Social Science audiobooks

The Deepest Well

By: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

Narrated by: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A pioneering physician reveals how childhood stress can lead to lifelong health problems, and shows us what we can do to break the cycle.

Two-thirds of us have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience, or ACE, such as abuse, neglect, parental substance dependence, or mental illness. Even though these events may have occured long ago,... Read more

The Love Gap

By: Jenna Birch

Narrated by: Therese Plummer

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A research-based guide to navigating the newest dating phenomenon--"the love gap"--and a trailblazing action plan to help smart, confident, career-driven women find (and keep) their match.

For a rising generation young women, the sky is the limit. Women can be anything and have everything. They are outpacing their male peers in higher education... Read more

Modern Loss

By: Rebecca Soffer & Gabrielle Birkner

Narrated by: Meredith Mitchell & Josh Bloomberg

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by the website that the New York Times hailed as ""redefining mourning,"" this book is a fresh and irreverent examination into navigating grief and resilience in the age of social media, offering comfort and community for coping with the mess of loss through candid original essays from a variety of voices.At a time when we mourn public... Read more

Norwich

By: Karen Crouse

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The extraordinary story of the small Vermont town that has likely produced more Olympians per capita than any other place in the country, Norwich gives “parents of young athletes a great gift—a glimpse at another way to raise accomplished and joyous competitors” (The Washington Post).

In Norwich, Vermont—a charming town of organic farms and... Read more

Hippie Food

By: Jonathan Kauffman

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

An enlightening narrative history—an entertaining fusion of Tom Wolfe and Michael Pollan—that traces the colorful origins of once unconventional foods and the diverse fringe movements, charismatic gurus, and counterculture elements that brought them to the mainstream and created a distinctly American cuisine.Food writer Jonathan Kauffman... Read more

Camorra

By: Tomas Lappalainen

Narrated by: Magnus Schmitz

Length: 11 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Camorran, som har sitt säte i Neapel, är Italiens äldsta maffia. Den är mer mordisk och har intensivare klanstrider än den sicilianska maffian och på senare tid har den också blivit en stark kraft i världsekonomin. Trots detta är camorran ganska okänd. Finns förklaringen det neapolitanska samhällets historia – ett samhälle som genomsyras av... Read more

Man Might

By: Candice Mary

Narrated by: Candice Mary

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Wouldn't it be incredible if you knew how to take back your God-given power, and finally be happy? Well, you can.Man Might is a fresh and empowering concept that will remind you of your God-given super power and how to finally make it work for you—not against you. It’s brave (just like you) and offers real, relatable, and transformative insight... Read more

Uneasy Peace

By: Patrick Sharkey

Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Beginning in the mid-1990s, American cities experienced an astonishing drop in violent crime. By 2014, the United States was safer than it had been in sixty years. Sociologist Patrick Sharkey gathered data from across the country to understand why this happened, and how it changed the nature of urban inequality. He shows that the decline of... Read more

With the End in Mind

By: Kathryn Mannix

Narrated by: Elizabeth Carling

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

For readers of Atul Gawande and Paul Kalanithi, a palliative care doctor's breathtaking stories from 30 years spent caring for the dying.

Modern medical technology is allowing us to live longer and fuller lives than ever before. And for the most part, that is good news. But with changes in the way we understand medicine come changes in the way... Read more

The Square and the Tower

By: Niall Ferguson

Narrated by: Elliot Hill

Length: 17 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The instant New York Times bestseller.

A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networks.

“Captivating and compelling.” —The New York Times

"Niall Ferguson has again written a brilliant book...In 400 pages you will have... Read more

Murder, extortion and corruption in Acapulco

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

2017 marked Acapulco's fifth straight year of being Mexico's most murderous city. Once an internationally renowned tropical paradise, violence has shot up over the last decade. But while police and military forces protect tourists, residents say little is done to stop gangs from preying on them through extortion. Special correspondent Danny Gold... Read more

The Cancun that tourists don't see - murders and drug war

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

It's not part of Cancun that tourists travel to see: heavily armed police working to stop a soaring homicide rate. The fallout of Mexico's campaign targeting drug cartel leaders is spilling onto the periphery of the famous beach destination, where fractured gangs fight for control. Yet the area's violence has rarely put vacationers in danger.... Read more

Cops and Robbers

By: Katy Vine

Narrated by: Lydia Mackay

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

In partnership with Texas Monthly, Katy Vine's "Cops and Robbers" is now available as an audio download, where the length and timeliness of a podcast meets the high-quality production of a full-length audio program.

Law enforcement in Hidalgo County would joke that without the drug trade, half the business in the county would fail. Others would... Read more

Busting Out of Mexico

By: Jan Reid

Narrated by: Bruce DuBose

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In partnership with Texas Monthly, Jan Reid's "Busting Out of Mexico" is now available as an audio download, where the length and timeliness of a podcast meets the high-quality production of a full-length audio program.

In Mexico, if violence and property damage are avoided, there is no law against breaking out of jail. When con artist Sterling... Read more

Stay or Go

By: Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer

Narrated by: Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Committing to a long-term relationship is a big deal—especially if you have doubts. With a focus on common sense over emotion, world-renowned sex and relationship therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer offers straight-up advice on whether you should stick it out or cut your losses and move on.In Stay or Go, Dr. Ruth divides troubled couplings into three... Read more

True Crime from Texas Monthly

By: Various

Narrated by: Various

Length: 4 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

In partnership with Texas Monthly, the following articles spotlighting true crime are now available in a bundle as an audio download:

* "The Cheerleader Murder Plot" by Mimi Swartz, read by Pam Dougherty
* "The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob" by Skip Hollandsworth, read by Bruce DuBose
* "A Kiss Before Dying" by Pamela Colloff, read by Staci Snell and... Read more

Where Do We Go from Here

By: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The last book written by King his final reflections after a decade of civil rights struggles

In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isolated himself from the demands of the civil rights movement, rented a house in Jamaica with no telephone, and labored over his final manuscript. In this significantly prophetic work, which has been unavailable for... Read more

The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob

By: Skip Hollandsworth

Narrated by: Bruce DuBose

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

In partnership with Texas Monthly, Skip Hollandsworth's "The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob" is now available as an audio download, where the length and timeliness of a podcast meets the high-quality production of a full-length audio program.

Cowboy Bob was a master bank robber, robbing countless banks for thousands of dollars and confounding cops along... Read more

Passing Judgment

By: Terri Apter

Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Our obsession with praise and blame begins soon after birth. Totally dependent on others, rapidly we learn to value praise and to fear the consequences of blame. Despite outgrowing an infant's dependence, we continue to monitor others' judgments of us—and develop what relational psychologist Terri Apter calls a "judgment meter," which constantly... Read more

Why We Can't Wait

By: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. King’s best-selling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during the spring and summer of 1963

On April 16, 1963, as the violent events of the Birmingham campaign unfolded in the city’s streets, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., composed a letter from his prison cell in response to local religious leaders’ criticism of the campaign.... Read more

The Most Dangerous Man in America

By: Bill Minutaglio & Steven L. Davis

Narrated by: Peter Ganim

Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

From Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis, authors of the PEN Center USA award-winning Dallas 1963, comes a madcap narrative about Timothy Leary's daring prison escape and run from the law.

On the moonlit evening of September 12, 1970, an ex-Harvard professor with a genius I.Q. studies a twelve-foot high fence topped with barbed wire. A few... Read more

Girls Like Us

By: Rachel Lloyd

Narrated by: Rachel Lloyd

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

During her teens, Rachel Lloyd ended up a victim of commercial sexual exploitation. With time, through incredible resilience, and with the help of a local church community, she finally broke free of her pimp and her past and devoted herself to helping other young girls escape "the life."



In Girls Like Us, Lloyd reveals the dark world of... Read more

Just Desserts

By: Katy Vine

Narrated by: Lydia Mackay

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In partnership with Texas Monthly, Katy Vine's "Just Desserts" is now available as an audio download, where the length and timeliness of a podcast meets the high-quality production of a full-length audio program.

Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins led a perfectly adequate middle class life in Corsicana, Texas. Mr. Jenkins, Sandy, worked as an accountant at... Read more

No Justice

By: Robbie Tolan & Lawrence Ross

Narrated by: Robbie Tolan

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The harrowing true story of Robbie Tolan, a young black man who was shot in the chest by a white police officer . . . in his own driveway.
NO JUSTICE is the harrowing story of Robbie Tolan, who early on one New Year's Eve morning, found himself being rushed to the hospital. A white police officer had shot him in the chest after mistakenly... Read more