Social Science audiobooks

When God Was a Woman

By: Merlin Stone

Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin

Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The landmark exploration of the ancient worship of the Great Goddess and the eventual supression of women's rites. In the beginning, God was a woman… How did the shift from matriarchy to patriarchy come about? In fascinating detail, Merlin Stone tells us the story of the Goddess who reigned supreme in the Near and Middle East. Under her reign,... Read more

101 Tips for a Zero-Waste Kitchen

By: Kathryn Kellogg

Narrated by: Sara Van Beckum

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Forty percent of all food produced in the US is wasted—the author of 101 Ways to Go Zero Waste is here with solutions!



Kathryn Kellogg is taking her accessible tips for a zero-waste lifestyle and focusing on the heart of the house. Our kitchens can produce a shocking amount of waste and, even though food scraps may seem harmless, they can't... Read more

The Cost of Inclusion

By: Blake R. Silver

Narrated by: narrator

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an auto-narrated audiobook version of this book. 

Young people are told that college is a place where they will “find themselves” by engaging with diversity and making friendships that will last a lifetime. This vision of an inclusive, diverse social experience is a fundamental part of the image colleges sell potential students. But... Read more

Muwatta of Imam Malik English Audio

By: Imam Malik & Translator - Aisha Bewley

Narrated by: QNS Academy

Length: 20 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The Muwaṭṭaʾ (Arabic: الموطأ, "well-trodden path") or Muwatta Imam Malik (Arabic: موطأ الإمام مالك) of Imam Malik (711–795) written in the 8th-century, is one of the earliest collections of hadith texts comprising the subjects of Islamic law, compiled by the Imam, Malik ibn Anas. Malik's best-known work, Al-Muwatta was the first legal work to... Read more

Inheritance

By: Harvey Whitehouse

Narrated by: Harvey Whitehouse

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The ancient inheritance that made us who we are—and is now driving us to ruin. Each of us is endowed with an inheritance—a set of evolved biases and cultural tools that shape every facet of our behavior. For countless generations, this inheritance has taken us to ever greater heights: driving the rise of more sophisticated technologies, more... Read more

Hegel, Marx and Vygotsky

By: Andy Blunden

Narrated by: Gary MacFadden

Length: 22 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Andy Blunden’s Hegel Marx & Vygotsky, Essays in Social Philosophy presents his novel approach to social theory in a series of essays. Blunden aims to use the cultural psychology of Lev Vygotsky and the Soviet Activity Theorists to renew Hegelian Marxism as an interdisciplinary science. This allows psychologists and social theorists to share... Read more

Rethinking Rescue

By: Carol Mithers

Narrated by: Christina Delaine

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

In Los Angeles's most underserved communities, Lori Weise is known as the Dog Lady, the woman who's spent decades caring for people in poverty and the animals that love them. Long before anyone else, Weise grasped that animal and human suffering are inextricably connected and created a new rescue narrative, an enduring safety net empowering pet... Read more

Obitchuary

By: Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes

Narrated by: Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes & Annette Amelia O...

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on the popular podcast, Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death is a smart, funny look at the American culture of death and how we’re remembered.
 
It’s safe to say everyone thinks about death—whether they want to or not. But have you ever wondered about what sort of keepsakes you can make with your remains, or given any thought to the most... Read more

A Survivor's Education

By: Joy Neumeyer

Narrated by: Joy Neumeyer

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In this timely memoir, a journalist examines intimate abuse, campus politics, and the narratives we choose to believe. 

In this poignant self-investigation, historian and journalist Joy Neumeyer explores how violence against women is portrayed, perceived, and adjudicated today. Interweaving the harrowing account of the abuse she experienced as a... Read more

The Unthinkable (Revised and Updated)

By: Amanda Ripley

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Unlock the secrets of survival with this riveting expedition into the science of disaster—now revised and updated to address the pandemic, the role of social media in disaster response, and more—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Smartest Kids in the World

Disaster can come in many forms, from earthquakes and avalanches to... Read more

Fight, Flight, Mimic

By: Diego Gambetta & Thomas Hegghammer

Narrated by: Bob Souer

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Flight, Flight, Mimic is the first systematic study of deceptive mimicry in the context of wars. Deceptive mimicry—the manipulation of individual or group identity—includes passing off as a different individual, as a member of a group to which one does not belong, or, for a group, to "sign" its action as another group.



Mimicry exploits the... Read more

The New Science of Social Change

By: Lisa Mueller

Narrated by: Nichalia Schwartz

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

In this accessible guide for activists, scholar Lisa Mueller translates cutting-edge empirical research on effective protest to show how to make movements really matter

We are in the middle of a historic swell of activism taking place throughout the world. From Occupy Wall Street and the Arab Spring, to pro-democracy uprisings in China, Black... Read more

Yo, vieja

By: Anna Freixas

Narrated by: Angie Sansón Díaz-Mayordomo

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Este es un recorrido por los derechos humanos en la vejez y, concretamente, por los derechos de las mujeres, sintetizados en tres principios que a Anna Freixas le parecen fundamentales en la edad mayor: la libertad, la justicia y la dignidad. Por tanto, estos apuntes de supervivencia están pensados para la nueva generación de viejas que van... Read more

The 36 Leonard Vovniks: A Guidebook to living a compassionate life as a Human From Earth

By: B Raquen Clarebi

Narrated by: B Raquen Clarebi

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Compassion. Reason. Non-violence. Bodily Integrity and Autonomy. Freedom from Oppression. Freedom for your Mind. JOIN US! Live life compassionately. Shed the identity forced upon you by religion, culture, tradition and society. Only then will you be truly free. It's our responsibility as humans to help each other and be kind to each other.... Read more

Diário de uma Mulher Tímida - Abridged

By: Ana Abelha

Narrated by: Ana Abelha

Length: 2 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Diário de uma Mulher Tímida traz histórias sobre a vida de uma garota tímida nascida no interior de Santa Catarina que viveu traumas na infância, sofreu e curtiu a adolescência ao máximo, às vezes perigosamente, e agora, jovem adulta, revisita esta série de acontecimentos com um olhar gentil para responder a grande pergunta de sua vida: afinal,... Read more

Eighteen

By: Alice Loxton

Narrated by: Alice Loxton

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author, Alice Loxton.

Biggest books to look out for in 2024 – The Guardian

'Loxton is the next big thing in history' – Dan Snow

At eighteen, your life is full of of what-ifs and why-nots. You have everything to look forward to – unless you’ve got the plague.

From a young Elizabeth Tudor, the orphan facing deadly intrigue at court, to a... Read more

Life Lessons From Historical Women

By: Eleanor Morton

Narrated by: Eleanor Morton

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Take a tour of the past and uncover stories of the women whose lives and achievements have shaped our modern world. In Life Lessons from Historical Women, Eleanor Morton celebrates the ordinary women whose decisions and accomplishments in their everyday lives resonate with us today.

Taking inspiration from the thriving self-help genre, Morton... Read more

In My Dreams I Dance

By: Anne Wafula Strike

Narrated by: Tina Tieno

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The inspirational memoir from Paralympian and disability advocate Anne Wafula Strike, updated for 2024 Left partially paralysed below the rib cage by polio, Anne Wafula Strike was forced to flee her native Kenyan village, moving across the country with her family. After overcoming additional... Read more

Trelawny’s Cornwall

By: Petroc Trelawny

Narrated by: Petroc Trelawny

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

'I can't think of a more enjoyable or more illuminating guide to Cornwall than Petroc Trelawny, who knows it intimately, loves it deeply, and shares it generously' - THE REVEREND RICHARD COLES

His first name is shared with one of Cornwall's most celebrated saints, his second is the name of its unofficial national anthem. But when a stranger... Read more

Little Women Podcast Laurie In The MeToo Era

By: Niina Niskanen & kymberly east

Narrated by: Niina Niskanen & Kymberly East

Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Dive into the world of Little Women with our engaging podcast episode, where Niina and Kymberly breathe new life into the beloved classic. This episode centers on the chapter "Laurie Makes Mischief and Jo Makes Peace," exploring how Laurie's playful yet troubling antics would resonate in today’s #MeToo era. Discover the timelessness of Alcott’s... Read more

Demisexualidad y sapiosexualidad: más allá del deseo - Abridged

By: Juanjo Ramos

Narrated by: Juanjo Ramos

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

La sexualidad humana es un espectro complejo y fascinante que trasciende las categorías tradicionales. En los últimos años, ha surgido una mayor conciencia y comprensión de diversas orientaciones sexuales que se alejan de lo convencional. Entre ellas, la demisexualidad y la sapiosexualidad han ganado reconocimiento como formas únicas de... Read more

Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King

By: Anupreeta Das

Narrated by: Ulka Simone Mohanty

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

From the finance editor of The New York Times, an insightful and illuminating examination of Bill Gates—one of the most powerful and provocative figures of the past four decades—and an exploration of our national fixation on billionaires.

Few billionaires have been in the public eye for as long, and in as many guises, as Bill Gates. At first... Read more

Blood on the Moon

By: Alan K. Rode

Narrated by: Alan K. Rode

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Of the movies that writers and historians call "Noir Westerns," none is more celebrated than 1948's Blood on the Moon. The comingling of the Western genre and the noir style crystalized in this extraordinary film, in turn influencing Westerns in the 1950s to become darker and more psychological. Produced during the height of the post-World War... Read more

Thinking at the Speed of Bias

By: Sara Taylor

Narrated by: Courtney Patterson

Length: 4 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Respected DEI expert Sara Taylor presents a down-to-earth guide on how to tackle unconscious biases and foster true equity in our rapidly changing world. Through relatable examples and practical strategies, listeners learn to deliberately slow down their thought processes and become aware of their filters in various situations. Taylor encourages... Read more