Social Science audiobooks

The Trojan War: An Enthralling Overview of a Legendary Conflict of Ancient Greece and Its Role in History and Greek Mythology

By: Enthralling History

Narrated by: Jay Herbert

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Epic story or historical fact? Historians disagree whether the Trojan War was either – or both! Around 1,200 BCE, war raged between the Ancient Greeks and their rivals in Troy. It’s the oldest story in the world, and its account was captured by the Greek poet, Homer. In this amazing and intriguing audiobook, you’ll learn just why this story is... Read more

Faking It

By: Michael Grothaus

Narrated by: Michael Grothaus

Length: 3 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Seeing is believing, but what happens when you can't believe your own eyes? It's time to go down the rabbit hole...

Imagine watching yourself on screen. Seeing your own face, but knowing it's not you. Imagine if someone you didn't know, or worse, someone you did know, could put your face anywhere, make it say or do anything. With deepfake... Read more

Depredadores sagrados

By: Bernardo Barranco

Narrated by: Memo Prado

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

«En todas las culturas existen bestiarios en sus mitologías. En la cultura contemporánea el depredador sagrado es la bestia con sotana. Es el maligno que se arropa y disfraza con los símbolos de santidad. Un ser infausto que seduce y violenta sexualmente a sus víctimas con el rostro y ropaje de un ángel. La psiquiatría moderna y las ciencias de... Read more

The Stolen Year

By: Anya Kamenetz

Narrated by: Anya Kamenetz

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

An NPR education reporter shows how the last true social safety net-- the public school system--was decimated by the pandemic, and how years of short-sighted political decisions have failed to put our children first.

School has long meant much more than an education in America. 30 million children depend on free school meals. Schools are,... Read more

Food Allergy Advocacy

By: Danya Glabau

Narrated by: Melissa Redmond

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A detailed exploration of parents' fight for a safe environment for their kids, interrogating how race, class, and gender shape health advocacy



The success of food allergy activism in highlighting the dangers of foodborne allergens shows how illness communities can effectively advocate for the needs of their members. In Food Allergy Advocacy,... Read more

Feminine Shorts

By: various authors

Narrated by: Jennifer March

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

From the National Women’s History Alliance, by Bonnie Eisenberg and Mary Ruthsdotter, 1998:“1998 marked the 150th Anniversary of a movement by women to achieve full civil rights in this country. Over the past seven generations, dramatic social and legal changes have been accomplished that are now so accepted that they go unnoticed by people... Read more

Pollution is Colonialism

By: Max Liboiron

Narrated by: Donna Postel

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In Pollution Is Colonialism Max Liboiron presents a framework for understanding scientific research methods as practices that can align with or against colonialism. They point out that even when researchers are working toward benevolent goals, environmental science and activism are often premised on a colonial worldview and access to land.... Read more

Freedom Dreams

By: Robin D.G. Kelley

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The 20th-anniversary edition of Kelley’s influential history of 20th-century Black radicalism, with new reflections on current movements and their impact on the author, and a foreword by poet Aja Monet

First published in 2002, Freedom Dreams is a staple in the study of the Black radical tradition. Unearthing the thrilling history of grassroots... Read more

Rethinking Fandom

By: Craig Calcaterra

Narrated by: Gary Bennett

Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A fundamental reevaluation of how to be a sports fan by an acclaimed baseball writerSports fandom isn’t what it used to be. Owners and executives increasingly count on the blind loyalty of their fans and too often act against the team’s best interest. Sports fans are left deliberating not only mismanagement but also political, health, and... Read more

Electable

By: Ali Vitali

Narrated by: Ali Vitali

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A fearless deep dive into the 2020 election from former MSNBC “Road Warrior” and now NBC Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitali, who covered the campaign trail every step of the way—investigating the gendered double standards placed on women presidential candidates of that cycle and those who came before, and what it will take for a woman to... Read more

Hoodoo for Everyone

By: Sherry Shone

Narrated by: Sherry Shone

Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A beginner’s guide to an inclusive Hoodoo practice--history, spellwork, folklore, and herbs

Hoodoo is a folklore tradition that was created by and for enslaved African Americans in the southern United States. And before there were honey jars, red brick dust, and everything else you may associate with Hoodoo, there was the need to be free.

This is... Read more

Scenes from My Life

By: Michael K. Williams & Jon Sternfeld

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD • A “gripping, revelatory” (NPR) memoir of hard-won success, struggles with addiction, and a lifelong mission to give back—from the late iconic actor beloved for his roles in The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, and Lovecraft Country
 
“Williams’s cool rasp leaps off every page, his story told in... Read more

It's Time to Talk (and Listen)

By: Anatasia S. Kim, PhD & Alicia Del Prado, PhD

Narrated by: Hannah Choi

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

We talk every day—and we often do it without thinking. But, as you well know, there are some things that are harder to talk about—especially issues pertaining to politics, culture, lifestyle, and diversity. If you've ever struggled in a conversation about a "controversial" topic with a loved one, work colleague, or even a stranger, you know... Read more

The Mamas

By: Helena Andrews-Dyer

Narrated by: Helena Andrews-Dyer

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Can white moms and Black moms ever truly be friends? Not just mom friends, but like really real friends? And does it matter?

“Utterly addictive . . . Through her sharp wit and dynamic anecdotal storytelling, Helena Andrews-Dyer shines a light on the cultural differences that separate Black and white mothers.”—Tia Williams, New York Times... Read more

Racial Innocence

By: Tanya Katerí Hernández

Narrated by: Almarie Guerra

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

“Profound and revelatory, Racial Innocence tackles head-on the insidious grip of white supremacy on our communities and how we all might free ourselves from its predation. Tanya Katerí Hernández is fearless and brilliant . . . What fire!”—Junot Díaz

The first comprehensive book about anti-Black bias in the Latino community that unpacks the... Read more

Are Prisons Obsolete?

By: Angela Y. Davis

Narrated by: Angela Y. Davis

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

With her characteristic brilliance, grace, and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case for the latest abolition movement in American life: the abolition of the prison. As she quite correctly notes, American life is replete with abolition movements, and when they were engaged in these struggles, their chances of success seemed almost... Read more

The End of Solitude

By: William Deresiewicz

Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin

Length: 12 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

What is the Internet doing to us? What is college for? What are the myths and metaphors we live by? What is the purpose of art, and what can we learn from the past?



These are the questions that William Deresiewicz has been pursuing over the course of his award-winning career. In "The Disadvantages of an Elite Education," his viral piece from... Read more

Bad Mexicans

By: Kelly Lytle Hernández

Narrated by: Joana Garcia

Length: 13 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Bad Mexicans tells the dramatic story of the magonistas, the migrant rebels who sparked the 1910 Mexican Revolution from the United States. Led by a brilliant but ill-tempered radical named Ricardo Flores Magón, the magonistas were a motley band of journalists, miners, migrant workers, and more, who organized thousands of Mexican workers—and... Read more

Nomad Century

By: Gaia Vince

Narrated by: Gaia Vince

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

The program is read by the author.

Nomad Century is an urgent investigation of the most underreported, seismic consequence of climate change: how it will force us to change where—and how—we live

“We are facing a species emergency. We can survive, but to do so will require a planned and deliberate migration of a kind humanity has never before... Read more

Mask Off

By: JJ Bola

Narrated by: Eloka Ivo

Length: 4 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

What is masculinity? Dominating the world around us, with deadly gun violence, male suicide rates and incels on Reddit, masculinity is perceived to be 'toxic', 'fragile' and 'in crisis'.

In this audiobook, beautifully narrated by the author, JJ Bola exposes masculinity as a performance that men are socially conditioned into. Using examples of... Read more

A Feminist Theory of Violence

By: Françoise Vergès

Narrated by: Kaliswa Brewster

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The mainstream discourse surrounding gender equality is a repertoire of violence: harassment, rape, abuse, femicide. These words designate a cruel reality. But don't they also hide another reality: that of violence committed with the complicity of the State? In this book, Françoise Vergès denounces the carceral turn in the fight against sexism.... Read more

Communication Skills: 8-in-1 Guide to Master Body Language, Assertiveness, Conversations, Persuasion, Humor, Small Talk, Social Skills & Email Writing

By: Lawrence Finnegan

Narrated by: K. C. Wayman

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

COMMUNICATION SKILLS - 8 MANUSCRIPTS IN 1 BOOK, INCLUDING: 1)BODY LANGUAGE:7 Easy Steps to Master Nonverbal Communication, Reading People, Microexpressions & Improve Your Charisma. 2)ASSERTIVENESS:7 Easy Steps to Master Assertive Social Confidence, Self-Esteem, Self-Awareness & Social Dynamics. 3)CONVERSATION SKILLS:7 Easy Steps to... Read more

The Brutish Museums

By: Dan Hicks

Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe

Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times 'Best Art Books' 2020

'Essential' – Sunday Times

'Brilliantly enraged' - New York Review of Books

'A real game-changer'– Economist
Walk into any Western museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompanying pieces of card offer a name, date and place of... Read more

Lost in Work

By: Amelia Horgan

Narrated by: Libby Mai

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

***Evening Standard's best non-fiction 2021***
'A brilliant, searing exposé of the lies underpinning work' - Owen Jones
'Work hard, get paid.' It's simple. Self-evident. But it's also a lie—at least for most of us. For people today, the old assumptions are crumbling; hard work in school no longer guarantees a secure, well-paying job in the... Read more