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Psychopolitics

Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power

Byung-Chul Han: The Collected Audio Works

By: Byung-Chul Han
Narrated by: Peter Noble
Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Exploring how neoliberalism has discovered the productive force of the psyche

Byung-Chul Han, a star of German philosophy, continues his passionate critique of neoliberalism, trenchantly describing a regime of technological domination that, in contrast to Foucault’s biopower, has discovered the productive force of the psyche. In the course of... Read more about Psychopolitics

The Price is Wrong

Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet

By: Brett Christophers
Narrated by: Alan Turton
Length: 16 hours 12 minutes

”Standard theories of the causes of climate breakdown will not survive this book. Readers will be all the wiser.”
—Andreas Malm, author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline Why the market will never solve the climate crisis What if our understanding of capitalism and climate is back to front? What if the problem is not that transitioning to renewables... Read more about The Price is Wrong

Crack-Up Capitalism

Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy

By: Quinn Slobodian
Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
Length: 9 hours

Brought to you by Penguin.

Look at a map of the world and you'll see a neat patchwork of nation-states. But this is not where power actually resides. From the 1990s onwards, globalization has shattered the map, leading to an explosion of new legal entities: tax havens, free ports, city-states, gated enclaves and special economic zones. These new... Read more about Crack-Up Capitalism

Crack-Up Capitalism

Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy

By: Quinn Slobodian
Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
Length: 9 hours

In a revelatory dispatch from the frontier of capitalist extremism, an acclaimed historian of ideas shows how free marketeers are realizing their ultimate goal: an end to nation-states and the constraints of democracy.

Look at a map of the world and you’ll see a colorful checkerboard of nation-states. But this is not where power actually resides.... Read more about Crack-Up Capitalism

The Future is Degrowth

A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism

By: Matthias Schmelzer, Andrea Vetter & Aaron Vansintjan
Narrated by: Ulf Bjorklund
Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Economic growth isn't working, and it cannot be made to work. Offering a counter-history of how economic growth emerged in the context of colonialism, fossil-fueled industrialization, and capitalist modernity, The Future Is Degrowth argues that the ideology of growth conceals the rising inequalities and ecological destructions associated with... Read more about The Future is Degrowth

What If This Were Enough?

Essays

By: Heather Havrilesky
Narrated by: Heather Havrilesky
Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

“I loved this collection of essays. Sharp, political, intelligent, and witty, Havrilesky’s voice reminded me of a merge between Cheryl Strayed’s Dear Sugar and Rebecca Solnit. Havrilesky points out how our culture’s emphasis is tuned to a constant tirade of consuming and reaching—we are to seek out more technology, buy newer apps, climb the... Read more

Chokepoint Capitalism

How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back

By: Rebecca Giblin & Cory Doctorow
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big Media

Corporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the... Read more about Chokepoint Capitalism

How to Resist Amazon and Why

The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future!

By: Danny Caine
Narrated by: Danny Caine
Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

“Léamh/éisteacht riachtanach le tuiscint a fháil ar a uafásaí is atá an siopa ar líne is mó ar domhan – cén fáth gur ina choinne, agus conas tabhairt faoi sin le go mairfidh gnónna beaga áitiúla. Read more

The Everything War

Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power

By: Dana Mattioli
Narrated by: Caroline Hewitt & Dana Mattioli
Length: 14 hours 22 minutes

Brought to you by Penguin.

From veteran Amazon reporter for The Wall Street Journal, The Everything War is the first untold, devastating exposé of Amazon's endless strategic greed, its pursuit of total domination, by any means necessary, and the growing efforts to stop it.

For over twenty years, Amazon was the quintessential American success... Read more about The Everything War

The Everything War

Amazon's Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power

By: Dana Mattioli
Narrated by: Caroline Hewitt & Dana Mattioli
Length: 14 hours 23 minutes

Most Anticipated by Foreign Policy, Globe and Mail

“Riveting and explosive.” – Christopher Leonard

From veteran Amazon reporter for The Wall Street Journal, The Everything War is the first untold, devastating exposé of Amazon's endless strategic greed, from destroying Main Street to remaking corporate power, in pursuit of total... Read more about The Everything War

Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Length: 16 hours 44 minutes

“A beautiful journey into nature’s reciprocity and abundance when stewardship is prioritized. Robin Wall Kimmerer’s narrates ecological science into poetry. A life changing and inspiring experience. You’ll never look at the outside world the same way again. Read more

My Road from Damascus

A Memoir

By: Jamal Saeed
Narrated by: Pasha Ebrahimi
Length: 16 hours 32 minutes

An extraordinary account of survival in Syria’s most notorious military prisons that is written with “brutal clarity — and yet, there is a poetic quality to the telling.” — Frances Itani, award-winning author of Deafening and Remembering the Bones Jamal Saeed arrived as a refugee in Canada in 2016. In his native Syria, as a young man, his... Read more about My Road from Damascus

Poverty, by America

By: Matthew Desmond
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

“Desmond challenges readers to recognize how they benefit from poverty through low cost goods, services, and systemic structures that benefit those who already have resources (no surprise - they also have roots in racism and misogyny!). He reminds us that both the rich and poor benefit from government assistance, but only programs for the poor... Read more

Move Fast and Break Things

How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy

By: Jonathan Taplin
Narrated by: Jonathan Taplin
Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

“With the fallout from Cambridge Analytica still fresh in our minds, and the sense that our collective slide into tech dystopia is moving apace, Move Fast and Break Things — which is out now in paperback — provides an excellent primer on how we got to where we are, and why it didn’t have to be this way. Come for the power-hungry data collectors... Read more

How to Protect Bookstores and Why

The Present and Future of Bookselling

By: Danny Caine
Narrated by: Danny Caine
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

“This is a book for lovers, patrons and others who value bookstores and all that they bring to their communities when it comes to inspiration, ideas and neighborly gathering spots! Through a dozen bookstore case studies, the author, who narrates this audio book, makes pretty clear that bookstores need our protection to survive, and provides a... Read more

The Everything Store

Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

By: Brad Stone
Narrated by: Pete Larkin
Length: 13 hours

The definitive story of Amazon.com, one of the most successful companies in the world, and of its driven, brilliant founder, Jeff Bezos.

Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the everything store, offering limitless... Read more about The Everything Store

Slow Down

The Degrowth Manifesto

By: Kohei Saito
Narrated by: Troy Glasgow & Kohei Saito
Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

"Why, in our affluent society, do so many people live in poverty, without access to health care, working multiple jobs, and are nevertheless unable to make ends meet, with no future prospects, while the planet is burning? In his international bestseller, Kohei Saito argues that while unfettered capitalism is often blamed for inequality and... Read more about Slow Down

Fight Like Hell

The Untold History of American Labor

By: Kim Kelly
Narrated by: Em Grosland
Length: 12 hours 11 minutes

“In Fight Like Hell, Kim Kelly celebrates the untold stories and unsung heroes of the American labor movement, taking great care to center voices that have historically been sidelined or silenced in mainstream conversations around workers' rights. The result is an inclusive, fascinating, and galvanizing retrospective that mines the depths of the... Read more

Don't Be Evil

How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us

By: Rana Foroohar
Narrated by: Rachel Fulginiti
Length: 11 hours 58 minutes

A penetrating indictment of how today’s largest tech companies are hijacking our data, our livelihoods, our social fabric, and our minds—from an acclaimed Financial Times columnist and CNN analyst

WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD 
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Foreign Affairs, Evening Standard

“Don’t be evil” was enshrined... Read more about Don't Be Evil

The Future Is Analog

How to Create a More Human World

By: David Sax
Narrated by: David Sax
Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

The beloved author of The Revenge of Analog lays out a case for a human future--not the false technological utopia we've been living.

For years, consumers have been promised a simple, carefree digital future. We could live, work, learn, and play from the comforts of our homes, and have whatever we desire brought to our door with... Read more about The Future Is Analog