Politics & Economy audiobooks

Get It Together

By: Jesse Watters

Narrated by: Larry Wayne

Length: 11 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERCan the political be way too personal? What if most radical activists are trying to change their lives by changing the whole country?When Jesse Watters set out to interview a few dozen radical activists to find out where their wild ideas came from, he discovered two things that shocked him:First, he liked... Read more

Broken

By: Jessica Pryce

Narrated by: Deanna Anthony

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Joining the ranks of Evicted and The New Jim Crow, a former caseworker’s searing, clear-eyed investigation of the child welfare system—from foster care to incarceration—that exposes the deep-rooted biases shaping the system, witnessed through the lives of several Black families.Dr. Jessica Pryce knows the child welfare system firsthand and, in... Read more

Our Man in Panama

By: John Dinges

Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann

Length: 14 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A "carefully researched" account of the rise and fall of notorious dictator Manuel Noriega—and America's role in both (The Washington Post).



Written by a prize-winning NPR veteran who spent years covering Latin America, this blend of biography, history, and political reporting details the events that lead to the American invasion of Panama.



A New... Read more

I Am the Law

By: Michael Molcher

Narrated by: Keval Shah

Length: 14 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

He is the law—and you better believe it!



Judge, jury, and executioner, Judge Dredd is the brutal comic book cop policing the chaotic future urban jungle of Mega-City One, created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra and launching in the pages of 2000 AD in 1977.



But what began as a sci-fi action comic quickly evolved into a searing satire on... Read more

Illiberal America

By: Steven Hahn

Narrated by: Mitch Crawford

Length: 17 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

If your reaction to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol was to think, 'That's not us,' think again: in Illiberal America, a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian uncovers a powerful illiberalism as deep seated in the American past as the founding ideals.



Driven by popular movements and implemented through courts and legislation,... Read more

Wake Up America

By: Keisha N. Blain

Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1968, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer called for Americans to "wake up" if they wanted to "make democracy a reality." Today, as Black communities continue to face challenges built on centuries of discrimination, her plea is increasingly urgent. In this exhilarating anthology of original essays, Keisha N. Blain brings together the... Read more

Work, Retire, Repeat

By: Teresa Ghilarducci

Narrated by: Katherine Fenton

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an audiobook version of this book. A damning portrait of the dire realities of retirement in the United States—and how we can fix it. While the French went on strike in 2023 to protest the increase in the national retirement age, workers in the United States have all but given up on the notion of dignified retirement for all. Instead,... Read more

El loco

By: Juan Luis González

Narrated by: Miguel Pardo

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Qué pasa si en un país inestable aparece un líder inestable? Este libro quería ser una radiografía de la nueva derecha que hoy tiene como líder a Javier Milei. Pero con el correr de los meses, de las entrevistas, de los encuentros off the record, de seguir facturas, sellos y papeleríos, el trabajo pasó de ser uno de campo con ribetes casi... Read more

Lo que nos está pasando

By: Moisés Naím

Narrated by: Carlos Vicente

Length: 15 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Un retrato del mundo que no renuncia a un futuro más optimista desde la mirada de uno de los analistas más influyentes de la actualidad. «A pocas personas les cabe el mundo en la cabeza. Cuando algo raro ocurre, en Venezuela, Ucrania, en Corea, en Alemania o en Brasil, me digo siempre lomismo: ¿qué pensará sobre esto Moisés Naím? Siempre da una... Read more

We’ve Been Here Before: The Complete Series 1 and 2

By: Clive Anderson

Narrated by: Clive Anderson, Gyles Brandreth, Jimmy Carr, Jo...

Length: 4 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Clive Anderson and guests poke fun at the past in this panel show with a yesteryear twistOriginally broadcast on Radio 4 in 2003-4, We’ve Been Here Before is the topical, satirical, historical panel game that aims to show beyond all doubt that there’s nothing new in the news. Hosted by award-winning comedian, broadcaster and Whose Line Is It... Read more

Cheap Land Colorado

By: Ted Conover

Narrated by: Sebastian Waldemer

Length: 12 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Der Pulitzer-Preis-Finalist und National Book Critics Circle Award-Preisträger von Newjack führt durch ein wildes Amerika abseits des Zivilisation, wo es neben Unabhängigkeit und atemberaubenden Aussichten auch heftige Winde, Nachbarn mit krimineller Vergangenheit und minimale staatliche und medizinische Versorgung gibt.

"In diesen Depeschen lädt... Read more

Winston Churchill

By: Franziska Augstein

Narrated by: Jutta Seifert

Length: 19 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Der Held des 20. Jahrhunderts: Er hat Hitler aufgehalten Unter den herausragenden Politikern des 20. Jahrhunderts ist Churchill der schillerndste. Hollywood hat den Adeligen mit der Zigarre längst zu einer Film- und Heldenfigur überhöht. Seine Sätze, dass er etwa »außer Blut, Schweiß und Tränen« nichts zu bieten habe, sind geflügelte Worte.... Read more

COPOUT

By: Nick Breeze

Narrated by: Paul Panting

Length: 10 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

‘Wry and passionate first-hand observations from the global climate negotiations – essential for capturing the spirit of this endlessly frustrating struggle’ – Bill McKibbenMost people tend to turn away, perhaps understandably, from the key existential issue of the day: climate change or, some would say more accurately, climate collapse. Nick... Read more

Trump's Indictment

By: Mark Jackson

Narrated by: Will Stauff

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

In our shared pursuit for a better America, recent events have sparked diverse perspectives. While some celebrated Trump's indictment, others questioned its alignment with democratic principles.
The timing of the indictment raised eyebrows, prompting reflections on fairness and equality before the law. "The Unprecedented Indictment of Donald J.... Read more

This Isn’t Fine

By: Taylor Ahlstrom

Narrated by: Taylor Ahlstrom

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

This Isn’t Fine is a surprisingly funny and accessible ride through a world on the brink of collapse—and what we can do to survive it. Diving headfirst into finance and energy, culture and ecology, Taylor Ahlstrom transforms the complex systems and histories that underpin our society into relatable narratives, all while mythbusting popular... Read more

Natives against Nativism

By: Olivia C. Harrison

Narrated by: Siiri Scott

Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

For the past fifty years, the Palestinian question has served as a rallying cry in the struggle for migrant rights in postcolonial France, from the immigrant labor associations of the 1970s and Beur movements of the 1980s to the militant decolonial groups of the 2000s. In Natives against Nativism, Olivia C. Harrison explores the intersection of... Read more

The Individualization of War

By: Jennifer Welsh, Dapo Akande & David Rodin

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The rights and responsibilities of the individual are at the center of today's armed conflicts in a way that they have never been before. This process of "individualization," which challenges the primacy of the sovereign state, is driven by normative developments related to human rights that have elevated human-centric conceptions of security... Read more

Vulture Capitalism

By: Grace Blakeley

Narrated by: Grace Blakeley

Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

In the vein of The Shock Doctrine and Evil Geniuses, this timely and “galvanizing” (Naomi Klein, New York Times bestselling author) manifesto illustrates how corporate and political power brokers have used capitalism to advance their own interests at the expense of the rest of us—and how we can take back our economy.

It’s easy to look at the... Read more

India's Struggle for Independence

By: Bipan Chandra

Narrated by: Derek Denzil

Length: 19 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

India's Struggle For Independence presents a detailed outlook on the struggle for Indian Independence in a new analytical framework.

Designed for ardent history enthusiasts, India's Struggle For Independence is one of the most exhaustive and precise account of the struggle of Indian Independence ever written in the literary world. Written and... Read more

The Lie Detectives

By: Sasha Issenberg

Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

How can political campaigns fight back against disinformation?

A decade after The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns, which Politico called "Moneyball for politics," journalist Sasha Issenberg returns to the cutting edge of political innovation to reveal how campaigns are navigating the era's most pressing challenge: how to win... Read more

Motorhome Prophecies

By: Carrie Sheffield

Narrated by: Carrie Sheffield

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In the vein of Educated and Hillbilly Elegy comes a young woman’s memoir chronicling her harrowing journey from despair to salvation that showcases the depths and resilience of the human spirit and empowers readers on their own paths toward healing, forgiveness, and redemption.
 
Carrie Sheffield grew up fifth of eight children with a violent,... Read more

Demand the Impossible

By: Robert Tsai

Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In Demand the Impossible, Robert L. Tsai traces lawyer Stephen Bright's remarkable career to explore the legal ideas that were central to his relentless pursuit of equal justice. For nearly forty years, Bright led the Southern Center for Human Rights, a nonprofit that provided legal aid to incarcerated people and worked to improve conditions... Read more

The Return of Great Powers

By: Jim Sciutto

Narrated by: Jim Sciutto

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Instant New York Times Bestseller

A Politico Top 10 Book of 2024

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

“An absorbing account of 21st-century brinkmanship . . . . one that should be read by every legislator or presidential nominee sufficiently deluded to think that returning America to its isolationist past or making chummy with Putin is a... Read more

AI Needs You

By: Verity Harding

Narrated by: Daisy Donovan

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook narrated by Daisy Donovan shares an electrifying vision of how we can safeguard AI’s future for the public good

Artificial intelligence may be the most transformative technology of our time. As AI’s power grows, so does the need to figure out what—and who—this technology is really for. AI Needs You argues that it is critical for... Read more