Social Science audiobooks

The Silo Effect

By: Gillian Tett

Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning journalist Gillian Tett “applies her anthropologist’s lens to the problem of why so many organizations still suffer from a failure to communicate. It’s a profound idea, richly analyzed” (The Wall Street Journal), about how our tendency to create functional departments—silos—hinders our work.

The Silo Effect asks a basic question:... Read more

The Making of Asian America

By: Erika Lee

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 15 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

In the past fifty years, Asian Americans have helped change the face of America and are now the fastest growing group in the United States. The Making of Asian America tells the little-known history of Asian Americans and their role in American life, from the arrival of the first Asians in the Americas to the present-day.



An epic history of... Read more

Doing Good Better

By: William MacAskill

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Most of us want to make a difference. We donate our time and money to charities and causes we deem worthy, choose careers we consider meaningful, and patronize businesses and buy products we believe make the world a better place. Unfortunately, we often base these decisions on assumptions and emotions rather than facts. As a result, even our... Read more

Verarschen kann ich mich alleine

By: HG. Butzko

Narrated by: HG. Butzko

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Wer politikverdrossen werden will, sollte dieses Buch lesen. Wer nicht, auch. HG. Butzko liefert eine wütende Abrechnung mit unserer Gesellschaft, wobei er die Wut nicht den Stammtischen überlässt, sondern Witz statt Populismus bietet und Differenzierung statt Schwarz-Weiß-Denken. Endlich die Antwort auf Sarrazin, Matussek, Ulfkotte, Pirinci und... Read more

Archaeology in Fiction

By: Scott C. Viguié

Narrated by: Scott C. Viguié & Austin Downey

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Popular fiction is filled with images of archaeologists as daring adventurers who constantly risk life and limb in the pursuit of fabulous antiquities of immense historical and monetary value. There are evil villains, great romances, and unknown perils lurking around every corner.That’s the view many people have of archaeology. But what is the... Read more

Asking for It

By: Kate Harding

Narrated by: Erin Bennett

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Every seven minutes, someone in America commits a rape. And whether that’s a football star, beloved celebrity, elected official, member of the clergy, or just an average Joe (or Joanna), there’s probably a community eager to make excuses for that person.In Asking for It, Kate Harding combines in-depth research with an in-your-face voice to make... Read more

NeuroTribes

By: Steve Silberman

Narrated by: William Hughes

Length: 18 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

This New York Times bestseller upends conventional thinking about autism and suggests a broader model for acceptance, understanding, and full participation in society for people who think differently.What is autism: a lifelong disability or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth, it is both... Read more

Shots on the Bridge

By: Ronnie Greene

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Six days after Hurricane Katrina's landfall in New Orleans, New Orleans Police Department officers opened fire on residents crossing the Danziger Bridge. When the shooting stopped, a mentally challenged man and a seventeen-year-old boy were dead, riddled with gunshot wounds. A mother's arm was shot off, her daughter's stomach gouged with a... Read more

The Last Word Movie And Capital Punishment: A Review

By: Trevor Clinger

Narrated by: Jamie Cutler

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty or execution, is the legal process of sentencing someone to death for committing certain crimes, known as capital offenses. This scholarly article delves into the documentary "The Last Word," which explores the emotional and moral impacts of capital punishment on death row inmates. The review... Read more

NPR The Best of Pop Culture Happy Hour

By: author

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

An energetic, fun-filled round table from NPR exploring the many ways entertainment intersects with day-to-day life.

NPR's popular podcast features spirited roundtable discussions covering a wild and unpredictable landscape of pop culture subject matter, from the phenomenon of the fiasco (the result of ambition that exceeds competency) to “Pop... Read more

Walking with Abel

By: Anna Badkhen

Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The Fulani are the largest surviving group of nomads on the planet. In Walking with Abel, Anna Badkhen embeds herself with a family of Fulani cowboys—nomadic herders in Mali's Sahel grasslands—as they embark on their annual migration across the savannah. It's a cycle that connects the Fulani to their past even as their present is increasingly... Read more

The Power of Stories Workshops

By: Sam Keen

Narrated by: Sam Keen

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Sam Keen, bestselling author of Fire in the Belly has created a way to use stories to give shape and clarity to our personal destinies. Keen tells how to use story elements to reveal hidden potentials with step-by-step exercises to help us investigate the stories behind issues central to a greater self-understanding. Read more

Telling Your Story

By: Sam Keen

Narrated by: Sam Keen

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

In Telling Your Story, Sam Keen speaks on humans living in a machine world and losing touch with the organic world, our story-driven lives in our time obsessed cultures, and a new spiritual reformation. Read more

I'm Special

By: Ryan O'Connell

Narrated by: Ryan O'Connell

Length: 4 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

NOW a NETFLIX series entitled Special from Executive Producer JIM PARSONS starring RYAN O‘CONNELL as himself.

From the beloved blogger turned voice of an online generation, an unforgettable and hilarious memoir-meets-manifesto exploring what it means to be a millennial gay man living with cerebral palsy, which VICE calls “a younger, gay version... Read more

Life on the Edge

By: Johnjoe McFadden & Jim Al-Khalili

Narrated by: Pete Cross

Length: 12 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how did it come to be? Even in an age of cloning and artificial biology, the remarkable truth remains: nobody has ever made anything living entirely out of dead material. Life remains the only way to make life. Are we still missing a vital ingredient in its creation? Jim... Read more

S=EX2 - Abridged

By: Pere Estupinyà

Narrated by: Alba Sola & Pere Estupinyà

Length: 13 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Escucha esta aproximación al sexo innovadora y original que revolucionará nuestra mente y quizá también nuestro comportamiento. Estás a punto de escuchar el libro más riguroso, ameno, y completo jamás narrado sobre el fascinante estudio científico de la sexualidad humana. Por amor a la ciencia, Pere Estupinyà, el ladrón de cerebros, se sumerge... Read more

The Heretic’s Treasure

By: Scott Mariani

Narrated by: Colin Mace

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

AN EXHILARATING TREASURE-HUNT THRILLER FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR ‘Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heart . . . packs a real punch’ Andy McDermott An ancient fortune has lain hidden for thousands of years, one so powerful that men will kill to... Read more

Violated

By: Sarah Wilson

Narrated by: Chloe Massey

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

The shocking first true account from one of the young girls who lived through and survived the Rotherham sex abuse scandal. In the summer of 2014, the Rotherham sex abuse scandal sent shockwaves through the nation. A report revealed that, since the 1990s, up to 1,400 young girls in the town had been regularly abused by sex... Read more

Project Animal Farm

By: Sonia Faruqi

Narrated by: Priya Ayyar

Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Project Animal Farm provides a riveting and revealing look at what truly happens behind farm doors, as discovered by a fearless young woman.Sonia Faruqi, a twenty-five-year-old Ivy League graduate and investment banker, had no idea that the night she arrived at the doorstep of an organic dairy farm would mark the beginning of a journey that... Read more

Project Fatherhood

By: Jorja Leap

Narrated by: Randye Kaye

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

In 2010, former gang leader turned community activist Big Mike Cummings asked UCLA gang expert Jorja Leap to colead a group of men struggling to be better fathers in Watts, South Los Angeles. These men, black and brown, from late adolescence to middle age, come together each week to help one another answer the question "How can I be a good... Read more

Intelligent Disobedience

By: Ira Chaleff

Narrated by: Dave Clark

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

When It's Smart to Say No

Nearly every week we read about a tragedy or scandal that could have been prevented if individuals had said no to ill-advised or illegitimate orders. In this timely book, Ira Chaleff explores when and how to disobey inappropriate orders, reduce unacceptable risk, and find better ways to achieve legitimate goals.

The... Read more

Rethinking Narcissism

By: Dr. Craig Malkin

Narrated by: Kiff VandenHeuvel

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Harvard Medical School psychologist and Huffington Post blogger Craig Malkin addresses the "narcissism epidemic," by illuminating the spectrum of narcissism, identifying ways to control the trait, and explaining how too little of it may be a bad thing."What is narcissism?" is one of the fastest rising searches on Google, and articles on the... Read more

Forensics

By: Val McDermid

Narrated by: Sarah Barron

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Val McDermid is one of the finest crime writers we have, whose novels have captivated millions of listeners worldwide with their riveting narratives of characters who solve complex crimes and confront unimaginable evil. In the course of researching her bestselling novels, McDermid has become familiar with ever branch of forensics, and now she... Read more

Getting Wild Sex from Your Conservative Woman

By: Brandi Love

Narrated by: Brandi Love

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Even the most conservative women have a naughty side to them. To see it, you have to communicate and make them feel comfortable. Brandi Love can show you what women want to hear, and what to do to get them to go wild on you! Read more