Social Science audiobooks

The Second Half

By: Ellen Warner

Narrated by: Zehra Jane Naqvi, Hannah Choi & Carmen Jewel Jones

Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A frank, honest, and insightful look into the lives of women over fifty.



The Second Half explores how the second half of life is experienced by women from many different cultures. From a French actress to a British novelist, from an Algerian nomad to a Saudi Arabian doctor, and an American politician, Ellen Warner traveled all over the world to... Read more

In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens

By: Alice Walker

Narrated by: Lynnette R. Freeman

Length: 14 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In this groundbreaking classic essay collection, Alice Walker speaks out as a Black woman, writer, mother, and feminist on topics ranging from the personal to the political.Originally published forty years ago, Alice Walker’s first collection of nonfiction is a dazzling compendium that remains both timely and relevant. In these thirty-six... Read more

Europe Between the Oceans

By: Barry Cunliffe

Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart

Length: 18 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A sensational, interdisciplinary work which entirely reorients our understanding of Europe from 10,000 BC to the time of the Vikings



In this magnificent book, distinguished archaeologist Barry Cunliffe reframes our entire conception of early European history, from prehistory through the ancient world to the medieval Viking period. Cunliffe views... Read more

An Other Kingdom

By: Peter Block, Walter Brueggemann & John McKnight

Narrated by: Mirron Willis

Length: 3 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Our seduction into beliefs in competition, scarcity, and acquisition are producing too many casualties. We need to depart a kingdom that creates isolation, polarized debate, an exhausted planet, and violence that comes with the will to empire. The abbreviation of this empire is called a consumer culture.



We think the free-market ideology that... Read more

The Book of James

By: Valerie Babb

Narrated by: Valerie Babb & Sean Polite

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The unique social, cultural, and political life of the incomparable LeBron James
 
LeBron James is the hero in two very American tales: one, a success story the nation loves; the other, the latest installment in an ongoing chronicle of American antiblackness. He’s the poor boy from a “broken” home who makes good. He’s also the poor Black boy... Read more

The Loneliness Files

By: Athena Dixon

Narrated by: Emana Rachelle

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

What does it mean to be a body behind a screen, lost in the hustle of an online world? In our age of digital hyper-connection, Athena Dixon invites us to consider this question with depth, heart, and ferocity, investigating the gaps that technology cannot fill and confronting a lifetime of loneliness.



Living alone as a middle-aged woman without... Read more

The New Crusades

By: Khaled A. Beydoun

Narrated by: Neil Shah

Length: 11 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The first book to examine global Islamophobia from a legal and ground-up perspective, from renowned public intellectual Khaled A. Beydoun.



Islamophobia has spiraled into a global menace, and democratic and authoritarian regimes alike have deployed it as a strategy to persecute their Muslim populations. With this book, Khaled A. Beydoun details... Read more

Slave Breeding

By: Gregory D. Smithers

Narrated by: Terrence Kidd

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

For over two centuries, the topic of slave breeding has occupied a controversial place in the master narrative of American history. From nineteenth-century abolitionists to twentieth-century filmmakers and artists, Americans have debated whether slave owners deliberately and coercively manipulated the sexual practices and marital status of... Read more

Building and Dwelling

By: Richard Sennett

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 13 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A reflection on the past and present of city life, and a bold proposal for its future



In this sweeping work, the preeminent sociologist Richard Sennett traces the anguished relation between how cities are built and how people live in them, from ancient Athens to twenty-first-century Shanghai. He shows how Paris, Barcelona, and New York City... Read more

The Illuminati Mayhem & Murder

By: Frank White

Narrated by: Mysti Jording & Omar Johnson

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Illuminati Mayhem & Murder" by Frank White delves into the enigmatic and often misunderstood world of the Illuminati, the secret society that has captivated imaginations and sparked controversies for centuries. This comprehensive volume combines White's two groundbreaking works, providing an unparalleled exploration of the group's... Read more

Skid Dogs

By: Emelia Symington-Fedy

Narrated by: Emelia Symington-Fedy

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A raw and riveting coming-of-age story about the wild love of teenage friendships and the casual oppression of nineties rape culture.



Emelia Symington-Fedy grew up with her girl gang on the railroad tracks of a small town in British Columbia. Unsupervised and wild, the girls explored the power and shortcomings of "best" friendships and their... Read more

Sex After Grief

By: Joan Price

Narrated by: Ann Sprinkle

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Sex after Grief is the first book to address sex and grief together and treat sex as a normal, positive, life-affirming part of emerging from such a difficult time. Joan Price, the top expert on senior sex, draws on her own experiences as a widow since 2008, when she lost the love of her life to cancer. She shares her raw grief journey, sexual... Read more

Welcome to the O.C.

By: Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage & Alan Sepinwall

Narrated by: Alan Sepinwall, Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage...

Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

“A fascinating peek behind the making of a megahit, and a delightful bit of nostalgia for those of us who remember life before streaming TV.” —Town & CountryWelcome to the O.C., b*tch: it’s the definitive oral history of beloved TV show The O.C., from the show’s creators, featuring interviews with the cast and crew, providing a... Read more

Troubling the Water

By: Ben McBride

Narrated by: Ben McBride

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

From one of the most courageous and visionary leaders of our time comes Troubling the Water, an immersive book about the violence and injustice that threaten to drown us all. Ben McBride recounts how he first waded into the water: from the Kill Zone in Oakland, where he moved with his young family, to the uprising in Ferguson, to the moral... Read more

Tracing Time

By: Craig Childs

Narrated by: Craig Childs

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

"An engaging glimpse into a world both fascinating and fundamentally unknowable to those who aren't born into it." —R. E. BURRILLO, author of Behind the Bears Ears

Craig Childs bears witness to rock art of the Colorado Plateau—bighorn sheep pecked behind boulders, tiny spirals in stone, human figures with upraised arms shifting with the desert... Read more

Gender Euphoria

By: Laura Kate Dale

Narrated by: Laura Kate Dale

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

GENDER EUPHORIA: a powerful feeling of happiness experienced as a result of moving away from one's birth-assigned gender. So often the stories shared by trans people about their transition center on gender dysphoria: a feeling of deep discomfort with their birth-assigned gender, and a powerful catalyst for coming out or transitioning. But for... Read more

The Scandal of Cal

By: Tony Platt

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The University of California, Berkeley—widely known as "Cal"—is admired worldwide as a bastion of innovation and a hub for progressive thought. Far less known are the university's roots in plunder, warfare, and the promotion of white supremacy. As Tony Platt shows in The Scandal of Cal, these original sins sit at the center of UC Berkeley's... Read more

The Transgender Child: Revised & Updated Edition

By: Stephanie A. Brill & Rachel Pepper

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 12 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Ever since its initial publication in 2008, The Transgender Child has been lauded as the most trusted source of information for families wanting to understand and affirm their transgender, gender-expansive, or nonbinary child. Utilized around the world and translated into multiple languages, The Transgender Child has won accolades from medical... Read more

The Age of Insurrection

By: David Neiwert

Narrated by: Adam Barr

Length: 16 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

From a smattering of ominous right-wing compounds in the Pacific Northwest in the 1970s, to the shocking January 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol, America has seen the culmination of a long-building war on democracy being waged by a fundamentally violent and antidemocratic far-right movement that unironically calls itself the "Patriot"... Read more

This Won't Help

By: Eli Grober

Narrated by: Eli Grober

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Part catharsis, part diagnosis, this divinely wry collection from New Yorker and McSweeney's satirist Eli Grober will strike a chord with those who are dismayed by the chaos of our times. None of it will help—but a few good laughs won't hurt. Probably.



There's a lot going on, all the time. It may feel overwhelming. Don't worry. It will end. This... Read more

Racial Emotion at Work

By: Tristin K. Green

Narrated by: Linda Jones

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

This timely book unravels race and emotion in the workplace—exploring why racial emotion is often left out of equity conversations and why we must confront it.

Racial Emotion at Work is an invitation to understand our own emotions and associated behaviors around race—and much more. With this surprising and timely book, Tristin K. Green takes us... Read more

Reforming Criminal Justice

By: Matthew T. Martens

Narrated by: Tim Tremaine

Length: 14 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Noted Attorney and Seminary Graduate Matthew T. Martens Answers the Question: Does the Design and Operation of the American Criminal Justice System Reflect Christian Love of Neighbor?  Jesus told his followers that the entirety of the Old Testament's law is encapsulated in the commands to love God and to love their neighbors as themselves.... Read more

Unraveling Habits - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Christopher

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Presentation of the objectives of the book and the proposal to offer an alternative perspective to "The Power of Habit." Welcome to the book "Unveiling Habits: An Alternative Approach to The Power of Habit Book." In this work, we embark on a journey of exploring and questioning traditional theories about habits, presenting an alternative... Read more

THE ART OF PEACE - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Christopher

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In a world full of challenges and conflicts, the quest for peace emerges as an essential and urgent ideal for the survival and prosperity of humanity. While history is marked by wars and violent disputes, the time has come to question and reflect on the true meaning of peace and how we can achieve it in a lasting way. The concept of peace... Read more