Social Science audiobooks

Mythologies Without End

By: Jerome Slater

Narrated by: Christopher Grove

Length: 19 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The history of modern Israel is a fiercely contested subject. From the Balfour declaration to the Six-Day War to the recent assault on Gaza, ideologically-charged narratives and counter-narratives battle for dominance not just in Israel itself but throughout the world. In the United States and Israel, the Israeli cause is treated as the more... Read more

Taking Privacy Seriously

By: James B. Rule

Narrated by: Gregory Abbey

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A STEP-BY-STEP PROGRAM TO CREATE A MORE PRIVATE AND EGALITARIAN DIGITAL WORLDTaking Privacy Seriously offers both a hard-hitting assessment of the origins of today’s privacy-eroding practices and a robust road map for creating individual authority over our personal data. James B. Rule proposes eleven key reforms in the control and use of... Read more

The Invented State

By: Emily Thorson

Narrated by: Emily Durante

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Invented State, Emily Thorson argues that a problematic and understudied aspect of political misinformation reflects widespread public misperception about what the government does. Because much of public policy is invisible to the public, there is fertile ground for false beliefs to flourish, leading to what Thorson terms the "invented... Read more

K-Drama School

By: Grace Jung

Narrated by: Grace Jung

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

From the Emmy Award-winning Squid Game to streaming sensations like The Glory and Crash Landing on You, Korean television has emerged onto the global pop culture scene as compelling television—but what exactly makes these shows so irresistibly bingeable? And what can we learn about our societies and ourselves from watching them?

From stand-up... Read more

I Just Keep Talking

By: Nell Irvin Painter

Narrated by: Nell Irvin Painter

Length: 17 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of The History of White People and Old in Art School, a finalist for the NBCC Award, comes a comprehensive new collection of essays spanning art, politics, and the legacy of racism that shapes American history as we know it.

Throughout her prolific writing career, Nell Painter has published works on such... Read more

When You Care

By: Elissa Strauss

Narrated by: Helen Laser

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In this “urgent and necessary book” (Rebecca Traister, New York Times bestselling author), journalist Elissa Strauss explores the powerful role caring for others plays in our individual and communal lives, weaving together research and stories from parents and caregivers with a feminist bent.

Behind our current caregiving crisis, in which a... Read more

LEBEN. Meine Geschichte in der Geschichte (ungekürzt)

By: Papst Franziskus

Narrated by: Alexander Bandilla & Martin Bringmann

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

»Die Geschichte unseres Lebens nachzulesen ist wichtig, um uns zu erinnern und denjenigen etwas weiterzugeben, die uns zuhören. Um aber lernen zu leben, müssen wir lernen zu lieben. Das sollten wir nicht vergessen!« Papst Franziskus   Zum ersten Mal erzählt Papst Franziskus die Geschichte seines Lebens anhand der Ereignisse, die die Menschheit... Read more

The White Bonus

By: Tracie McMillan

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 11 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

This unflinching book from award-winning investigative reporter Tracie McMillan examines what white privilege delivers—in dollars and cents—not only to white people of wealth but also to white people from the poor to the middle class.



McMillan begins with her own downwardly mobile middle-class family and takes us through a personal history marked... Read more

Segredos do Egito

By: Cassia Chicolet

Narrated by: Gabriel Maciel

Length: 4 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

As páginas deste livro revelam a chave de acesso para uma das civilizações mais fascinantes que o mundo já viu: o Egito Antigo. Em busca de vestígios sobre seu passado, arqueólogos e estudiosos têm desvendado segredos incríveis e revelado descobertas impressionantes sobre de onde veio, como viveu e qual legado cultivou essa sociedade cujo... Read more

Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

By: Mary Rowlandson

Narrated by: Anna Isaksen

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Dive into the pioneering American bestseller, The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. This enthralling memoir presents an unflinching account of survival and spiritual endurance during King Philip's War in 1676. Captured by Native Americans, Mary Rowlandson endured an extraordinary eleven weeks in captivity,... Read more

Could Jo Starting A School For Boys Be A Feminist Act

By: Niina Niskanen

Narrated by: Niina Niskanen

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Many people wonder why Jo starts a school for boys..even though Little Women mentions how much Jo loves boys many times. In Little Men, we can see how Jo and Friedrich wish that their boys grow to respect women, so could Jo starting a school for boys actually be a feminist act?There are lots of people who say that Friedrich forced Jo to start a... Read more

Greek Mythology

By: Adrian Danvers

Narrated by: KC Wayman

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

GREEK MYTHOLOGYDive into the enchanting world of "Greek Mythology: A Timeless Collection of Greek Myths and Legends" where the gods of Olympus reign supreme, heroes defy the impossible, and mythical creatures lurk in the shadows of ancient tales.Discover the Pantheon of Gods: Explore the majestic Mount Olympus in Chapter 1, where the Olympians... Read more

Young Lives, Big Ambitions

By: Anne Longfield

Narrated by: Rachel Capell

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Society is failing too many children. But we can do better.

A difficult home life. A missed diagnosis. A disrupted education. Falling in with the wrong crowd. Every year thousands of children fall through the cracks in our society and become victims of a destructive cycle that ends in exploitation, violence, and lost life chances.

As Commissioner... Read more

The Book Of Jasher (Part 1)

By: Jasher

Narrated by: John Hannigan

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Dive into the depths of ancient wisdom and biblical narratives with "The Book of Jasher (Part 1)," an enthralling audio experience that transports you to a time long past. This audio production is the first installment of a captivating journey through the legendary Book of Jasher, a text referenced in the Old Testament but not included in the... Read more

The Memo

By: Minda Harts

Narrated by: Minda Harts

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

From microaggressions to the wage gap, The Memo empowers women of color with actionable advice on challenges and offers a clear path to success.

Most business books provide a one-size-fits-all approach to career advice that overlooks the unique barriers that women of color face. In The Memo, Minda Harts offers a much-needed career guide tailored... Read more

In the Shadow of Liberty

By: Ana Raquel Minian

Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell, David Shih, Marie-Françoise Th...

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

“Meticulous . . . Storytelling allows Minian to convey the physical and emotional toll of detention with potent specificity. The result is a book-length plea against dehumanization, at least for those who are willing to listen.”
—Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times

A probing work of narrative history that reveals the hidden story of immigrant... Read more

Techno-Capitalism

By: Loretta Napoleoni

Narrated by: Wendy Tremont King

Length: 10 hours

Abridged: No

The respected Italian economist and journalist offers a bold and provocative argument that the speed of technological transformation is threatening our future



At the dawn of the digital revolution, the internet was going to be the great equalizer, a global democratic force. Instead, Wall Street ended up funding a new breed of serial capitalists,... Read more

Familiarity Breeds Content

By: Joseph Epstein

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 14 hours

Abridged: No

A collection of personal essays from America’s most revered essay writer, Joseph Epstein.

America’s greatest living essayist writes about life and aging and being all too nicely out of it. In these personal pieces, he takes on topics as varied as grieving for a dead son, learning Latin late in life, and the pleasures of living with cats. Epstein... Read more

Dear Bi Men

By: J.R. Yussuf

Narrated by: J.R. Yussuf

Length: 13 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

An unapologetic guide for readers who are Black, masc, and bi—unlearning biphobia, coming out, combatting erasure, and embodying your whole self

Through cutting social analysis, personal stories, and need-to-know advice, Dear Bi Men reclaims bi+ visibility in a culture of erasure—and unapologetically centers Blackness in a practical and deeply... Read more

Elvis is King: Costello's My Aim is True

By: Richard Crouse

Narrated by: Shea Taylor

Length: 3 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

An explosive, groundbreaking album that crowned a new king of rock in just 33 minutes Before Elvis Costello was one of Rolling Stone’s greatest artists of all time, before he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he was Declan P. McManus, an office drone with a dull suburban life and a side gig in a pub rock band. In 1976, under the... Read more

Abolitionist Intimacies

By: El Jones

Narrated by: Aiza Ntibarikure

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

In Abolitionist Intimacies, El Jones examines the movement to abolish prisons through the Black feminist principles of care and collectivity. Understanding the history of prisons in Canada in their relationship to settler colonialism and anti-Black racism, Jones observes how practices of intimacy become imbued with state violence at carceral... Read more

Moctezuma y Atahualpa

By: Eduardo Matos Moctezuma & Luis Millones Santa G...

Narrated by: Nick Zamora & Gerardo Álvarez

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Vida, pasión y muerte de dos gobernantes Fue durante el siglo xvi cuando se materializaron los funestos augurios del fin de dos grandes civilizaciones; el ocaso de dos míticos gobernantes: Moctezuma Xocoyotzin y Atahualpa y, con ellos, el de los únicos Estados imperiales del Nuevo Mundo precolombino, mexica e inca: la Triple Alianza y... Read more

American Indians and the American Dream

By: Kasey R. Keeler

Narrated by: Leslie Howard

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Nearly seven out of ten American Indians live in urban areas, yet studies of urban Indian experiences remain scant. Studies of suburban Natives are even more rare. Today's suburban Natives, the fastest-growing American Indian demographic, highlight the tensions within federal policies working in tandem to move and house differing groups of... Read more

The Sixth Extinction Tenth Anniversary Edition

By: Elizabeth Kolbert

Narrated by: Anne Twomey

Length: 10 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
The 10th Anniversary Edition of the powerful and important work about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a compelling account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes.

Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the... Read more