God & The State" by Mikhail Bakunin is a critical work that delves into the philosophical and political arguments against religion and the state. Bakunin, a key figure in anarchist thought, argues that both institutions are inherently oppressive and hinder human freedom and progress. He posits that religion, particularly organized religion,... Read more

Decrypting Money

By: Dr. Marco Krohn, Dr. Anthony Jefferies, Marco S...

Narrated by: Alex Knox

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Bitcoin is more than an investment. It’s more than electronic cash, or a form of payment. Bitcoin is security, equality, and independence. Bitcoin is gold—a gold tailor-made for the internet age.
In Decrypting Money, cryptocurrency experts Marco Krohn, Anthony Jefferies, Marco Streng, and Zoran Balkic pull back the curtain on the world of public... Read more

The Longest Con

By: Joe Conason

Narrated by: Steve Marvel

Length: 10 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The Longest Con tells the fascinating story of the partisan con artists who have corrupted conservative politics in our time, creating a toxic phenomenon that culminated in the election of Donald Trump, a bumptious fraud whose checkered career and tawdry retinue, including his presidential cabinet, have featured almost every variety of scam. But... Read more

One Generation Away

By: Brilyn Hollyhand

Narrated by: Brilyn Hollyhand

Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A rising teenage conservative star offers his battle plan in his debut book for Gen Z to reclaim this country by returning to faith, family, and freedom.

When Ronald Reagan warned that freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction, was he pointing to Generation Z?
 
Today’s young adults have been indoctrinated since preschool in... Read more

Riding with Reagan

By: John R. Barletta

Narrated by: Christopher Grove

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

John Barletta was a Vietnam veteran and Secret Service agent who spent over a decade with the Reagans, poised to give his own life at any moment to save the fortieth president of the United States. His superior riding skills made Barletta the perfect choice to protect Reagan during his frequent visits to the ranch. Over time, he got to know... Read more

FSOT Exam Prep 2025 Fast Track Test

By: Wesley Thorne

Narrated by: Rob Williamson

Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

⭐⭐ Simplified Guide & Explanations Included ⭐⭐
Are you looking to progress in your career and solidify your knowledge by successfully passing the FSOT Exam 2025?
Seeking a comprehensive guide that provides all necessary elements to pass the FSOT Exam 2025?
Your search ends here!
This guide serves as your definitive companion for deepening your... Read more

Unit X

By: Raj M. Shah & Christopher Kirchhoff

Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins, Raj M. Shah & Christopher...

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Shortlisted for the 2024 Financial Times Business Book of the Year

A riveting inside look at an elite unit within the Pentagon—the Defense Innovation Unit, also known as Unit X—whose mission is to bring Silicon Valley’s cutting-edge technology to America’s military: from the two men who launched the unit.

A vast and largely unseen transformation... Read more

Moscow State University Address

By: Ronald Reagan

Narrated by: Ronald Reagan

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

On May 31, 1988, at the request of General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, and standing below a bust of Lenin, Reagan spoke to and answered questions from a large audience of students and teachers at Moscow State University. Reagan says “I wish you success” in Russian to the students on their upcoming exams. Reagan brings “a message of peace and... Read more

Who Killed The President?

By: Brian Gibson

Narrated by: John Sullivan

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States as President and the country's youngest and first Catholic leader. His singularity foreshadowed a sort of challenge to his presidency from the start. Many people were taken aback by his assassination. It was the height of the Cold War and the United States' involvement in Vietnam. John... Read more

Good Boys, Bad Hombres

By: Michael V. Singh

Narrated by: Asa Siegel

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Educational research has long documented the politics of punishment for boys and young men of color in schools—but what about the politics of empowerment and inclusion? In Good Boys, Bad Hombres, Michael V. Singh focuses on this aspect of youth control in schools, asking on whose terms a positive Latino manhood gets to be envisioned.



Based on two... Read more

Other Rivers

By: Peter Hessler

Narrated by: Peter Hessler

Length: 13 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

An intimate and revelatory account of two generations of students in China’s heartland, by an author who has observed the country’s tumultuous changes over the past quarter century

More than two decades after teaching English during the early part of China’s economic boom, an experience chronicled in his book River Town, Peter Hessler returned to... Read more

Dismantling Mass Incarceration

By: Maria Hawilo, James Forman, Jr. & Premal Dharia

Narrated by: Arnell Powell

Length: 14 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

America’s criminal justice system perpetuates profound social and racial harms. But despite growing recognition of its destructiveness, the vast machinery of the carceral state remains very much intact. How can its damage be undone?In this pathbreaking reader, three of the nation’s leading advocates for change—Premal Dharia, Maria Hawilo, and... Read more

Lifehouse

By: Adam Greenfield

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

How to reclaim power in a time of perpetual crisis



We are living through a Long Emergency: a near-continuous train of pandemics, heatwaves, droughts, resource wars, and other climate-driven disasters. In Lifehouse, Adam Greenfield asks what might happen if the tactics and networks of care that spring up in response to these times might be brought... Read more

To Be a Problem

By: Dara Baldwin

Narrated by: Ja'Air Bush

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A searing critique of the disability rights movement from within, and a call for collective liberation that is pro-Black and centers disabled people of color

For over twenty years, Dara Baldwin has often been the only person of color in the room when significant disability policy decisions are made. Disenfranchisement of people of color and... Read more

Second Inaugural Address

By: Ronald Reagan

Narrated by: Ronald Reagan

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Because of extreme cold weather, Chief Justice Warren Burger administered the official oath of office in the White House on January 20, 1985. A public administration of the oath of office and the inaugural address were delayed until January 21, 1985, in the Capitol Rotunda. On the 50th inauguration since George Washington’s, Reagan marvels at... Read more

The Outline Of Sanity

By: G. K. Chesterton

Narrated by: Seth Trey

Length: 5 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The experiments of both Capitalism and Communism are almost complete, and they both lead to one big organization controlling everything you do.
In 1925, when this book was first published, it was true, and it is even truer today.
If you desire an alternative, consider this book, which considers Distributism, a philosophy whereby the actual people... Read more

1984 Nomination Acceptance Address

By: Ronald Reagan

Narrated by: Ronald Reagan

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

On August 23, 1984, at the Dallas Convention Center, Reagan accepts the presidential nomination of the Republican party. Reagan reminds Democrats of the high inflation and interest rates when he took office in 1980 and claims Democrats “never met a tax they didn't like or hike.” In 1981 “we started a policy of tightening the Federal budget... Read more

Economic Recovery Program

By: Ronald Reagan

Narrated by: Ronald Reagan

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

On February 18, 1981, Reagan laid out his economic recovery program before a Joint Session of Congress. Reagan had previously outlined his recovery program in an Oval Office address on February 5, 1981, in which he displayed a dollar bill and 36 cents to show how inflation had reduced the value of a dollar since 1960. Reagan made a further plea... Read more

Vertical Progress

By: K. Oxovuieu

Narrated by: Remy Crikk

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Today people more than ever are overwhelmed by worry about current events. Why are some people devoured by hatred and bigotry? Can we avoid the next economic crisis? Can we prevent the next global war? Will computers take over our civilization any time soon? Even though Vertical Progress does not have all answers, it provides readers with plenty... Read more

A Hundred Reasons Why...

By: Science-Based Language Learning Lab

Narrated by: Tanya Calmwood

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Reasons You Can't Ignore: The Urgent Case Against Donald Trump
A Hundred Reasons Why... You Should NOT Vote for Donald Trump in 2024 takes you on an essential journey to understand why another Trump term could be detrimental to America. This book provides an unfiltered examination of the controversies, failures, and polarizing decisions that... Read more

Night of Power

By: Robert Fisk

Narrated by: Tim Bruce & Kit Griffiths

Length: 23 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

'ROBERT FISK HAS BEEN REPORTING FROM THE MIDDLE EAST WITH INCOMPARABLE DEPTH AND UNDERSTANDING…AND EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE' NOAM CHOMSKY In this final work from renowned journalist Robert Fisk, he picks up reporting on the Middle East where his internationally bestselling The Great War of Civilisation... Read more