https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/listen-to-top-full-audiobooks-in-non-fiction-current-affairs-law-politics--6575958https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/413/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Our audiobook library with over 500,000+ titles includes categories like Psychology, Ancient Civilizations, and Arts & Entertainment. You'll have the opportunity to receive 3 free audiobooks to explore new knowledge. Audiobooks can be listened to on multiple devices such as iPhone, iPad, Android, helping you access wisdom anytime, anywhere. Let's open the world of sound and knowledge together! Note: The authors receive royalties paid by the audiobook service provider for this free offer. If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>enEducationCopyright Dangelo McDermotthttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/864eacfa906f946b8714f684a7c5f70d.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/listen-to-top-full-audiobooks-in-non-fiction-current-affairs-law-politics--6575958Sat, 29 Mar 2025 04:36:25 +0000Dangelo McDermottDangelo McDermottfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/413/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Our audiobook library with over 500,000+ titles includes categories like Psychology, Ancient Civilizations, and Arts...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/413/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Our audiobook library with over 500,000+ titles includes categories like Psychology, Ancient Civilizations, and Arts & Entertainment. You'll have the opportunity to receive 3 free audiobooks to explore new knowledge. Audiobooks can be listened to on multiple devices such as iPhone, iPad, Android, helping you access wisdom anytime, anywhere. Let's open the world of sound and knowledge together! Note: The authors receive royalties paid by the audiobook service provider for this free offer. If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/of-greed-and-glory-in-pursuit-of-freedom-for-all-by-deborah-g-plant--65206548https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580560 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Of Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All Author: Deborah G. Plant Narrator: Emana Rachelle, Desmond Manny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 9, 2024 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A ground-breaking, personal exploration of America’s obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor of the New York Times–bestselling Barracoon. Freedom and equality are the watchwords of American democracy. But like justice, freedom and equality are meaningless when there is no corresponding practical application of the ideals they represent. Physical, bodily liberty is fundamental to every American’s personal sovereignty. And yet, millions of Americans—including author Deborah Plant’s brother, whose life sentence at Angola Prison reveals a shocking current parallel to her academic work on the history of slavery in America—are deprived of these basic freedoms every day. In her studies of Zora Neale Hurston, Deborah Plant became fascinated by Hurston’s explanation for the atrocities of the international slave trade. In her memoir, Dust Tracks on a Road, Hurston wrote: “But the inescapable fact that stuck in my craw, was: my people had sold me and the white people had bought me. . . . It impressed upon me the universal nature of greed and glory.” We look the other way when the basic human rights of marginalized and stigmatized groups are violated and desecrated, not realizing that only the practice of justice everywhere secures justice, for any of us, anywhere. An active vigilance is required of those who would be and remain free; with Of Greed and Glory, Deborah Plant reveals the many ways in which slavery continues in America today and charts our collective course toward personal sovereignty for all. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580560Tue, 09 Jan 2024 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580560 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Of Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All Author: Deborah G. Plant Narrator: Emana Rachelle, Desmond Manny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580560 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Of Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All Author: Deborah G. Plant Narrator: Emana Rachelle, Desmond Manny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 9, 2024 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A ground-breaking, personal exploration of America’s obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor of the New York Times–bestselling Barracoon. Freedom and equality are the watchwords of American democracy. But like justice, freedom and equality are meaningless when there is no corresponding practical application of the ideals they represent. Physical, bodily liberty is fundamental to every American’s personal sovereignty. And yet, millions of Americans—including author Deborah Plant’s brother, whose life sentence at Angola Prison reveals a shocking current parallel to her academic work on the history of slavery in America—are deprived of these basic freedoms every day. In her studies of Zora Neale Hurston, Deborah Plant became fascinated by Hurston’s explanation for the atrocities of the international slave trade. In her memoir, Dust Tracks on a Road, Hurston wrote: “But the inescapable fact that stuck in my craw, was: my people had sold me and the white people had bought me. . . . It impressed upon me the universal nature of greed and glory.” We look the other way when the basic human rights of marginalized and stigmatized groups are violated and desecrated, not realizing that only the practice of justice everywhere secures justice, for any of us, anywhere. An active vigilance is required of those who would be and remain free; with Of Greed and Glory, Deborah Plant reveals the many ways in which slavery continues in America today and charts our collective course toward personal sovereignty for all. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-sobre-el-anarquismo-by-alejandro-gibert-abos-translator-noam-chomsky--65206451https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590076 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Sobre el anarquismo Author: Alejandro Gibert Abós (translator), Noam Chomsky Narrator: Arturo Mercado Jr. Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 12 minutes Release date: June 14, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Con el espectro de la anarquía invocado por la derecha para sembrar el miedo, nunca ha sido más urgente una explicación convincente de la filosofía política conocida como anarquismo. Sobre el anarquismo arroja una luz muy necesaria sobre los fundamentos del pensamiento de Chomsky, específicamente su constante cuestionamiento de la legitimidad del poder atrincherado. El libro reúne algunos de sus ensayos y entrevistas, para proporcionar una breve y accesible introducción a su visión distintivamente optimista del anarquismo. Refutando la noción del mismo como una idea fija, Chomsky sugiere que se trata de una tradición viva y en evolución. Disputa las acostumbradas líneas divisorias entre anarquismo y socialismo, y hace hincapié en el poder de la acción colectiva, en lugar de la individualista. Profundamente relevante para nuestro tiempo, este libro desafía, provoca e inspira, y es un referente para los activistas políticos y cualquier persona interesada en profundizar su comprensión del anarquismo o del pensamiento de Chomsky. Conocido por su brillante disección de la política exterior norteamericana, el capitalismo de Estado y los medios de comunicación dominantes, Chomsky sigue siendo un formidable crítico sin remordimientos de la autoridad establecida y, quizás, el anarquista más famoso del mundo. Este audiolibro incluye una entrevista con el autor, en la que evalúa en retrospectiva sus escritos sobre el anarquismo hasta la fecha. 'El más importante de los pensadores contemporáneos.'—The New York Times 'Hay muchos Noam Chomsky. Está el Chomsky científico que revolucionó la lingüística moderna con el desarrollo del concepto de gramática transformacional y generativa. Y está el Chomsky activista político, el crítico del poder, uno de los referentes de la intelectualidad de la izquierda mundial que no deja pasar una oportunidad para denunciar las deficiencias democráticas de la sociedad estadounidense o de su política exterior o la manipulación de los medios de comunicación por parte de las corporaciones.'—Le Monde diplomatique 'La humildad de Noam Chomsky es el antídoto que precisa el purismo derrotista de tantos anarquistas actuales.'—Nathan Schneider 'Frente a actual deshumanización, o deshumanizada uniformidad, frente a los nuevos tipos de dominio y explotación, frente a la destrucción de derechos y libertades, el padre del estructuralismo apela a la igualdad, a la solidaridad y a la humanidad del anarquismo utópico.'—Juan Bolea, El periódico de Aragón]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590076Wed, 14 Jun 2023 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590076 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Sobre el anarquismo Author: Alejandro Gibert Abós (translator), Noam Chomsky Narrator: Arturo Mercado Jr. Format: Abridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590076 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Sobre el anarquismo Author: Alejandro Gibert Abós (translator), Noam Chomsky Narrator: Arturo Mercado Jr. Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 12 minutes Release date: June 14, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Con el espectro de la anarquía invocado por la derecha para sembrar el miedo, nunca ha sido más urgente una explicación convincente de la filosofía política conocida como anarquismo. Sobre el anarquismo arroja una luz muy necesaria sobre los fundamentos del pensamiento de Chomsky, específicamente su constante cuestionamiento de la legitimidad del poder atrincherado. El libro reúne algunos de sus ensayos y entrevistas, para proporcionar una breve y accesible introducción a su visión distintivamente optimista del anarquismo. Refutando la noción del mismo como una idea fija, Chomsky sugiere que se trata de una tradición viva y en evolución. Disputa las acostumbradas líneas divisorias entre anarquismo y socialismo, y hace hincapié en el poder de la acción colectiva, en lugar de la individualista. Profundamente relevante para nuestro tiempo, este libro desafía, provoca e inspira, y es un referente para los activistas políticos y cualquier persona interesada en profundizar su comprensión del anarquismo o del pensamiento de Chomsky. Conocido por su brillante disección de la política exterior norteamericana, el capitalismo de Estado y los medios de comunicación dominantes, Chomsky sigue siendo un formidable crítico sin remordimientos de la autoridad establecida y, quizás, el anarquista más famoso del mundo. Este audiolibro incluye una entrevista con el autor, en la que evalúa en retrospectiva sus escritos sobre el anarquismo hasta la fecha. 'El más importante de los pensadores contemporáneos.'—The New York Times 'Hay muchos Noam Chomsky. Está el Chomsky científico que revolucionó la lingüística moderna con el desarrollo del concepto de gramática transformacional y generativa. Y está el Chomsky activista político, el crítico del poder, uno de los referentes de la intelectualidad de la izquierda mundial que no deja pasar una oportunidad para denunciar las deficiencias democráticas de la sociedad estadounidense o de su política exterior o la manipulación de los medios de comunicación por parte de las corporaciones.'—Le Monde diplomatique 'La humildad de Noam Chomsky es el antídoto que precisa el purismo derrotista de tantos anarquistas actuales.'—Nathan Schneider 'Frente a actual deshumanización, o deshumanizada uniformidad, frente a los nuevos tipos de dominio y explotación, frente a la destrucción de derechos y libertades, el padre del estructuralismo apela a la igualdad, a la solidaridad y a la humanidad del anarquismo utópico.'—Juan Bolea, El periódico de Aragón]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fire-on-the-levee-the-murder-of-henry-glover-and-the-search-for-justice-after-hurricane-katrina-by-jared-fishman--65206523https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584113 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fire on the Levee: The Murder of Henry Glover and the Search for Justice after Hurricane Katrina Author: Jared Fishman Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: “A riveting tale told with care and expertise.” —David Simon, creator of The Wire The former federal prosecutor and founder of Justice Innovation Lab tells the story of his struggle to unravel the cover-up of a police shooting, and subsequent incineration of the shooting victim, in Hurricane Katrina–era New Orleans. In 2009, Jared Fishman was a young prosecutor working on low-level civil rights cases in the Justice Department when a file landed on his desk. That folder contained two items: a story from The Nation magazine examining a mysterious death in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, and an autopsy report for a man named Henry Glover, whose charred remains were found in a burned-out car two weeks after the storm. The autopsy report, bafflingly, listed no cause of death. But according to The Nation story, a gravely wounded Glover had last been seen in a car driven by a New Orleans police officer. Intrigued despite the lack of evidence, Fishman set out to learn what happened to Glover. He flew to New Orleans and teamed up with a rookie FBI agent, and together they started to track down anyone with information about what had happened to Glover on that day. Fire on the Levee tells the story of a young idealistic prosecutor determined to bring the truth to light. The case would lead to major reforms in the New Orleans Police Department and ultimately change our understanding of race, policing and justice in post-Katrina New Orleans and beyond. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584113Tue, 25 Apr 2023 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584113 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fire on the Levee: The Murder of Henry Glover and the Search for Justice after Hurricane Katrina Author: Jared Fishman Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584113 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fire on the Levee: The Murder of Henry Glover and the Search for Justice after Hurricane Katrina Author: Jared Fishman Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: “A riveting tale told with care and expertise.” —David Simon, creator of The Wire The former federal prosecutor and founder of Justice Innovation Lab tells the story of his struggle to unravel the cover-up of a police shooting, and subsequent incineration of the shooting victim, in Hurricane Katrina–era New Orleans. In 2009, Jared Fishman was a young prosecutor working on low-level civil rights cases in the Justice Department when a file landed on his desk. That folder contained two items: a story from The Nation magazine examining a mysterious death in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, and an autopsy report for a man named Henry Glover, whose charred remains were found in a burned-out car two weeks after the storm. The autopsy report, bafflingly, listed no cause of death. But according to The Nation story, a gravely wounded Glover had last been seen in a car driven by a New Orleans police officer. Intrigued despite the lack of evidence, Fishman set out to learn what happened to Glover. He flew to New Orleans and teamed up with a rookie FBI agent, and together they started to track down anyone with information about what had happened to Glover on that day. Fire on the Levee tells the story of a young idealistic prosecutor determined to bring the truth to light. The case would lead to major reforms in the New Orleans Police Department and ultimately change our understanding of race, policing and justice in post-Katrina New Orleans and beyond. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-state-of-us-the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-about-our-society-by-jon-snow--65206454https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587558 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The State of Us: The good news and the bad news about our society Author: Jon Snow Narrator: Jon Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 39 minutes Release date: March 2, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: It is rare in history that so many nations in the developed world are in crisis at the same time. There has been a disintegration of trust in political leaders and in the media that holds them to account. For all the progress humankind has made, for all the inventions and new technologies, our society is being undermined by inequality. We should care not simply because of its impact on productivity and growth, but because it's wrong. It's wrong that some don't have enough money to eat whilst others fly wagyu beef halfway across the planet for a couple of amusing mouthfuls. It's wrong that there are council residents unable to safely escape their homes if they catch fire. To fix it, we must begin by seeking out the truth about our world. In The State of Us, Jon Snow traces how the life of the nation has changed across his five-decade career, from getting thrown out of university for protesting apartheid to interviewing every prime minister since Margaret Thatcher. In doing so, he shows how the greatest problems at home and abroad so often come down to inequality and an unwillingness to confront it. But that is not our fate. Despite the challenges, Snow has witnessed profound social progress. In this passionate rallying cry, he argues that at its best, journalism reflects not just who we are now, but who we can be. We've had enough of division; the future is for us.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587558Thu, 02 Mar 2023 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587558 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The State of Us: The good news and the bad news about our society Author: Jon Snow Narrator: Jon Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 39...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587558 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The State of Us: The good news and the bad news about our society Author: Jon Snow Narrator: Jon Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 39 minutes Release date: March 2, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: It is rare in history that so many nations in the developed world are in crisis at the same time. There has been a disintegration of trust in political leaders and in the media that holds them to account. For all the progress humankind has made, for all the inventions and new technologies, our society is being undermined by inequality. We should care not simply because of its impact on productivity and growth, but because it's wrong. It's wrong that some don't have enough money to eat whilst others fly wagyu beef halfway across the planet for a couple of amusing mouthfuls. It's wrong that there are council residents unable to safely escape their homes if they catch fire. To fix it, we must begin by seeking out the truth about our world. In The State of Us, Jon Snow traces how the life of the nation has changed across his five-decade career, from getting thrown out of university for protesting apartheid to interviewing every prime minister since Margaret Thatcher. In doing so, he shows how the greatest problems at home and abroad so often come down to inequality and an unwillingness to confront it. But that is not our fate. Despite the challenges, Snow has witnessed profound social progress. In this passionate rallying cry, he argues that at its best, journalism reflects not just who we are now, but who we can be. We've had enough of division; the future is for us.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-affirming-flame-meditations-on-life-and-politics-by-roger-cohen--65206608https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Affirming Flame: Meditations on Life and Politics Author: Roger Cohen Narrator: Mark Deakins, Roger Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: “For more than forty years Roger Cohen has ventured to every corner of the earth to chronicle the great upheavals of our age, but he’s never lost sight of what really matters: love, hope, and all the mysteries of the human heart. Here, in this collection of columns that will take you from the streets of Kyiv to an execution chamber in Alabama, you can read him at his best.”—Dexter Filkins, best-selling author of The Forever War A collection of the finest New York Times columns written by Roger Cohen over more than a decade, accompanied by an original, twenty-thousand-word essay on the state of the world The countless readers who followed Roger Cohen’s column and mourned its end responded above all to what they saw as the marriage in his writing of head and heart. That tenor permeates An Affirming Flame. During his twelve years as a columnist, Cohen aimed to hold power to account at home and abroad, in the name of freedom, decency, pluralism, and the importance of truth and dissent in open societies. He watched with alarm as the outside threat of 9/11 morphed into the internal threat of January 6. This time, the assailants were not jihadi terrorists; they were American white supremacists and seditionists convinced of American decadence but unable to see that they personified it. The threat to American democracy is clear. Cohen dissects this ominous American fracture. He explores themes of displacement, belonging, and his own imperiled craft of journalism. His examination of the rising tide of authoritarian rule takes him to China, and in Kyiv he sees the devastating impact of Vladimir Putin's Russian nationalism. With its trenchant consideration of the plight of refugees, COVID-19, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the war in Afghanistan, Cohen's writing reflects his belief in the unquenchable human quest for dignity. He captures the fight to defend America’s openness, democratic institutions, and ideals against the rising tide of retrogression, division, and assault on truth. This struggle, as Cohen writes, is also the world’s. It is inseparable from the battle to save humanity from the creeping autocracy of the twenty-first century. As he writes, “On lies is tyranny built.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575813Tue, 21 Feb 2023 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Affirming Flame: Meditations on Life and Politics Author: Roger Cohen Narrator: Mark Deakins, Roger Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Affirming Flame: Meditations on Life and Politics Author: Roger Cohen Narrator: Mark Deakins, Roger Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: “For more than forty years Roger Cohen has ventured to every corner of the earth to chronicle the great upheavals of our age, but he’s never lost sight of what really matters: love, hope, and all the mysteries of the human heart. Here, in this collection of columns that will take you from the streets of Kyiv to an execution chamber in Alabama, you can read him at his best.”—Dexter Filkins, best-selling author of The Forever War A collection of the finest New York Times columns written by Roger Cohen over more than a decade, accompanied by an original, twenty-thousand-word essay on the state of the world The countless readers who followed Roger Cohen’s column and mourned its end responded above all to what they saw as the marriage in his writing of head and heart. That tenor permeates An Affirming Flame. During his twelve years as a columnist, Cohen aimed to hold power to account at home and abroad, in the name of freedom, decency, pluralism, and the importance of truth and dissent in open societies. He watched with alarm as the outside threat of 9/11 morphed into the internal threat of January 6. This time, the assailants were not jihadi terrorists; they were American white supremacists and seditionists convinced of American decadence but unable to see that they personified it. The threat to American democracy is clear. Cohen dissects this ominous American fracture. He explores themes of displacement, belonging, and his own imperiled craft of journalism. His examination of the rising tide of authoritarian rule takes him to China, and in Kyiv he sees the devastating impact of Vladimir Putin's Russian nationalism. With its trenchant consideration of the plight of refugees, COVID-19, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the war in Afghanistan, Cohen's writing reflects his belief in the unquenchable human quest for dignity. He captures the fight to defend America’s openness, democratic institutions, and ideals against the rising tide of retrogression, division, and assault on truth. This struggle, as Cohen writes, is also the world’s. It is inseparable from the battle to save humanity from the creeping autocracy of the twenty-first century. As he writes, “On lies is tyranny built.”]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-case-for-cancel-culture-how-this-democratic-tool-works-to-liberate-us-all-by-ernest-owens--65206509https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584449 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Case for Cancel Culture: How This Democratic Tool Works to Liberate Us All Author: Ernest Owens Narrator: Ernest Owens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This program is read by the author. 'A necessary discourse about power and control, and who ultimately has a voice versus whose is often stifled.' —Preston D. Mitchum, LGBTQIA attorney, activist, and adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University The first major case for cancel culture as a fundamental means of democratic expression throughout history, and timely necessity aimed at combating systems of oppression. “ is canceled.” Chances are, you’ve heard this a lot lately. What might’ve once been a niche digital term has been legitimized in the discourse of presidents, politicians, and lawmakers. But what really is cancel culture? Blacklisting celebrities? Censorship? Until now, this has been the general consensus in the media. But it’s time to raise the bar on our definition— to think of cancel culture less as scandal or suppression, and more as an essential means of democratic expression and accountability. The Case for Cancel Culture does just that. This cultural critique from award-winning journalist Ernest Owens offers a fresh progressive lens in favor of cancel culture as a tool for activism and change. Using examples from politics, pop culture, and his own personal experience, Owens helps readers reflect on and learn the long history of canceling (spoiler: the Boston Tea Party was cancel culture); how the left and right uniquely equip it as part of their political toolkits; how intersections of society wield it for justice; and ultimately how it levels the playing field for the everyday person’s voice to matter. Why should we care? Because in a world where protest and free speech are being challenged by the most powerful institutions, those without power deserve to understand the nuance and importance of this democratic tool available to them. Readers will walk away from this first-of-its-kind exploration not despising cancel culture but embracing it as a form of democratic expression that’s always been leading the charge in liberating us all. 'An important tool for all times, and for anyone looking to learn how to have the difficult but necessary conversations about race, injustice, inequality, and oppression.' —Dawn Ennis, award-winning journalist, advocate, and university professor A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584449Tue, 21 Feb 2023 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584449 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Case for Cancel Culture: How This Democratic Tool Works to Liberate Us All Author: Ernest Owens Narrator: Ernest Owens Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584449 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Case for Cancel Culture: How This Democratic Tool Works to Liberate Us All Author: Ernest Owens Narrator: Ernest Owens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This program is read by the author. 'A necessary discourse about power and control, and who ultimately has a voice versus whose is often stifled.' —Preston D. Mitchum, LGBTQIA attorney, activist, and adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University The first major case for cancel culture as a fundamental means of democratic expression throughout history, and timely necessity aimed at combating systems of oppression. “ is canceled.” Chances are, you’ve heard this a lot lately. What might’ve once been a niche digital term has been legitimized in the discourse of presidents, politicians, and lawmakers. But what really is cancel culture? Blacklisting celebrities? Censorship? Until now, this has been the general consensus in the media. But it’s time to raise the bar on our definition— to think of cancel culture less as scandal or suppression, and more as an essential means of democratic expression and accountability. The Case for Cancel Culture does just that. This cultural critique from award-winning journalist Ernest Owens offers a fresh progressive lens in favor of cancel culture as a tool for activism and change. Using examples from politics, pop culture, and his own personal experience, Owens helps readers reflect on and learn the long history of canceling (spoiler: the Boston Tea Party was cancel culture); how the left and right uniquely equip it as part of their political toolkits; how intersections of society wield it for justice; and ultimately how it levels the playing field for the everyday person’s voice to matter. Why should we care? Because in a world where protest and free speech are being challenged by the most powerful institutions, those without power deserve to understand the nuance and importance of this democratic tool available to them. Readers will walk away from this first-of-its-kind exploration not despising cancel culture but embracing it as a form of democratic expression that’s always been leading the charge in liberating us all. 'An important tool for all times, and for anyone looking to learn how to have the difficult but necessary conversations about race, injustice, inequality, and oppression.' —Dawn Ennis, award-winning journalist, advocate, and university professor A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-declassification-engine-what-history-reveals-about-america-s-top-secrets-by-matthew-connelly--65206452https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets Author: Matthew Connelly Narrator: Chris Henry Coffey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE • Every day, thousands of new secrets are created by the United States government. What is all this secrecy really for? And whom does it benefit? “A brilliant, deeply unsettling look at the history and inner workings of ‘the dark state'.... At a time when federal agencies are increasingly classifying or destroying documents with historical significance, this book could not be more important.” —Eric Schlosser, New York Times best-selling author of Command and Control Before World War II, transparent government was a proud tradition in the United States. In all but the most serious of circumstances, classification, covert operations, and spying were considered deeply un-American. But after the war, the power to decide what could be kept secret proved too tempting to give up. Since then, we have radically departed from that open tradition, allowing intelligence agencies, black sites, and classified laboratories to grow unchecked. Officials insist that only secrecy can keep us safe, but its true costs have gone unacknowledged for too long. Using the latest techniques in data science, historian Matthew Connelly analyzes a vast trove of state secrets to unearth not only what the government really did not want us to know but also why they didn’t want us to know it. Culling this research and carefully examining a series of pivotal moments in recent history, from Pearl Harbor to drone warfare, Connelly sheds light on the drivers of state secrecy— especially incompetence and criminality—and how rampant overclassification makes it impossible to protect truly vital information. What results is an astonishing study of power: of the greed it enables, of the negligence it protects, and of what we lose as citizens when our leaders cannot be held to account. A crucial examination of the self-defeating nature of secrecy and the dire state of our nation’s archives, The Declassification Engine is a powerful reminder of the importance of preserving the past so that we may secure our future.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587682Tue, 14 Feb 2023 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets Author: Matthew Connelly Narrator: Chris Henry Coffey Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets Author: Matthew Connelly Narrator: Chris Henry Coffey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE • Every day, thousands of new secrets are created by the United States government. What is all this secrecy really for? And whom does it benefit? “A brilliant, deeply unsettling look at the history and inner workings of ‘the dark state'.... At a time when federal agencies are increasingly classifying or destroying documents with historical significance, this book could not be more important.” —Eric Schlosser, New York Times best-selling author of Command and Control Before World War II, transparent government was a proud tradition in the United States. In all but the most serious of circumstances, classification, covert operations, and spying were considered deeply un-American. But after the war, the power to decide what could be kept secret proved too tempting to give up. Since then, we have radically departed from that open tradition, allowing intelligence agencies, black sites, and classified laboratories to grow unchecked. Officials insist that only secrecy can keep us safe, but its true costs have gone unacknowledged for too long. Using the latest techniques in data science, historian Matthew Connelly analyzes a vast trove of state secrets to unearth not only what the government really did not want us to know but also why they didn’t want us to know it. Culling this research and carefully examining a series of pivotal moments in recent history, from Pearl Harbor to drone warfare, Connelly sheds light on the drivers of state secrecy— especially incompetence and criminality—and how rampant overclassification makes it impossible to protect truly vital information. What results is an astonishing study of power: of the greed it enables, of the negligence it protects, and of what we lose as citizens when our leaders cannot be held to account. A crucial examination of the self-defeating nature of secrecy and the dire state of our nation’s archives, The Declassification Engine is a powerful reminder of the importance of preserving the past so that we may secure our future.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cobalt-red-how-the-blood-of-the-congo-powers-our-lives-by-siddharth-kara--65206477https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives Author: Siddharth Kara Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This program includes an author's note read by the author. An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo’s cobalt mining operation—and the moral implications that affect us all. Cobalt Red is the searing, first-ever exposé of the immense toll taken on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by cobalt mining, as told through the testimonies of the Congolese people themselves. Activist and researcher Siddharth Kara has traveled deep into cobalt territory to document the testimonies of the people living, working, and dying for cobalt. To uncover the truth about brutal mining practices, Kara investigated militia-controlled mining areas, traced the supply chain of child-mined cobalt from toxic pit to consumer-facing tech giants, and gathered shocking testimonies of people who endure immense suffering and even die mining cobalt. Cobalt is an essential component to every lithium-ion rechargeable battery made today, the batteries that power our smartphones, tablets, laptops, and electric vehicles. Roughly 75 percent of the world’s supply of cobalt is mined in the Congo, often by peasants and children in sub-human conditions. Billions of people in the world cannot conduct their daily lives without participating in a human rights and environmental catastrophe in the Congo. In this stark and crucial audiobook, Kara argues that we must all care about what is happening in the Congo—because we are all implicated. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584508Tue, 31 Jan 2023 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives Author: Siddharth Kara Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives Author: Siddharth Kara Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This program includes an author's note read by the author. An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo’s cobalt mining operation—and the moral implications that affect us all. Cobalt Red is the searing, first-ever exposé of the immense toll taken on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by cobalt mining, as told through the testimonies of the Congolese people themselves. Activist and researcher Siddharth Kara has traveled deep into cobalt territory to document the testimonies of the people living, working, and dying for cobalt. To uncover the truth about brutal mining practices, Kara investigated militia-controlled mining areas, traced the supply chain of child-mined cobalt from toxic pit to consumer-facing tech giants, and gathered shocking testimonies of people who endure immense suffering and even die mining cobalt. Cobalt is an essential component to every lithium-ion rechargeable battery made today, the batteries that power our smartphones, tablets, laptops, and electric vehicles. Roughly 75 percent of the world’s supply of cobalt is mined in the Congo, often by peasants and children in sub-human conditions. Billions of people in the world cannot conduct their daily lives without participating in a human rights and environmental catastrophe in the Congo. In this stark and crucial audiobook, Kara argues that we must all care about what is happening in the Congo—because we are all implicated. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blunt-instruments-recognizing-racist-cultural-infrastructure-in-memorials-museums-and-patriotic-practices-by-kristin-ann-hass--65206606https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574465 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blunt Instruments: Recognizing Racist Cultural Infrastructure in Memorials, Museums, and Patriotic Practices Author: Kristin Ann Hass Narrator: Nadia Marshall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A field guide to the memorials, museums, and practices that commemorate white supremacy in the United States—and how to reimagine a more deeply shared cultural infrastructure for the future Cultural infrastructure has been designed to maintain structures of inequality, and while it doesn’t seem to be explicitly about race, it often is. Blunt Instruments helps readers identify, contextualize, and name elements of our everyday landscapes and cultural practices that are designed to seem benign or natural but which, in fact, work tirelessly to tell us vital stories about who we are, how we came to be, and who belongs. Examining landmark moments such as the erection of the first American museum and Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling pledge of allegiance, historian Kristin Hass explores the complicated histories of sites of cultural infrastructure, such as: · the American Museum of Natural History · the Bridge to Freedom in Selma · the Washington Monument · Mount Auburn Cemetery · Kehinde Wiley’s 2019 sculpture Rumors of War · the Victory Highway · the Alamo Cenotaph With sharp analysis and a broad lens, Hass makes the undeniable case that understanding what cultural infrastructure is, and the deep and broad impact that it has, is essential to understanding how structures of inequity are maintained and how they might be dismantled.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574465Tue, 24 Jan 2023 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574465 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blunt Instruments: Recognizing Racist Cultural Infrastructure in Memorials, Museums, and Patriotic Practices Author: Kristin Ann Hass Narrator: Nadia...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574465 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blunt Instruments: Recognizing Racist Cultural Infrastructure in Memorials, Museums, and Patriotic Practices Author: Kristin Ann Hass Narrator: Nadia Marshall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A field guide to the memorials, museums, and practices that commemorate white supremacy in the United States—and how to reimagine a more deeply shared cultural infrastructure for the future Cultural infrastructure has been designed to maintain structures of inequality, and while it doesn’t seem to be explicitly about race, it often is. Blunt Instruments helps readers identify, contextualize, and name elements of our everyday landscapes and cultural practices that are designed to seem benign or natural but which, in fact, work tirelessly to tell us vital stories about who we are, how we came to be, and who belongs. Examining landmark moments such as the erection of the first American museum and Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling pledge of allegiance, historian Kristin Hass explores the complicated histories of sites of cultural infrastructure, such as: · the American Museum of Natural History · the Bridge to Freedom in Selma · the Washington Monument · Mount Auburn Cemetery · Kehinde Wiley’s 2019 sculpture Rumors of War · the Victory Highway · the Alamo Cenotaph With sharp analysis and a broad lens, Hass makes the undeniable case that understanding what cultural infrastructure is, and the deep and broad impact that it has, is essential to understanding how structures of inequity are maintained and how they might be dismantled.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/never-give-an-inch-fighting-for-the-america-i-love-by-mike-pompeo--65206574https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love Author: Mike Pompeo Narrator: Rick Adamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.89 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 10 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spearheaded the Trump Administration’s most significant foreign policy breakthroughs. Now, he reveals how he did it, and how it could happen again. As the only four-year national security member of President Trump’s Cabinet, he worked to impose crushing pressure on the Islamic Republic of Iran, avert a nuclear crisis with North Korea, deliver unmatched support for Israel, and bring peace to the Middle East. Drawing on his commitment to America’s founding principles and his Christian faith, his efforts to promote religious freedom around the world were unequaled in American diplomatic history. Most importantly, he led a much-needed generational transformation of America's relationship with China. Blending remarkable and often humorous stories of his interactions with world leaders and unmatched analysis of geopolitics, Never Give an Inch tells of how Pompeo helped the Trump Administration craft the America First approach that upended Washington's wisdom—and made him America’s enemies’ worst nightmare. It is a raw account of what it took to deliver winning outcomes, including answers to questions like: --Why Trump thought his Secretary of State was too tough on China --What he said to Kim Jong-un that set him apart from other American negotiators --How Mike Pence could have lost his spot on the 2020 ticket --Who still has him high on their list of enemies A road map of the trends and players shaping the world today, Never Give an Inch is more than a historical review of the Trump Administration's greatest victories. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the challenges of the future. And it is an inspirational story of leadership through dangerous times that will leave you with a greater appreciation for America.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575662Tue, 24 Jan 2023 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love Author: Mike Pompeo Narrator: Rick Adamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 31 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love Author: Mike Pompeo Narrator: Rick Adamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.89 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 10 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spearheaded the Trump Administration’s most significant foreign policy breakthroughs. Now, he reveals how he did it, and how it could happen again. As the only four-year national security member of President Trump’s Cabinet, he worked to impose crushing pressure on the Islamic Republic of Iran, avert a nuclear crisis with North Korea, deliver unmatched support for Israel, and bring peace to the Middle East. Drawing on his commitment to America’s founding principles and his Christian faith, his efforts to promote religious freedom around the world were unequaled in American diplomatic history. Most importantly, he led a much-needed generational transformation of America's relationship with China. Blending remarkable and often humorous stories of his interactions with world leaders and unmatched analysis of geopolitics, Never Give an Inch tells of how Pompeo helped the Trump Administration craft the America First approach that upended Washington's wisdom—and made him America’s enemies’ worst nightmare. It is a raw account of what it took to deliver winning outcomes, including answers to questions like: --Why Trump thought his Secretary of State was too tough on China --What he said to Kim Jong-un that set him apart from other American negotiators --How Mike Pence could have lost his spot on the 2020 ticket --Who still has him high on their list of enemies A road map of the trends and players shaping the world today, Never Give an Inch is more than a historical review of the Trump Administration's greatest victories. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the challenges of the future. And it is an inspirational story of leadership through dangerous times that will leave you with a greater appreciation for America.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-savage-shores-how-indigenous-americans-discovered-europe-by-caroline-dodds-pennock--65206492https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588810 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe Author: Caroline Dodds Pennock Narrator: Caroline Dodds Pennock Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: AN ECONOMIST AND SMITHSONIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A landmark work of narrative history that shatters our previous Eurocentric understanding of the Age of Discovery by telling the story of the Indigenous Americans who journeyed across the Atlantic to Europe after 1492 'On Savage Shores not only changes how we think about the first contact between America and Europe but also sets the methodological standard for a new way of understanding the origin of the modern world.' —New York Review of Books We have long been taught to presume that modern global history began when the 'Old World' encountered the 'New', when Christopher Columbus “discovered” America in 1492. But, as Caroline Dodds Pennock conclusively shows in this groundbreaking book, for tens of thousands of Aztecs, Maya, Totonacs, Inuit and others—enslaved people, diplomats, explorers, servants, traders—the reverse was true: they discovered Europe. For them, Europe comprised savage shores, a land of riches and marvels, yet perplexing for its brutal disparities of wealth and quality of life, and its baffling beliefs. The story of these Indigenous Americans abroad is a story of abduction, loss, cultural appropriation, and, as they saw it, of apocalypse—a story that has largely been absent from our collective imagination of the times. From the Brazilian king who met Henry VIII to the Aztecs who mocked up human sacrifice at the court of Charles V; from the Inuk baby who was put on show in a London pub to the mestizo children of Spaniards who returned “home” with their fathers; from the Inuit who harpooned ducks on the Avon river to the many servants employed by Europeans of every rank: here are a people who were rendered exotic, demeaned, and marginalized, but whose worldviews and cultures had a profound impact on European civilization. Drawing on their surviving literature and poetry and subtly layering European eyewitness accounts against the grain, Pennock gives us a sweeping account of the Indigenous American presence in, and impact on, early modern Europe.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588810Tue, 24 Jan 2023 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588810 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe Author: Caroline Dodds Pennock Narrator: Caroline Dodds Pennock Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588810 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe Author: Caroline Dodds Pennock Narrator: Caroline Dodds Pennock Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: AN ECONOMIST AND SMITHSONIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A landmark work of narrative history that shatters our previous Eurocentric understanding of the Age of Discovery by telling the story of the Indigenous Americans who journeyed across the Atlantic to Europe after 1492 'On Savage Shores not only changes how we think about the first contact between America and Europe but also sets the methodological standard for a new way of understanding the origin of the modern world.' —New York Review of Books We have long been taught to presume that modern global history began when the 'Old World' encountered the 'New', when Christopher Columbus “discovered” America in 1492. But, as Caroline Dodds Pennock conclusively shows in this groundbreaking book, for tens of thousands of Aztecs, Maya, Totonacs, Inuit and others—enslaved people, diplomats, explorers, servants, traders—the reverse was true: they discovered Europe. For them, Europe comprised savage shores, a land of riches and marvels, yet perplexing for its brutal disparities of wealth and quality of life, and its baffling beliefs. The story of these Indigenous Americans abroad is a story of abduction, loss, cultural appropriation, and, as they saw it, of apocalypse—a story that has largely been absent from our collective imagination of the times. From the Brazilian king who met Henry VIII to the Aztecs who mocked up human sacrifice at the court of Charles V; from the Inuk baby who was put on show in a London pub to the mestizo children of Spaniards who returned “home” with their fathers; from the Inuit who harpooned ducks on the Avon river to the many servants employed by Europeans of every rank: here are a people who were rendered exotic, demeaned, and marginalized, but whose worldviews and cultures had a profound impact on European civilization. Drawing on their surviving literature and poetry and subtly layering European eyewitness accounts against the grain, Pennock gives us a sweeping account of the Indigenous American presence in, and impact on, early modern Europe.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-midnight-kingdom-a-history-of-power-paranoia-and-the-coming-crisis-by-jared-yates-sexton--65206513https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587679 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Midnight Kingdom: A History of Power, Paranoia, and the Coming Crisis Author: Jared Yates Sexton Narrator: Jared Yates Sexton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From the author of American Rule and the host of The Muckrake Podcast, an ambitious account of how white supremacist lies, religious mythologies, and poisonous conspiracy theories built the modern world and threaten to plunge us into an authoritarian nightmare.   To fully understand these strange and dangerous times, Jared Yates Sexton takes a hard look at our nation’s history: namely, the abuses committed by those in power and the comforting stories that shaped the way the West has viewed itself up to the present. As reactionaries and authoritarians cling to myths about “Western civilization,” The Midnight Kingdom exposes how political power, religious indoctrination, and economic dominance have been repeatedly weaponized to oppress and exploit, sounding an alarm for what lies ahead as the current order frays.   Beginning with the Roman Empire and racing through centuries of colonization, war, genocide, and the recurring clashes of progress and regression, Sexton finds our modern world at a crossroads. In an echo of past crises, we have arrived at a time of historic inequality and a fading trust in our institutions. Meanwhile, authoritarianism is gaining momentum and the progress of the twentieth century is being rolled back at dizzying speed. This catastrophic moment holds terrible potential for a return to a totalitarian past or, potentially, a better, realer, more human future. The difference depends on a true reckoning with our history and the larger forces at play or hiding behind this disastrous fantasy of Western superiority.   Bracing and compulsively readable, The Midnight Kingdom takes a critical look at the forces that have shaped human civilization for centuries—and invites us to seek a radically different future.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587679Tue, 17 Jan 2023 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587679 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Midnight Kingdom: A History of Power, Paranoia, and the Coming Crisis Author: Jared Yates Sexton Narrator: Jared Yates Sexton Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587679 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Midnight Kingdom: A History of Power, Paranoia, and the Coming Crisis Author: Jared Yates Sexton Narrator: Jared Yates Sexton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From the author of American Rule and the host of The Muckrake Podcast, an ambitious account of how white supremacist lies, religious mythologies, and poisonous conspiracy theories built the modern world and threaten to plunge us into an authoritarian nightmare.   To fully understand these strange and dangerous times, Jared Yates Sexton takes a hard look at our nation’s history: namely, the abuses committed by those in power and the comforting stories that shaped the way the West has viewed itself up to the present. As reactionaries and authoritarians cling to myths about “Western civilization,” The Midnight Kingdom exposes how political power, religious indoctrination, and economic dominance have been repeatedly weaponized to oppress and exploit, sounding an alarm for what lies ahead as the current order frays.   Beginning with the Roman Empire and racing through centuries of colonization, war, genocide, and the recurring clashes of progress and regression, Sexton finds our modern world at a crossroads. In an echo of past crises, we have arrived at a time of historic inequality and a fading trust in our institutions. Meanwhile, authoritarianism is gaining momentum and the progress of the twentieth century is being rolled back at dizzying speed. This catastrophic moment holds terrible potential for a return to a totalitarian past or, potentially, a better, realer, more human future. The difference depends on a true reckoning with our history and the larger forces at play or hiding behind this disastrous fantasy of Western superiority.   Bracing and compulsively readable, The Midnight Kingdom takes a critical look at the forces that have shaped human civilization for centuries—and invites us to seek a radically different future.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rikers-an-oral-history-by-reuven-blau-graham-rayman--65206461https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587680 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rikers: An Oral History Author: Reuven Blau, Graham Rayman Narrator: Mx. Nicky Endres, Jose T. Nateras, Kiiri Sandy, Philip Hernandez, Jonathan Beville, Gisela Chipe, Nathan Agin, Nancy Bober, Eric Jason Martin, Kamali Minter, James Fouhey, Cary Hite, Karen Murray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A shocking, groundbreaking oral history of the infamous Rikers jail complex and an unflinching portrait of injustice and resilience told by the people whose lives have been forever altered by it   “This mesmerizing and gut-wrenching book shows the brutal realities that tens of thousands of people have been forced to navigate, and survive, in America’s most notorious jail.”—Piper Kerman, New York Times bestselling author of Orange is the New Black A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR What happens when you pack almost a dozen jails, bulging at the seams with society’s cast-offs, onto a spit of landfill purposefully hidden from public view? Prize-winning journalists Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau have spent two years interviewing more than 130 people comprising a broad cross section of lives touched by New York City's Rikers Island prison complex—from incarcerated people and their relatives, to officers, lawyers, and commissioners, with stories spanning the 1970s to the present day. The portrait that emerges calls into question the very nature of justice in America.   Offering a 360-degree view inside the country’s largest detention complex, the deeply personal accounts—featured here for the first time—take readers on a harrowing journey into every corner of Rikers, a failed society unto itself that reflects society’s failings as a whole.   Dr. Homer Venters was shocked by the screams on his first day working at Rikers: “They’re in solitary, just yelling . . . the yelling literally never stops.” After a few months, though, Dr. Venters notes, one's ears adjust to the sounds. Nestor Eversley recalls how detainees made weapons from bones. Barry Campbell recalls hiding a razor blade in his mouth—“just in case”.   These are visceral stories of despair, brutality, resilience, humor, and hope, told by the people who were marooned on the island over the course of decades. As calls to shutter jails and reduce the number of incarcerated people grow louder across the country, with the movement to close the island complex itself at the forefront, Rikers is a resounding lesson about the human consequences of the incarceration industry.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587680Tue, 17 Jan 2023 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587680 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rikers: An Oral History Author: Reuven Blau, Graham Rayman Narrator: Mx. Nicky Endres, Jose T. Nateras, Kiiri Sandy, Philip Hernandez, Jonathan...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587680 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rikers: An Oral History Author: Reuven Blau, Graham Rayman Narrator: Mx. Nicky Endres, Jose T. Nateras, Kiiri Sandy, Philip Hernandez, Jonathan Beville, Gisela Chipe, Nathan Agin, Nancy Bober, Eric Jason Martin, Kamali Minter, James Fouhey, Cary Hite, Karen Murray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A shocking, groundbreaking oral history of the infamous Rikers jail complex and an unflinching portrait of injustice and resilience told by the people whose lives have been forever altered by it   “This mesmerizing and gut-wrenching book shows the brutal realities that tens of thousands of people have been forced to navigate, and survive, in America’s most notorious jail.”—Piper Kerman, New York Times bestselling author of Orange is the New Black A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR What happens when you pack almost a dozen jails, bulging at the seams with society’s cast-offs, onto a spit of landfill purposefully hidden from public view? Prize-winning journalists Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau have spent two years interviewing more than 130 people comprising a broad cross section of lives touched by New York City's Rikers Island prison complex—from incarcerated people and their relatives, to officers, lawyers, and commissioners, with stories spanning the 1970s to the present day. The portrait that emerges calls into question the very nature of justice in America.   Offering a 360-degree view inside the country’s largest detention complex, the deeply personal accounts—featured here for the first time—take readers on a harrowing journey into every corner of Rikers, a failed society unto itself that reflects society’s failings as a whole.   Dr. Homer Venters was shocked by the screams on his first day working at Rikers: “They’re in solitary, just yelling . . . the yelling literally never stops.” After a few months, though, Dr. Venters notes, one's ears adjust to the sounds. Nestor Eversley recalls how detainees made weapons from bones. Barry Campbell recalls hiding a razor blade in his mouth—“just in case”.   These are visceral stories of despair, brutality, resilience, humor, and hope, told by the people who were marooned on the island over the course of decades. As calls to shutter jails and reduce the number of incarcerated people grow louder across the country, with the movement to close the island complex itself at the forefront, Rikers is a resounding lesson about the human consequences of the incarceration industry.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/justice-for-all-how-the-left-is-wrong-about-law-enforcement-by-greg-kelly--65206519https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586473 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Justice for All: How the Left Is Wrong About Law Enforcement Author: Greg Kelly Narrator: Greg Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Newsmax TV anchor and WABC Radio host Greg Kelly delivers a stirring defense of American law enforcement and a warning about what happens when they are defunded and derided. As the son of celebrated NYPD commissioner, Ray Kelly, and a former lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve, Greg Kelly has had a firsthand look at the critical importance of law enforcement in America. From police to border control and beyond, these men and women provide a fundamental service for our country. In a nation divided, progressives want to abolish the very organizations that keep us safe. Kelly expertly reveals their indispensability. Both a celebration and a call to action, Justice for All is perfect for fans of Mark Levin, Greg Gutfeld, and Sean Hannity. Over recent years, Kelly has followed the mounting attack on law enforcement in his reporting, and he’s felt its effects in his own life and family. Now, he stands up to the mob calling to defund the police and offers a galvanizing voice for police officers, veterans, and all agents of law and order and their families. Justice for All delivers a passionate defense of service, and an impossible to ignore examination of how critical law enforcement is for America’s survival, and how foolish it is to defund, malign, and delegitimize it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586473Tue, 10 Jan 2023 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586473 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Justice for All: How the Left Is Wrong About Law Enforcement Author: Greg Kelly Narrator: Greg Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586473 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Justice for All: How the Left Is Wrong About Law Enforcement Author: Greg Kelly Narrator: Greg Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Newsmax TV anchor and WABC Radio host Greg Kelly delivers a stirring defense of American law enforcement and a warning about what happens when they are defunded and derided. As the son of celebrated NYPD commissioner, Ray Kelly, and a former lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve, Greg Kelly has had a firsthand look at the critical importance of law enforcement in America. From police to border control and beyond, these men and women provide a fundamental service for our country. In a nation divided, progressives want to abolish the very organizations that keep us safe. Kelly expertly reveals their indispensability. Both a celebration and a call to action, Justice for All is perfect for fans of Mark Levin, Greg Gutfeld, and Sean Hannity. Over recent years, Kelly has followed the mounting attack on law enforcement in his reporting, and he’s felt its effects in his own life and family. Now, he stands up to the mob calling to defund the police and offers a galvanizing voice for police officers, veterans, and all agents of law and order and their families. Justice for All delivers a passionate defense of service, and an impossible to ignore examination of how critical law enforcement is for America’s survival, and how foolish it is to defund, malign, and delegitimize it.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/myth-america-historians-take-on-the-biggest-legends-and-lies-about-our-past-by-kevin-m-kruse-julian-e-zelizer--65206610https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575283 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past Author: Kevin M. Kruse, Julian E. Zelizer Narrator: Maleah Woodley, Allan Aquino, Sasha Lapointe, Todd Menesses Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 3, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: America’s top historians set the record straight on the most pernicious myths about our nation’s past    The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Distortions of the past promoted in the conservative media have led large numbers of Americans to believe in fictions over facts, making constructive dialogue impossible and imperiling our democracy.     In Myth America, Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer have assembled an all-star team of fellow historians to push back against this misinformation. The contributors debunk narratives that portray the New Deal and Great Society as failures, immigrants as hostile invaders, and feminists as anti-family warriors—among numerous other partisan lies. Based on a firm foundation of historical scholarship, their findings revitalize our understanding of American history.    Replacing myths with research and reality, Myth America is essential reading amid today’s heated debates about our nation’s past.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575283Tue, 03 Jan 2023 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575283 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past Author: Kevin M. Kruse, Julian E. Zelizer Narrator: Maleah Woodley, Allan...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575283 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past Author: Kevin M. Kruse, Julian E. Zelizer Narrator: Maleah Woodley, Allan Aquino, Sasha Lapointe, Todd Menesses Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 3, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: America’s top historians set the record straight on the most pernicious myths about our nation’s past    The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Distortions of the past promoted in the conservative media have led large numbers of Americans to believe in fictions over facts, making constructive dialogue impossible and imperiling our democracy.     In Myth America, Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer have assembled an all-star team of fellow historians to push back against this misinformation. The contributors debunk narratives that portray the New Deal and Great Society as failures, immigrants as hostile invaders, and feminists as anti-family warriors—among numerous other partisan lies. Based on a firm foundation of historical scholarship, their findings revitalize our understanding of American history.    Replacing myths with research and reality, Myth America is essential reading amid today’s heated debates about our nation’s past.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/disability-pride-dispatches-from-a-post-ada-world-by-ben-mattlin--65206618https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575794 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post-ADA World Author: Ben Mattlin Narrator: Anthony Michael Lopez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An eye-opening portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today, and how disability attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) In Disability Pride, disabled journalist Ben Mattlin weaves together interviews and reportage to introduce a cavalcade of individuals, ideas, and events in engaging, fast-paced prose. He traces the generation that came of age after the ADA reshaped America, and how it is influencing the future. He documents how autistic self-advocacy and the neurodiversity movement upended views of those whose brains work differently. He lifts the veil on a thriving disability culture—from social media to high fashion, Hollywood to Broadway—showing how the politics of beauty for those with marginalized body types and facial features is sparking widespread change. He also explores the movement’s shortcomings, particularly the erasure of nonwhite and LGBTQIA+ people that helped give rise to Disability Justice. He delves into systemic ableism in health care, the right-to-die movement, institutionalization, and the scourge of subminimum-wage labor that some call legalized slavery. And he finds glimmers of hope in how disabled people never give up their fight for parity and fair play. Beautifully written, without anger or pity, Disability Pride is a revealing account of an often misunderstood movement and identity, an inclusive reexamination of society’s treatment of those it deems different.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575794Tue, 29 Nov 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575794 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post-ADA World Author: Ben Mattlin Narrator: Anthony Michael Lopez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575794 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post-ADA World Author: Ben Mattlin Narrator: Anthony Michael Lopez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An eye-opening portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today, and how disability attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) In Disability Pride, disabled journalist Ben Mattlin weaves together interviews and reportage to introduce a cavalcade of individuals, ideas, and events in engaging, fast-paced prose. He traces the generation that came of age after the ADA reshaped America, and how it is influencing the future. He documents how autistic self-advocacy and the neurodiversity movement upended views of those whose brains work differently. He lifts the veil on a thriving disability culture—from social media to high fashion, Hollywood to Broadway—showing how the politics of beauty for those with marginalized body types and facial features is sparking widespread change. He also explores the movement’s shortcomings, particularly the erasure of nonwhite and LGBTQIA+ people that helped give rise to Disability Justice. He delves into systemic ableism in health care, the right-to-die movement, institutionalization, and the scourge of subminimum-wage labor that some call legalized slavery. And he finds glimmers of hope in how disabled people never give up their fight for parity and fair play. Beautifully written, without anger or pity, Disability Pride is a revealing account of an often misunderstood movement and identity, an inclusive reexamination of society’s treatment of those it deems different.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/year-of-the-hawk-america-s-descent-into-vietnam-1965-by-james-a-warren--65206565https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576602 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Year of the Hawk: America's Descent into Vietnam, 1965 Author: James A. Warren Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From a celebrated military historian, a powerful, “highly recommended” (Library Journal, starred review) account of the most pivotal year of the Vietnam War—the cataclysm that “continues to haunt American politics and culture” (Publishers Weekly). The Vietnam War was the greatest disaster in the history of American foreign policy. The conflict shook the nation to its foundations, exacerbating already deep cleavages in American society, and left the country baffled and ambivalent about its role in the world. Year of the Hawk is a military and political history of the war in Vietnam during 1965—the pivotal first year of the American conflict, when the United States decided to intervene directly with combat units in a struggle between communist and pro-Western forces in South Vietnam that had raged on and off for twenty years. By December 1965, a powerful communist offensive had been turned back, and the US Army had prevailed in one of the most dramatic battles in American military history, but nonetheless there were many signs and portents that US involvement would soon slide toward the tipping point of tragedy. Vividly interweaving events in the US capital with action in Southeast Asia, historian James A. Warren explores the mindsets and strategies of the adversaries and concludes that, in the end, Washington was not so much outfought in Vietnam as outthought by revolutionaries pursuing a brilliant, protracted war strategy. Based on new research, Year of the Hawk offers fresh insight into how a nationalist movement led by communists in a small country defeated the most powerful nation on earth and is “a well-researched overview of how America got into Vietnam—and why it shouldn’t have” (Kirkus Reviews).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576602Tue, 29 Nov 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576602 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Year of the Hawk: America's Descent into Vietnam, 1965 Author: James A. Warren Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 44...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576602 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Year of the Hawk: America's Descent into Vietnam, 1965 Author: James A. Warren Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From a celebrated military historian, a powerful, “highly recommended” (Library Journal, starred review) account of the most pivotal year of the Vietnam War—the cataclysm that “continues to haunt American politics and culture” (Publishers Weekly). The Vietnam War was the greatest disaster in the history of American foreign policy. The conflict shook the nation to its foundations, exacerbating already deep cleavages in American society, and left the country baffled and ambivalent about its role in the world. Year of the Hawk is a military and political history of the war in Vietnam during 1965—the pivotal first year of the American conflict, when the United States decided to intervene directly with combat units in a struggle between communist and pro-Western forces in South Vietnam that had raged on and off for twenty years. By December 1965, a powerful communist offensive had been turned back, and the US Army had prevailed in one of the most dramatic battles in American military history, but nonetheless there were many signs and portents that US involvement would soon slide toward the tipping point of tragedy. Vividly interweaving events in the US capital with action in Southeast Asia, historian James A. Warren explores the mindsets and strategies of the adversaries and concludes that, in the end, Washington was not so much outfought in Vietnam as outthought by revolutionaries pursuing a brilliant, protracted war strategy. Based on new research, Year of the Hawk offers fresh insight into how a nationalist movement led by communists in a small country defeated the most powerful nation on earth and is “a well-researched overview of how America got into Vietnam—and why it shouldn’t have” (Kirkus Reviews).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-trauma-of-caste-a-dalit-feminist-meditation-on-survivorship-healing-and-abolition-by-thenmozhi-soundararajan--65206466https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587857 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition Author: Thenmozhi Soundararajan Narrator: Thenmozhi Soundararajan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: For readers of Caste and Radical Dharma, an urgent call to action to end caste apartheid, grounded in Dalit feminist abolition and engaged Buddhism. “Dalit” is the name that we chose for ourselves when Brahminism declared us “untouchable.” Dalit means broken. Broken by suffering. Broken by caste: the world’s oldest, longest-running dominator system...yet although “Dalit” means broken, it also means resilient.     Despite its ban more than 70 years ago, caste is thriving. Every 15 minutes, a crime is perpetrated against a Dalit person. The average age of death for Dalit women is just 39. And the wreckages of caste are replicated here in the U.S., too--erupting online with rape and death threats, showing up at work, and forcing countless Dalits to live in fear of being outed.     Dalit American activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan puts forth a call to awaken and act, not just for readers in South Asia, but all around the world. She ties Dalit oppression to fights for liberation among Black, Indigenous, Latinx, femme, and Queer communities, examining caste from a feminist, abolitionist, and Dalit Buddhist perspective--and laying bare the grief, trauma, rage, and stolen futures enacted by Brahminical social structures on the caste-oppressed.     Soundararajan’s work includes embodiment exercises, reflections, and meditations to help readers explore their own relationship to caste and marginalization--and to step into their power as healing activists and changemakers. She offers skills for cultivating wellness within dynamics of false separation, sharing how both oppressor and oppressed can heal the wounds of caste and transform collective suffering. Incisive and urgent, The Trauma of Caste is an activating beacon of healing and liberation, written by one of the world’s most needed voices in the fight to end caste apartheid.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587857Tue, 15 Nov 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587857 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition Author: Thenmozhi Soundararajan Narrator: Thenmozhi...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587857 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition Author: Thenmozhi Soundararajan Narrator: Thenmozhi Soundararajan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: For readers of Caste and Radical Dharma, an urgent call to action to end caste apartheid, grounded in Dalit feminist abolition and engaged Buddhism. “Dalit” is the name that we chose for ourselves when Brahminism declared us “untouchable.” Dalit means broken. Broken by suffering. Broken by caste: the world’s oldest, longest-running dominator system...yet although “Dalit” means broken, it also means resilient.     Despite its ban more than 70 years ago, caste is thriving. Every 15 minutes, a crime is perpetrated against a Dalit person. The average age of death for Dalit women is just 39. And the wreckages of caste are replicated here in the U.S., too--erupting online with rape and death threats, showing up at work, and forcing countless Dalits to live in fear of being outed.     Dalit American activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan puts forth a call to awaken and act, not just for readers in South Asia, but all around the world. She ties Dalit oppression to fights for liberation among Black, Indigenous, Latinx, femme, and Queer communities, examining caste from a feminist, abolitionist, and Dalit Buddhist perspective--and laying bare the grief, trauma, rage, and stolen futures enacted by Brahminical social structures on the caste-oppressed.     Soundararajan’s work includes embodiment exercises, reflections, and meditations to help readers explore their own relationship to caste and marginalization--and to step into their power as healing activists and changemakers. She offers skills for cultivating wellness within dynamics of false separation, sharing how both oppressor and oppressed can heal the wounds of caste and transform collective suffering. Incisive and urgent, The Trauma of Caste is an activating beacon of healing and liberation, written by one of the world’s most needed voices in the fight to end caste apartheid.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pain-is-weakness-leaving-the-body-a-marine-s-unbecoming-by-lyle-jeremy-rubin--65206455https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584128 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body: A Marine's Unbecoming Author: Lyle Jeremy Rubin Narrator: Lyle Jeremy Rubin, Garrett Michael Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 1, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An honest reckoning with the war on terror, masculinity, and the violence of American hegemony abroad, at home, and on the psyche, from a veteran whose convictions came undone When Lyle Jeremy Rubin first arrived at Marine Officer Candidates School, he was convinced that the “war on terror” was necessary to national security. He also subscribed to a strict code of manhood that military service conjured and perpetuated. Then he began to train and his worldview shattered. Honorably discharged five years later, Rubin returned to the United States with none of his beliefs, about himself or his country, intact.  In Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body, Rubin narrates his own undoing, the profound disillusionment that took hold of him on bases in the U.S. and Afghanistan. He both examines his own failings as a participant in a prescribed masculinity and the failings of American empire, examining the racialized and class hierarchies and culture of conquest that constitute the machinery of U.S. imperialism. The result is a searing analysis and the story of one man’s personal and political conversion, told in beautiful prose by an essayist, historian, and veteran transformed.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584128Tue, 01 Nov 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584128 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body: A Marine's Unbecoming Author: Lyle Jeremy Rubin Narrator: Lyle Jeremy Rubin, Garrett Michael Brown Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584128 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body: A Marine's Unbecoming Author: Lyle Jeremy Rubin Narrator: Lyle Jeremy Rubin, Garrett Michael Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 1, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An honest reckoning with the war on terror, masculinity, and the violence of American hegemony abroad, at home, and on the psyche, from a veteran whose convictions came undone When Lyle Jeremy Rubin first arrived at Marine Officer Candidates School, he was convinced that the “war on terror” was necessary to national security. He also subscribed to a strict code of manhood that military service conjured and perpetuated. Then he began to train and his worldview shattered. Honorably discharged five years later, Rubin returned to the United States with none of his beliefs, about himself or his country, intact.  In Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body, Rubin narrates his own undoing, the profound disillusionment that took hold of him on bases in the U.S. and Afghanistan. He both examines his own failings as a participant in a prescribed masculinity and the failings of American empire, examining the racialized and class hierarchies and culture of conquest that constitute the machinery of U.S. imperialism. The result is a searing analysis and the story of one man’s personal and political conversion, told in beautiful prose by an essayist, historian, and veteran transformed.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/emergency-state-how-we-lost-our-freedoms-in-the-pandemic-and-why-it-matters-by-adam-wagner--65206474https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Emergency State: How We Lost Our Freedoms in the Pandemic and Why it Matters Author: Adam Wagner Narrator: Adam Wagner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 13, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. On 26 March 2020, a new law appeared. In 11 pages, it locked down tens of millions of people, confined us to our homes, banned socialising, closed shops, gyms, pubs, places of worship. It restricted our freedoms more than any other law in history, justified by the rapid spread of a deadly new virus. You might have expected such a law to be fiercely debated in Parliament. But it wasn't debated at all. A state of emergency was declared, meaning the law came into force the moment it was signed. The state of emergency lasted for 764 days, whilst ministers brought in over 100 new restrictions, almost never debated, increasingly confusing the public, and some - we would find out - stained with corruption. Meanwhile, behind the doors of Downing Street officials and even the Prime Minister broke the very laws they had created. This book will tell the startling story of the state of emergency which became an emergency state, how extreme measures caused constitutional chaos, and why it is only by understanding these unprecedented events that we can learn lessons for the future. 'Superb... authoritative, thoughtful and terrifying in equal measure', The Secret Barrister 'Astonishing. Detailed, dispassionate and definitive. An urgent warning and work of major importance', James O'Brien 'A riveting account of how our democracy was put under threat during the Pandemic and why we must never let the Emergency State - all-powerful but ignorant and corrupt - take over again', Lady Hale, former President of the UK Supreme Court 'Clear-eyed, forensic and compelling, Wagner sets out what during the Covid-19 pandemic - and the lessons we need to learn', Jonathan Freedland, author of The Escape Artist © Adam Wagner 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583977Thu, 13 Oct 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Emergency State: How We Lost Our Freedoms in the Pandemic and Why it Matters Author: Adam Wagner Narrator: Adam Wagner Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Emergency State: How We Lost Our Freedoms in the Pandemic and Why it Matters Author: Adam Wagner Narrator: Adam Wagner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 13, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. On 26 March 2020, a new law appeared. In 11 pages, it locked down tens of millions of people, confined us to our homes, banned socialising, closed shops, gyms, pubs, places of worship. It restricted our freedoms more than any other law in history, justified by the rapid spread of a deadly new virus. You might have expected such a law to be fiercely debated in Parliament. But it wasn't debated at all. A state of emergency was declared, meaning the law came into force the moment it was signed. The state of emergency lasted for 764 days, whilst ministers brought in over 100 new restrictions, almost never debated, increasingly confusing the public, and some - we would find out - stained with corruption. Meanwhile, behind the doors of Downing Street officials and even the Prime Minister broke the very laws they had created. This book will tell the startling story of the state of emergency which became an emergency state, how extreme measures caused constitutional chaos, and why it is only by understanding these unprecedented events that we can learn lessons for the future. 'Superb... authoritative, thoughtful and terrifying in equal measure', The Secret Barrister 'Astonishing. Detailed, dispassionate and definitive. An urgent warning and work of major importance', James O'Brien 'A riveting account of how our democracy was put under threat during the Pandemic and why we must never let the Emergency State - all-powerful but ignorant and corrupt - take over again', Lady Hale, former President of the UK Supreme Court 'Clear-eyed, forensic and compelling, Wagner sets out what during the Covid-19 pandemic - and the lessons we need to learn', Jonathan Freedland, author of The Escape Artist © Adam Wagner 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hold-the-line-the-insurrection-and-one-cop-s-battle-for-america-s-soul-by-michael-fanone--65206495https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul Author: Michael Fanone Narrator: Michael Fanone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 17 minutes Release date: October 11, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.9 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From a twenty-year police veteran and former Trump supporter who nearly lost his life during the insurrection of January 6th, this instant New York Times bestseller is also an urgent warning that “offers a stark message for this uncertain moment, making crystal clear the urgency and importance of defending our precious democracy” (Nancy Pelosi). When Michael Fanone self-deployed to the Capitol on January 6, 2021, he had no idea his life was about to change. When he got to the front of the line, he urged his fellow officers to hold it against the growing crowd of insurrectionists—until he found himself pulled into the mob, tased until he had a heart attack, and viciously beaten with a Blue Lives Matter flag as shouts to kill him rang out. Now, Fanone is ready to tell the full story of that infamous day, along with exploring our country’s most critical issues as someone who has had firsthand experience with many of them. A self-described redneck who voted for Trump in 2016, Fanone’s closest friend was an informant—a Black, transgender, HIV-positive woman who has helped him mature and rethink his methods as a police officer. With his unique insight as an undercover detective and intense desire to do the right thing no matter the cost, Fanone provides a nuanced look into everything from policing to race to politics in a way that is accessible across all party lines. Determined to make sure no one forgets what happened at the Capitol on January 6th, Fanone has written a timely and “important” (Kirkus Reviews) call to action for anyone who wants to preserve our democracy for future generations.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580182Tue, 11 Oct 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul Author: Michael Fanone Narrator: Michael Fanone Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul Author: Michael Fanone Narrator: Michael Fanone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 17 minutes Release date: October 11, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.9 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From a twenty-year police veteran and former Trump supporter who nearly lost his life during the insurrection of January 6th, this instant New York Times bestseller is also an urgent warning that “offers a stark message for this uncertain moment, making crystal clear the urgency and importance of defending our precious democracy” (Nancy Pelosi). When Michael Fanone self-deployed to the Capitol on January 6, 2021, he had no idea his life was about to change. When he got to the front of the line, he urged his fellow officers to hold it against the growing crowd of insurrectionists—until he found himself pulled into the mob, tased until he had a heart attack, and viciously beaten with a Blue Lives Matter flag as shouts to kill him rang out. Now, Fanone is ready to tell the full story of that infamous day, along with exploring our country’s most critical issues as someone who has had firsthand experience with many of them. A self-described redneck who voted for Trump in 2016, Fanone’s closest friend was an informant—a Black, transgender, HIV-positive woman who has helped him mature and rethink his methods as a police officer. With his unique insight as an undercover detective and intense desire to do the right thing no matter the cost, Fanone provides a nuanced look into everything from policing to race to politics in a way that is accessible across all party lines. Determined to make sure no one forgets what happened at the Capitol on January 6th, Fanone has written a timely and “important” (Kirkus Reviews) call to action for anyone who wants to preserve our democracy for future generations.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/confidence-man-the-making-of-donald-trump-and-the-breaking-of-america-by-maggie-haberman--65206633https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574468 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America Author: Maggie Haberman Narrator: Maggie Haberman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.82 of Total 60 Ratings of Narrator: 4.08 of Total 24 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times bestseller. “This is the book Trump fears most.” —Axios “Will be a primary source about the most vexing president in American history for years to come.” —Joe Klein, The New York Times “A uniquely illuminating portrait.” —Sean Wilentz, The Washington Post “[A] monumental look at Donald Trump and his presidency.” —David Shribman, Los Angeles Times From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidency like no other journalist, Confidence Man is a magnificent and disturbing reckoning that chronicles his life and its meaning from his rise in New York City to his tortured post-presidency. Few journalists working today have covered Donald Trump more extensively than Maggie Haberman. And few understand him and his motivations better. Now, demonstrating her majestic command of this story, Haberman reveals in full the depth of her understanding of the 45th president himself, and of what the Trump phenomenon means. Interviews with hundreds of sources and numerous interviews over the years with Trump himself portray a complicated and often contradictory historical figure. Capable of kindness but relying on casual cruelty as it suits his purposes.  Pugnacious. Insecure. Lonely. Vindictive. Menacing. Smarter than his critics contend and colder and more calculating than his allies believe. A man who embedded himself in popular culture, galvanizing support for a run for high office that he began preliminary spadework for 30 years ago, to ultimately become a president who pushed American democracy to the brink. The through-line of Trump’s life and his presidency is the enduring question of what is in it for him or what he needs to say to survive short increments of time in the pursuit of his own interests.     Confidence Man is also, inevitably, about the world that produced such a singular character, giving rise to his career and becoming his first stage. It is also about a series of relentlessly transactional relationships. The ones that shaped him most were with girlfriends and wives, with Roy Cohn, with George Steinbrenner, with Mike Tyson and Don King and Roger Stone, with city and state politicians like Robert Morgenthau and Rudy Giuliani, with business partners, with prosecutors, with the media, and with the employees who toiled inside what they commonly called amongst themselves the “Trump Disorganization.”   That world informed the one that Trump tried to recreate while in the White House. All of Trump’s behavior as President had echoes in what came before.  In this revelatory and newsmaking book, Haberman brings together the events of his life into a single mesmerizing work. It is the definitive account of one of the most norms-shattering and consequential eras in American political history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574468Tue, 04 Oct 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574468 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America Author: Maggie Haberman Narrator: Maggie Haberman Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574468 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America Author: Maggie Haberman Narrator: Maggie Haberman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.82 of Total 60 Ratings of Narrator: 4.08 of Total 24 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times bestseller. “This is the book Trump fears most.” —Axios “Will be a primary source about the most vexing president in American history for years to come.” —Joe Klein, The New York Times “A uniquely illuminating portrait.” —Sean Wilentz, The Washington Post “[A] monumental look at Donald Trump and his presidency.” —David Shribman, Los Angeles Times From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidency like no other journalist, Confidence Man is a magnificent and disturbing reckoning that chronicles his life and its meaning from his rise in New York City to his tortured post-presidency. Few journalists working today have covered Donald Trump more extensively than Maggie Haberman. And few understand him and his motivations better. Now, demonstrating her majestic command of this story, Haberman reveals in full the depth of her understanding of the 45th president himself, and of what the Trump phenomenon means. Interviews with hundreds of sources and numerous interviews over the years with Trump himself portray a complicated and often contradictory historical figure. Capable of kindness but relying on casual cruelty as it suits his purposes.  Pugnacious. Insecure. Lonely. Vindictive. Menacing. Smarter than his critics contend and colder and more calculating than his allies believe. A man who embedded himself in popular culture, galvanizing support for a run for high office that he began preliminary spadework for 30 years ago, to ultimately become a president who pushed American democracy to the brink. The through-line of Trump’s life and his presidency is the enduring question of what is in it for him or what he needs to say to survive short increments of time in the pursuit of his own interests.     Confidence Man is also, inevitably, about the world that produced such a singular character, giving rise to his career and becoming his first stage. It is also about a series of relentlessly transactional relationships. The ones that shaped him most were with girlfriends and wives, with Roy Cohn, with George Steinbrenner, with Mike Tyson and Don King and Roger Stone, with city and state politicians like Robert Morgenthau and Rudy Giuliani, with business partners, with prosecutors, with the media, and with the employees who toiled inside what they commonly called amongst themselves the “Trump Disorganization.”   That world informed the one that Trump tried to recreate while in the White House. All of Trump’s behavior as President had echoes in what came before.  In this revelatory and newsmaking book, Haberman brings together the events of his life into a single mesmerizing work. It is the definitive account of one of the most norms-shattering and consequential eras in American political history.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/confidence-man-the-making-of-donald-trump-and-the-breaking-of-america-by-maggie-haberman--65206560https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575436 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America Author: Maggie Haberman Narrator: Maggie Haberman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: *THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *A Financial Times Book of the Year* *Economist Book of the Year*  ‘A political epic’ – Guardian ‘This is the book Trump fears most.’ – Axios Few journalists have covered Donald Trump more extensively than Maggie Haberman. And few better understand the polarizing 45th president or his motivations. In this astonishing, illuminating book, Haberman reveals all about Trump the man, the president and the phenomenon. Interviews with hundreds of sources and with Trump himself portray a complicated and often contradictory figure. Capable of kindness but relying on casual cruelty as it suits his purposes. Pugnacious. Insecure. Lonely. Vindictive. Menacing. Smarter than his critics contend and colder and more calculating than his allies believe. A man who embedded himself in popular culture for decades, laying the groundwork to galvanize support for a successful run for high office. Chronicling Trump’s entire career, from his rise in New York City to his tortured post-presidency and potential comeback, Confidence Man is a magnificent, disturbing reckoning of the president who pushed American democracy to the brink.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575436Tue, 04 Oct 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575436 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America Author: Maggie Haberman Narrator: Maggie Haberman Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575436 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America Author: Maggie Haberman Narrator: Maggie Haberman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: *THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *A Financial Times Book of the Year* *Economist Book of the Year*  ‘A political epic’ – Guardian ‘This is the book Trump fears most.’ – Axios Few journalists have covered Donald Trump more extensively than Maggie Haberman. And few better understand the polarizing 45th president or his motivations. In this astonishing, illuminating book, Haberman reveals all about Trump the man, the president and the phenomenon. Interviews with hundreds of sources and with Trump himself portray a complicated and often contradictory figure. Capable of kindness but relying on casual cruelty as it suits his purposes. Pugnacious. Insecure. Lonely. Vindictive. Menacing. Smarter than his critics contend and colder and more calculating than his allies believe. A man who embedded himself in popular culture for decades, laying the groundwork to galvanize support for a successful run for high office. Chronicling Trump’s entire career, from his rise in New York City to his tortured post-presidency and potential comeback, Confidence Man is a magnificent, disturbing reckoning of the president who pushed American democracy to the brink.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-mckinsey-comes-to-town-the-hidden-influence-of-the-world-s-most-powerful-consulting-firm-by-michael-forsythe-walt-bogdanich--65206555https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578980 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm Author: Michael Forsythe, Walt Bogdanich Narrator: Ari Fliakos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of McKinsey & Company, the international consulting firm that advises corporations and governments, that highlights the often drastic impact of its work on employees and citizens around the world 'Meticulously reported, and ultimately devastating, this is an important book.' —Patrick Radden Keefe, New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing McKinsey & Company is the most prestigious consulting company in the world, earning billions of dollars in fees from major corporations and governments who turn to it to maximize their profits and enhance efficiency. McKinsey's vaunted statement of values asserts that its role is to make the world a better place, and its reputation for excellence and discretion attracts top talent from universities around the world. But what does it actually do? In When McKinsey Comes to Town, two prizewinning investigative journalists have written a portrait of the company sharply at odds with its public image. Often McKinsey's advice boils down to major cost-cutting, including layoffs and maintenance reductions, to drive up short-term profits, thereby boosting a company's stock price and the wealth of its executives who hire it, at the expense of workers and safety measures. McKinsey collects millions of dollars advising government agencies that also regulate McKinsey's corporate clients. And the firm frequently advises competitors in the same industries, but denies that this presents any conflict of interest. In one telling example, McKinsey advised a Chinese engineering company allied with the communist government which constructed artificial islands, now used as staging grounds for the Chinese Navy—while at the same time taking tens of millions of dollars from the Pentagon, whose chief aim is to counter Chinese aggression. Shielded by NDAs, McKinsey has escaped public scrutiny despite its role in advising tobacco and vaping companies, purveyors of opioids, repressive governments, and oil companies. McKinsey helped insurance companies' boost their profits by making it incredibly difficult for accident victims to get payments; worked its U.S. government contacts to let Wall Street firms evade scrutiny; enabled corruption in developing countries such as South Africa; undermined health-care programs in states across the country. And much more. Bogdanich and Forsythe have penetrated the veil of secrecy surrounding McKinsey by conducting hundreds of interviews, obtaining tens of thousands of revelatory documents, and following rule #1 of investigative reporting: Follow the money. When McKinsey Comes to Town is a landmark work of investigative reporting that amounts to a devastating portrait of a firm whose work has often made the world more unequal, more corrupt, and more dangerous.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578980Tue, 04 Oct 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578980 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm Author: Michael Forsythe, Walt Bogdanich Narrator: Ari...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578980 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm Author: Michael Forsythe, Walt Bogdanich Narrator: Ari Fliakos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of McKinsey & Company, the international consulting firm that advises corporations and governments, that highlights the often drastic impact of its work on employees and citizens around the world 'Meticulously reported, and ultimately devastating, this is an important book.' —Patrick Radden Keefe, New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing McKinsey & Company is the most prestigious consulting company in the world, earning billions of dollars in fees from major corporations and governments who turn to it to maximize their profits and enhance efficiency. McKinsey's vaunted statement of values asserts that its role is to make the world a better place, and its reputation for excellence and discretion attracts top talent from universities around the world. But what does it actually do? In When McKinsey Comes to Town, two prizewinning investigative journalists have written a portrait of the company sharply at odds with its public image. Often McKinsey's advice boils down to major cost-cutting, including layoffs and maintenance reductions, to drive up short-term profits, thereby boosting a company's stock price and the wealth of its executives who hire it, at the expense of workers and safety measures. McKinsey collects millions of dollars advising government agencies that also regulate McKinsey's corporate clients. And the firm frequently advises competitors in the same industries, but denies that this presents any conflict of interest. In one telling example, McKinsey advised a Chinese engineering company allied with the communist government which constructed artificial islands, now used as staging grounds for the Chinese Navy—while at the same time taking tens of millions of dollars from the Pentagon, whose chief aim is to counter Chinese aggression. Shielded by NDAs, McKinsey has escaped public scrutiny despite its role in advising tobacco and vaping companies, purveyors of opioids, repressive governments, and oil companies. McKinsey helped insurance companies' boost their profits by making it incredibly difficult for accident victims to get payments; worked its U.S. government contacts to let Wall Street firms evade scrutiny; enabled corruption in developing countries such as South Africa; undermined health-care programs in states across the country. And much more. Bogdanich and Forsythe have penetrated the veil of secrecy surrounding McKinsey by conducting hundreds of interviews, obtaining tens of thousands of revelatory documents, and following rule #1 of investigative reporting: Follow the money. When McKinsey Comes to Town is a landmark work of investigative reporting that amounts to a devastating portrait of a firm whose work has often made the world more unequal, more corrupt, and more dangerous.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gaffs-why-no-one-can-get-a-house-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-by-rory-hearne--65206468https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589661 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gaffs: Why No One Can Get a House, and What We Can Do About It Author: Rory Hearne Narrator: Rory Hearne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 29, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The book that has been waiting to be written – how Ireland’s housing policy has locked an entire generation out of the housing market and what we should do about it. Millennials are the first generation in Ireland to be worse off than their parents. Trapped in a game of rental roulette, stuck living at home as adults, and many on the brink of homelessness, the Irish housing crisis has defined the lives of an entire generation – and it is set to continue. With housing costs in Ireland the highest in the EU, the property ladder has been kicked from under thousands. So how did we get here … and how do we break the cycle? In Gaffs, housing expert Rory Hearne urges us to think about the people behind the statistics, and shows us that there is a way towards a future where everyone has access to a home.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589661Thu, 29 Sep 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589661 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gaffs: Why No One Can Get a House, and What We Can Do About It Author: Rory Hearne Narrator: Rory Hearne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589661 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gaffs: Why No One Can Get a House, and What We Can Do About It Author: Rory Hearne Narrator: Rory Hearne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 29, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The book that has been waiting to be written – how Ireland’s housing policy has locked an entire generation out of the housing market and what we should do about it. Millennials are the first generation in Ireland to be worse off than their parents. Trapped in a game of rental roulette, stuck living at home as adults, and many on the brink of homelessness, the Irish housing crisis has defined the lives of an entire generation – and it is set to continue. With housing costs in Ireland the highest in the EU, the property ladder has been kicked from under thousands. So how did we get here … and how do we break the cycle? In Gaffs, housing expert Rory Hearne urges us to think about the people behind the statistics, and shows us that there is a way towards a future where everyone has access to a home.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/come-on-man-the-truth-about-biden-s-no-good-horrible-very-bad-presidency-and-how-to-return-america-to-greatness-by-joe-concha--65206595https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576276 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Come On, Man!: The Truth About Biden's No-Good, Horrible, Very Bad Presidency, and How to Return America to Greatness Author: Joe Concha Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER Open borders, record inflation, and skyrocketing crime—Joe Biden’s first term is one of the most craptastic in American history. But on Planet Brandon, it’s all going according to plan . . . He received 81 million votes. His party controlled the House and the Senate. He took office with a nearly 60 percent approval rating. His first month saw the economy recovering nicely and the new COVID-19 vaccines being distributed around the country. And, in his words, he had the awesome power to mobilize “truinernashabada pressure.” And yet, with all that and more, Joe Biden’s first term has been a spectacular failure. COVID roared back. The withdrawal from Afghanistan left thirteen U.S. service members dead and hundreds of Americans stranded as Afghans fell from airplanes. Sixteen American cities set homicide records. More than 2.3 million illegal immigrants entered the country. Inflation reached forty-year highs. And Russia invaded Ukraine. Even the Democrats are so embarrassed, they won’t invite Biden to join them on the campaign trail for the midterms. Gah. But is this hot mess, dumpster fire of a record only because Biden lost whatever fastball he had and is perpetually incompetent? In Come On, Man!, Joe Concha reminds us what’s really going on in the White House. Though Biden may seem like a doddering idiot, stumbling from one mistake to the next, his blunders always hew closely to progressive dreams for American policy. Dreams like saving the planet by attacking Elon Musk and strengthening the middle class by making gas prices higher than Hunter Biden in a motel room. Come On, Man! shows the real reason why we’re here—no malarkey, guaranteed!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576276Tue, 27 Sep 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576276 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Come On, Man!: The Truth About Biden's No-Good, Horrible, Very Bad Presidency, and How to Return America to Greatness Author: Joe Concha Narrator: John...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576276 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Come On, Man!: The Truth About Biden's No-Good, Horrible, Very Bad Presidency, and How to Return America to Greatness Author: Joe Concha Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER Open borders, record inflation, and skyrocketing crime—Joe Biden’s first term is one of the most craptastic in American history. But on Planet Brandon, it’s all going according to plan . . . He received 81 million votes. His party controlled the House and the Senate. He took office with a nearly 60 percent approval rating. His first month saw the economy recovering nicely and the new COVID-19 vaccines being distributed around the country. And, in his words, he had the awesome power to mobilize “truinernashabada pressure.” And yet, with all that and more, Joe Biden’s first term has been a spectacular failure. COVID roared back. The withdrawal from Afghanistan left thirteen U.S. service members dead and hundreds of Americans stranded as Afghans fell from airplanes. Sixteen American cities set homicide records. More than 2.3 million illegal immigrants entered the country. Inflation reached forty-year highs. And Russia invaded Ukraine. Even the Democrats are so embarrassed, they won’t invite Biden to join them on the campaign trail for the midterms. Gah. But is this hot mess, dumpster fire of a record only because Biden lost whatever fastball he had and is perpetually incompetent? In Come On, Man!, Joe Concha reminds us what’s really going on in the White House. Though Biden may seem like a doddering idiot, stumbling from one mistake to the next, his blunders always hew closely to progressive dreams for American policy. Dreams like saving the planet by attacking Elon Musk and strengthening the middle class by making gas prices higher than Hunter Biden in a motel room. Come On, Man! shows the real reason why we’re here—no malarkey, guaranteed!]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-reality-optional-and-other-essays-by-thomas-sowell--65206554https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580224 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays Author: Thomas Sowell Narrator: Leon Nixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Thomas Sowell challenges all the assumptions of contemporary liberalism on issues ranging from the economy to race to education in this collection of controversial essays, and captures his thoughts on politics, race, and common sense with a section at the end for thought-provoking quotes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580224Tue, 27 Sep 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580224 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays Author: Thomas Sowell Narrator: Leon Nixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580224 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays Author: Thomas Sowell Narrator: Leon Nixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Thomas Sowell challenges all the assumptions of contemporary liberalism on issues ranging from the economy to race to education in this collection of controversial essays, and captures his thoughts on politics, race, and common sense with a section at the end for thought-provoking quotes.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/adrift-america-in-100-charts-by-scott-galloway--65206462https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587683 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adrift: America In 100 Charts Author: Scott Galloway Narrator: Scott Galloway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From bestselling author and NYU business school professor Scott Galloway comes an urgent examination of the future of our nation – and how we got here. We are only just beginning to reckon with our post-pandemic future. As political extremism intensifies, the great resignation affects businesses everywhere, and supply chain issues crush bottom lines, we’re faced with daunting questions – is our democracy under threat? How will Big Tech change our lives? What does job security look like for me? America is on the brink of massive change – change that will disrupt the workings of our economy and drastically impact the financial backbone of our nation: the middle class.   In Adrift, Galloway looks to the past – from 1945 to present day – to explain just how America arrived at this precipice. Telling the story of our nation through 100 charts, Galloway demonstrates how crises such as Jim Crow, World War II, and the Stock Market Crash of 2008, as well as the escalating power of technology, an entrenched white patriarchy, and the socio-economic effects of the pandemic, created today’s perfect storm. Adrift attempts to make sense of it all, and offers Galloway’s unique take on where we’re headed and who we’ll become, touching on topics as wide-ranging as online dating to minimum wage to the American dream.   Just as in 1945 and 1980, America is once again a nation at a crossroads. This time, what will it take for our nation to keep up with the fast and violent changes to our new world? * This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF of all 100 charts from the book!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587683Tue, 27 Sep 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587683 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adrift: America In 100 Charts Author: Scott Galloway Narrator: Scott Galloway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 15 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587683 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adrift: America In 100 Charts Author: Scott Galloway Narrator: Scott Galloway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From bestselling author and NYU business school professor Scott Galloway comes an urgent examination of the future of our nation – and how we got here. We are only just beginning to reckon with our post-pandemic future. As political extremism intensifies, the great resignation affects businesses everywhere, and supply chain issues crush bottom lines, we’re faced with daunting questions – is our democracy under threat? How will Big Tech change our lives? What does job security look like for me? America is on the brink of massive change – change that will disrupt the workings of our economy and drastically impact the financial backbone of our nation: the middle class.   In Adrift, Galloway looks to the past – from 1945 to present day – to explain just how America arrived at this precipice. Telling the story of our nation through 100 charts, Galloway demonstrates how crises such as Jim Crow, World War II, and the Stock Market Crash of 2008, as well as the escalating power of technology, an entrenched white patriarchy, and the socio-economic effects of the pandemic, created today’s perfect storm. Adrift attempts to make sense of it all, and offers Galloway’s unique take on where we’re headed and who we’ll become, touching on topics as wide-ranging as online dating to minimum wage to the American dream.   Just as in 1945 and 1980, America is once again a nation at a crossroads. This time, what will it take for our nation to keep up with the fast and violent changes to our new world? * This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF of all 100 charts from the book!]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/servants-of-the-damned-giant-law-firms-donald-trump-and-the-corruption-of-justice-by-david-enrich--65206604https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Servants of the Damned: Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump, and the Corruption of Justice Author: David Enrich Narrator: Will Collyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times’s Business Investigations Editor and #1 bestselling author of Dark Towers comes a long-overdue exposé of the astonishing yet shadowy power wielded by the world’s largest law firms, following the narrative arc of Jones Day, the firm that represented the Trump campaign and much of the Fortune 500, as a powerful encapsulation of the changes that have swept the legal industry in recent decades. In his acclaimed #1 bestseller Dark Towers, David Enrich presented the never-before-told saga of how Deutsche Bank became the global face of financial recklessness and criminality. Now Enrich turns his eye towards the world of “Big Law” and the nearly unchecked influence these firms wield to shield the wealthy and powerful—and bury their secrets. To tell this story, Enrich focuses on Jones Day, one of the world’s largest law firms. Jones Day’s narrative arc—founded in Cleveland in 1893, it became the first law firm to expand nationally and is now a global juggernaut with deep ties to corporate interests and conservative politics—is a powerful encapsulation of the changes that have swept the legal industry in recent decades. Since 2016, Jones Day has been in the spotlight for representing Donald Trump and his campaigns (and now his PACs)—and for the fleet of Jones Day attorneys who joined his administration, including White House Counsel Don McGahn. Jones Day helped Trump fend off the Mueller investigation and challenged Obamacare. Its once and future lawyers defended Trump’s Muslim ban and border policies and handled his judicial nominations. Jones Day even laid some of the legal groundwork for Trump to challenge the legitimacy of the 2020 election. But the Trump work is but one chapter in the firm’s checkered history. Jones Day, like many of its peers, have become highly effective enablers of the business world’s worst misbehavior. The firm has for decades represented Big Tobacco in its fight to avoid liability for its products. Jones Day worked tirelessly for the Catholic Church as it tried to minimize its sexual-abuse scandals. And for Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, as it sought to protect its right to make and market its dangerously addictive drug. And for Fox News as it waged war against employees who were the victims of sexual harassment and retaliation. And for Russian oligarchs as their companies sought to expand internationally. In this gripping and revealing new work of narrative nonfiction, Enrich makes the compelling central argument that law firms like Jones Day play a crucial yet largely hidden role in enabling and protecting powerful bad actors in our society, housing their darkest secrets, and earning billions in revenue for themselves. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575671Tue, 13 Sep 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Servants of the Damned: Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump, and the Corruption of Justice Author: David Enrich Narrator: Will Collyer Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Servants of the Damned: Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump, and the Corruption of Justice Author: David Enrich Narrator: Will Collyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times’s Business Investigations Editor and #1 bestselling author of Dark Towers comes a long-overdue exposé of the astonishing yet shadowy power wielded by the world’s largest law firms, following the narrative arc of Jones Day, the firm that represented the Trump campaign and much of the Fortune 500, as a powerful encapsulation of the changes that have swept the legal industry in recent decades. In his acclaimed #1 bestseller Dark Towers, David Enrich presented the never-before-told saga of how Deutsche Bank became the global face of financial recklessness and criminality. Now Enrich turns his eye towards the world of “Big Law” and the nearly unchecked influence these firms wield to shield the wealthy and powerful—and bury their secrets. To tell this story, Enrich focuses on Jones Day, one of the world’s largest law firms. Jones Day’s narrative arc—founded in Cleveland in 1893, it became the first law firm to expand nationally and is now a global juggernaut with deep ties to corporate interests and conservative politics—is a powerful encapsulation of the changes that have swept the legal industry in recent decades. Since 2016, Jones Day has been in the spotlight for representing Donald Trump and his campaigns (and now his PACs)—and for the fleet of Jones Day attorneys who joined his administration, including White House Counsel Don McGahn. Jones Day helped Trump fend off the Mueller investigation and challenged Obamacare. Its once and future lawyers defended Trump’s Muslim ban and border policies and handled his judicial nominations. Jones Day even laid some of the legal groundwork for Trump to challenge the legitimacy of the 2020 election. But the Trump work is but one chapter in the firm’s checkered history. Jones Day, like many of its peers, have become highly effective enablers of the business world’s worst misbehavior. The firm has for decades represented Big Tobacco in its fight to avoid liability for its products. Jones Day worked tirelessly for the Catholic Church as it tried to minimize its sexual-abuse scandals. And for Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, as it sought to protect its right to make and market its dangerously addictive drug. And for Fox News as it waged war against employees who were the victims of sexual harassment and retaliation. And for Russian oligarchs as their companies sought to expand internationally. In this gripping and revealing new work of narrative nonfiction, Enrich makes the compelling central argument that law firms like Jones Day play a crucial yet largely hidden role in enabling and protecting powerful bad actors in our society, housing their darkest secrets, and earning billions in revenue for themselves. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sideways-the-city-google-couldn-t-buy-by-josh-o-kane--65206588https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578078 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy Author: Josh O'kane Narrator: Ian Lake Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE WRITERS' TRUST SHAUGHNESSY COHEN PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING From the Globe and Mail tech reporter who revealed countless controversies while following the Sidewalk Labs fiasco in Toronto, an uncompromising investigation into the bigger story and what the Google sister company's failure there reveals about Big Tech, data privacy and the monetization of everything. When former New York deputy mayor Dan Doctoroff landed in Toronto,  promising a revolution in better living through technology, the locals were starstruck. In 2017 a small parcel of land on the city's woefully underdeveloped lakeshore was available for development, and with Google co-founder Larry Page and his trusted chairman Eric Schmidt leaning into Sidewalk Labs' pitch for the long-forsaken property—with Doctoroff as the urban-planning company's CEO—Sidewalk's bid crushed the competition.       But as soon as the bid was won, cracks appeared in the partnership between Doctoroff's team and Waterfront Toronto, the government-sponsored organization behind the contest. There were hundreds more acres of undeveloped former port lands nearby that kept creeping into conversation with Sidewalk, and more questions were emerging than answers about how much the public would actually benefit from the Alphabet-owned company's vision for the high-tech neighbourhood—and the data it could harvest from the people living there. Alarm bells began ringing in the city's corridors of power and activism.     To Torontonians accustomed to big promises with little follow-through, the fiasco that unfolded seemed at first like just another city-building sideshow. But the pained battle to reel in the power of Sidewalk Labs became a crucible moment in the worldwide battle for privacy rights and against the extension of Big Tech’s digital might into the physical world around us.     With extensive contacts on all sides of the debacle, O'Kane tells a story of global consequence fought over a small, forgotten parcel of mud and pavement, taking readers from California to New York to Toronto to Berlin and back again. In the tradition of extraordinary boardroom dramas like Bad Blood and Super Pumped, Sideways vividly recreates the corporate drama and epic personalities in this David-and-Goliath battle that signalled to the world that all may not be lost in the effort to contain the rapidly growing power of Big Tech.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578078Tue, 13 Sep 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578078 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy Author: Josh O'kane Narrator: Ian Lake Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578078 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy Author: Josh O'kane Narrator: Ian Lake Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE WRITERS' TRUST SHAUGHNESSY COHEN PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING From the Globe and Mail tech reporter who revealed countless controversies while following the Sidewalk Labs fiasco in Toronto, an uncompromising investigation into the bigger story and what the Google sister company's failure there reveals about Big Tech, data privacy and the monetization of everything. When former New York deputy mayor Dan Doctoroff landed in Toronto,  promising a revolution in better living through technology, the locals were starstruck. In 2017 a small parcel of land on the city's woefully underdeveloped lakeshore was available for development, and with Google co-founder Larry Page and his trusted chairman Eric Schmidt leaning into Sidewalk Labs' pitch for the long-forsaken property—with Doctoroff as the urban-planning company's CEO—Sidewalk's bid crushed the competition.       But as soon as the bid was won, cracks appeared in the partnership between Doctoroff's team and Waterfront Toronto, the government-sponsored organization behind the contest. There were hundreds more acres of undeveloped former port lands nearby that kept creeping into conversation with Sidewalk, and more questions were emerging than answers about how much the public would actually benefit from the Alphabet-owned company's vision for the high-tech neighbourhood—and the data it could harvest from the people living there. Alarm bells began ringing in the city's corridors of power and activism.     To Torontonians accustomed to big promises with little follow-through, the fiasco that unfolded seemed at first like just another city-building sideshow. But the pained battle to reel in the power of Sidewalk Labs became a crucible moment in the worldwide battle for privacy rights and against the extension of Big Tech’s digital might into the physical world around us.     With extensive contacts on all sides of the debacle, O'Kane tells a story of global consequence fought over a small, forgotten parcel of mud and pavement, taking readers from California to New York to Toronto to Berlin and back again. In the tradition of extraordinary boardroom dramas like Bad Blood and Super Pumped, Sideways vividly recreates the corporate drama and epic personalities in this David-and-Goliath battle that signalled to the world that all may not be lost in the effort to contain the rapidly growing power of Big Tech.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/giuliani-the-rise-and-tragic-fall-of-america-s-mayor-by-andrew-kirtzman--65206580https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Giuliani: The Rise and Tragic Fall of America's Mayor Author: Andrew Kirtzman Narrator: Gibson Frazier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 19 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A New Yorker Best Book of the Year What happened to Rudy Giuliani? Andrew Kirtzman, who has been following Giuliani since the 1990s, answers that question in this “masterful and engrossing” (The Guardian) biography that “cuts through the myth and caricature that has too often defined Giuliani” (Los Angeles Times). Rudy Giuliani was hailed after 9/11 as “America’s Mayor,” a national hero who, at the time, was more widely admired than the pope. He was brilliant, accomplished—and complicated. He conflated politics with morality, made reckless personal choices, and engaged in self-destructive behavior. A series of disastrous decisions and cynical compromises, coupled with his need for power, money, and attention gradually ruined his reputation, cost him political support, and ultimately damaged the country. Kirtzman, who was with Giuliani at the World Trade Center on 9/11, conducted hundreds of interviews to give us an insightful portrait of this polarizing figure from the beginning of his rise to his high-profile role as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. Giuliani was a celebrated prosecutor, a transformative New York City mayor, and a contender for the presidency. But by the end of the Trump presidency, he was reviled and ridiculed after a series of embarrassing errors and misjudgments. He was a significant figure in both of Trump’s impeachments and ended up widely ostracized, facing both legal jeopardy and financial ruin. This is the “lively new biography” (The New Yorker) of how it all began and how it came crashing down.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576604Tue, 13 Sep 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Giuliani: The Rise and Tragic Fall of America's Mayor Author: Andrew Kirtzman Narrator: Gibson Frazier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 19...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Giuliani: The Rise and Tragic Fall of America's Mayor Author: Andrew Kirtzman Narrator: Gibson Frazier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 19 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A New Yorker Best Book of the Year What happened to Rudy Giuliani? Andrew Kirtzman, who has been following Giuliani since the 1990s, answers that question in this “masterful and engrossing” (The Guardian) biography that “cuts through the myth and caricature that has too often defined Giuliani” (Los Angeles Times). Rudy Giuliani was hailed after 9/11 as “America’s Mayor,” a national hero who, at the time, was more widely admired than the pope. He was brilliant, accomplished—and complicated. He conflated politics with morality, made reckless personal choices, and engaged in self-destructive behavior. A series of disastrous decisions and cynical compromises, coupled with his need for power, money, and attention gradually ruined his reputation, cost him political support, and ultimately damaged the country. Kirtzman, who was with Giuliani at the World Trade Center on 9/11, conducted hundreds of interviews to give us an insightful portrait of this polarizing figure from the beginning of his rise to his high-profile role as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. Giuliani was a celebrated prosecutor, a transformative New York City mayor, and a contender for the presidency. But by the end of the Trump presidency, he was reviled and ridiculed after a series of embarrassing errors and misjudgments. He was a significant figure in both of Trump’s impeachments and ended up widely ostracized, facing both legal jeopardy and financial ruin. This is the “lively new biography” (The New Yorker) of how it all began and how it came crashing down.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/holding-the-line-inside-the-nation-s-preeminent-us-attorney-s-office-and-its-battle-with-the-trump-justice-department-by-geoffrey-berman--65206475https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587690 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Holding the Line: Inside the Nation's Preeminent US Attorney's Office and Its Battle with the Trump Justice Department Author: Geoffrey Berman Narrator: Geoffrey Berman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: 'Throughout my tenure as US attorney, Trump's Justice Department kept demanding that I use my office to aid them politically, and I kept declining - in ways just tactful enough to keep me from being fired. I walked this tightrope for two and a half years. Eventually, the rope snapped.' - from Holding the Line 'A cautionary tale about how political forces can undermine the quest for justice.' - Barbara McQuade, The Washington Post The gripping and explosive memoir of serving as US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, in the face of the Justice Department’s attempts to protect Trump’s friends and punish his enemies. Ascending to the leadership role of US Attorney for the Southern District, which includes Manhattan and several counties to the north, is a capstone to any legal career: it entails guiding a team of the best lawyers in America in selecting and winning cases that often have global import. Geoffrey Berman was honored to be tapped for the job by Donald Trump in 2018. The manner in which Trump had dispatched his predecessor Preet Bharara was troubling, but the institution was fabled for its independence. Surely he could manage.   So began one of the most tumultuous two-and-a-half-year stretches in the over two-hundred-thirty year history of the office. Almost immediately, Berman found himself pushing back against the Trump Justice Department’s blatant efforts to bring weak cases against political foes and squash worthy cases that threatened to tarnish allies and Trump himself. When Bill Barr became attorney general, Berman hoped and believed things would get better, but instead they got much worse. The heart of Holding the Line is his never-before-told account of the lengths Barr went to in corrupting the independence of the office, and the lengths Berman had to go in preserving it. Finally, Trump and Barr, fed up with Berman’s principles, summarily fired him, though he refused to go quietly and prevented Barr from installing someone who might be more compliant. Berman’s determined defense of the values of prosecutorial independence, without fear or favor, made him a hero to everyone who shares those values.   Holding the Line also relates the remarkable casework of the Southern District in Berman’s time there, including taking down notorious sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Lawrence Ray, Big Pharma executives, and vicious criminal syndicates, and repatriating Nazi-looted art. Riveting in themselves, these stories showcase the esprit de corps that makes the Southern District so special, and the stakes Berman felt in protecting its integrity against all foes, up to and including the US attorney general and the president of the United States.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587690Tue, 13 Sep 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587690 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Holding the Line: Inside the Nation's Preeminent US Attorney's Office and Its Battle with the Trump Justice Department Author: Geoffrey Berman...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587690 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Holding the Line: Inside the Nation's Preeminent US Attorney's Office and Its Battle with the Trump Justice Department Author: Geoffrey Berman Narrator: Geoffrey Berman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: 'Throughout my tenure as US attorney, Trump's Justice Department kept demanding that I use my office to aid them politically, and I kept declining - in ways just tactful enough to keep me from being fired. I walked this tightrope for two and a half years. Eventually, the rope snapped.' - from Holding the Line 'A cautionary tale about how political forces can undermine the quest for justice.' - Barbara McQuade, The Washington Post The gripping and explosive memoir of serving as US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, in the face of the Justice Department’s attempts to protect Trump’s friends and punish his enemies. Ascending to the leadership role of US Attorney for the Southern District, which includes Manhattan and several counties to the north, is a capstone to any legal career: it entails guiding a team of the best lawyers in America in selecting and winning cases that often have global import. Geoffrey Berman was honored to be tapped for the job by Donald Trump in 2018. The manner in which Trump had dispatched his predecessor Preet Bharara was troubling, but the institution was fabled for its independence. Surely he could manage.   So began one of the most tumultuous two-and-a-half-year stretches in the over two-hundred-thirty year history of the office. Almost immediately, Berman found himself pushing back against the Trump Justice Department’s blatant efforts to bring weak cases against political foes and squash worthy cases that threatened to tarnish allies and Trump himself. When Bill Barr became attorney general, Berman hoped and believed things would get better, but instead they got much worse. The heart of Holding the Line is his never-before-told account of the lengths Barr went to in corrupting the independence of the office, and the lengths Berman had to go in preserving it. Finally, Trump and Barr, fed up with Berman’s principles, summarily fired him, though he refused to go quietly and prevented Barr from installing someone who might be more compliant. Berman’s determined defense of the values of prosecutorial independence, without fear or favor, made him a hero to everyone who shares those values.   Holding the Line also relates the remarkable casework of the Southern District in Berman’s time there, including taking down notorious sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Lawrence Ray, Big Pharma executives, and vicious criminal syndicates, and repatriating Nazi-looted art. Riveting in themselves, these stories showcase the esprit de corps that makes the Southern District so special, and the stakes Berman felt in protecting its integrity against all foes, up to and including the US attorney general and the president of the United States.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/white-fragility-adapted-for-young-adults-why-understanding-racism-can-be-so-hard-for-white-people-adapted-for-young-adults-by-toni-grav--65206470https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584706 to listen full audiobooks. Title: White Fragility (Adapted for Young Adults): Why Understanding Racism Can Be So Hard for White People (Adapted for Young Adults) Author: Toni Graves Williamson, Robin DiAngelo Narrator: Ali Michael, Toni Graves Williamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: “I was taught to treat everyone the same.” “I don’t see color.” “My parents voted for Obama.” When white people have the opportunity to think and talk about race and racism, they more often than not don’t know how. In this adaptation of Dr. Robin DiAngelo’s bestselling book White Fragility, anti-racist educators Toni Graves Williamson and Ali Michael explain the concept of systemic racism to young adults and how to recognize it in themselves and the world around them. Along the way, Williamson and Michael provide tools for taking action to challenge systems of inequity and racism as they move into adulthood. Throughout the book, listeners will find the following: · A dialogue between the adaptors that models anti-racist discussions · Definitions of key terms · Personal stories from this multiracial team · Discussion prompts to encourage listeners to journal their reactions and feelings · Illustrations to help concepts of white fragility and systemic racism come alive · Portraits of scholars and activists, including Carol Anderson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Ijeoma Oluo, whose work is amplified throughout Dr. DiAngelo’s theory of white fragility.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584706Tue, 13 Sep 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584706 to listen full audiobooks. Title: White Fragility (Adapted for Young Adults): Why Understanding Racism Can Be So Hard for White People (Adapted for Young Adults) Author: Toni Graves...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584706 to listen full audiobooks. Title: White Fragility (Adapted for Young Adults): Why Understanding Racism Can Be So Hard for White People (Adapted for Young Adults) Author: Toni Graves Williamson, Robin DiAngelo Narrator: Ali Michael, Toni Graves Williamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: “I was taught to treat everyone the same.” “I don’t see color.” “My parents voted for Obama.” When white people have the opportunity to think and talk about race and racism, they more often than not don’t know how. In this adaptation of Dr. Robin DiAngelo’s bestselling book White Fragility, anti-racist educators Toni Graves Williamson and Ali Michael explain the concept of systemic racism to young adults and how to recognize it in themselves and the world around them. Along the way, Williamson and Michael provide tools for taking action to challenge systems of inequity and racism as they move into adulthood. Throughout the book, listeners will find the following: · A dialogue between the adaptors that models anti-racist discussions · Definitions of key terms · Personal stories from this multiracial team · Discussion prompts to encourage listeners to journal their reactions and feelings · Illustrations to help concepts of white fragility and systemic racism come alive · Portraits of scholars and activists, including Carol Anderson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Ijeoma Oluo, whose work is amplified throughout Dr. DiAngelo’s theory of white fragility.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/roosevelt-sweeps-nation-fdr-s-1936-landslide-and-the-triumph-of-the-liberal-ideal-by-david-pietrusza--65206460https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586941 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR’s 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal Author: David Pietrusza Narrator: Jack De Golia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 37 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Award-winning historian David Pietrusza boldly steers clear of the past narrative regarding Franklin Roosevelt’s unprecedented 1936 reelection landslide, weaving an enormously more intricate, ever more surprising tale of a polarized nation; of America’s most complex, calculating, and politically successful president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, at the very top of his Machiavellian game; and the unlocking of the puzzle of how our society, our politics, and our parties fitfully reinvented themselves. With in-depth examinations of rabble-rousing Democratic US Senator Huey Long and his assassination before he was able to challenge FDR; powerful, but hated newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst, who blasted FDR’s “Raw Deal”; wildly popular, radical radio host Father Coughlin; the steamrolled passage of Social Security and backlash against it; the era’s racism and anti-Semitism; American Socialism and Communism; and a Supreme Court seemingly bent on dismantling the New Deal altogether, Roosevelt Sweeps Nation is a vivid portrait of a dynamic Depression-Era America. Crafting his account from an impressive and unprecedented collection of primary and secondary sources, Pietrusza has produced an engrossing, original, and authoritative account of an election, a president, and a nation at the crossroads. The nation’s stakes were high … and the parallels hauntingly akin to today’s dangerously strife-ridden political and culture wars.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586941Tue, 13 Sep 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586941 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR’s 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal Author: David Pietrusza Narrator: Jack De Golia Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586941 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR’s 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal Author: David Pietrusza Narrator: Jack De Golia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 37 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Award-winning historian David Pietrusza boldly steers clear of the past narrative regarding Franklin Roosevelt’s unprecedented 1936 reelection landslide, weaving an enormously more intricate, ever more surprising tale of a polarized nation; of America’s most complex, calculating, and politically successful president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, at the very top of his Machiavellian game; and the unlocking of the puzzle of how our society, our politics, and our parties fitfully reinvented themselves. With in-depth examinations of rabble-rousing Democratic US Senator Huey Long and his assassination before he was able to challenge FDR; powerful, but hated newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst, who blasted FDR’s “Raw Deal”; wildly popular, radical radio host Father Coughlin; the steamrolled passage of Social Security and backlash against it; the era’s racism and anti-Semitism; American Socialism and Communism; and a Supreme Court seemingly bent on dismantling the New Deal altogether, Roosevelt Sweeps Nation is a vivid portrait of a dynamic Depression-Era America. Crafting his account from an impressive and unprecedented collection of primary and secondary sources, Pietrusza has produced an engrossing, original, and authoritative account of an election, a president, and a nation at the crossroads. The nation’s stakes were high … and the parallels hauntingly akin to today’s dangerously strife-ridden political and culture wars.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-russia-conundrum-how-the-west-fell-for-putin-s-power-gambit-and-how-to-fix-it-by-martin-sixsmith-mikhail-khodorkovsky--65206579https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575685 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Russia Conundrum: How the West Fell For Putin’s Power Gambit – and How to Fix It Author: Martin Sixsmith, Mikhail Khodorkovsky Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 8, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'I'm a fairly calm fellow; I don't usually get het up about things. But I was, let's say, concerned when I tuned into the Moscow Echo radio station and heard that the Kremlin had put a price on my head. The announcement didn't quite say 'dead or alive'. But it came close...' Mikhail Khodorkovsky, March 2021 Mikhail Khodorkovsky has seen behind the mask of Vladimir Putin. Once an oil tycoon and the richest man in Russia, Khodorkovsky spoke out against the corruption of Putin's regime - and was punished by the Kremlin, stripped of his entire wealth and jailed for over ten years. Now freed, working as a pro-democracy campaigner in enforced exile, Khodorkovsky brings us the insider's battle to save his country's soul. Offering an urgent analysis of what has gone wrong with Putin, The Russia Conundrum maps the country's rise and fall against Khodorkovsky's own journey, from Soviet youth to international oil executive, powerful insider to political dissident, and now a high-profile voice seeking to reconcile East and West. With unparalleled insight, written with Sunday Times bestselling author Martin Sixsmith, The Russia Conundrum exposes the desires and damning truths of Putin's Russia, and provides an answer to the West on how it must challenge the Kremlin - in order to pave the way for a better future. © Mikhail Khodorkovsky & Martin Sixsmith 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575685Thu, 08 Sep 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575685 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Russia Conundrum: How the West Fell For Putin’s Power Gambit – and How to Fix It Author: Martin Sixsmith, Mikhail Khodorkovsky Narrator: Jonathan...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575685 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Russia Conundrum: How the West Fell For Putin’s Power Gambit – and How to Fix It Author: Martin Sixsmith, Mikhail Khodorkovsky Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 8, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'I'm a fairly calm fellow; I don't usually get het up about things. But I was, let's say, concerned when I tuned into the Moscow Echo radio station and heard that the Kremlin had put a price on my head. The announcement didn't quite say 'dead or alive'. But it came close...' Mikhail Khodorkovsky, March 2021 Mikhail Khodorkovsky has seen behind the mask of Vladimir Putin. Once an oil tycoon and the richest man in Russia, Khodorkovsky spoke out against the corruption of Putin's regime - and was punished by the Kremlin, stripped of his entire wealth and jailed for over ten years. Now freed, working as a pro-democracy campaigner in enforced exile, Khodorkovsky brings us the insider's battle to save his country's soul. Offering an urgent analysis of what has gone wrong with Putin, The Russia Conundrum maps the country's rise and fall against Khodorkovsky's own journey, from Soviet youth to international oil executive, powerful insider to political dissident, and now a high-profile voice seeking to reconcile East and West. With unparalleled insight, written with Sunday Times bestselling author Martin Sixsmith, The Russia Conundrum exposes the desires and damning truths of Putin's Russia, and provides an answer to the West on how it must challenge the Kremlin - in order to pave the way for a better future. © Mikhail Khodorkovsky & Martin Sixsmith 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/becoming-fdr-the-personal-crisis-that-made-a-president-by-jonathan-darman--65206457https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587684 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming FDR: The Personal Crisis That Made a President Author: Jonathan Darman Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 47 minutes Release date: September 6, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: “An illuminating account of how Franklin D. Roosevelt’s struggles with polio steeled him for the great struggles of the Depression and of World War II.”—Jon Meacham “A valuable book for anyone who wants to know how adversity shapes character. By understanding how FDR became a deeper and more empathetic person, we can nurture those traits in ourselves and learn from the challenges we all face.”—Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Steve Jobs and Leonardo Da Vinci In popular memory, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the quintessential political “natural.” Born in 1882 to a wealthy, influential family and blessed with an abundance of charm and charisma, he seemed destined for high office. Yet for all his gifts, the young Roosevelt nonetheless lacked depth, empathy, and an ability to think strategically. Those qualities, so essential to his success as president, were skills he acquired during his seven-year journey through illness and recovery.  Becoming FDR traces the riveting story of the struggle that forged Roosevelt’s character and political ascent. Soon after contracting polio in 1921 at the age of thirty-nine, the former failed vice-presidential candidate was left paralyzed from the waist down. He spent much of the next decade trying to rehabilitate his body and adapt to the stark new reality of his life. By the time he reemerged on the national stage in 1928 as the Democratic candidate for governor of New York, his character and his abilities had been transformed. He had become compassionate and shrewd by necessity, tailoring his speeches to inspire listeners and to reach them through a new medium—radio. Suffering cemented his bond with those he once famously called “the forgotten man.” Most crucially, he had discovered how to find hope in a seemingly hopeless situation—a skill that he employed to motivate Americans through the Great Depression and World War II. The polio years were transformative, too, for the marriage of Franklin and Eleanor, and for Eleanor herself, who became, at first reluctantly, her husband's surrogate at public events, and who grew to become a political and humanitarian force in her own right.   Tracing the physical, political, and personal evolution of the iconic president, Becoming FDR shows how adversity can lead to greatness, and to the power to remake the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587684Tue, 06 Sep 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587684 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming FDR: The Personal Crisis That Made a President Author: Jonathan Darman Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 47...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587684 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming FDR: The Personal Crisis That Made a President Author: Jonathan Darman Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 47 minutes Release date: September 6, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: “An illuminating account of how Franklin D. Roosevelt’s struggles with polio steeled him for the great struggles of the Depression and of World War II.”—Jon Meacham “A valuable book for anyone who wants to know how adversity shapes character. By understanding how FDR became a deeper and more empathetic person, we can nurture those traits in ourselves and learn from the challenges we all face.”—Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Steve Jobs and Leonardo Da Vinci In popular memory, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the quintessential political “natural.” Born in 1882 to a wealthy, influential family and blessed with an abundance of charm and charisma, he seemed destined for high office. Yet for all his gifts, the young Roosevelt nonetheless lacked depth, empathy, and an ability to think strategically. Those qualities, so essential to his success as president, were skills he acquired during his seven-year journey through illness and recovery.  Becoming FDR traces the riveting story of the struggle that forged Roosevelt’s character and political ascent. Soon after contracting polio in 1921 at the age of thirty-nine, the former failed vice-presidential candidate was left paralyzed from the waist down. He spent much of the next decade trying to rehabilitate his body and adapt to the stark new reality of his life. By the time he reemerged on the national stage in 1928 as the Democratic candidate for governor of New York, his character and his abilities had been transformed. He had become compassionate and shrewd by necessity, tailoring his speeches to inspire listeners and to reach them through a new medium—radio. Suffering cemented his bond with those he once famously called “the forgotten man.” Most crucially, he had discovered how to find hope in a seemingly hopeless situation—a skill that he employed to motivate Americans through the Great Depression and World War II. The polio years were transformative, too, for the marriage of Franklin and Eleanor, and for Eleanor herself, who became, at first reluctantly, her husband's surrogate at public events, and who grew to become a political and humanitarian force in her own right.   Tracing the physical, political, and personal evolution of the iconic president, Becoming FDR shows how adversity can lead to greatness, and to the power to remake the world.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-great-reset-global-elites-and-the-permanent-lockdown-by-marc-morano--65206469https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Reset: Global Elites and the Permanent Lockdown Author: Marc Morano Narrator: Axel Bosley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 19 minutes Release date: August 30, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better. This is the vision of the Great Reset, according to globalist leaders. While proponents of the Great Reset push slogans like “Build Back Better,” “The Fourth Industrial Revolution,” and “A New Normal,” the Reset is nothing short of a rebranded Soviet system, threatening to strip away property rights, restrict freedom of movement and association, and radically reshape our diets and way of life. In The Great Reset: Global Elites and the Permanent Lockdown, bestselling author and ClimateDepot.com publisher, Marc Morano, unveils the origins of the Great Reset, who is behind it, how it is being implemented, and how COVID-19 and the alleged “climate emergency” accelerated its imposition on the United States. Packed with telling statistics and damning quotes, The Great Reset is the essential handbook for the public, the media, and activists on how to critically analyze and expose the tyrannical policies silently strangling our liberties today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584585Tue, 30 Aug 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Reset: Global Elites and the Permanent Lockdown Author: Marc Morano Narrator: Axel Bosley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 19...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Reset: Global Elites and the Permanent Lockdown Author: Marc Morano Narrator: Axel Bosley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 19 minutes Release date: August 30, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better. This is the vision of the Great Reset, according to globalist leaders. While proponents of the Great Reset push slogans like “Build Back Better,” “The Fourth Industrial Revolution,” and “A New Normal,” the Reset is nothing short of a rebranded Soviet system, threatening to strip away property rights, restrict freedom of movement and association, and radically reshape our diets and way of life. In The Great Reset: Global Elites and the Permanent Lockdown, bestselling author and ClimateDepot.com publisher, Marc Morano, unveils the origins of the Great Reset, who is behind it, how it is being implemented, and how COVID-19 and the alleged “climate emergency” accelerated its imposition on the United States. Packed with telling statistics and damning quotes, The Great Reset is the essential handbook for the public, the media, and activists on how to critically analyze and expose the tyrannical policies silently strangling our liberties today.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pollution-is-colonialism-by-max-liboiron--65206617https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pollution is Colonialism Author: Max Liboiron Narrator: Donna Postel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 42 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In Pollution Is Colonialism Max Liboiron presents a framework for understanding scientific research methods as practices that can align with or against colonialism. They point out that even when researchers are working toward benevolent goals, environmental science and activism are often premised on a colonial worldview and access to land. Focusing on plastic pollution, the book models an anticolonial scientific practice aligned with Indigenous, particularly Métis, concepts of land, ethics, and relations. Liboiron draws on their work in the Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR)—an anticolonial science laboratory in Newfoundland, Canada—to illuminate how pollution is not a symptom of capitalism but a violent enactment of colonial land relations that claim access to Indigenous land. Liboiron's creative, lively, and passionate text refuses theories of pollution that make Indigenous land available for settler and colonial goals. In this way, their methodology demonstrates that anticolonial science is not only possible but is currently being practiced in ways that enact more ethical modes of being in the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580155Tue, 23 Aug 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pollution is Colonialism Author: Max Liboiron Narrator: Donna Postel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 42 minutes Release date: August 23,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pollution is Colonialism Author: Max Liboiron Narrator: Donna Postel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 42 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In Pollution Is Colonialism Max Liboiron presents a framework for understanding scientific research methods as practices that can align with or against colonialism. They point out that even when researchers are working toward benevolent goals, environmental science and activism are often premised on a colonial worldview and access to land. Focusing on plastic pollution, the book models an anticolonial scientific practice aligned with Indigenous, particularly Métis, concepts of land, ethics, and relations. Liboiron draws on their work in the Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR)—an anticolonial science laboratory in Newfoundland, Canada—to illuminate how pollution is not a symptom of capitalism but a violent enactment of colonial land relations that claim access to Indigenous land. Liboiron's creative, lively, and passionate text refuses theories of pollution that make Indigenous land available for settler and colonial goals. In this way, their methodology demonstrates that anticolonial science is not only possible but is currently being practiced in ways that enact more ethical modes of being in the world.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-are-still-here-afghan-women-on-courage-freedom-and-the-fight-to-be-heard-by-tba--65206632https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Are Still Here: Afghan Women on Courage, Freedom, and the Fight to Be Heard Author: Tba Narrator: Hosna Jalil, Waslat Hasrat-Nasimi, Hila Limar, Rada Akbar, Fereshteh Forough, Manizha Wafeq, Mina Sharif, Mariam Safi, Nahid Shahalimi, Margaret Atwood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER A collection of first-hand accounts from courageous Afghan women who refuse to be silenced in the face of the Taliban. After decades of significant progress, the prospects of women and girls in Afghanistan are once again dependent on radical Islamists who reject gender equality. When the United States announced the end of their twenty-year occupation and the Taliban seized control of the country on August 15, 2021, a steep regression of social, political, and economic freedoms for women in the country began.   But just because a brutal regime has taken over doesn't mean Afghan women will stand by while their rights are stripped away. In We Are Still Here, artist and activist Nahid Shahalimi compiles the voices of thirteen powerful, insightful, and influential Afghan women who have worked as politicians, journalists, scientists, filmmakers, artists, coders, musicians, and more. As they reflect on their country's past, stories of their own upbringing and the ways they have been able to empower girls and women over the past two decades emerge. They report on the fear and pain caused by the impending loss of their homeland, but, above all, on what many girls and women in Afghanistan have already lost: freedom, self-determination, and joy.   The result is an arresting book that issues an appeal to remember Afghan girls and women and to show solidarity with them. Like us, they have a right to freedom and dignity, and together we must fight for their place in the free world because Afghanistan is only geographically distant. Extremist ideas know no limits.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577612Tue, 16 Aug 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Are Still Here: Afghan Women on Courage, Freedom, and the Fight to Be Heard Author: Tba Narrator: Hosna Jalil, Waslat Hasrat-Nasimi, Hila Limar,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Are Still Here: Afghan Women on Courage, Freedom, and the Fight to Be Heard Author: Tba Narrator: Hosna Jalil, Waslat Hasrat-Nasimi, Hila Limar, Rada Akbar, Fereshteh Forough, Manizha Wafeq, Mina Sharif, Mariam Safi, Nahid Shahalimi, Margaret Atwood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER A collection of first-hand accounts from courageous Afghan women who refuse to be silenced in the face of the Taliban. After decades of significant progress, the prospects of women and girls in Afghanistan are once again dependent on radical Islamists who reject gender equality. When the United States announced the end of their twenty-year occupation and the Taliban seized control of the country on August 15, 2021, a steep regression of social, political, and economic freedoms for women in the country began.   But just because a brutal regime has taken over doesn't mean Afghan women will stand by while their rights are stripped away. In We Are Still Here, artist and activist Nahid Shahalimi compiles the voices of thirteen powerful, insightful, and influential Afghan women who have worked as politicians, journalists, scientists, filmmakers, artists, coders, musicians, and more. As they reflect on their country's past, stories of their own upbringing and the ways they have been able to empower girls and women over the past two decades emerge. They report on the fear and pain caused by the impending loss of their homeland, but, above all, on what many girls and women in Afghanistan have already lost: freedom, self-determination, and joy.   The result is an arresting book that issues an appeal to remember Afghan girls and women and to show solidarity with them. Like us, they have a right to freedom and dignity, and together we must fight for their place in the free world because Afghanistan is only geographically distant. Extremist ideas know no limits.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fifth-act-america-s-end-in-afghanistan-by-elliot-ackerman--65206594https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576556 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan Author: Elliot Ackerman Narrator: Elliot Ackerman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 16 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: “The American betrayal of Afghanistan took twenty years. Elliot Ackerman, a participant and witness, tells the story with unsparing honesty in this intensely personal chronicle.” —George Packer A powerful and revelatory eyewitness account of the American collapse in Afghanistan, its desperate endgame, and the war’s echoing legacy Elliot Ackerman left the American military ten years ago, but his time in Afghanistan and Iraq with the Marines and later as a CIA paramilitary officer marked him indelibly. When the Taliban began to close in on Kabul in August 2021 and the Afghan regime began its death spiral, he found himself pulled back into the conflict. Afghan nationals who had worked closely with the American military and intelligence communities for years now faced brutal reprisal and sought frantically to flee the country with their families. The official US government evacuation effort was a bureaucratic failure that led to a humanitarian catastrophe. With former colleagues and friends protecting the airport in Kabul, Ackerman joined an impromptu effort by a group of journalists and other veterans to arrange flights and negotiate with both Taliban and American forces to secure the safe evacuation of hundreds. These were desperate measures taken during a desperate end to America's longest war. For Ackerman, it also became a chance to reconcile his past with his present.   The Fifth Act is an astonishing human document that brings the weight of twenty years of war to bear on a single week, the week the war ended. Using the dramatic rescue efforts in Kabul as his lattice, Ackerman weaves a personal history of the war's long progression, beginning with the initial invasion in the months after 9/11. It is a play in five acts, the fifth act being the story’s tragic denouement, a prelude to Afghanistan's dark future. Any reader who wants to understand what went wrong with the war’s trajectory will find a trenchant account here. But The Fifth Act also brings readers into close contact with a remarkable group of characters, American and Afghan, who fought the war with courage and dedication, and at great personal cost. Ackerman's story is a first draft of history that feels like a timeless classic.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576556Tue, 09 Aug 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576556 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan Author: Elliot Ackerman Narrator: Elliot Ackerman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 16 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576556 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan Author: Elliot Ackerman Narrator: Elliot Ackerman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 16 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: “The American betrayal of Afghanistan took twenty years. Elliot Ackerman, a participant and witness, tells the story with unsparing honesty in this intensely personal chronicle.” —George Packer A powerful and revelatory eyewitness account of the American collapse in Afghanistan, its desperate endgame, and the war’s echoing legacy Elliot Ackerman left the American military ten years ago, but his time in Afghanistan and Iraq with the Marines and later as a CIA paramilitary officer marked him indelibly. When the Taliban began to close in on Kabul in August 2021 and the Afghan regime began its death spiral, he found himself pulled back into the conflict. Afghan nationals who had worked closely with the American military and intelligence communities for years now faced brutal reprisal and sought frantically to flee the country with their families. The official US government evacuation effort was a bureaucratic failure that led to a humanitarian catastrophe. With former colleagues and friends protecting the airport in Kabul, Ackerman joined an impromptu effort by a group of journalists and other veterans to arrange flights and negotiate with both Taliban and American forces to secure the safe evacuation of hundreds. These were desperate measures taken during a desperate end to America's longest war. For Ackerman, it also became a chance to reconcile his past with his present.   The Fifth Act is an astonishing human document that brings the weight of twenty years of war to bear on a single week, the week the war ended. Using the dramatic rescue efforts in Kabul as his lattice, Ackerman weaves a personal history of the war's long progression, beginning with the initial invasion in the months after 9/11. It is a play in five acts, the fifth act being the story’s tragic denouement, a prelude to Afghanistan's dark future. Any reader who wants to understand what went wrong with the war’s trajectory will find a trenchant account here. But The Fifth Act also brings readers into close contact with a remarkable group of characters, American and Afghan, who fought the war with courage and dedication, and at great personal cost. Ackerman's story is a first draft of history that feels like a timeless classic.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-destructionists-the-twenty-five-year-crack-up-of-the-republican-party-by-dana-milbank--65206576https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576834 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party Author: Dana Milbank Narrator: Dana Milbank Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 58 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A scalding history of twenty-five years of Republican attempts to hold on to political power by any means necessary, by a hugely popular Washington Post political columnist 'A thorough and scathing account of how the Republican Party fell prey to Trumpism.'—The New York Times Book Review In 1994, more than 300 Republicans under the command of obstructionist and rabble-rouser Congressman Newt Gingrich stood outside the U.S. Capitol to sign the Contract with America and put bipartisanship on notice. Twenty-five years later, on January 6, 2021, a bloodthirsty mob incited by President Trump invaded the Capitol.  Dana Milbank sees a clear line from the Contract with America to the coup attempt. In the quarter century in between, Americans have witnessed the crackup of the party of Lincoln and Reagan, to its current iteration as a haven for white supremacists, political violence, conspiracy theories and authoritarianism. Following the questionable careers of party heavyweights Newt Gingrich, Karl Rove, Mitch McConnell, and Rudy Giuliani, and those of many lesser known lowlights, Milbank recounts the shocking lengths the Republican Party has gone to to maintain its grip on the American people.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576834Tue, 09 Aug 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576834 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party Author: Dana Milbank Narrator: Dana Milbank Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576834 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party Author: Dana Milbank Narrator: Dana Milbank Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 58 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A scalding history of twenty-five years of Republican attempts to hold on to political power by any means necessary, by a hugely popular Washington Post political columnist 'A thorough and scathing account of how the Republican Party fell prey to Trumpism.'—The New York Times Book Review In 1994, more than 300 Republicans under the command of obstructionist and rabble-rouser Congressman Newt Gingrich stood outside the U.S. Capitol to sign the Contract with America and put bipartisanship on notice. Twenty-five years later, on January 6, 2021, a bloodthirsty mob incited by President Trump invaded the Capitol.  Dana Milbank sees a clear line from the Contract with America to the coup attempt. In the quarter century in between, Americans have witnessed the crackup of the party of Lincoln and Reagan, to its current iteration as a haven for white supremacists, political violence, conspiracy theories and authoritarianism. Following the questionable careers of party heavyweights Newt Gingrich, Karl Rove, Mitch McConnell, and Rudy Giuliani, and those of many lesser known lowlights, Milbank recounts the shocking lengths the Republican Party has gone to to maintain its grip on the American people.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-politically-incorrect-guide-to-pandemics-by-steven-w-mosher--65206559https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576897 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Pandemics Author: Steven W. Mosher Narrator: John Mclain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Deadly plagues have ripped across the globe for centuries and will continue to do so in the future. From the Black Death to smallpox and the Hong Kong flu, seven of the ten worst plagues in history originated in China. But the Covid-19 pandemic was something entirely new: a genetically engineered pathogen that was deliberately released upon the world for the geopolitical profit of a Communist government. In The Politically Incorrect Guide® to Pandemics, Steven Mosher, a leading authority on China, devastates politically correct narratives about the Covid-19 pandemic and the deadliest plagues in history. With expert insight, he reveals: Mountains of evidence that the Covid-19 pandemic originated in a Wuhan lab and not a wet market What life was like under plagues of the past and how these compare to the Covid-19 pandemic How Communist governments benefit economically and strategically from international plagues Chinese Communist Party source documents revealing viruses bioengineered to wreak global havoc The next pandemic may be the most devastating plague of all time. The Politically Incorrect Guide® to Pandemics sounds the alarm to prepare for a dangerous pandemic future. THIS AUDIOBOOK MAY INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. INFORMATION RELATED TO COVID-19 CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. AUDIOBOOKS.COM ENCOURAGES YOU TO SEEK UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FROM YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576897Tue, 09 Aug 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576897 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Pandemics Author: Steven W. Mosher Narrator: John Mclain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 44 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576897 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Pandemics Author: Steven W. Mosher Narrator: John Mclain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Deadly plagues have ripped across the globe for centuries and will continue to do so in the future. From the Black Death to smallpox and the Hong Kong flu, seven of the ten worst plagues in history originated in China. But the Covid-19 pandemic was something entirely new: a genetically engineered pathogen that was deliberately released upon the world for the geopolitical profit of a Communist government. In The Politically Incorrect Guide® to Pandemics, Steven Mosher, a leading authority on China, devastates politically correct narratives about the Covid-19 pandemic and the deadliest plagues in history. With expert insight, he reveals: Mountains of evidence that the Covid-19 pandemic originated in a Wuhan lab and not a wet market What life was like under plagues of the past and how these compare to the Covid-19 pandemic How Communist governments benefit economically and strategically from international plagues Chinese Communist Party source documents revealing viruses bioengineered to wreak global havoc The next pandemic may be the most devastating plague of all time. The Politically Incorrect Guide® to Pandemics sounds the alarm to prepare for a dangerous pandemic future. THIS AUDIOBOOK MAY INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. INFORMATION RELATED TO COVID-19 CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. AUDIOBOOKS.COM ENCOURAGES YOU TO SEEK UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FROM YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-golden-fortress-california-s-border-war-on-dust-bowl-refugees-by-bill-lascher--65206473https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586934 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Fortress: California's Border War on Dust Bowl Refugees Author: Bill Lascher Narrator: Jay Smack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In February 1936, Los Angeles police officers drove hundreds of miles to California’s state borders with one mission: turn back anyone deemed too poor to enter. Myths of the Golden State’s abundance enticed thousands of Americans uprooted by the Depression, but those who created those myths saw only invading criminal “hordes” that they believed just one man could stop: James “Two-Gun” Davis, Los Angeles’ authoritarian police chief. The Golden Fortress tells the story of Davis’s audacious deployment of hand-picked armed police slamming California’s door on America’s Dust Bowl refugees and Depression-displaced migrants. It depicts the sometimes deadly consequences of law enforcement politicized and weaponized against the poor, even in remote places like Modoc County, where a sheriff’s opposition to the blockade inflamed an already smoldering feud between an itinerant newsman and a publisher obsessed with her California heritage. Davis, blessed by his city’s ruling business class and fueled by his own wild claims of communist conspiracies undermining America, deployed his “Foreign Legion” to California’s state lines, threatening democracy even as the nation’s cities and rural communities juggled the burdens of economic recovery, migrant aid, and public safety.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586934Tue, 09 Aug 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586934 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Fortress: California's Border War on Dust Bowl Refugees Author: Bill Lascher Narrator: Jay Smack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586934 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Fortress: California's Border War on Dust Bowl Refugees Author: Bill Lascher Narrator: Jay Smack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In February 1936, Los Angeles police officers drove hundreds of miles to California’s state borders with one mission: turn back anyone deemed too poor to enter. Myths of the Golden State’s abundance enticed thousands of Americans uprooted by the Depression, but those who created those myths saw only invading criminal “hordes” that they believed just one man could stop: James “Two-Gun” Davis, Los Angeles’ authoritarian police chief. The Golden Fortress tells the story of Davis’s audacious deployment of hand-picked armed police slamming California’s door on America’s Dust Bowl refugees and Depression-displaced migrants. It depicts the sometimes deadly consequences of law enforcement politicized and weaponized against the poor, even in remote places like Modoc County, where a sheriff’s opposition to the blockade inflamed an already smoldering feud between an itinerant newsman and a publisher obsessed with her California heritage. Davis, blessed by his city’s ruling business class and fueled by his own wild claims of communist conspiracies undermining America, deployed his “Foreign Legion” to California’s state lines, threatening democracy even as the nation’s cities and rural communities juggled the burdens of economic recovery, migrant aid, and public safety.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-citizen-a-blueprint-for-reclaiming-american-self-governance-by-tony-woodlief--65206464https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I, Citizen: A Blueprint for Reclaiming American Self-Governance Author: Tony Woodlief Narrator: Chris Abell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 27 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The majority of Americans are far closer in values than the ideological opinion-shapers lead us to believe. This book asks how we can restore the civic unity that our political elites have worked for years to dismantle.This is a story of hope, but also of peril. It began when our nation’s polarized political class started conscripting everyday citizens into its culture war. From their commanding heights in political parties, media, academia, and government, these partisans have attacked one another for years, but increasingly they’ve convinced everyday Americans to join the fray. Why should we feel such animosity toward our fellow citizens, our neighbors, even our own kin? Because we’ve fallen for the false narrative, eagerly promoted by pundits on the Left and the Right, that citizens who happen to vote Democrat or Republican are enthusiastic supporters of Team Blue or Team Red. Aside from a minority of party activists and partisans, however, most voters are simply trying to choose the lesser of two evils. The real threat to our union isn’t Red vs. Blue America, it’s the quiet collusion within our nation’s political class to take away that most American of freedoms: our right to self-governance. Even as partisans work overtime to divide Americans against one another, they’ve erected a system under which we ordinary citizens don’t have a voice in the decisions that affect our lives. From foreign wars to how local libraries are run, authority no longer resides with We the People, but amongst unaccountable officials. The political class has stolen our birthright and set us at one another’s throats. This is the story of how that happened and what we can do about it. America stands at a precipice, but there’s still time to reclaim authority over our lives and communities.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588010Tue, 09 Aug 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I, Citizen: A Blueprint for Reclaiming American Self-Governance Author: Tony Woodlief Narrator: Chris Abell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I, Citizen: A Blueprint for Reclaiming American Self-Governance Author: Tony Woodlief Narrator: Chris Abell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 27 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The majority of Americans are far closer in values than the ideological opinion-shapers lead us to believe. This book asks how we can restore the civic unity that our political elites have worked for years to dismantle.This is a story of hope, but also of peril. It began when our nation’s polarized political class started conscripting everyday citizens into its culture war. From their commanding heights in political parties, media, academia, and government, these partisans have attacked one another for years, but increasingly they’ve convinced everyday Americans to join the fray. Why should we feel such animosity toward our fellow citizens, our neighbors, even our own kin? Because we’ve fallen for the false narrative, eagerly promoted by pundits on the Left and the Right, that citizens who happen to vote Democrat or Republican are enthusiastic supporters of Team Blue or Team Red. Aside from a minority of party activists and partisans, however, most voters are simply trying to choose the lesser of two evils. The real threat to our union isn’t Red vs. Blue America, it’s the quiet collusion within our nation’s political class to take away that most American of freedoms: our right to self-governance. Even as partisans work overtime to divide Americans against one another, they’ve erected a system under which we ordinary citizens don’t have a voice in the decisions that affect our lives. From foreign wars to how local libraries are run, authority no longer resides with We the People, but amongst unaccountable officials. The political class has stolen our birthright and set us at one another’s throats. This is the story of how that happened and what we can do about it. America stands at a precipice, but there’s still time to reclaim authority over our lives and communities.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-death-of-learning-how-american-education-has-failed-our-students-and-what-to-do-about-it-by-john-agresto--65206458https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588009 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Death of Learning: How American Education Has Failed Our Students and What to Do about It Author: John Agresto Narrator: Richard Ferrone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The former president of St. Johns College reveals why 2,500 years of learning in the West is of inestimable value to all of us-and why its trashing is a crime of monumental proportions. The liberal arts are dying. They are dying because most Americans don’t see the point of them. Americans don’t understand why anyone would study literature or history or the classics—or, more contemporarily, feminist criticism, whiteness studies, or the literature of postcolonial states—when they can get an engineering or business degree. Even more concerning is when they read how “Western civilization” has become a termof reproach at so many supposedly thoughtful institutions; or how fanatical political correctness works hard to silence alternative viewpoints; or, more generally, how liberal studies have become scattered, narrow, and small. In this atmosphere, it’s hard to convince parents or their progeny that a liberal education is all that wonderful or that it’s even worthy of respect. Over sixty years ago, we were introduced to the idea of “the two cultures” in higher education— that is, the growing rift in the academy between the humanities and the sciences, a rift wherein neither side understood the other, spoke to the other, or cared for the other. But this divide in the academy, real as it may be, is nothing compared to another great divide—the rift today between our common American culture and the culture of the academy itself. So, how can we rebuild the notion that a liberal education is truly of value, both to our students and to the nation? Our highest hopes may be not to “restore” the liberal arts to what they looked like fifty or a hundred years ago but to ask ourselves what a true contemporary American liberal education at its best might look like. Remedying this situation will involve knowing clearly where we wish to go and then understanding how we might get there. For those objectives, this book is meant to be the beginning.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588009Tue, 09 Aug 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588009 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Death of Learning: How American Education Has Failed Our Students and What to Do about It Author: John Agresto Narrator: Richard Ferrone Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588009 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Death of Learning: How American Education Has Failed Our Students and What to Do about It Author: John Agresto Narrator: Richard Ferrone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The former president of St. Johns College reveals why 2,500 years of learning in the West is of inestimable value to all of us-and why its trashing is a crime of monumental proportions. The liberal arts are dying. They are dying because most Americans don’t see the point of them. Americans don’t understand why anyone would study literature or history or the classics—or, more contemporarily, feminist criticism, whiteness studies, or the literature of postcolonial states—when they can get an engineering or business degree. Even more concerning is when they read how “Western civilization” has become a termof reproach at so many supposedly thoughtful institutions; or how fanatical political correctness works hard to silence alternative viewpoints; or, more generally, how liberal studies have become scattered, narrow, and small. In this atmosphere, it’s hard to convince parents or their progeny that a liberal education is all that wonderful or that it’s even worthy of respect. Over sixty years ago, we were introduced to the idea of “the two cultures” in higher education— that is, the growing rift in the academy between the humanities and the sciences, a rift wherein neither side understood the other, spoke to the other, or cared for the other. But this divide in the academy, real as it may be, is nothing compared to another great divide—the rift today between our common American culture and the culture of the academy itself. So, how can we rebuild the notion that a liberal education is truly of value, both to our students and to the nation? Our highest hopes may be not to “restore” the liberal arts to what they looked like fifty or a hundred years ago but to ask ourselves what a true contemporary American liberal education at its best might look like. Remedying this situation will involve knowing clearly where we wish to go and then understanding how we might get there. For those objectives, this book is meant to be the beginning.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-lose-the-information-war-russia-fake-news-and-the-future-of-conflict-by-nina-jankowicz--65206471https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict Author: Nina Jankowicz Narrator: Amy Deuchler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Since the start of the Trump era, the United States and the Western world has finally begun to wake up to the threat of online warfare and the attacks from Russia. The question no one seems to be able to answer is: What can the West do about it? Central and Eastern European states, however, have been aware of the threat for years. Nina Jankowicz has advised these governments on the front lines of the information war. The lessons she learnt from that fight—and from her attempts to get US congress to act—make for essential listening. How to Lose the Information War takes the listener on a journey through five Western governments’ responses to Russian information warfare tactics—all of which have failed. She journeys into the campaigns the Russian operatives run, and shows how we can better understand the motivations behind these attacks and how to beat them. Above all, this book shows what is at stake: the future of civil discourse and democracy, and the value of truth itself.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584592Tue, 26 Jul 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict Author: Nina Jankowicz Narrator: Amy Deuchler Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict Author: Nina Jankowicz Narrator: Amy Deuchler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Since the start of the Trump era, the United States and the Western world has finally begun to wake up to the threat of online warfare and the attacks from Russia. The question no one seems to be able to answer is: What can the West do about it? Central and Eastern European states, however, have been aware of the threat for years. Nina Jankowicz has advised these governments on the front lines of the information war. The lessons she learnt from that fight—and from her attempts to get US congress to act—make for essential listening. How to Lose the Information War takes the listener on a journey through five Western governments’ responses to Russian information warfare tactics—all of which have failed. She journeys into the campaigns the Russian operatives run, and shows how we can better understand the motivations behind these attacks and how to beat them. Above all, this book shows what is at stake: the future of civil discourse and democracy, and the value of truth itself.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/killer-in-the-kremlin-the-explosive-account-of-putin-s-reign-of-terror-by-john-sweeney--65206487https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583973 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Killer in the Kremlin: The Explosive Account of Putin's Reign of Terror Author: John Sweeney Narrator: John Sweeney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny, charting his rise from spy to tsar, exposing the events that led to his invasion of Ukraine and his assault on Europe. In Killer in the Kremlin, award-winning journalist John Sweeney takes readers from the heart of Putin's Russia to the killing fields of Chechnya, to the embattled cities of an invaded Ukraine. In a disturbing exposé of Putin's sinister ambition, Sweeney draws on thirty years of his own reporting - from the Moscow apartment bombings to the atrocities committed by the Russian Army in Chechnya, to the annexation of Crimea and a confrontation with Putin over the shooting down of flight MH17 - to understand the true extent of Putin's long war. Drawing on eyewitness accounts and compelling testimony from those who have suffered at Putin's hand, we see the heroism of the Russian opposition, the bravery of the Ukrainian resistance, and the brutality with which the Kremlin responds to such acts of defiance, assassinating or locking away its critics, and stopping at nothing to achieve its imperialist aims. In the midst of one of the darkest acts of aggression in modern history - Russia's invasion of Ukraine - this book shines a light on Putin's rule and poses urgent questions about how the world must respond. © John Sweeney 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583973Thu, 21 Jul 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583973 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Killer in the Kremlin: The Explosive Account of Putin's Reign of Terror Author: John Sweeney Narrator: John Sweeney Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583973 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Killer in the Kremlin: The Explosive Account of Putin's Reign of Terror Author: John Sweeney Narrator: John Sweeney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny, charting his rise from spy to tsar, exposing the events that led to his invasion of Ukraine and his assault on Europe. In Killer in the Kremlin, award-winning journalist John Sweeney takes readers from the heart of Putin's Russia to the killing fields of Chechnya, to the embattled cities of an invaded Ukraine. In a disturbing exposé of Putin's sinister ambition, Sweeney draws on thirty years of his own reporting - from the Moscow apartment bombings to the atrocities committed by the Russian Army in Chechnya, to the annexation of Crimea and a confrontation with Putin over the shooting down of flight MH17 - to understand the true extent of Putin's long war. Drawing on eyewitness accounts and compelling testimony from those who have suffered at Putin's hand, we see the heroism of the Russian opposition, the bravery of the Ukrainian resistance, and the brutality with which the Kremlin responds to such acts of defiance, assassinating or locking away its critics, and stopping at nothing to achieve its imperialist aims. In the midst of one of the darkest acts of aggression in modern history - Russia's invasion of Ukraine - this book shines a light on Putin's rule and poses urgent questions about how the world must respond. © John Sweeney 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rediscovering-republicanism-by-john-nantz--65206476https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584233 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rediscovering Republicanism Author: John Nantz Narrator: John Nantz, Becky Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: When well-designed institutions function properly, people thrive. Few institutions have been more ingeniously designed than the U.S. federal government via the Constitution in 1787. This auspicious beginning more than two centuries ago helps explain why the U.S. remains a magnet for opportunity seekers, students, entrepreneurs, dissidents, and persecuted believers. Yet for decades now, America’s federal government has been underperforming. Social Security and Medicare face looming insolvency. The federal government’s “war on poverty” has failed to “end poverty” and arguably made it worse. In 2012, the United States Postal Service lost more money than the nation spent on the State Department, and Amtrak has lost money every year since being created in 1971. How can an enduring institution, so thoughtfully crafted, now produce such poor results? The federal government has grown so much because it serves a new and different vision, American Progressivism. American Progressives believed that democratically elected, public-minded federal politicians and employees could use federal programs to solve the nation’s greatest problems in a way no other American institution could. This idea justified the federal government’s massive expansion: today, the federal government runs over 1,500 programs and employs over 5% of the U.S. workforce. Yet federal results do not match Progressive expectations. Three key problems – “windfall politics”, “the government surcharge”, and “complexity failure” – overlooked by American Progressives explain the federal government’s consistent failures. American Progressive’s rosy-eyed view of human nature and political institutions have not been borne out by the evidence. In an era of substantial political fermentation and debate, rediscovering and re-applying American Republicanism represents the best path forward for the United States. The federal government should retain many necessary responsibilities but turn over those where it has failed.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584233Thu, 21 Jul 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584233 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rediscovering Republicanism Author: John Nantz Narrator: John Nantz, Becky Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584233 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rediscovering Republicanism Author: John Nantz Narrator: John Nantz, Becky Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: When well-designed institutions function properly, people thrive. Few institutions have been more ingeniously designed than the U.S. federal government via the Constitution in 1787. This auspicious beginning more than two centuries ago helps explain why the U.S. remains a magnet for opportunity seekers, students, entrepreneurs, dissidents, and persecuted believers. Yet for decades now, America’s federal government has been underperforming. Social Security and Medicare face looming insolvency. The federal government’s “war on poverty” has failed to “end poverty” and arguably made it worse. In 2012, the United States Postal Service lost more money than the nation spent on the State Department, and Amtrak has lost money every year since being created in 1971. How can an enduring institution, so thoughtfully crafted, now produce such poor results? The federal government has grown so much because it serves a new and different vision, American Progressivism. American Progressives believed that democratically elected, public-minded federal politicians and employees could use federal programs to solve the nation’s greatest problems in a way no other American institution could. This idea justified the federal government’s massive expansion: today, the federal government runs over 1,500 programs and employs over 5% of the U.S. workforce. Yet federal results do not match Progressive expectations. Three key problems – “windfall politics”, “the government surcharge”, and “complexity failure” – overlooked by American Progressives explain the federal government’s consistent failures. American Progressive’s rosy-eyed view of human nature and political institutions have not been borne out by the evidence. In an era of substantial political fermentation and debate, rediscovering and re-applying American Republicanism represents the best path forward for the United States. The federal government should retain many necessary responsibilities but turn over those where it has failed.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-short-history-of-financial-euphoria-by-john-kenneth-galbraith--65206639https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577857 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Short History of Financial Euphoria Author: John Kenneth Galbraith Narrator: Liam Gerrard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The world-renowned economist offers 'dourly irreverent analyses of financial debacle from the tulip craze of the seventeenth century to the recent plague of junk bonds.' —The Atlantic. With incomparable wisdom, skill, and wit, world-renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith traces the history of the major speculative episodes in our economy over the last three centuries. Exposing the ways in which normally sane people display reckless behavior in pursuit of profit, Galbraith asserts that our 'notoriously short' financial memory is what creates the conditions for market collapse. By recognizing these signs and understanding what causes them we can guard against future recessions and have a better hold on our country's (and our own) financial destiny.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577857Tue, 19 Jul 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577857 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Short History of Financial Euphoria Author: John Kenneth Galbraith Narrator: Liam Gerrard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 8 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577857 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Short History of Financial Euphoria Author: John Kenneth Galbraith Narrator: Liam Gerrard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The world-renowned economist offers 'dourly irreverent analyses of financial debacle from the tulip craze of the seventeenth century to the recent plague of junk bonds.' —The Atlantic. With incomparable wisdom, skill, and wit, world-renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith traces the history of the major speculative episodes in our economy over the last three centuries. Exposing the ways in which normally sane people display reckless behavior in pursuit of profit, Galbraith asserts that our 'notoriously short' financial memory is what creates the conditions for market collapse. By recognizing these signs and understanding what causes them we can guard against future recessions and have a better hold on our country's (and our own) financial destiny.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-privacy-matters-by-neil-richards--65206517https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584779 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Privacy Matters Author: Neil Richards Narrator: Shawn Compton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Everywhere we look, companies and governments are spying on us—seeking information about us and everyone we know. Ad networks monitor our web—surfing to send us 'more relevant' ads. Databases of human information are assembled for purposes of 'training' artificial intelligence programs designed to predict everything from traffic patterns to the location of undocumented migrants. We're even tracking ourselves, using personal electronics like Apple watches, Fitbits, and other gadgets. As Mark Zuckerberg once put it, 'the Age of Privacy is over.' But Zuckerberg and others who say 'privacy is dead' are wrong. In Why Privacy Matters, Neil Richards explains that privacy isn't dead, but rather up for grabs. Richards shows how the fight for privacy is a fight for power that will determine what our future will look like, and whether it will remain fair and free. Privacy matters because good privacy rules can promote the essential human values of identity, power, freedom, and trust. If we want to preserve our commitments to these precious yet fragile values, we will need privacy rules. Richards explains why privacy remains so important and offers strategies that can help us protect it from the forces that are working to undermine it. Pithy and forceful, this is a must-listen for anyone interested in a topic that sits at the center of so many current problems.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584779Tue, 19 Jul 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584779 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Privacy Matters Author: Neil Richards Narrator: Shawn Compton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584779 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Privacy Matters Author: Neil Richards Narrator: Shawn Compton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Everywhere we look, companies and governments are spying on us—seeking information about us and everyone we know. Ad networks monitor our web—surfing to send us 'more relevant' ads. Databases of human information are assembled for purposes of 'training' artificial intelligence programs designed to predict everything from traffic patterns to the location of undocumented migrants. We're even tracking ourselves, using personal electronics like Apple watches, Fitbits, and other gadgets. As Mark Zuckerberg once put it, 'the Age of Privacy is over.' But Zuckerberg and others who say 'privacy is dead' are wrong. In Why Privacy Matters, Neil Richards explains that privacy isn't dead, but rather up for grabs. Richards shows how the fight for privacy is a fight for power that will determine what our future will look like, and whether it will remain fair and free. Privacy matters because good privacy rules can promote the essential human values of identity, power, freedom, and trust. If we want to preserve our commitments to these precious yet fragile values, we will need privacy rules. Richards explains why privacy remains so important and offers strategies that can help us protect it from the forces that are working to undermine it. Pithy and forceful, this is a must-listen for anyone interested in a topic that sits at the center of so many current problems.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-the-lion-s-den-israel-and-the-world-by-danny-danon--65206510https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Lion's Den: Israel and the World Author: Danny Danon Narrator: Trevor Thompson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In the Lion's Den is a book about the life events that encouraged Danny Danon to pursue his chosen career path and take his distinct and direct approach during his time as Knesset Member and later on in his political career. It is a book that tells the story of his journey to the United Nations and the key events that occurred during the five years he served as Israel's 17th Permanent Representative to the UN. In the Lion's Den draws on the unique perspective of a man who has spent his entire career in his nation's public service. Danon shares his experiences on the front lines of Israel's global presence—the successes as well as the disappointments. Danon makes a compelling case for an Israel that must be proud of its identity and faith; forge relationships with diverse peoples; make autonomous domestic decisions; and determine its own foreign policy. In this book, Danon lays out a roadmap for Israel’s future on the regional and global stage and outlines the path Israel must follow in order to continue to make a positive contribution to global prosperity and peace and ensure its safety in a fraught region. As the Jewish state enters the next phase of its existence, Danon's inspiring vision will help Israel fulfill the noble vision of its founders.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590116Tue, 19 Jul 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Lion's Den: Israel and the World Author: Danny Danon Narrator: Trevor Thompson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Lion's Den: Israel and the World Author: Danny Danon Narrator: Trevor Thompson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In the Lion's Den is a book about the life events that encouraged Danny Danon to pursue his chosen career path and take his distinct and direct approach during his time as Knesset Member and later on in his political career. It is a book that tells the story of his journey to the United Nations and the key events that occurred during the five years he served as Israel's 17th Permanent Representative to the UN. In the Lion's Den draws on the unique perspective of a man who has spent his entire career in his nation's public service. Danon shares his experiences on the front lines of Israel's global presence—the successes as well as the disappointments. Danon makes a compelling case for an Israel that must be proud of its identity and faith; forge relationships with diverse peoples; make autonomous domestic decisions; and determine its own foreign policy. In this book, Danon lays out a roadmap for Israel’s future on the regional and global stage and outlines the path Israel must follow in order to continue to make a positive contribution to global prosperity and peace and ensure its safety in a fraught region. As the Jewish state enters the next phase of its existence, Danon's inspiring vision will help Israel fulfill the noble vision of its founders.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-be-a-patriotic-christian-love-of-country-as-love-of-neighbor-by-richard-j-mouw--65206491https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583950 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Be a Patriotic Christian: Love of Country as Love of Neighbor Author: Richard J. Mouw Narrator: Jim Seybert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: What does it mean to love our country? Some Christians see loyalty to America as central to our faith and identity. Other Christians are skeptical that our nation warrants such devotion or attachment. But Richard Mouw encourages Christians to have a healthy sense of national peoplehood that promotes civic kinship and responsible citizenship. He navigates between Christian nationalism on one hand and cynicism about country on the other to avoid the perils of both idolatry and disengagement. Mouw grapples with sticky questions such as how to honor national holidays in church and the place of protests in forging a more perfect union. Placing love of country in the context of Christian love of neighbor, he sees patriotism as an expression of our heavenly citizenship and a call to help our country be a place where all people can thrive in peace. Mouw's winsome and wise reflections direct our patriotic affections toward the civic good of others within our churches and in our communities. This guide helps us travel together on a shared national journey toward liberty and justice for all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583950Tue, 19 Jul 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583950 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Be a Patriotic Christian: Love of Country as Love of Neighbor Author: Richard J. Mouw Narrator: Jim Seybert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583950 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Be a Patriotic Christian: Love of Country as Love of Neighbor Author: Richard J. Mouw Narrator: Jim Seybert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: What does it mean to love our country? Some Christians see loyalty to America as central to our faith and identity. Other Christians are skeptical that our nation warrants such devotion or attachment. But Richard Mouw encourages Christians to have a healthy sense of national peoplehood that promotes civic kinship and responsible citizenship. He navigates between Christian nationalism on one hand and cynicism about country on the other to avoid the perils of both idolatry and disengagement. Mouw grapples with sticky questions such as how to honor national holidays in church and the place of protests in forging a more perfect union. Placing love of country in the context of Christian love of neighbor, he sees patriotism as an expression of our heavenly citizenship and a call to help our country be a place where all people can thrive in peace. Mouw's winsome and wise reflections direct our patriotic affections toward the civic good of others within our churches and in our communities. This guide helps us travel together on a shared national journey toward liberty and justice for all.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-la-politica-de-las-emociones-by-toni-aire--65206450https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588846 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La política de las emociones Author: Toni Aire Narrator: Emilio Bianchi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 24 minutes Release date: July 14, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: ¿Qué emoción te despertaban los tuits de Donald Trump durante su presidencia? ¿Cómo te sentiste cuando se estaban celebrando todos los debates del Brexit? Puede que conozcas a mucha gente que rechaza el discurso de Abascal, ¿pero qué hay de cierto en ello? ¿Cuál es la verdad sobre los sentimientos que generan todo tipo de discursos? En una sociedad en la que gustar va por encima de disfrutar y en la que las apariencias se sobreponen a la realidad, las emociones son fundamentales en la política. Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. - Toni Aira es doctor en Comunicación Social y Política por la Universitat Ramon Llull, profesor de Comunicación Política en la Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) y director de Comunicación Institucional de la UPF-Barcelona School of Management. Es colaborador de diversos medios como RTVE y TV3 y ha participado en programas televisivos como Al rojo vivo o El debate de la 1. Ha escrito varios libros donde aborda temas relacionados con la comunicación política.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588846Thu, 14 Jul 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588846 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La política de las emociones Author: Toni Aire Narrator: Emilio Bianchi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 24 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588846 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La política de las emociones Author: Toni Aire Narrator: Emilio Bianchi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 24 minutes Release date: July 14, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: ¿Qué emoción te despertaban los tuits de Donald Trump durante su presidencia? ¿Cómo te sentiste cuando se estaban celebrando todos los debates del Brexit? Puede que conozcas a mucha gente que rechaza el discurso de Abascal, ¿pero qué hay de cierto en ello? ¿Cuál es la verdad sobre los sentimientos que generan todo tipo de discursos? En una sociedad en la que gustar va por encima de disfrutar y en la que las apariencias se sobreponen a la realidad, las emociones son fundamentales en la política. Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. - Toni Aira es doctor en Comunicación Social y Política por la Universitat Ramon Llull, profesor de Comunicación Política en la Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) y director de Comunicación Institucional de la UPF-Barcelona School of Management. Es colaborador de diversos medios como RTVE y TV3 y ha participado en programas televisivos como Al rojo vivo o El debate de la 1. Ha escrito varios libros donde aborda temas relacionados con la comunicación política.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thank-you-for-your-servitude-donald-trump-s-washington-and-the-price-of-submission-by-mark-leibovich--65206621https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576526 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thank You for Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission Author: Mark Leibovich Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 9 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times Bestseller “He’s one of the best chroniclers of politics today.” –Jake Tapper “This is a really funny book.” –Kara Swisher “His writing is so damn good.” –John Berman “Really fascinating...There are so many revelations.” –Anderson Cooper “The new must read summer book.” –Stephanie Ruhle From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller This Town, the eyewitness account of how the GOP collaborated with Donald Trump to transform Washington’s “swamp” into a gold-plated hot tub—and a onetime party of rugged individualists into a sycophantic personality cult.   In the early months of Trump’s candidacy, the Republican Party’s most important figures, people such as Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Lindsey Graham, were united—and loud—in their scorn and contempt. Even more, in their outrage: Trump was a menace and an affront to our democracy. Then, awkwardly, Trump won. Thank You for Your Servitude is Mark Leibovich’s unflinching account of the moral rout of a major American political party, tracking the transformation of Rubio, Cruz, Graham, and their ilk into the administration’s chief enablers, and the swamp’s lesser lights into frantic chasers of the grift. What would these politicos do to preserve their place in the sun, or at least the orbit of the spray tan? What would they do to preserve their “relevance”? Almost anything, it turns out. Trump’s savage bullying of everyone in his circle, along with his singular command of his political base, created a dangerous culture of submission in the Republican Party. Meanwhile, many of the most alpha of the lapdogs happily conceded to Mark Leibovich that they were “in on the joke.” As Lindsey Graham told the author, his supporters in South Carolina generally don’t read The New York Times, and they won’t read this book, either. All that cynicism, shading into nihilism, led to a country truly unhinged from reality, and to the events of January 6, 2021. It’s a vista that makes the Washington of This Town seem like a comedy of manners in comparison.    Thank You for Your Servitude isn’t another view from the Oval Office: it’s the view from the Trump Hotel. We can check out any time we want, but only time will tell if we can ever leave.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576526Tue, 12 Jul 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576526 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thank You for Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission Author: Mark Leibovich Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576526 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thank You for Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission Author: Mark Leibovich Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 9 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times Bestseller “He’s one of the best chroniclers of politics today.” –Jake Tapper “This is a really funny book.” –Kara Swisher “His writing is so damn good.” –John Berman “Really fascinating...There are so many revelations.” –Anderson Cooper “The new must read summer book.” –Stephanie Ruhle From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller This Town, the eyewitness account of how the GOP collaborated with Donald Trump to transform Washington’s “swamp” into a gold-plated hot tub—and a onetime party of rugged individualists into a sycophantic personality cult.   In the early months of Trump’s candidacy, the Republican Party’s most important figures, people such as Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Lindsey Graham, were united—and loud—in their scorn and contempt. Even more, in their outrage: Trump was a menace and an affront to our democracy. Then, awkwardly, Trump won. Thank You for Your Servitude is Mark Leibovich’s unflinching account of the moral rout of a major American political party, tracking the transformation of Rubio, Cruz, Graham, and their ilk into the administration’s chief enablers, and the swamp’s lesser lights into frantic chasers of the grift. What would these politicos do to preserve their place in the sun, or at least the orbit of the spray tan? What would they do to preserve their “relevance”? Almost anything, it turns out. Trump’s savage bullying of everyone in his circle, along with his singular command of his political base, created a dangerous culture of submission in the Republican Party. Meanwhile, many of the most alpha of the lapdogs happily conceded to Mark Leibovich that they were “in on the joke.” As Lindsey Graham told the author, his supporters in South Carolina generally don’t read The New York Times, and they won’t read this book, either. All that cynicism, shading into nihilism, led to a country truly unhinged from reality, and to the events of January 6, 2021. It’s a vista that makes the Washington of This Town seem like a comedy of manners in comparison.    Thank You for Your Servitude isn’t another view from the Oval Office: it’s the view from the Trump Hotel. We can check out any time we want, but only time will tell if we can ever leave.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-double-life-of-katharine-clark-the-untold-story-of-the-fearless-journalist-who-risked-her-life-for-truth-and-justice-by-katharine-grego--65206586https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586607 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Double Life of Katharine Clark: The Untold Story of the Fearless Journalist Who Risked Her Life for Truth and Justice Author: Katharine Gregorio Narrator: Holly Adams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In 1955, Katharine Clark, the first American woman wire reporter behind the Iron Curtain, saw something none of her male colleagues did. What followed became one of the most unusual adventure stories of the Cold War. While on assignment in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Clark befriended a man who, by many definitions, was her enemy. But she saw something in Milovan Djilas, a high-ranking Communist leader who dared to question the ideology he helped establish, that made her want to work with him. It became the assignment of her life. Against the backdrop of protests in Poland and a revolution in Hungary, she risked her life to ensure Djilas's work made it past the watchful eye of the Yugoslavian secret police to the West. She single-handedly was responsible for smuggling his scathing anti-Communism manifesto, The New Class, out of Yugoslavia and into the hands of American publishers. Meticulously researched and written by Clark's great-niece, Katharine Gregorio, The Double Life of Katharine Clark illuminates a largely untold chapter of the twentieth century. It shows how a strong-willed, fiercely independent woman with an ardent commitment to truth, justice, and freedom put her life on the line to share ideas with the world, ultimately transforming both herself—and history—in the process.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586607Tue, 12 Jul 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586607 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Double Life of Katharine Clark: The Untold Story of the Fearless Journalist Who Risked Her Life for Truth and Justice Author: Katharine Gregorio...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586607 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Double Life of Katharine Clark: The Untold Story of the Fearless Journalist Who Risked Her Life for Truth and Justice Author: Katharine Gregorio Narrator: Holly Adams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In 1955, Katharine Clark, the first American woman wire reporter behind the Iron Curtain, saw something none of her male colleagues did. What followed became one of the most unusual adventure stories of the Cold War. While on assignment in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Clark befriended a man who, by many definitions, was her enemy. But she saw something in Milovan Djilas, a high-ranking Communist leader who dared to question the ideology he helped establish, that made her want to work with him. It became the assignment of her life. Against the backdrop of protests in Poland and a revolution in Hungary, she risked her life to ensure Djilas's work made it past the watchful eye of the Yugoslavian secret police to the West. She single-handedly was responsible for smuggling his scathing anti-Communism manifesto, The New Class, out of Yugoslavia and into the hands of American publishers. Meticulously researched and written by Clark's great-niece, Katharine Gregorio, The Double Life of Katharine Clark illuminates a largely untold chapter of the twentieth century. It shows how a strong-willed, fiercely independent woman with an ardent commitment to truth, justice, and freedom put her life on the line to share ideas with the world, ultimately transforming both herself—and history—in the process.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ending-mass-incarceration-why-it-persists-and-how-to-achieve-meaningful-reform-by-katherine-beckett--65206546https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584815 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ending Mass Incarceration: Why it Persists and How to Achieve Meaningful Reform Author: Katherine Beckett Narrator: Wendy Tremont King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In this book, Katherine Beckett explains how and why mass incarceration persists despite growing recognition of its many failures, plummeting crime rates, and widespread efforts by state legislators and others to reduce prison populations. Beckett identifies three primary forces sustaining incarceration rates in this country: political dynamics around violence, resistance to criminal legal system reform in suburban and rural counties, and the failure of popular drug policy reforms to reduce the reach of the criminal legal system. Beckett then turns to the question of how we can meaningfully decrease the size of the criminal justice system when so many reforms have failed. Drawing on extensive research, she argues for political and policy shifts that would significantly reduce the scale of punishment while also addressing the underlying social problems to which those extreme penalties are a misguided response. We need to reimagine our view of public safety and understand that locking up millions of our citizens does not make us safer. Rather than focusing on one key change as a cure for our criminal justice system, Ending Mass Incarceration provides a cogent analysis of the dynamics working to sustain mass incarceration, the reforms that have been attempted to date, and the reforms we need to bring about truly transformative change.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584815Tue, 12 Jul 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584815 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ending Mass Incarceration: Why it Persists and How to Achieve Meaningful Reform Author: Katherine Beckett Narrator: Wendy Tremont King Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584815 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ending Mass Incarceration: Why it Persists and How to Achieve Meaningful Reform Author: Katherine Beckett Narrator: Wendy Tremont King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In this book, Katherine Beckett explains how and why mass incarceration persists despite growing recognition of its many failures, plummeting crime rates, and widespread efforts by state legislators and others to reduce prison populations. Beckett identifies three primary forces sustaining incarceration rates in this country: political dynamics around violence, resistance to criminal legal system reform in suburban and rural counties, and the failure of popular drug policy reforms to reduce the reach of the criminal legal system. Beckett then turns to the question of how we can meaningfully decrease the size of the criminal justice system when so many reforms have failed. Drawing on extensive research, she argues for political and policy shifts that would significantly reduce the scale of punishment while also addressing the underlying social problems to which those extreme penalties are a misguided response. We need to reimagine our view of public safety and understand that locking up millions of our citizens does not make us safer. Rather than focusing on one key change as a cure for our criminal justice system, Ending Mass Incarceration provides a cogent analysis of the dynamics working to sustain mass incarceration, the reforms that have been attempted to date, and the reforms we need to bring about truly transformative change.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/progressive-conservatism-how-republicans-will-become-america-s-natural-governing-party-by-f-h-buckley--65206484https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583963 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Progressive Conservatism: How Republicans Will Become America's Natural Governing Party Author: F. H. Buckley Narrator: Chris Abell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The Republican Party must return to its roots as a progressive conservative party that defends the American Dream, the idea that whoever you are you can get ahead and know that your children will have it better than you did. It must show how the Democrats have become the party of inequality and immobility and that they created what structural racism exists through their unjust education, immigration, and job-killing policies. Republicans must seek to drain the swamp by limiting the clout of lobbyists and interest groups. They must also be nationalists, and as American nationalism is defined by the liberal nationalism of our founders, the party must reject the illiberalism of extremists on the Left and Right. As progressives, Republicans must also recognize nationalism’s leftward gravitational force and the way in which it demands that the party serve the common good through policies that protect the less fortunate among our countrymen. Republicans must also be the conservative party that defends our families, the nobility of American ideals, and the founders’ republican virtues. By championing these policies, the Republicans will retain the new voters Trump brought to the GOP as well as those who left the party because of him. And as progressive conservatives, the GOP will become America’s natural governing party.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583963Tue, 12 Jul 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583963 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Progressive Conservatism: How Republicans Will Become America's Natural Governing Party Author: F. H. Buckley Narrator: Chris Abell Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583963 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Progressive Conservatism: How Republicans Will Become America's Natural Governing Party Author: F. H. Buckley Narrator: Chris Abell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The Republican Party must return to its roots as a progressive conservative party that defends the American Dream, the idea that whoever you are you can get ahead and know that your children will have it better than you did. It must show how the Democrats have become the party of inequality and immobility and that they created what structural racism exists through their unjust education, immigration, and job-killing policies. Republicans must seek to drain the swamp by limiting the clout of lobbyists and interest groups. They must also be nationalists, and as American nationalism is defined by the liberal nationalism of our founders, the party must reject the illiberalism of extremists on the Left and Right. As progressives, Republicans must also recognize nationalism’s leftward gravitational force and the way in which it demands that the party serve the common good through policies that protect the less fortunate among our countrymen. Republicans must also be the conservative party that defends our families, the nobility of American ideals, and the founders’ republican virtues. By championing these policies, the Republicans will retain the new voters Trump brought to the GOP as well as those who left the party because of him. And as progressive conservatives, the GOP will become America’s natural governing party.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-flag-and-the-cross-white-christian-nationalism-and-the-threat-to-american-democracy-by-philip-s-gorski-samuel-l-perry--65206542https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586652 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy Author: Philip S. Gorski, Samuel L. Perry Narrator: Keith Sellon-Wright Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Most Americans were shocked by the violence they witnessed at the nation's Capital on January 6th, 2021. And many were bewildered by the images displayed by the insurrectionists: a wooden cross and wooden gallows; 'Jesus saves' and 'Don't Tread on Me;' Christian flags and Confederate Flags; even a prayer in Jesus's name after storming the Senate chamber. Where some saw a confusing jumble, Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry saw a familiar ideology: white Christian nationalism. Gorski and Perry explain what white Christian nationalism is; when it first emerged and how it has changed; where it's headed and why it threatens democracy. Tracing the development of this ideology over the course of three centuries—and especially its influence over the last three decades—they show how, throughout American history, white Christian nationalism has animated the oppression, exclusion, and even extermination of minority groups while securing privilege for white Protestants. It enables white Christian Americans to demand 'sacrifice' from others in the name of religion and nation, while defending their 'rights' in the names of 'liberty' and 'property.' The future of American democracy will depend on whether a broad spectrum of Americans can unite in a popular front to combat the threat to liberal democracy posed by white Christian nationalism.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586652Fri, 01 Jul 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586652 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy Author: Philip S. Gorski, Samuel L. Perry Narrator: Keith...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586652 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy Author: Philip S. Gorski, Samuel L. Perry Narrator: Keith Sellon-Wright Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Most Americans were shocked by the violence they witnessed at the nation's Capital on January 6th, 2021. And many were bewildered by the images displayed by the insurrectionists: a wooden cross and wooden gallows; 'Jesus saves' and 'Don't Tread on Me;' Christian flags and Confederate Flags; even a prayer in Jesus's name after storming the Senate chamber. Where some saw a confusing jumble, Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry saw a familiar ideology: white Christian nationalism. Gorski and Perry explain what white Christian nationalism is; when it first emerged and how it has changed; where it's headed and why it threatens democracy. Tracing the development of this ideology over the course of three centuries—and especially its influence over the last three decades—they show how, throughout American history, white Christian nationalism has animated the oppression, exclusion, and even extermination of minority groups while securing privilege for white Protestants. It enables white Christian Americans to demand 'sacrifice' from others in the name of religion and nation, while defending their 'rights' in the names of 'liberty' and 'property.' The future of American democracy will depend on whether a broad spectrum of Americans can unite in a popular front to combat the threat to liberal democracy posed by white Christian nationalism.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-flow-of-illicit-funds-a-case-study-approach-to-anti-money-laundering-compliance-by-ola-m-tucker--65206534https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586646 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Flow of Illicit Funds: A Case Study Approach to Anti–Money Laundering Compliance Author: Ola M. Tucker Narrator: Janet Metzger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 1 minute Release date: July 1, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Money laundering is a serious crime that presents a heightened, yet underrated, global threat. Although often thought of as a victimless crime, money laundering significantly impacts the global financial system, which leads to further crime, corruption, human exploitation, and environmental degradation and causes tremendous human suffering, especially in the most impoverished populations. Recent advances in technology, communications, and globalization mean there are more illicit funds in circulation today than ever before. In order to catch these criminals, compliance professionals must learn to navigate an increasingly complex web of criminal activity. In The Flow of Illicit Funds, Ola M. Tucker goes beyond the implementation of anti–money laundering compliance programs offered by most guides and provides professionals with a holistic understanding of the modern money laundering system. Using recent case studies, Tucker explains some of the most common money laundering techniques used by criminals today, describes the key role of the financial system in the disguise and transfer of illicit funds, and offers valuable insight into how financial institutions can protect themselves from being used as conduits for the movement of dirty money. The book concludes by offering suggestions to help compliance professionals better detect and deter money laundering.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586646Fri, 01 Jul 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586646 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Flow of Illicit Funds: A Case Study Approach to Anti–Money Laundering Compliance Author: Ola M. Tucker Narrator: Janet Metzger Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586646 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Flow of Illicit Funds: A Case Study Approach to Anti–Money Laundering Compliance Author: Ola M. Tucker Narrator: Janet Metzger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 1 minute Release date: July 1, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Money laundering is a serious crime that presents a heightened, yet underrated, global threat. Although often thought of as a victimless crime, money laundering significantly impacts the global financial system, which leads to further crime, corruption, human exploitation, and environmental degradation and causes tremendous human suffering, especially in the most impoverished populations. Recent advances in technology, communications, and globalization mean there are more illicit funds in circulation today than ever before. In order to catch these criminals, compliance professionals must learn to navigate an increasingly complex web of criminal activity. In The Flow of Illicit Funds, Ola M. Tucker goes beyond the implementation of anti–money laundering compliance programs offered by most guides and provides professionals with a holistic understanding of the modern money laundering system. Using recent case studies, Tucker explains some of the most common money laundering techniques used by criminals today, describes the key role of the financial system in the disguise and transfer of illicit funds, and offers valuable insight into how financial institutions can protect themselves from being used as conduits for the movement of dirty money. The book concludes by offering suggestions to help compliance professionals better detect and deter money laundering.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-odessa-with-love-political-and-literary-essays-from-post-soviet-ukraine-by-vladislav-davidzon--65206511https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586653 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Odessa With Love: Political And Literary Essays from Post-Soviet Ukraine Author: Vladislav Davidzon Narrator: Rich Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 26 minutes Release date: June 30, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The Tashkent-born Russian-American literary critic, editor, essayist, and journalist Vladislav Davidzon has been covering post-Soviet Ukraine for the past ten years, a tumultuous time for that country and the surrounding world. The 2014 'Revolution of Dignity' heralded a tremendous transformation of Ukrainian politics and society that has continued to ripple and reverberate throughout the world. In late 2015, a year and a half after the 2014 Revolution swept away the presidency of the Moscow-leaning kleptocratic President Viktor Yanukovich, Davidzon and his wife founded a literary journal, The Odessa Review, focusing on newly emergent trends in film, literature, painting, design, and fashion. The journal became an East European cultural institution, publishing outstanding writers in the region and beyond. From his vantage point as a journalist and editor, Davidzon came to observe events and know many of the leading figures in Ukrainian politics and culture, and to write about them for a Western audience. Davidzon later found himself in the center of world events as he became a United States government witness in the Ukraine scandal that shook the presidency of Donald Trump. This eagerly anticipated debut tells the real story of what happened in Ukraine from the keen and resilient perspective of an observer at its center.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586653Thu, 30 Jun 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586653 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Odessa With Love: Political And Literary Essays from Post-Soviet Ukraine Author: Vladislav Davidzon Narrator: Rich Miller Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586653 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Odessa With Love: Political And Literary Essays from Post-Soviet Ukraine Author: Vladislav Davidzon Narrator: Rich Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 26 minutes Release date: June 30, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The Tashkent-born Russian-American literary critic, editor, essayist, and journalist Vladislav Davidzon has been covering post-Soviet Ukraine for the past ten years, a tumultuous time for that country and the surrounding world. The 2014 'Revolution of Dignity' heralded a tremendous transformation of Ukrainian politics and society that has continued to ripple and reverberate throughout the world. In late 2015, a year and a half after the 2014 Revolution swept away the presidency of the Moscow-leaning kleptocratic President Viktor Yanukovich, Davidzon and his wife founded a literary journal, The Odessa Review, focusing on newly emergent trends in film, literature, painting, design, and fashion. The journal became an East European cultural institution, publishing outstanding writers in the region and beyond. From his vantage point as a journalist and editor, Davidzon came to observe events and know many of the leading figures in Ukrainian politics and culture, and to write about them for a Western audience. Davidzon later found himself in the center of world events as he became a United States government witness in the Ukraine scandal that shook the presidency of Donald Trump. This eagerly anticipated debut tells the real story of what happened in Ukraine from the keen and resilient perspective of an observer at its center.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/until-we-have-won-our-liberty-south-africa-after-apartheid-by-evan-lieberman--65206612https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577943 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Until We Have Won Our Liberty: South Africa after Apartheid Author: Evan Lieberman Narrator: Daniel Henning Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: At a time when many democracies are under strain around the world, Until We Have Won Our Liberty shines new light on the signal achievements of one of the contemporary era's most closely watched transitions away from minority rule. South Africa's democratic development has been messy, fiercely contested, and sometimes violent. But as Evan Lieberman argues, it has also offered a voice to the voiceless, unprecedented levels of government accountability, and tangible improvements in quality of life. Lieberman opens with a first-hand account of the hard-fought 2019 national election, and how it played out in Mogale City. From this launching point, he examines the complexities of South Africa's multiracial society and the unprecedented democratic experiment that began with the election of Nelson Mandela in 1994. While acknowledging the enormous challenges many South Africans continue to face—including unemployment, inequality, and discrimination—Lieberman draws on the country's history and the experience of comparable countries to demonstrate that elected Black-led governments have, without resorting to political extremism, improved the lives of millions. Countering much of the conventional wisdom about contemporary South Africa, Until We Have Won Our Liberty offers hope for the enduring impact of democratic ideals.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577943Tue, 28 Jun 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577943 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Until We Have Won Our Liberty: South Africa after Apartheid Author: Evan Lieberman Narrator: Daniel Henning Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577943 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Until We Have Won Our Liberty: South Africa after Apartheid Author: Evan Lieberman Narrator: Daniel Henning Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: At a time when many democracies are under strain around the world, Until We Have Won Our Liberty shines new light on the signal achievements of one of the contemporary era's most closely watched transitions away from minority rule. South Africa's democratic development has been messy, fiercely contested, and sometimes violent. But as Evan Lieberman argues, it has also offered a voice to the voiceless, unprecedented levels of government accountability, and tangible improvements in quality of life. Lieberman opens with a first-hand account of the hard-fought 2019 national election, and how it played out in Mogale City. From this launching point, he examines the complexities of South Africa's multiracial society and the unprecedented democratic experiment that began with the election of Nelson Mandela in 1994. While acknowledging the enormous challenges many South Africans continue to face—including unemployment, inequality, and discrimination—Lieberman draws on the country's history and the experience of comparable countries to demonstrate that elected Black-led governments have, without resorting to political extremism, improved the lives of millions. Countering much of the conventional wisdom about contemporary South Africa, Until We Have Won Our Liberty offers hope for the enduring impact of democratic ideals.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/russia-resurrected-its-power-and-purpose-in-a-new-global-order-by-kathryn-e-stoner--65206590https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580263 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Russia Resurrected: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order Author: Kathryn E. Stoner Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 1 minute Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Too often, we are told that Russia plays a weak hand well. But, perhaps the nation's cards are better than we know. Russia ranks behind the US and China by traditional measures of power: GDP, population size and health, and military might. Yet twenty-five years removed from its mid-1990s nadir following the collapse of the USSR, Russia has become a supremely disruptive force in world politics. Kathryn E. Stoner assesses the resurrection of Russia and argues that we should look beyond traditional means of power to assess its strength in global affairs. From Russia's seizure of the Crimea from Ukraine to its military support for the Assad regime in Syria, the country has reasserted itself as a major global power. Stoner examines these developments and more in tackling the big questions about Russia's turnaround and global future. Stoner marshals data on Russia's political, economic, and social development and uncovers key insights from its domestic politics. Vladimir Putin's autocratic regime faces virtually no organized domestic opposition. Yet, Russia under Putin also uses its varied power capacities to extend its influence abroad. Russia Resurrected is an eye-opening reassessment of the country, identifying the actual sources of its power in international politics and why it has been able to redefine the post-Cold War global order.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580263Tue, 28 Jun 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580263 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Russia Resurrected: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order Author: Kathryn E. Stoner Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580263 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Russia Resurrected: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order Author: Kathryn E. Stoner Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 1 minute Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Too often, we are told that Russia plays a weak hand well. But, perhaps the nation's cards are better than we know. Russia ranks behind the US and China by traditional measures of power: GDP, population size and health, and military might. Yet twenty-five years removed from its mid-1990s nadir following the collapse of the USSR, Russia has become a supremely disruptive force in world politics. Kathryn E. Stoner assesses the resurrection of Russia and argues that we should look beyond traditional means of power to assess its strength in global affairs. From Russia's seizure of the Crimea from Ukraine to its military support for the Assad regime in Syria, the country has reasserted itself as a major global power. Stoner examines these developments and more in tackling the big questions about Russia's turnaround and global future. Stoner marshals data on Russia's political, economic, and social development and uncovers key insights from its domestic politics. Vladimir Putin's autocratic regime faces virtually no organized domestic opposition. Yet, Russia under Putin also uses its varied power capacities to extend its influence abroad. Russia Resurrected is an eye-opening reassessment of the country, identifying the actual sources of its power in international politics and why it has been able to redefine the post-Cold War global order.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-shah-america-iran-and-the-fall-of-the-pahlavi-dynasty-by-ray-takeyh--65206539https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Shah: America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty Author: Ray Takeyh Narrator: Eric Jason Martin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 23 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The surprising story of Iran's transformation from America's ally in the Middle East into one of its staunchest adversaries Offering a new view of one of America's most important, infamously strained, and widely misunderstood relationships of the postwar era, this book tells the history of America and Iran from the time the last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was placed on the throne in 1941 to the 1979 revolution that brought the present Islamist government to power. This revolution was not, as many believe, the popular overthrow of a powerful and ruthless puppet of the United States; rather, it followed decades of corrosion of Iran's political establishment by an autocratic ruler who demanded fealty but lacked the personal strength to make hard decisions and, ultimately, lost the support of every sector of Iranian society. Esteemed Middle East scholar Ray Takeyh provides new interpretations of many key events—including the 1953 coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq and the rise of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini—significantly revising our understanding of America and Iran's complex and difficult history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584801Tue, 28 Jun 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Shah: America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty Author: Ray Takeyh Narrator: Eric Jason Martin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Shah: America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty Author: Ray Takeyh Narrator: Eric Jason Martin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 23 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The surprising story of Iran's transformation from America's ally in the Middle East into one of its staunchest adversaries Offering a new view of one of America's most important, infamously strained, and widely misunderstood relationships of the postwar era, this book tells the history of America and Iran from the time the last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was placed on the throne in 1941 to the 1979 revolution that brought the present Islamist government to power. This revolution was not, as many believe, the popular overthrow of a powerful and ruthless puppet of the United States; rather, it followed decades of corrosion of Iran's political establishment by an autocratic ruler who demanded fealty but lacked the personal strength to make hard decisions and, ultimately, lost the support of every sector of Iranian society. Esteemed Middle East scholar Ray Takeyh provides new interpretations of many key events—including the 1953 coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq and the rise of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini—significantly revising our understanding of America and Iran's complex and difficult history.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stolen-dreams-the-1955-cannon-street-all-stars-and-little-league-baseball-s-civil-war-by-chris-lamb--65206518https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586659 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stolen Dreams: The 1955 Cannon Street All-Stars and Little League Baseball's Civil War Author: Chris Lamb Narrator: Midnite Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 13 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: When the eleven- and twelve-year-olds on the Cannon Street YMCA All-Star team registered for a baseball tournament in Charleston, South Carolina, in June 1955, it put the team and the forces of integration on a collision course with segregation, bigotry, and the southern way of life. When all the white teams withdrew in protest, the Cannon Street team won the state tournament. If the team had won the regional tournament in Rome, Georgia, it would have advanced to the Little League World Series. But Little League officials ruled the team ineligible to play in the tournament because it had advanced by winning on forfeit and not on the field, denying the boys their dream of playing in the Little League World Series. Little League Baseball invited the Cannon Street All-Stars to be the organization's guests at the World Series, where they heard spectators yell, 'Let them play! Let them play!' when the ballplayers were introduced. Stolen Dreams is the story of the Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars and of the early civil rights movement. It's also the story of centuries of bigotry in Charleston, South Carolina—where millions of enslaved people were brought to this country and where the Civil War began, where segregation remained for a century after the war ended and anyone who challenged it did so at their own risk.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586659Tue, 28 Jun 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586659 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stolen Dreams: The 1955 Cannon Street All-Stars and Little League Baseball's Civil War Author: Chris Lamb Narrator: Midnite Michael Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586659 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stolen Dreams: The 1955 Cannon Street All-Stars and Little League Baseball's Civil War Author: Chris Lamb Narrator: Midnite Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 13 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: When the eleven- and twelve-year-olds on the Cannon Street YMCA All-Star team registered for a baseball tournament in Charleston, South Carolina, in June 1955, it put the team and the forces of integration on a collision course with segregation, bigotry, and the southern way of life. When all the white teams withdrew in protest, the Cannon Street team won the state tournament. If the team had won the regional tournament in Rome, Georgia, it would have advanced to the Little League World Series. But Little League officials ruled the team ineligible to play in the tournament because it had advanced by winning on forfeit and not on the field, denying the boys their dream of playing in the Little League World Series. Little League Baseball invited the Cannon Street All-Stars to be the organization's guests at the World Series, where they heard spectators yell, 'Let them play! Let them play!' when the ballplayers were introduced. Stolen Dreams is the story of the Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars and of the early civil rights movement. It's also the story of centuries of bigotry in Charleston, South Carolina—where millions of enslaved people were brought to this country and where the Civil War began, where segregation remained for a century after the war ended and anyone who challenged it did so at their own risk.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/forging-the-anglo-american-alliance-the-british-and-american-armies-1917-1941-by-tyler-r-bamford--65206609https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forging the Anglo-American Alliance: The British and American Armies, 1917-1941 Author: Tyler R. Bamford Narrator: Christopher Douyard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: June 21, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The joint British and US campaigns in the European theater of operations during World War II rank among the most impressive examples of coalition warfare in history. In just eighteen months, the US and British armies integrated their planning, intelligence, and command structures more thoroughly than any previous alliance. How did these two armies come together so quickly? In Forging the Anglo-American Alliance, Tyler Bamford answers these questions by presenting the first history of the two armies' relations from 1917 to 1941. Forging the Anglo-American Alliance examines why the armies of these two nations chose to view each other as their closest strategic partner instead of their greatest potential threat and illustrates the legacy that World War I had on the attitudes of the US and British armies toward one another and alliance warfare. Using untapped archival sources, official reports, and officers' personal papers, Bamford presents an important and engaging new analysis of how this partnership grew out of the experiences and initiative of British and US Army officers and attachés during World War I and the two decades that followed.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586644Tue, 21 Jun 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forging the Anglo-American Alliance: The British and American Armies, 1917-1941 Author: Tyler R. Bamford Narrator: Christopher Douyard Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forging the Anglo-American Alliance: The British and American Armies, 1917-1941 Author: Tyler R. Bamford Narrator: Christopher Douyard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: June 21, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The joint British and US campaigns in the European theater of operations during World War II rank among the most impressive examples of coalition warfare in history. In just eighteen months, the US and British armies integrated their planning, intelligence, and command structures more thoroughly than any previous alliance. How did these two armies come together so quickly? In Forging the Anglo-American Alliance, Tyler Bamford answers these questions by presenting the first history of the two armies' relations from 1917 to 1941. Forging the Anglo-American Alliance examines why the armies of these two nations chose to view each other as their closest strategic partner instead of their greatest potential threat and illustrates the legacy that World War I had on the attitudes of the US and British armies toward one another and alliance warfare. Using untapped archival sources, official reports, and officers' personal papers, Bamford presents an important and engaging new analysis of how this partnership grew out of the experiences and initiative of British and US Army officers and attachés during World War I and the two decades that followed.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-634-maneras-de-matar-a-fidel-planes-de-la-cia-y-la-mafia-para-asasinar-a-fidel-castro-by-fabian-escalante--65206601https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - 634 Maneras de matar a Fidel: Planes de la CIA Y la Mafia Para Asasinar a Fidel Castro Author: Fabian Escalante Narrator: Juan Manuel Vargas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 21, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Expansivo recuento de los diversos, creativos, frecuentemente extraños y sin embargo increíblemente inquietantes intentos de asesinar a Fidel Castro. Fabián Escalante, el fundador de los servicios de seguridad cubanos y jefe del Departamento de Seguridad del Estado Cubano provee un lúcido recuento en primera persona de sus experiencias defendiendo a Castro contra extraordinarios intentos de homicidio. Escrito en el estilo de una novela de suspenso político, pero lleno de detalles históricos sobre Fidel, Cuba, el movimiento comunista y los intentos de Estados Unidos de silenciar la rebelión, este libro clarifica los peligros inherentes que conlleva luchar por un mundo mejor.634 maneras de matar a Fidel ilumina la amenaza que Castro y el movimiento revolucionario cubano presentaban para la hegemonía estadounidense. El resultado es un inquietante retrato de cómo los impuestos de ciudadanos estadounidenses financian campañas para reprimir el disentimiento e intentar quebrar movimientos en el Sur Global que luchan por la soberanía, la justicia, la autodeterminación y, básicamente, un mundo mejor. “Planes de asesinato concebidos contra Fidel Castro a lo largo de muchos años involucraron armas tales como venenos letales, potentes explosivos plásticos, cigarros conteniendo sustancias peligrosas, granadas a lanzar en espacios públicos, armas con telescopios sofisticados, jeringas llenas de veneno con agujas tan finas que el contacto con la piel pasaría desapercibido, lanzadores de misiles y bazucas, y cargas explosivas escondidas en caños bajo tierra con un temporizador contando los minutos y segundos hasta la explosión.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577500Tue, 21 Jun 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - 634 Maneras de matar a Fidel: Planes de la CIA Y la Mafia Para Asasinar a Fidel Castro Author: Fabian Escalante Narrator: Juan Manuel...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - 634 Maneras de matar a Fidel: Planes de la CIA Y la Mafia Para Asasinar a Fidel Castro Author: Fabian Escalante Narrator: Juan Manuel Vargas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 21, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Expansivo recuento de los diversos, creativos, frecuentemente extraños y sin embargo increíblemente inquietantes intentos de asesinar a Fidel Castro. Fabián Escalante, el fundador de los servicios de seguridad cubanos y jefe del Departamento de Seguridad del Estado Cubano provee un lúcido recuento en primera persona de sus experiencias defendiendo a Castro contra extraordinarios intentos de homicidio. Escrito en el estilo de una novela de suspenso político, pero lleno de detalles históricos sobre Fidel, Cuba, el movimiento comunista y los intentos de Estados Unidos de silenciar la rebelión, este libro clarifica los peligros inherentes que conlleva luchar por un mundo mejor.634 maneras de matar a Fidel ilumina la amenaza que Castro y el movimiento revolucionario cubano presentaban para la hegemonía estadounidense. El resultado es un inquietante retrato de cómo los impuestos de ciudadanos estadounidenses financian campañas para reprimir el disentimiento e intentar quebrar movimientos en el Sur Global que luchan por la soberanía, la justicia, la autodeterminación y, básicamente, un mundo mejor. “Planes de asesinato concebidos contra Fidel Castro a lo largo de muchos años involucraron armas tales como venenos letales, potentes explosivos plásticos, cigarros conteniendo sustancias peligrosas, granadas a lanzar en espacios públicos, armas con telescopios sofisticados, jeringas llenas de veneno con agujas tan finas que el contacto con la piel pasaría desapercibido, lanzadores de misiles y bazucas, y cargas explosivas escondidas en caños bajo tierra con un temporizador contando los minutos y segundos hasta la explosión.”]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hong-kong-diaries-by-chris-patten--65206581https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575838 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hong Kong Diaries Author: Chris Patten Narrator: Chris Patten Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 41 minutes Release date: June 21, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. In June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to try to prepare it not - as other British colonies over the decades - for independence, but for handing back in 1997 to the Chinese, from whom most of its territory had been leased 99 years previously. Over the next five years he kept this diary, which describes in detail how Hong Kong was run as a British colony and what happened as the handover approached. The book gives unprecedented insights into negotiating with the Chinese, about how the institutions of democracy in Hong Kong were (belatedly) strengthened and how Patten sought to ensure that a strong degree of self-government would continue after 1997. Unexpectedly, his opponents included not only the Chinese themselves, but some British businessmen and civil service mandarins upset by Patten's efforts, for whom political freedom and the rule of law in Hong Kong seemed less important than keeping on the right side of Beijing. The book concludes with an account of what has happened in Hong Kong since the handover, a powerful assessment of recent events and Patten's reflections on how to deal with China - then and now. © Chris Patten 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575838Tue, 21 Jun 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575838 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hong Kong Diaries Author: Chris Patten Narrator: Chris Patten Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 41 minutes Release date: June 21, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575838 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hong Kong Diaries Author: Chris Patten Narrator: Chris Patten Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 41 minutes Release date: June 21, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. In June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to try to prepare it not - as other British colonies over the decades - for independence, but for handing back in 1997 to the Chinese, from whom most of its territory had been leased 99 years previously. Over the next five years he kept this diary, which describes in detail how Hong Kong was run as a British colony and what happened as the handover approached. The book gives unprecedented insights into negotiating with the Chinese, about how the institutions of democracy in Hong Kong were (belatedly) strengthened and how Patten sought to ensure that a strong degree of self-government would continue after 1997. Unexpectedly, his opponents included not only the Chinese themselves, but some British businessmen and civil service mandarins upset by Patten's efforts, for whom political freedom and the rule of law in Hong Kong seemed less important than keeping on the right side of Beijing. The book concludes with an account of what has happened in Hong Kong since the handover, a powerful assessment of recent events and Patten's reflections on how to deal with China - then and now. © Chris Patten 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/uncle-sam-s-plantation-how-big-government-enslaves-america-s-poor-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-by-star-parker--65206575https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578006 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Uncle Sam's Plantation: How Big Government Enslaves America's Poor and What We Can Do About It Author: Star Parker Narrator: Tyra Kennedy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: June 21, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Uncle Sam’s Plantation is an incisive look at how government manipulates, controls, and ultimately devastates the lives of the poor—and what Americans must do to stop it. Once a hustler and welfare addict who was chewed up and spit out by the ruthless welfare system, Star Parker sheds much needed light on the bungled bureaucratic attempts to end poverty and reveals the insidious deceptions perpetrated by self-serving politicians. “Star Parker rocks the world. She is an iconoclast that must be listened to and reckoned with.” ?Sean Hannity “Star Parker’s important new book helps advance the understanding—critical for all Americans—that prosperity does not come from government and politics but results from men and women of character and high moral fiber living and working in freedom.” ?Larry Kudlow “Star Parker’s new book brings us back to eternal truths—faith, family, love, and responsibility.” ?Dr. Laura Schlessinger “Casts new light on the redemptive power of freedom.” ?Rush Limbaugh]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578006Tue, 21 Jun 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578006 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Uncle Sam's Plantation: How Big Government Enslaves America's Poor and What We Can Do About It Author: Star Parker Narrator: Tyra Kennedy Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578006 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Uncle Sam's Plantation: How Big Government Enslaves America's Poor and What We Can Do About It Author: Star Parker Narrator: Tyra Kennedy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: June 21, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Uncle Sam’s Plantation is an incisive look at how government manipulates, controls, and ultimately devastates the lives of the poor—and what Americans must do to stop it. Once a hustler and welfare addict who was chewed up and spit out by the ruthless welfare system, Star Parker sheds much needed light on the bungled bureaucratic attempts to end poverty and reveals the insidious deceptions perpetrated by self-serving politicians. “Star Parker rocks the world. She is an iconoclast that must be listened to and reckoned with.” ?Sean Hannity “Star Parker’s important new book helps advance the understanding—critical for all Americans—that prosperity does not come from government and politics but results from men and women of character and high moral fiber living and working in freedom.” ?Larry Kudlow “Star Parker’s new book brings us back to eternal truths—faith, family, love, and responsibility.” ?Dr. Laura Schlessinger “Casts new light on the redemptive power of freedom.” ?Rush Limbaugh]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/democracy-under-fire-donald-trump-and-the-breaking-of-american-history-by-lawrence-r-jacobs--65206532https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590115 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Democracy Under Fire: Donald Trump and the Breaking of American History Author: Lawrence R. Jacobs Narrator: Michael Butler Murray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: June 21, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Before Trump even ran for President, his disdain for the rules, procedures, and norms of American democracy and the US Constitution was well-known and led prominent Republicans to repudiate him as 'unfit' for the GOP nomination. Given the clear-eyed assessment of candidate Trump, why did the Republican Party nominate him as its presidential candidate in 2016 and then stand by him during the next four years? Much of the attention paid to Trump's rise to power has focused on his corrosive personality and divisive style of governing. But he alone is not the problem. The vulnerability is much broader and deeper. The ascendance of Trump is the culmination of nearly 250 years of political reforms that gradually ceded party nominations to small cliques of ideologically-motivated party activists, interest groups, and donors. In Democracy under Fire, Lawrence Jacobs provides a highly engaging history of political reforms since the late-eighteenth century that over time dangerously weakened democracy, widened political inequality as well as racial disparities, and rewarded toxic political polarization. Jacobs's searing indictment of political reformers concludes with recommendations to restrain the unbridled ambition of politicians who thrive on division and instead generate broad citizen engagement with tangible policy making.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590115Tue, 21 Jun 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590115 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Democracy Under Fire: Donald Trump and the Breaking of American History Author: Lawrence R. Jacobs Narrator: Michael Butler Murray Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590115 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Democracy Under Fire: Donald Trump and the Breaking of American History Author: Lawrence R. Jacobs Narrator: Michael Butler Murray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: June 21, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Before Trump even ran for President, his disdain for the rules, procedures, and norms of American democracy and the US Constitution was well-known and led prominent Republicans to repudiate him as 'unfit' for the GOP nomination. Given the clear-eyed assessment of candidate Trump, why did the Republican Party nominate him as its presidential candidate in 2016 and then stand by him during the next four years? Much of the attention paid to Trump's rise to power has focused on his corrosive personality and divisive style of governing. But he alone is not the problem. The vulnerability is much broader and deeper. The ascendance of Trump is the culmination of nearly 250 years of political reforms that gradually ceded party nominations to small cliques of ideologically-motivated party activists, interest groups, and donors. In Democracy under Fire, Lawrence Jacobs provides a highly engaging history of political reforms since the late-eighteenth century that over time dangerously weakened democracy, widened political inequality as well as racial disparities, and rewarded toxic political polarization. Jacobs's searing indictment of political reformers concludes with recommendations to restrain the unbridled ambition of politicians who thrive on division and instead generate broad citizen engagement with tangible policy making.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ground-war-courts-commissions-and-the-fight-over-partisan-gerrymanders-by-nicholas-goedert--65206530https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ground War: Courts, Commissions, and the Fight over Partisan Gerrymanders Author: Nicholas Goedert Narrator: Kyle Tait Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: June 14, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In Ground War, Nicholas Goedert tackles the controversies, litigation, and effects surrounding partisan gerrymandering of Congress. He contends that the appropriate actors to address the fairness of a map are nonpartisan commissions within each state, not the US courts. Goedert illustrates how existing measures and legal standards are too narrow—while they are well-adapted to evaluating maps in swing states in close elections, they fail to properly address states or national electoral environments that favor one party. In turn, Goedert demonstrates that the bias and responsiveness of partisan maps is highly sensitive to both the make-up of a state's electorate and the ephemeral election conditions under which individual elections take place. But this does not mean that partisan gerrymandering must be excused as a dilemma without a reasonable remedy. Using multiple empirical approaches and a novel metric to measure the partisan fairness of maps, Ground War shows that nonpartisan commissions, adopted state-by-state, represent the best alternative to legislative districting. A rigorous account that explains how our system works and provides practical solutions for improving it, Ground War is an essential work for all scholars of US elections.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584257Tue, 14 Jun 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ground War: Courts, Commissions, and the Fight over Partisan Gerrymanders Author: Nicholas Goedert Narrator: Kyle Tait Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ground War: Courts, Commissions, and the Fight over Partisan Gerrymanders Author: Nicholas Goedert Narrator: Kyle Tait Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: June 14, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In Ground War, Nicholas Goedert tackles the controversies, litigation, and effects surrounding partisan gerrymandering of Congress. He contends that the appropriate actors to address the fairness of a map are nonpartisan commissions within each state, not the US courts. Goedert illustrates how existing measures and legal standards are too narrow—while they are well-adapted to evaluating maps in swing states in close elections, they fail to properly address states or national electoral environments that favor one party. In turn, Goedert demonstrates that the bias and responsiveness of partisan maps is highly sensitive to both the make-up of a state's electorate and the ephemeral election conditions under which individual elections take place. But this does not mean that partisan gerrymandering must be excused as a dilemma without a reasonable remedy. Using multiple empirical approaches and a novel metric to measure the partisan fairness of maps, Ground War shows that nonpartisan commissions, adopted state-by-state, represent the best alternative to legislative districting. A rigorous account that explains how our system works and provides practical solutions for improving it, Ground War is an essential work for all scholars of US elections.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pursuit-of-equality-in-the-west-by-aldo-schiavone--65206489https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586651 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pursuit of Equality in the West Author: Aldo Schiavone Narrator: William Sarris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 36 minutes Release date: June 14, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: How much equality does democracy need to survive? Political thinkers have wrestled with that question for millennia. Aldo Schiavone guides us through historical thickets, from the first democracy to the present day, seeking solutions to the enduring tension between democracy and inequality. Turning from antiquity to the modern world, Schiavone shows how the American and the French revolutions attempted to settle old debates, introducing a new way of thinking about equality. Both the French revolutionaries and the American colonists sought democracy and equality together, but the European tradition saw formal equality—equality before the law—as a means of obtaining economic equality. The American model, in contrast, adopted formal equality while setting aside the goal of economic equality. The Pursuit of Equality in the West argues that the United States and European models were compatible with industrial-age democracy, but neither suffices in the face of today's technological revolution. Opposing both atomization and the obsolete myths of the collective, Schiavone thinks equality anew, proposing a model founded on neither individualism nor the erasure of the individual but rather on the universality of the impersonal human, which coexists with the sea of differences that makes each of us unique.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586651Tue, 14 Jun 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586651 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pursuit of Equality in the West Author: Aldo Schiavone Narrator: William Sarris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 36 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586651 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pursuit of Equality in the West Author: Aldo Schiavone Narrator: William Sarris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 36 minutes Release date: June 14, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: How much equality does democracy need to survive? Political thinkers have wrestled with that question for millennia. Aldo Schiavone guides us through historical thickets, from the first democracy to the present day, seeking solutions to the enduring tension between democracy and inequality. Turning from antiquity to the modern world, Schiavone shows how the American and the French revolutions attempted to settle old debates, introducing a new way of thinking about equality. Both the French revolutionaries and the American colonists sought democracy and equality together, but the European tradition saw formal equality—equality before the law—as a means of obtaining economic equality. The American model, in contrast, adopted formal equality while setting aside the goal of economic equality. The Pursuit of Equality in the West argues that the United States and European models were compatible with industrial-age democracy, but neither suffices in the face of today's technological revolution. Opposing both atomization and the obsolete myths of the collective, Schiavone thinks equality anew, proposing a model founded on neither individualism nor the erasure of the individual but rather on the universality of the impersonal human, which coexists with the sea of differences that makes each of us unique.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-decides-states-as-laboratories-of-constitutional-experimentation-by-jeffrey-s-sutton--65206627https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580296 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who Decides?: States as Laboratories of Constitutional Experimentation Author: Jeffrey S. Sutton Narrator: Jonathan Yen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 41 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Everything in law and politics, including individual rights, comes back to divisions of power and the evergreen question: Who decides? Who wins the disputes of the day often turns on who decides them. And our acceptance of the resolution of those disputes often turns on who the decision maker is—because it reveals who governs us. In Who Decides, the influential US Appellate Court Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton focuses on the constitutional structure of the American states to answer the question of who should decide the key questions of public policy today. By concentrating on the role of governmental structure in shaping power across the fifty American states, Sutton develops a powerful explanation of American constitutional law, in all of its variety, as opposed to just federal constitutional law. Sutton compares state-level governments with the federal government and draws numerous insights from the comparisons. Instead of focusing on individual rights, however, he focuses on structure. Who Decides makes the case that American Constitutional Law should account for the role of the state courts and state constitutions, together with the federal courts and the federal constitution, in assessing the right balance of power among all branches of government.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580296Tue, 07 Jun 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580296 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who Decides?: States as Laboratories of Constitutional Experimentation Author: Jeffrey S. Sutton Narrator: Jonathan Yen Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580296 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who Decides?: States as Laboratories of Constitutional Experimentation Author: Jeffrey S. Sutton Narrator: Jonathan Yen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 41 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Everything in law and politics, including individual rights, comes back to divisions of power and the evergreen question: Who decides? Who wins the disputes of the day often turns on who decides them. And our acceptance of the resolution of those disputes often turns on who the decision maker is—because it reveals who governs us. In Who Decides, the influential US Appellate Court Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton focuses on the constitutional structure of the American states to answer the question of who should decide the key questions of public policy today. By concentrating on the role of governmental structure in shaping power across the fifty American states, Sutton develops a powerful explanation of American constitutional law, in all of its variety, as opposed to just federal constitutional law. Sutton compares state-level governments with the federal government and draws numerous insights from the comparisons. Instead of focusing on individual rights, however, he focuses on structure. Who Decides makes the case that American Constitutional Law should account for the role of the state courts and state constitutions, together with the federal courts and the federal constitution, in assessing the right balance of power among all branches of government.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-defense-of-public-debt-by-asmaa-el-ganainy-kris-james-mitchener-rui-esteves-barry-eichengreen--65206624https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575173 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Defense of Public Debt Author: Asmaa El-Ganainy, Kris James Mitchener, Rui Esteves, Barry Eichengreen Narrator: Perry Daniels Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Public debts have exploded to levels unprecedented in modern history as governments responded to the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis. Their dramatic rise has prompted apocalyptic warnings about the dangers of heavy debts—about the drag they will place on economic growth and the burden they represent for future generations. Authors Barry Eichengreen, Asmaa El-Ganainy, Rui Esteves, and Kris James Mitchener argue that the ability of governments to issue debt has played a critical role in addressing emergencies—from wars and pandemics to economic and financial crises, as well as in funding essential public goods and services such as transportation, education, and healthcare. None of this is to deny that debt problems, debt crises, and debt defaults occur. But these dramatic events, which attract much attention, are not the entire story. In Defense of Public Debt redresses the balance. They deploy a comprehensive database to identify the factors behind rising public debts and the circumstances under which high debts are successfully stabilized and brought down. Finally, they bring the story up to date, describing the role of public debt in managing the Covid-19 pandemic and recession, suggesting a way forward once governments finally emerge from the crisis.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575173Tue, 07 Jun 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575173 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Defense of Public Debt Author: Asmaa El-Ganainy, Kris James Mitchener, Rui Esteves, Barry Eichengreen Narrator: Perry Daniels Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575173 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Defense of Public Debt Author: Asmaa El-Ganainy, Kris James Mitchener, Rui Esteves, Barry Eichengreen Narrator: Perry Daniels Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Public debts have exploded to levels unprecedented in modern history as governments responded to the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis. Their dramatic rise has prompted apocalyptic warnings about the dangers of heavy debts—about the drag they will place on economic growth and the burden they represent for future generations. Authors Barry Eichengreen, Asmaa El-Ganainy, Rui Esteves, and Kris James Mitchener argue that the ability of governments to issue debt has played a critical role in addressing emergencies—from wars and pandemics to economic and financial crises, as well as in funding essential public goods and services such as transportation, education, and healthcare. None of this is to deny that debt problems, debt crises, and debt defaults occur. But these dramatic events, which attract much attention, are not the entire story. In Defense of Public Debt redresses the balance. They deploy a comprehensive database to identify the factors behind rising public debts and the circumstances under which high debts are successfully stabilized and brought down. Finally, they bring the story up to date, describing the role of public debt in managing the Covid-19 pandemic and recession, suggesting a way forward once governments finally emerge from the crisis.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gendering-the-gop-intraparty-politics-and-republican-women-s-representation-in-congress-by-catherine-n-wineinger--65206573https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gendering the GOP: Intraparty Politics and Republican Women's Representation in Congress Author: Catherine N. Wineinger Narrator: Kim Niemi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In Gendering the GOP, Catherine N. Wineinger argues that to truly understand the evolution of women's congressional representation, it is necessary to move beyond an analysis of legislative behavior and toward an analysis of intraparty gender dynamics. Unlike previous research on women in Congress, Wineinger focuses exclusively on the experiences of Republican congresswomen to uncover some of the gendered implications of congressional polarization. Developing a novel theory of 'partisan-gender identity,' defined as a categorical identity that sits at the intersection of one's partisan affiliation and gender identity, Gendering the GOP argues that Republican women in Congress are not merely gender-blind partisans. In fact, polarization and party competition have incentivized Republican women to organize around their partisan-gender identity and distinguish themselves from both Democratic women and Republican men. In so doing, Republican congresswomen have increased their visibility as party messengers, while simultaneously upholding a party culture that limits women's presence and power in the institution. Through extensive interviews with women members of Congress and in-depth analyses of House floor speeches, Wineinger details how women have both navigated and shaped existing gender dynamics within the House GOP conference.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583955Tue, 07 Jun 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gendering the GOP: Intraparty Politics and Republican Women's Representation in Congress Author: Catherine N. Wineinger Narrator: Kim Niemi Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gendering the GOP: Intraparty Politics and Republican Women's Representation in Congress Author: Catherine N. Wineinger Narrator: Kim Niemi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In Gendering the GOP, Catherine N. Wineinger argues that to truly understand the evolution of women's congressional representation, it is necessary to move beyond an analysis of legislative behavior and toward an analysis of intraparty gender dynamics. Unlike previous research on women in Congress, Wineinger focuses exclusively on the experiences of Republican congresswomen to uncover some of the gendered implications of congressional polarization. Developing a novel theory of 'partisan-gender identity,' defined as a categorical identity that sits at the intersection of one's partisan affiliation and gender identity, Gendering the GOP argues that Republican women in Congress are not merely gender-blind partisans. In fact, polarization and party competition have incentivized Republican women to organize around their partisan-gender identity and distinguish themselves from both Democratic women and Republican men. In so doing, Republican congresswomen have increased their visibility as party messengers, while simultaneously upholding a party culture that limits women's presence and power in the institution. Through extensive interviews with women members of Congress and in-depth analyses of House floor speeches, Wineinger details how women have both navigated and shaped existing gender dynamics within the House GOP conference.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ukraine-and-the-art-of-strategy-by-lawrence-freedman--65206490https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ukraine and the Art of Strategy Author: Lawrence Freedman Narrator: Julian Elfer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014, subsequent war in Eastern Ukraine, and economic sanctions imposed by the West transformed European politics. The conflict did not escalate to the levels originally feared but nor was either side able to bring it to a definitive conclusion. Ukraine suffered a loss of territory but was not forced into changing its policies away from the Westward course adopted as a result of the EuroMaidan uprising of February 2014. President Putin was left supporting a separatist enclave as Russia's economy suffered significant damage. Ukraine and the Art of Strategy provides an account of the origins and course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict through the lens of strategy. Lawrence Freedman describes the development of President Putin's anxieties that former Soviet countries were being drawn towards the European Union, the effective pressure he put on President Yanokvych of Ukraine to turn away from the EU, and the resulting 'EuroMaidan Revolution' which led to Yanukovych fleeing. He explores the reluctance of Putin to use Russian forces to do more that consolidate the insurgency in Eastern Ukraine, the failure of the Minsk peace process, and the limits of the international response. Putin's strategic-making is kept in view at all times, including his use of 'information warfare' and attempts to influence the American election.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588042Tue, 07 Jun 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ukraine and the Art of Strategy Author: Lawrence Freedman Narrator: Julian Elfer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ukraine and the Art of Strategy Author: Lawrence Freedman Narrator: Julian Elfer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014, subsequent war in Eastern Ukraine, and economic sanctions imposed by the West transformed European politics. The conflict did not escalate to the levels originally feared but nor was either side able to bring it to a definitive conclusion. Ukraine suffered a loss of territory but was not forced into changing its policies away from the Westward course adopted as a result of the EuroMaidan uprising of February 2014. President Putin was left supporting a separatist enclave as Russia's economy suffered significant damage. Ukraine and the Art of Strategy provides an account of the origins and course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict through the lens of strategy. Lawrence Freedman describes the development of President Putin's anxieties that former Soviet countries were being drawn towards the European Union, the effective pressure he put on President Yanokvych of Ukraine to turn away from the EU, and the resulting 'EuroMaidan Revolution' which led to Yanukovych fleeing. He explores the reluctance of Putin to use Russian forces to do more that consolidate the insurgency in Eastern Ukraine, the failure of the Minsk peace process, and the limits of the international response. Putin's strategic-making is kept in view at all times, including his use of 'information warfare' and attempts to influence the American election.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/scroll-zombies-how-social-media-addiction-controls-our-lives-by-sven-rollenhagen--65206472https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Scroll Zombies: How Social Media Addiction Controls our Lives Author: Sven Rollenhagen Narrator: John Sackville Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 3 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Almost everyone is doing it. Aimlessly scrolling through their social media feeds. From presidents to the postmen, most people you know and probably even yourself. Mindlessly, your fingers move across the screen, and content, from selfies to memes, flickers by at a blistering pace. Why is it that the screen sometimes seems more important than looking up and being present in real life? And what does it mean that more and more people are turning into so-called 'Scroll Zombies'? Sven Rollenhagen thoughtfully discusses social media use and how it affects us both psychologically and physically. How the rise of social media has created an onslaught of mental health problems in young people. And how withdrawal can lead to symptoms, not unlike those caused by more familiar dependencies such as drugs and alcohol. But, are we really addicted? And if so, how can we be cured? Rollenhagen does not advocate for throwing away your phone or logging off Instagram forever, he acknowledges the powerful connection that social media has in connecting friends, family and strangers across the globe. Instead, this book contains practical tips and solutions for kicking dependency and finding true digital balance. - Sven Rollenhagen is a social worker specialising in the digital ad-diction of video games, social media and mobile phones. He works as a councellor, lecturer and writer in these fields. Sven’s strength as an expert in digital issues is that he is in touch with reality – as a councellor and lecturer for families and schools. He is also a friend of technology, plays online and is a frequent user of social media. Sven is based in Sweden but has clients all over the world]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585144Tue, 07 Jun 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Scroll Zombies: How Social Media Addiction Controls our Lives Author: Sven Rollenhagen Narrator: John Sackville Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Scroll Zombies: How Social Media Addiction Controls our Lives Author: Sven Rollenhagen Narrator: John Sackville Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 3 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Almost everyone is doing it. Aimlessly scrolling through their social media feeds. From presidents to the postmen, most people you know and probably even yourself. Mindlessly, your fingers move across the screen, and content, from selfies to memes, flickers by at a blistering pace. Why is it that the screen sometimes seems more important than looking up and being present in real life? And what does it mean that more and more people are turning into so-called 'Scroll Zombies'? Sven Rollenhagen thoughtfully discusses social media use and how it affects us both psychologically and physically. How the rise of social media has created an onslaught of mental health problems in young people. And how withdrawal can lead to symptoms, not unlike those caused by more familiar dependencies such as drugs and alcohol. But, are we really addicted? And if so, how can we be cured? Rollenhagen does not advocate for throwing away your phone or logging off Instagram forever, he acknowledges the powerful connection that social media has in connecting friends, family and strangers across the globe. Instead, this book contains practical tips and solutions for kicking dependency and finding true digital balance. - Sven Rollenhagen is a social worker specialising in the digital ad-diction of video games, social media and mobile phones. He works as a councellor, lecturer and writer in these fields. Sven’s strength as an expert in digital issues is that he is in touch with reality – as a councellor and lecturer for families and schools. He is also a friend of technology, plays online and is a frequent user of social media. Sven is based in Sweden but has clients all over the world]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-irak-el-estado-incierto-by-eric-frattini--65206568https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579059 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Irak: el Estado incierto Author: Eric Frattini Narrator: Jose Luis Espina Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: June 5, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Erik Frattini, novelista y periodista de proyección internacional y analítica mirada, analiza en este rompedor libro toda la situación política e histórica de Irak, en un repaso pormenorizado por sus confrontaciones políticas, sus conflictos e invasiones y la inevitable Guerra del Golfo, así como la situación actual en el marco geopolítico mundial. Una obra capital del ensayo histórico-político contemporáneo. Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. - Eric Frattini es un ensayista y novelista que fué durante bastantes años corresponsal en Oriente Medio, residiendo en Beirut y Jerusalem . Es autor de un gran número de ensayos fruto de sus experiencias como periodista, sobre servicios secretos, el Vaticano, espionaje, el terrorismo etc., utilizando la escritura como arma para luchar contra los oscuros entresijos del poder político y económico.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579059Sun, 05 Jun 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579059 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Irak: el Estado incierto Author: Eric Frattini Narrator: Jose Luis Espina Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579059 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Irak: el Estado incierto Author: Eric Frattini Narrator: Jose Luis Espina Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: June 5, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Erik Frattini, novelista y periodista de proyección internacional y analítica mirada, analiza en este rompedor libro toda la situación política e histórica de Irak, en un repaso pormenorizado por sus confrontaciones políticas, sus conflictos e invasiones y la inevitable Guerra del Golfo, así como la situación actual en el marco geopolítico mundial. Una obra capital del ensayo histórico-político contemporáneo. Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. - Eric Frattini es un ensayista y novelista que fué durante bastantes años corresponsal en Oriente Medio, residiendo en Beirut y Jerusalem . Es autor de un gran número de ensayos fruto de sus experiencias como periodista, sobre servicios secretos, el Vaticano, espionaje, el terrorismo etc., utilizando la escritura como arma para luchar contra los oscuros entresijos del poder político y económico.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/oil-the-state-and-war-the-foreign-policies-of-petrostates-by-emma-ashford--65206640https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Oil, the State, and War: The Foreign Policies of Petrostates Author: Emma Ashford Narrator: Rosemary Benson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 4 minutes Release date: June 1, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In a world where oil-rich states are more likely to start war than their oil-dependent counterparts, it's surprising how little attention is still paid to these so-called petrostates. These states' wealth props up the global arms trade, provides diplomatic leverage, and allows them to support violent and nonviolent proxies. In Oil, the State, and War, Emma Ashford explores the many potential links between domestic oil production and foreign policy behavior and how oil production influences global politics. Not all petrostates have the same characteristics or capabilities. To help us conceptualize these differences, Ashford creates an original classification of three types of petrostates: oil-dependent states (those weakened by the resource curse), oil-wealthy states (those made rich by oil exports), and super-producer states (those that form the backbone of the global oil market). Through a combination of case studies and analysis, she illustrates how oil shapes petrostates' behavior, filling a major gap in our understanding of the international implications of oil wealth. As the oil market undergoes a period of rapid change, Oil, the State, and War sheds light on the diversity of petrostates and how they shape international affairs.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578257Wed, 01 Jun 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Oil, the State, and War: The Foreign Policies of Petrostates Author: Emma Ashford Narrator: Rosemary Benson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Oil, the State, and War: The Foreign Policies of Petrostates Author: Emma Ashford Narrator: Rosemary Benson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 4 minutes Release date: June 1, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In a world where oil-rich states are more likely to start war than their oil-dependent counterparts, it's surprising how little attention is still paid to these so-called petrostates. These states' wealth props up the global arms trade, provides diplomatic leverage, and allows them to support violent and nonviolent proxies. In Oil, the State, and War, Emma Ashford explores the many potential links between domestic oil production and foreign policy behavior and how oil production influences global politics. Not all petrostates have the same characteristics or capabilities. To help us conceptualize these differences, Ashford creates an original classification of three types of petrostates: oil-dependent states (those weakened by the resource curse), oil-wealthy states (those made rich by oil exports), and super-producer states (those that form the backbone of the global oil market). Through a combination of case studies and analysis, she illustrates how oil shapes petrostates' behavior, filling a major gap in our understanding of the international implications of oil wealth. As the oil market undergoes a period of rapid change, Oil, the State, and War sheds light on the diversity of petrostates and how they shape international affairs.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-long-land-war-the-global-struggle-for-occupancy-rights-by-jo-guldi--65206630https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577945 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long Land War: The Global Struggle for Occupancy Rights Series: Part of Yale Agrarian Studies Author: Jo Guldi Narrator: Wendy Tremont King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A definitive history of ideas about land redistribution, allied political movements, and their varied consequences around the world Jo Guldi tells the story of a global struggle to bring food, water, and shelter to all. Land is shown to be a central motor of politics in the twentieth century: the basis of movements for giving reparations to formerly colonized people, protests to limit the rent paid by urban tenants, intellectual battles among development analysts, and the capture of land by squatters taking matters into their own hands. The book describes the results of state-engineered 'land reform' policies beginning in Ireland in 1881 until US-led interests and the World Bank effectively killed them off in 1974. The Long Land War provides a definitive narrative of land redistribution alongside an unflinching critique of its failures, set against the background of the rise and fall of nationalism, communism, internationalism, information technology, and free-market economics. In considering how we could make the earth livable for all, she works out the important relationship between property ownership and justice on a changing planet.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577945Tue, 31 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577945 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long Land War: The Global Struggle for Occupancy Rights Series: Part of Yale Agrarian Studies Author: Jo Guldi Narrator: Wendy Tremont King Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577945 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long Land War: The Global Struggle for Occupancy Rights Series: Part of Yale Agrarian Studies Author: Jo Guldi Narrator: Wendy Tremont King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A definitive history of ideas about land redistribution, allied political movements, and their varied consequences around the world Jo Guldi tells the story of a global struggle to bring food, water, and shelter to all. Land is shown to be a central motor of politics in the twentieth century: the basis of movements for giving reparations to formerly colonized people, protests to limit the rent paid by urban tenants, intellectual battles among development analysts, and the capture of land by squatters taking matters into their own hands. The book describes the results of state-engineered 'land reform' policies beginning in Ireland in 1881 until US-led interests and the World Bank effectively killed them off in 1974. The Long Land War provides a definitive narrative of land redistribution alongside an unflinching critique of its failures, set against the background of the rise and fall of nationalism, communism, internationalism, information technology, and free-market economics. In considering how we could make the earth livable for all, she works out the important relationship between property ownership and justice on a changing planet.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/global-burning-rising-antidemocracy-and-the-climate-crisis-by-eve-darian-smith--65206626https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578923 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Global Burning: Rising Antidemocracy and the Climate Crisis Author: Eve Darian-Smith Narrator: Brigid Lohrey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Recent years have seen out of control wildfires rage across remote Brazilian rainforests, densely populated California coastlines, and major cities in Australia. What connects these separate events is more than immediate devastation and human loss of life. In Global Burning, Eve Darian-Smith contends that using fire as a symbolic and literal thread connecting different places around the world allows us to better understand the parallel, and related, trends of the growth of authoritarian politics and climate crises and their interconnected global consequences. As political leaders and big business work together in the pursuit of profits and power, anti-environmentalism has become an essential political tool enabling the rise of extreme right governments and energizing their populist supporters. These are the governments that deny climate science, reject environmental protection laws, and foster exclusionary worldviews that exacerbate climate injustice. The widespread fires demand acknowledgment of the global systems of inequality that undergird them, connecting the political erosion of liberal democracy with the corrosion of the environment. In thinking through wildfires as environmental and political phenomenon, Global Burning challenges listeners to confront the interlocking powers that are ensuring our future ecological collapse.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578923Tue, 31 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578923 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Global Burning: Rising Antidemocracy and the Climate Crisis Author: Eve Darian-Smith Narrator: Brigid Lohrey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578923 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Global Burning: Rising Antidemocracy and the Climate Crisis Author: Eve Darian-Smith Narrator: Brigid Lohrey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Recent years have seen out of control wildfires rage across remote Brazilian rainforests, densely populated California coastlines, and major cities in Australia. What connects these separate events is more than immediate devastation and human loss of life. In Global Burning, Eve Darian-Smith contends that using fire as a symbolic and literal thread connecting different places around the world allows us to better understand the parallel, and related, trends of the growth of authoritarian politics and climate crises and their interconnected global consequences. As political leaders and big business work together in the pursuit of profits and power, anti-environmentalism has become an essential political tool enabling the rise of extreme right governments and energizing their populist supporters. These are the governments that deny climate science, reject environmental protection laws, and foster exclusionary worldviews that exacerbate climate injustice. The widespread fires demand acknowledgment of the global systems of inequality that undergird them, connecting the political erosion of liberal democracy with the corrosion of the environment. In thinking through wildfires as environmental and political phenomenon, Global Burning challenges listeners to confront the interlocking powers that are ensuring our future ecological collapse.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-rise-of-english-global-politics-and-the-power-of-language-by-rosemary-salomone--65206619https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language Author: Rosemary Salomone Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 8 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Spoken by a quarter of the world's population, English is today's lingua franca—its common tongue. The language of business, popular media, and international politics, English has become commodified for its economic value and increasingly detached from any particular nation. This meteoric 'rise of English' has many obvious benefits to communication. But the rise of English has very real downsides at times generating intense legal conflicts. In Europe, imperatives of political integration, job mobility, and university rankings compete with pride in national language and heritage as countries like France attempt to curb its spread. In countries like India, South Africa, Morocco, and Rwanda, it has stratified society along lines of English proficiency and devalued commonly spoken languages. In Anglophone countries like the United States and England, English isolates us from the cultural and economic benefits of speaking other languages. In The Rise of English, Rosemary Salomone offers a commanding view of the unprecedented spread of English and the far-reaching effects it has on global and local politics, economics, media, education, and business.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580294Tue, 31 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language Author: Rosemary Salomone Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language Author: Rosemary Salomone Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 8 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Spoken by a quarter of the world's population, English is today's lingua franca—its common tongue. The language of business, popular media, and international politics, English has become commodified for its economic value and increasingly detached from any particular nation. This meteoric 'rise of English' has many obvious benefits to communication. But the rise of English has very real downsides at times generating intense legal conflicts. In Europe, imperatives of political integration, job mobility, and university rankings compete with pride in national language and heritage as countries like France attempt to curb its spread. In countries like India, South Africa, Morocco, and Rwanda, it has stratified society along lines of English proficiency and devalued commonly spoken languages. In Anglophone countries like the United States and England, English isolates us from the cultural and economic benefits of speaking other languages. In The Rise of English, Rosemary Salomone offers a commanding view of the unprecedented spread of English and the far-reaching effects it has on global and local politics, economics, media, education, and business.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/empire-of-rubber-firestone-s-scramble-for-land-and-power-in-liberia-by-gregg-mitman--65206583https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577921 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Empire of Rubber: Firestone’s Scramble for Land and Power in Liberia Author: Gregg Mitman Narrator: Amir Abdullah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In the early 1920s, Americans owned eighty percent of the world's automobiles and consumed seventy-five percent of the world's rubber. But only one percent of the world's rubber grew under the US flag, creating a bottleneck that hampered the nation's explosive economic expansion. To solve its conundrum, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company turned to a tiny West African nation, Liberia, founded in 1847 as a free Black republic. Empire of Rubber tells a sweeping story of capitalism, racial exploitation, and environmental devastation, as Firestone transformed Liberia into America's rubber empire. Historian and filmmaker Gregg Mitman scoured remote archives to unearth a history of promises unfulfilled for the vast numbers of Liberians who toiled on rubber plantations built on taken land. Mitman reveals a history of racial segregation and medical experimentation that reflected Jim Crow America—on African soil. As Firestone reaped fortunes, wealth and power concentrated in the hands of a few elites, fostering widespread inequalities that fed unrest, rebellions and, eventually, civil war. A riveting narrative of ecology and disease, of commerce and science, and of racial politics and political maneuvering, Empire of Rubber uncovers the hidden story of a corporate empire whose tentacles reach into the present.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577921Tue, 31 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577921 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Empire of Rubber: Firestone’s Scramble for Land and Power in Liberia Author: Gregg Mitman Narrator: Amir Abdullah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577921 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Empire of Rubber: Firestone’s Scramble for Land and Power in Liberia Author: Gregg Mitman Narrator: Amir Abdullah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In the early 1920s, Americans owned eighty percent of the world's automobiles and consumed seventy-five percent of the world's rubber. But only one percent of the world's rubber grew under the US flag, creating a bottleneck that hampered the nation's explosive economic expansion. To solve its conundrum, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company turned to a tiny West African nation, Liberia, founded in 1847 as a free Black republic. Empire of Rubber tells a sweeping story of capitalism, racial exploitation, and environmental devastation, as Firestone transformed Liberia into America's rubber empire. Historian and filmmaker Gregg Mitman scoured remote archives to unearth a history of promises unfulfilled for the vast numbers of Liberians who toiled on rubber plantations built on taken land. Mitman reveals a history of racial segregation and medical experimentation that reflected Jim Crow America—on African soil. As Firestone reaped fortunes, wealth and power concentrated in the hands of a few elites, fostering widespread inequalities that fed unrest, rebellions and, eventually, civil war. A riveting narrative of ecology and disease, of commerce and science, and of racial politics and political maneuvering, Empire of Rubber uncovers the hidden story of a corporate empire whose tentacles reach into the present.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-here-to-security-how-workplace-savings-can-keep-america-s-promise-by-robert-l-reynolds--65206571https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Here to Security: How Workplace Savings Can Keep America's Promise Author: Robert L. Reynolds Narrator: Scott R. Pollak Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute Release date: May 31, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: At a time of fierce political divisiveness, From Here to Security is a refreshingly balanced, non-ideological guide to solving what may be our nation's most pressing policy challenge: achieving retirement security for all. A pioneer of the 401(k) system, Robert L. Reynolds eschews radical calls for throwing out the 401(k) entirely and creating a new government-run savings system. Our best course, he shows, is to build on what we have: a flexible, dynamic private-public system of Social Security and more robust workplace savings. From Here to Security provides a clear, powerful new approach to solving America's retirement challenge—based on facts, data, and Reynolds's decades of experience. While fearmongers claim that the US retirement system is on the verge of collapse; Reynolds shows why our system is actually the envy of the world. But From Here to Security is no status quo book. Reynolds lays out an action agenda to dramatically improve our retirement systems—public and private—lift our savings rate, improve people's retirement prospects, spur faster growth—and reboot America's national morale.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586513Tue, 31 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Here to Security: How Workplace Savings Can Keep America's Promise Author: Robert L. Reynolds Narrator: Scott R. Pollak Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Here to Security: How Workplace Savings Can Keep America's Promise Author: Robert L. Reynolds Narrator: Scott R. Pollak Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute Release date: May 31, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: At a time of fierce political divisiveness, From Here to Security is a refreshingly balanced, non-ideological guide to solving what may be our nation's most pressing policy challenge: achieving retirement security for all. A pioneer of the 401(k) system, Robert L. Reynolds eschews radical calls for throwing out the 401(k) entirely and creating a new government-run savings system. Our best course, he shows, is to build on what we have: a flexible, dynamic private-public system of Social Security and more robust workplace savings. From Here to Security provides a clear, powerful new approach to solving America's retirement challenge—based on facts, data, and Reynolds's decades of experience. While fearmongers claim that the US retirement system is on the verge of collapse; Reynolds shows why our system is actually the envy of the world. But From Here to Security is no status quo book. Reynolds lays out an action agenda to dramatically improve our retirement systems—public and private—lift our savings rate, improve people's retirement prospects, spur faster growth—and reboot America's national morale.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/escape-of-the-amethyst-by-c-e-lucas-phillips--65206564https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577037 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Escape of the Amethyst Author: C.E. Lucas Phillips Narrator: Dennis Kleinman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The astounding true story of the ordeal and escape of the British frigate Amethyst from Chinese Communist batteries in the Yangtze River in April 1949. In the early morning of 20th April 1949, HMS Amethyst was fulfilling orders to travel to Nanking to stand guard for the British Embassy during the height of the Chinese Civil War when she was fired upon by guns from the riverbank. Shells pounded into the ship, killing the commanding officer and destroyed the bridge before the ship grounded on the bank. How did the Amethyst escape the battering of Chinese Communist guns? C. E. Lucas Phillips's Escape of the Amethyst was written with the full assistance of Commander J. S. Kerans, DSO RN, who took over control of the Amethyst, and utilizes a wealth of Admiralty records, much of which was previously classified as Secret, to provide a vivid account of this extraordinary moment in the history of the Royal Navy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577037Tue, 31 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577037 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Escape of the Amethyst Author: C.E. Lucas Phillips Narrator: Dennis Kleinman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577037 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Escape of the Amethyst Author: C.E. Lucas Phillips Narrator: Dennis Kleinman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The astounding true story of the ordeal and escape of the British frigate Amethyst from Chinese Communist batteries in the Yangtze River in April 1949. In the early morning of 20th April 1949, HMS Amethyst was fulfilling orders to travel to Nanking to stand guard for the British Embassy during the height of the Chinese Civil War when she was fired upon by guns from the riverbank. Shells pounded into the ship, killing the commanding officer and destroyed the bridge before the ship grounded on the bank. How did the Amethyst escape the battering of Chinese Communist guns? C. E. Lucas Phillips's Escape of the Amethyst was written with the full assistance of Commander J. S. Kerans, DSO RN, who took over control of the Amethyst, and utilizes a wealth of Admiralty records, much of which was previously classified as Secret, to provide a vivid account of this extraordinary moment in the history of the Royal Navy.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fixer-upper-how-to-repair-america-s-broken-housing-systems-by-jenny-schuetz--65206535https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems Author: Jenny Schuetz Narrator: Suzie Althens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Much ink has been spilled in recent years talking about political divides and inequality in the United States. But these discussions too often miss one of the most important factors in the divisions among Americans: the fundamentally unequal nature of the nation's housing systems. And this divide deepens other inequalities. Increasingly, important life outcomes—performance in school, employment, even life expectancy—are determined by where people live and the quality of homes they live in. Public policies enacted by federal, state, and local governments helped create and reinforce the bad housing outcomes endured by too many people. Taxes, zoning, institutional discrimination, and the location and quality of schools, roads, public transit, and other public services are among the policies that created inequalities in the nation's housing patterns. Fixer-Upper is the first book assessing how the broad set of local, state, and national housing policies affect people and communities. It proposes practical policy changes than can make stable, decent-quality housing more available and affordable for all Americans in all communities.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588041Tue, 31 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems Author: Jenny Schuetz Narrator: Suzie Althens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems Author: Jenny Schuetz Narrator: Suzie Althens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Much ink has been spilled in recent years talking about political divides and inequality in the United States. But these discussions too often miss one of the most important factors in the divisions among Americans: the fundamentally unequal nature of the nation's housing systems. And this divide deepens other inequalities. Increasingly, important life outcomes—performance in school, employment, even life expectancy—are determined by where people live and the quality of homes they live in. Public policies enacted by federal, state, and local governments helped create and reinforce the bad housing outcomes endured by too many people. Taxes, zoning, institutional discrimination, and the location and quality of schools, roads, public transit, and other public services are among the policies that created inequalities in the nation's housing patterns. Fixer-Upper is the first book assessing how the broad set of local, state, and national housing policies affect people and communities. It proposes practical policy changes than can make stable, decent-quality housing more available and affordable for all Americans in all communities.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/black-power-and-the-american-myth-50th-anniversary-edition-by-c-t-vivian--65206516https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586650 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Power and the American Myth: 50th Anniversary Edition Author: C.T. Vivian Narrator: Matthew J. Harris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In 1970, C. T. Vivian, a close colleague of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a member of his executive staff, sat down to take stock of the civil rights movement and the progress it had made. His assessment was that it failed, and that the blame lay in the existence of myths about America. As prophetic today as it was fifty years ago, Vivian's voice rings out as a critique and a call to action for a society in deep need of justice and peace. The civil rights struggle that began when Rosa Parks, a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, decided to sit in the front of a bus has deeply altered American society and the American conscience. Yet from several perspectives, that movement has resulted in failure. The Black struggle for independence is more of an uphill climb than ever. Why? C. T. Vivian asserts that the civil rights movement failed because it was built on certain myths about America: ● the myth that Americans will do what is right as soon as they know what is right. ● the myth that legislation leads to justice. ● the myth that America is an open society where any minority group can advance. ● the myth that an ethic of love forms the core of the American conscience.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586650Tue, 31 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586650 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Power and the American Myth: 50th Anniversary Edition Author: C.T. Vivian Narrator: Matthew J. Harris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586650 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Power and the American Myth: 50th Anniversary Edition Author: C.T. Vivian Narrator: Matthew J. Harris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In 1970, C. T. Vivian, a close colleague of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a member of his executive staff, sat down to take stock of the civil rights movement and the progress it had made. His assessment was that it failed, and that the blame lay in the existence of myths about America. As prophetic today as it was fifty years ago, Vivian's voice rings out as a critique and a call to action for a society in deep need of justice and peace. The civil rights struggle that began when Rosa Parks, a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, decided to sit in the front of a bus has deeply altered American society and the American conscience. Yet from several perspectives, that movement has resulted in failure. The Black struggle for independence is more of an uphill climb than ever. Why? C. T. Vivian asserts that the civil rights movement failed because it was built on certain myths about America: ● the myth that Americans will do what is right as soon as they know what is right. ● the myth that legislation leads to justice. ● the myth that America is an open society where any minority group can advance. ● the myth that an ethic of love forms the core of the American conscience.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-wie-kann-ich-was-bewegen-die-kraft-des-konstruktiven-aktivismus-by-raul-aguayo-krauthausen-benjamin-schwarz--65206456https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590099 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wie kann ich was bewegen? - Die Kraft des konstruktiven Aktivismus Author: Raul Aguayo-Krauthausen, Benjamin Schwarz Narrator: Simone Scheuer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 58 minutes Release date: May 25, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Immer mehr junge Menschen wollen sich für politische, soziale und ökologische Ziele einsetzen. Raul Krauthausen und Benjamin Schwarz ermutigen durch Gespräche mit erfolgreichen Aktivist*innen und inspirieren zu eigenem Engagement. Lange galt Aktivismus eher als Synonym für krawalligen Protest denn als ernsthafte politische Arbeit. Indem Krauthausen und Schwarz den Begriff des konstruktiven Aktivismus in die Debatte einführen, schaffen sie ein neues Verständnis: Konstruktiver Aktivismus ist ein leidenschaftliches politisches Instrument, das nichts mit schwarzen Blöcken aller Couleur zu tun hat, sondern radikal und konsequent für die konkrete Veränderung aktueller Umstände kämpft. Aber wie schafft man es, wirklich etwas zu bewegen? Welche Aktionen, welches Engagement kann tatsächlich Veränderungen herbeiführen? Dafür gibt es viele gute Beispiele und darum bilden die Gespräche mit konstruktiven Aktivist*innen ein Zentrum des Buches: Luisa Neubauer (Fridays for Future), Carola Rackete (Seenotretterin), Gerhard Schick (Bürgerbewegung Finanzwende) u.v.a. berichten von ihrer Arbeit, ihren Erfahrungen, auch ihren Ängsten und Niederlagen, vor allem aber darüber, warum Aktivismus eine Bereicherung ist – für die Gesellschaft und für das eigene Leben.Die Buchausgabe zu 'Wie kann ich was bewegen?' ist erschienen in der Edition Körber, Hamburg 2021-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590099Wed, 25 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590099 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wie kann ich was bewegen? - Die Kraft des konstruktiven Aktivismus Author: Raul Aguayo-Krauthausen, Benjamin Schwarz Narrator: Simone...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590099 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wie kann ich was bewegen? - Die Kraft des konstruktiven Aktivismus Author: Raul Aguayo-Krauthausen, Benjamin Schwarz Narrator: Simone Scheuer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 58 minutes Release date: May 25, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Immer mehr junge Menschen wollen sich für politische, soziale und ökologische Ziele einsetzen. Raul Krauthausen und Benjamin Schwarz ermutigen durch Gespräche mit erfolgreichen Aktivist*innen und inspirieren zu eigenem Engagement. Lange galt Aktivismus eher als Synonym für krawalligen Protest denn als ernsthafte politische Arbeit. Indem Krauthausen und Schwarz den Begriff des konstruktiven Aktivismus in die Debatte einführen, schaffen sie ein neues Verständnis: Konstruktiver Aktivismus ist ein leidenschaftliches politisches Instrument, das nichts mit schwarzen Blöcken aller Couleur zu tun hat, sondern radikal und konsequent für die konkrete Veränderung aktueller Umstände kämpft. Aber wie schafft man es, wirklich etwas zu bewegen? Welche Aktionen, welches Engagement kann tatsächlich Veränderungen herbeiführen? Dafür gibt es viele gute Beispiele und darum bilden die Gespräche mit konstruktiven Aktivist*innen ein Zentrum des Buches: Luisa Neubauer (Fridays for Future), Carola Rackete (Seenotretterin), Gerhard Schick (Bürgerbewegung Finanzwende) u.v.a. berichten von ihrer Arbeit, ihren Erfahrungen, auch ihren Ängsten und Niederlagen, vor allem aber darüber, warum Aktivismus eine Bereicherung ist – für die Gesellschaft und für das eigene Leben.Die Buchausgabe zu 'Wie kann ich was bewegen?' ist erschienen in der Edition Körber, Hamburg 2021-]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-s-the-matter-with-delaware-how-the-first-state-has-favored-the-rich-powerful-and-criminal-and-how-it-costs-us-all-by-hal-weitzman--65206631https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What’s the Matter with Delaware?: How the First State Has Favored the Rich, Powerful, and Criminal—and How It Costs Us All Author: Hal Weitzman Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The legal home to over a million companies, Delaware has more registered businesses than residents. Why do virtually all of the biggest corporations in the United States register there? This book reveals how a systematic enterprise lies behind the business-friendly corporate veneer, one that has kept the state afloat financially by diverting public funds away from some of the poorest people in the United States and supporting dictators and criminals across the world. Hal Weitzman shows how the de facto capital of corporate America has provided safe haven to money launderers, kleptocratic foreign rulers, and human traffickers, and facilitated tax dodging and money laundering by multinational companies and international gangsters. Revenues from Delaware's business-formation industry, known as the Franchise, account for two-fifths of the state's budget and have helped to keep the tax burden on its residents among the lowest in the United States. Delaware derives enormous political clout from the Franchise, effectively writing the corporate code for the entire country. What's the Matter with Delaware? shows how, in Joe Biden's home state, the corporate laws get written behind closed doors, enabling the rich and powerful to do business in the shadows.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577036Tue, 24 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What’s the Matter with Delaware?: How the First State Has Favored the Rich, Powerful, and Criminal—and How It Costs Us All Author: Hal Weitzman...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What’s the Matter with Delaware?: How the First State Has Favored the Rich, Powerful, and Criminal—and How It Costs Us All Author: Hal Weitzman Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The legal home to over a million companies, Delaware has more registered businesses than residents. Why do virtually all of the biggest corporations in the United States register there? This book reveals how a systematic enterprise lies behind the business-friendly corporate veneer, one that has kept the state afloat financially by diverting public funds away from some of the poorest people in the United States and supporting dictators and criminals across the world. Hal Weitzman shows how the de facto capital of corporate America has provided safe haven to money launderers, kleptocratic foreign rulers, and human traffickers, and facilitated tax dodging and money laundering by multinational companies and international gangsters. Revenues from Delaware's business-formation industry, known as the Franchise, account for two-fifths of the state's budget and have helped to keep the tax burden on its residents among the lowest in the United States. Delaware derives enormous political clout from the Franchise, effectively writing the corporate code for the entire country. What's the Matter with Delaware? shows how, in Joe Biden's home state, the corporate laws get written behind closed doors, enabling the rich and powerful to do business in the shadows.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/black-utopias-speculative-life-and-the-music-of-other-worlds-by-jayna-brown--65206628https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Utopias: Speculative Life and the Music of Other Worlds Author: Jayna Brown Narrator: Allyson Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In Black Utopias Jayna Brown takes up the concept of utopia as a way of exploring alternative states of being, doing, and imagining in Black culture. Musical, literary, and mystic practices become utopian enclaves in which Black people engage in modes of creative worldmaking. Brown explores the lives and work of Black women mystics Sojourner Truth and Rebecca Cox Jackson, musicians Alice Coltrane and Sun Ra, and the work of speculative fiction writers Samuel Delany and Octavia Butler as they decenter and destabilize the human, radically refusing liberal humanist ideas of subjectivity and species. Brown demonstrates that engaging in utopian practices Black subjects imagine and manifest new genres of existence and forms of collectivity. For Brown, utopia consists of those moments in the here and now when those excluded from the category human jump into other onto-epistemological realms. Black people—untethered from the hope of rights, recognition, or redress—celebrate themselves as elements in a cosmic effluvium.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575112Tue, 24 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Utopias: Speculative Life and the Music of Other Worlds Author: Jayna Brown Narrator: Allyson Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Utopias: Speculative Life and the Music of Other Worlds Author: Jayna Brown Narrator: Allyson Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In Black Utopias Jayna Brown takes up the concept of utopia as a way of exploring alternative states of being, doing, and imagining in Black culture. Musical, literary, and mystic practices become utopian enclaves in which Black people engage in modes of creative worldmaking. Brown explores the lives and work of Black women mystics Sojourner Truth and Rebecca Cox Jackson, musicians Alice Coltrane and Sun Ra, and the work of speculative fiction writers Samuel Delany and Octavia Butler as they decenter and destabilize the human, radically refusing liberal humanist ideas of subjectivity and species. Brown demonstrates that engaging in utopian practices Black subjects imagine and manifest new genres of existence and forms of collectivity. For Brown, utopia consists of those moments in the here and now when those excluded from the category human jump into other onto-epistemological realms. Black people—untethered from the hope of rights, recognition, or redress—celebrate themselves as elements in a cosmic effluvium.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/criminal-fraud-and-election-disinformation-law-and-politics-by-jeremy-horder--65206622https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583954 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Criminal Fraud and Election Disinformation: Law and Politics Series: Part of Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice Author: Jeremy Horder Narrator: Jonathan Johns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Deliberate mischaracterization of political opponents and their policies has always been a part of politics; however, lying, dishonesty, and distortion of the facts remain morally wrong and have the potential to obstruct important political interests. For example, a false or misleading claim publicized about an election candidate may lead someone to lose an election that they might otherwise have won. So, does—and should—the law seek to provide protection from the risk of this happening? In attempting to answer this question, Jeremy Horder draws a key distinction between what is called 'political viewpoint' fraud and 'electoral participation' fraud. In the interests of protecting freedom of speech, false or misleading claims (disinformation) involving political viewpoint content should be tolerated, not only by the criminal law but also by the internet platforms which host political content. By contrast, in the interests of preserving the integrity of democratic electoral processes, disinformation involving electoral participation information should be prohibited by the criminal law and censored by internet platforms. This book explains how the criminal law in various jurisdictions frequently prohibits false or misleading political claims falling into both categories of disinformation, instead of concentrating on electoral participation fraud.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583954Tue, 24 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583954 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Criminal Fraud and Election Disinformation: Law and Politics Series: Part of Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice Author: Jeremy Horder...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583954 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Criminal Fraud and Election Disinformation: Law and Politics Series: Part of Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice Author: Jeremy Horder Narrator: Jonathan Johns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Deliberate mischaracterization of political opponents and their policies has always been a part of politics; however, lying, dishonesty, and distortion of the facts remain morally wrong and have the potential to obstruct important political interests. For example, a false or misleading claim publicized about an election candidate may lead someone to lose an election that they might otherwise have won. So, does—and should—the law seek to provide protection from the risk of this happening? In attempting to answer this question, Jeremy Horder draws a key distinction between what is called 'political viewpoint' fraud and 'electoral participation' fraud. In the interests of protecting freedom of speech, false or misleading claims (disinformation) involving political viewpoint content should be tolerated, not only by the criminal law but also by the internet platforms which host political content. By contrast, in the interests of preserving the integrity of democratic electoral processes, disinformation involving electoral participation information should be prohibited by the criminal law and censored by internet platforms. This book explains how the criminal law in various jurisdictions frequently prohibits false or misleading political claims falling into both categories of disinformation, instead of concentrating on electoral participation fraud.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/john-stuart-mill-a-very-short-introduction-by-gregory-claeys--65206600https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577001 to listen full audiobooks. Title: John Stuart Mill: A Very Short Introduction Author: Gregory Claeys Narrator: James Cameron Stewart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: John Stuart Mill (1806-73) is widely regarded as the leading liberal philosopher, economist, and political theorist of nineteenth century Britain. In his lifetime he was best known for his System of Logic (1843) and the Principles of Political Economy (1848). Today Mill is chiefly identified with On Liberty (1859), perhaps the definitive text of modern liberal statement of its subject, and probably the single most important work of modern political thought. Mill was also the first major male feminist thinker of the period (author of The Subjection of Women, 1869), and the first, as an MP, to introduce a bill for female enfranchisement before Parliament. This Very Short Introduction offers a brief survey of the life and key ideas of this most influential Victorian British writer. Moving chronologically, Gregory Claeys outlines the philosophical background out of which Mill developed, chiefly through the ideas of Jeremy Bentham and James Mill. He demonstrates how Mill's personal life, especially his 'mental crisis' of 1827, and his relationship with Harriet Taylor, were integral to his intellectual development. Throughout Claeys considers Mill's key works set within the context of his lesser writings and correspondence, and discusses the more controversial aspects of his thought concerning religion, secularism, and birth control.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577001Tue, 24 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577001 to listen full audiobooks. Title: John Stuart Mill: A Very Short Introduction Author: Gregory Claeys Narrator: James Cameron Stewart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 3...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577001 to listen full audiobooks. Title: John Stuart Mill: A Very Short Introduction Author: Gregory Claeys Narrator: James Cameron Stewart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: John Stuart Mill (1806-73) is widely regarded as the leading liberal philosopher, economist, and political theorist of nineteenth century Britain. In his lifetime he was best known for his System of Logic (1843) and the Principles of Political Economy (1848). Today Mill is chiefly identified with On Liberty (1859), perhaps the definitive text of modern liberal statement of its subject, and probably the single most important work of modern political thought. Mill was also the first major male feminist thinker of the period (author of The Subjection of Women, 1869), and the first, as an MP, to introduce a bill for female enfranchisement before Parliament. This Very Short Introduction offers a brief survey of the life and key ideas of this most influential Victorian British writer. Moving chronologically, Gregory Claeys outlines the philosophical background out of which Mill developed, chiefly through the ideas of Jeremy Bentham and James Mill. He demonstrates how Mill's personal life, especially his 'mental crisis' of 1827, and his relationship with Harriet Taylor, were integral to his intellectual development. Throughout Claeys considers Mill's key works set within the context of his lesser writings and correspondence, and discusses the more controversial aspects of his thought concerning religion, secularism, and birth control.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/small-power-how-local-parties-shape-elections-by-michael-g-miller-conor-m-dowling-david-doherty--65206567https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580133 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small Power: How Local Parties Shape Elections Author: Michael G. Miller, Conor M. Dowling, David Doherty Narrator: Joe Hempel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An insider's look into the largely anonymous volunteers in local party organizations who make decisions in elections with profound implications for American democracy. Although scholars have long recognized that local American parties play an important role in elections, surprisingly little is known about the individuals who lead these typically small, volunteer-based organizations. As David Doherty, Conor M. Dowling, and Michael G. Miller show in Small Power, local party leaders influence the electoral process in myriad ways: They recruit and support candidates, interface with state-wide and federal campaigns, and get out the vote in their communities. Drawing from a survey of over 850 Democratic and Republican local party chairs, a nationally representative sample of voters, and dozens of in-depth interviews, the authors describe how parties are organized, who party chairs are, and how they serve the party. Leveraging novel experiments that illuminate how chairs make choices about which individuals to recruit as candidates—as well as whether those choices reflect voters' preferences—Small Power sheds new light on how seemingly mundane local decisions can shape party goals, influence candidate pipelines, and affect who ends up winning elections.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580133Tue, 24 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580133 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small Power: How Local Parties Shape Elections Author: Michael G. Miller, Conor M. Dowling, David Doherty Narrator: Joe Hempel Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580133 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small Power: How Local Parties Shape Elections Author: Michael G. Miller, Conor M. Dowling, David Doherty Narrator: Joe Hempel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An insider's look into the largely anonymous volunteers in local party organizations who make decisions in elections with profound implications for American democracy. Although scholars have long recognized that local American parties play an important role in elections, surprisingly little is known about the individuals who lead these typically small, volunteer-based organizations. As David Doherty, Conor M. Dowling, and Michael G. Miller show in Small Power, local party leaders influence the electoral process in myriad ways: They recruit and support candidates, interface with state-wide and federal campaigns, and get out the vote in their communities. Drawing from a survey of over 850 Democratic and Republican local party chairs, a nationally representative sample of voters, and dozens of in-depth interviews, the authors describe how parties are organized, who party chairs are, and how they serve the party. Leveraging novel experiments that illuminate how chairs make choices about which individuals to recruit as candidates—as well as whether those choices reflect voters' preferences—Small Power sheds new light on how seemingly mundane local decisions can shape party goals, influence candidate pipelines, and affect who ends up winning elections.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fighting-soul-on-the-road-with-bernie-sanders-by-ari-rabin-havt--65206553https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583951 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fighting Soul: On the Road with Bernie Sanders Author: Ari Rabin-Havt Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The man behind the enigmatic progressive icon—an unparalleled and intimate account of Bernie Sanders from one of his most trusted confidants. Bernie Sanders inspires fervent love and, even among his enemies, a measure of grudging respect—yet, curiously, we know little about who the man really is, with Sanders deliberately keeping the focus on his policies. Now, with The Fighting Soul, Ari Rabin-Havt takes us where no profiles or televised interview have been able to go. As a close advisor and deputy campaign manager on Sanders's most recent—and likely last—presidential campaign, the tireless Rabin-Havt spent more hours between 2017 and 2020 with the Vermont senator than anyone else. Traveling the country for rallies and to support striking workers, the two visited thirty-six states, drove tens of thousands of miles, and ate in countless chain restaurants. One result was a meteoric and galvanizing presidential campaign. Another is The Fighting Soul, an unforgettable chronicle of life on the road with Sanders and the first in-depth portrait of this fiercely independent, and famously private, left-wing firebrand.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583951Tue, 24 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583951 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fighting Soul: On the Road with Bernie Sanders Author: Ari Rabin-Havt Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583951 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fighting Soul: On the Road with Bernie Sanders Author: Ari Rabin-Havt Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The man behind the enigmatic progressive icon—an unparalleled and intimate account of Bernie Sanders from one of his most trusted confidants. Bernie Sanders inspires fervent love and, even among his enemies, a measure of grudging respect—yet, curiously, we know little about who the man really is, with Sanders deliberately keeping the focus on his policies. Now, with The Fighting Soul, Ari Rabin-Havt takes us where no profiles or televised interview have been able to go. As a close advisor and deputy campaign manager on Sanders's most recent—and likely last—presidential campaign, the tireless Rabin-Havt spent more hours between 2017 and 2020 with the Vermont senator than anyone else. Traveling the country for rallies and to support striking workers, the two visited thirty-six states, drove tens of thousands of miles, and ate in countless chain restaurants. One result was a meteoric and galvanizing presidential campaign. Another is The Fighting Soul, an unforgettable chronicle of life on the road with Sanders and the first in-depth portrait of this fiercely independent, and famously private, left-wing firebrand.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/navalny-putin-s-nemesis-russia-s-future-by-morvan-lallouet-jan-matti-dollbaum-ben-noble--65206521https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584740 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Navalny: Putin's Nemesis, Russia's Future? Author: Morvan Lallouet, Jan Matti Dollbaum, Ben Noble Narrator: Rob Heaps Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A fascinating account of Russia's famous dissident and the politics he embodies. Who is Alexei Navalny? Poisoned in August 2020 and transported to Germany for treatment, the politician returned to Russia in January 2021 in the full glare of the world media. His immediate detention at passport control set the stage for an explosive showdown with Vladimir Putin. But Navalny means very different things to different people. To some, he is a democratic hero. To others, he is betraying the Motherland. To others still, he is a dangerous nationalist. Navalny explores the many dimensions of his political life, from his pioneering anti-corruption investigations to his ideas and leadership of a political movement. It also looks at how his activities and the Kremlin's strategies have shaped one another. Navalny makes sense of this divisive character, revealing the contradictions of a man who is the second most important political figure in Russia—even when behind bars. In order to understand modern Russia, you need to understand Alexei Navalny.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584740Tue, 24 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584740 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Navalny: Putin's Nemesis, Russia's Future? Author: Morvan Lallouet, Jan Matti Dollbaum, Ben Noble Narrator: Rob Heaps Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584740 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Navalny: Putin's Nemesis, Russia's Future? Author: Morvan Lallouet, Jan Matti Dollbaum, Ben Noble Narrator: Rob Heaps Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A fascinating account of Russia's famous dissident and the politics he embodies. Who is Alexei Navalny? Poisoned in August 2020 and transported to Germany for treatment, the politician returned to Russia in January 2021 in the full glare of the world media. His immediate detention at passport control set the stage for an explosive showdown with Vladimir Putin. But Navalny means very different things to different people. To some, he is a democratic hero. To others, he is betraying the Motherland. To others still, he is a dangerous nationalist. Navalny explores the many dimensions of his political life, from his pioneering anti-corruption investigations to his ideas and leadership of a political movement. It also looks at how his activities and the Kremlin's strategies have shaped one another. Navalny makes sense of this divisive character, revealing the contradictions of a man who is the second most important political figure in Russia—even when behind bars. In order to understand modern Russia, you need to understand Alexei Navalny.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/majority-minority-by-justin-gest--65206506https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584367 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Majority Minority Author: Justin Gest Narrator: Clark Cornell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: How do societies respond to great demographic change? This question lingers over the contemporary politics of the United States and other countries where persistent immigration has altered populations and may soon produce a majority minority milestone, where the original ethnic or religious majority loses its numerical advantage to one or more foreign-origin minority groups. Until now, most of our knowledge about largescale responses to demographic change has been based on studies of individual people's reactions, which tend to be instinctively defensive and intolerant. To anticipate and inform future responses to demographic change, Justin Gest looks to the past. In Majority Minority, Gest wields historical analysis and interview-based fieldwork inside six of the world's few societies that have already experienced a majority minority transition to understand what factors produce different social outcomes. Gest concludes that states hold great power to shape public responses and perceptions of demographic change through political institutions and the rhetoric of leaders. Through subsequent survey research, Gest also identifies novel ways that leaders can leverage nationalist sentiment to reduce the appeal of nativism—by framing immigration and demographic change in terms of the national interest.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584367Tue, 24 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584367 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Majority Minority Author: Justin Gest Narrator: Clark Cornell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584367 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Majority Minority Author: Justin Gest Narrator: Clark Cornell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: How do societies respond to great demographic change? This question lingers over the contemporary politics of the United States and other countries where persistent immigration has altered populations and may soon produce a majority minority milestone, where the original ethnic or religious majority loses its numerical advantage to one or more foreign-origin minority groups. Until now, most of our knowledge about largescale responses to demographic change has been based on studies of individual people's reactions, which tend to be instinctively defensive and intolerant. To anticipate and inform future responses to demographic change, Justin Gest looks to the past. In Majority Minority, Gest wields historical analysis and interview-based fieldwork inside six of the world's few societies that have already experienced a majority minority transition to understand what factors produce different social outcomes. Gest concludes that states hold great power to shape public responses and perceptions of demographic change through political institutions and the rhetoric of leaders. Through subsequent survey research, Gest also identifies novel ways that leaders can leverage nationalist sentiment to reduce the appeal of nativism—by framing immigration and demographic change in terms of the national interest.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-rauchentwohnung-mit-hypnose-visualisierung-in-wenigen-minuten-zum-nichtraucher-by-norman-wiehe--65206478https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Rauchentwöhnung mit Hypnose & Visualisierung: In wenigen Minuten zum Nichtraucher Author: Norman Wiehe Narrator: Norman Wiehe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 22, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Rauchentwöhnung mit Hypnose & Visualisierung. In nur wenigen Minuten wirst auch Du zum Nichtraucher, wenn Du willst. Die Methode ist wissenschaftlich erwiesen und hat sich hundertfach bewährt. Denn Rauchen ist eine schlechte Angewohnheit, die sich nicht einfach vergessen oder unterdrücken lässt. Eine Gewohnheit muss man auflösen oder verändern. Hier erweist sich die Hypnose als die effektivste Methode. Sie wirkt schnell, sicher und kommt ohne Nebenwirkungen aus. Mit diesem Hörbuch, erhältst Du eine Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung und geführte Übungen, um Nichtraucher zu werden. Wenn Du mit dem Rauchen aufhören willst und sie aufmerksam anwendest, wirst Du mit ihr Erfolg haben. Das menschliche Gehirn lernt durch Wiederholung. Wende die geführten Übungen so oft an, bis Dein Rauchverlangen komplett verschwunden ist.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588584Sun, 22 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Rauchentwöhnung mit Hypnose & Visualisierung: In wenigen Minuten zum Nichtraucher Author: Norman Wiehe Narrator: Norman Wiehe Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Rauchentwöhnung mit Hypnose & Visualisierung: In wenigen Minuten zum Nichtraucher Author: Norman Wiehe Narrator: Norman Wiehe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 22, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Rauchentwöhnung mit Hypnose & Visualisierung. In nur wenigen Minuten wirst auch Du zum Nichtraucher, wenn Du willst. Die Methode ist wissenschaftlich erwiesen und hat sich hundertfach bewährt. Denn Rauchen ist eine schlechte Angewohnheit, die sich nicht einfach vergessen oder unterdrücken lässt. Eine Gewohnheit muss man auflösen oder verändern. Hier erweist sich die Hypnose als die effektivste Methode. Sie wirkt schnell, sicher und kommt ohne Nebenwirkungen aus. Mit diesem Hörbuch, erhältst Du eine Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung und geführte Übungen, um Nichtraucher zu werden. Wenn Du mit dem Rauchen aufhören willst und sie aufmerksam anwendest, wirst Du mit ihr Erfolg haben. Das menschliche Gehirn lernt durch Wiederholung. Wende die geführten Übungen so oft an, bis Dein Rauchverlangen komplett verschwunden ist.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tyrants-on-twitter-protecting-democracies-from-information-warfare-by-david-l-sloss--65206635https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578265 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tyrants on Twitter: Protecting Democracies from Information Warfare Author: David L. Sloss Narrator: Graham Rowat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A look inside the weaponization of social media, and an innovative proposal for protecting Western democracies from information warfare. Tyrants on Twitter is the first detailed analysis of how Chinese and Russian agents weaponize Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube to subvert the liberal international order. In addition to examining the 2016 US election, David L. Sloss explores Russia's use of foreign influence operations to threaten democracies in Europe, as well as China's use of social media and other digital tools to meddle in Western democracies and buttress autocratic rulers around the world. Sloss calls for cooperation among democratic governments to create a new transnational system for regulating social media to protect Western democracies from information warfare. Drawing on his professional experience as an arms control negotiator, he outlines a novel system of transnational governance that Western democracies can enforce by harmonizing their domestic regulations. And drawing on his academic expertise in constitutional law, he explains why that system—if implemented by legislation in the United States—would be constitutionally defensible, despite likely First Amendment objections. With its critical examination of information warfare and its proposal for practical legislative solutions to fight back, this is a must-listen in a time when disinformation campaigns threaten to undermine democracy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578265Tue, 17 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578265 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tyrants on Twitter: Protecting Democracies from Information Warfare Author: David L. Sloss Narrator: Graham Rowat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578265 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tyrants on Twitter: Protecting Democracies from Information Warfare Author: David L. Sloss Narrator: Graham Rowat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A look inside the weaponization of social media, and an innovative proposal for protecting Western democracies from information warfare. Tyrants on Twitter is the first detailed analysis of how Chinese and Russian agents weaponize Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube to subvert the liberal international order. In addition to examining the 2016 US election, David L. Sloss explores Russia's use of foreign influence operations to threaten democracies in Europe, as well as China's use of social media and other digital tools to meddle in Western democracies and buttress autocratic rulers around the world. Sloss calls for cooperation among democratic governments to create a new transnational system for regulating social media to protect Western democracies from information warfare. Drawing on his professional experience as an arms control negotiator, he outlines a novel system of transnational governance that Western democracies can enforce by harmonizing their domestic regulations. And drawing on his academic expertise in constitutional law, he explains why that system—if implemented by legislation in the United States—would be constitutionally defensible, despite likely First Amendment objections. With its critical examination of information warfare and its proposal for practical legislative solutions to fight back, this is a must-listen in a time when disinformation campaigns threaten to undermine democracy.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/secrets-of-the-sprakkar-iceland-s-extraordinary-women-and-how-they-are-changing-the-world-by-eliza-reid--65206629https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577906 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland’s Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World Author: Eliza Reid Narrator: Ann Richardson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: For the past twelve years, the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report has ranked Iceland number one on its list of countries closing the gap in equality between men and women. What is it about Iceland that makes many women's experience there so positive? Why has their society made such meaningful progress in this ongoing battle, from electing the world's first female president to passing legislation specifically designed to help even the playing field at work and at home? And how can we learn from what Icelanders have already discovered about women's powerful place in society and how increased fairness benefits everyone? Eliza Reid, the First Lady of Iceland, examines her adopted homeland's attitude toward women—the deep-seated cultural sense of fairness, the influence of current and historical role models, and, crucially, the areas where Iceland still has room for improvement. Reid's own experience as an immigrant from small-town Canada who never expected to become a first lady is expertly interwoven with interviews with dozens of sprakkar ('extraordinary women') to form the backbone of an illuminating discussion of what it means to move through the world as a woman, and how the rules of society play more of a role in who we view as 'equal' than we may understand.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577906Tue, 17 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577906 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland’s Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World Author: Eliza Reid Narrator: Ann Richardson Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577906 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland’s Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World Author: Eliza Reid Narrator: Ann Richardson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: For the past twelve years, the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report has ranked Iceland number one on its list of countries closing the gap in equality between men and women. What is it about Iceland that makes many women's experience there so positive? Why has their society made such meaningful progress in this ongoing battle, from electing the world's first female president to passing legislation specifically designed to help even the playing field at work and at home? And how can we learn from what Icelanders have already discovered about women's powerful place in society and how increased fairness benefits everyone? Eliza Reid, the First Lady of Iceland, examines her adopted homeland's attitude toward women—the deep-seated cultural sense of fairness, the influence of current and historical role models, and, crucially, the areas where Iceland still has room for improvement. Reid's own experience as an immigrant from small-town Canada who never expected to become a first lady is expertly interwoven with interviews with dozens of sprakkar ('extraordinary women') to form the backbone of an illuminating discussion of what it means to move through the world as a woman, and how the rules of society play more of a role in who we view as 'equal' than we may understand.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-psychology-of-christian-nationalism-why-people-are-drawn-in-and-how-to-talk-across-the-divide-by-pamela-cooper-white--65206593https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why People Are Drawn In and How to Talk Across the Divide Author: Pamela Cooper-White Narrator: Kim Niemi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: How do we overcome polarization in American society? How do we advocate for justice when one side won't listen to the other and cycles of outrage escalate? These questions have been pressing for years, but the emergence of a vocal, virulent Christian nationalism have made it even more urgent that we find a way forward. In three brief, incisive chapters Pamela Cooper-White uncovers the troubling extent of Christian nationalism, explores its deep psychological roots, and discusses ways in which advocates for justice can safely and effectively attempt to talk across the deep divides in our society.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580130Tue, 17 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why People Are Drawn In and How to Talk Across the Divide Author: Pamela Cooper-White Narrator: Kim Niemi...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why People Are Drawn In and How to Talk Across the Divide Author: Pamela Cooper-White Narrator: Kim Niemi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: How do we overcome polarization in American society? How do we advocate for justice when one side won't listen to the other and cycles of outrage escalate? These questions have been pressing for years, but the emergence of a vocal, virulent Christian nationalism have made it even more urgent that we find a way forward. In three brief, incisive chapters Pamela Cooper-White uncovers the troubling extent of Christian nationalism, explores its deep psychological roots, and discusses ways in which advocates for justice can safely and effectively attempt to talk across the deep divides in our society.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/russian-nuclear-orthodoxy-religion-politics-and-strategy-by-dmitry-adamsky--65206587https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580245 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy: Religion, Politics, and Strategy Author: Dmitry Adamsky Narrator: Noah Michael Levine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A nuclear priesthood has arisen in Russia. From portable churches to the consecration of weapons systems, the Russian Orthodox Church has been integrated into every facet of the armed forces to become a vital part of Russian national security, politics, and identity. This extraordinary intertwining of church and military is nowhere more visible than in the nuclear weapons community, where the priesthood has penetrated all levels of command and the Church has positioned itself as a guardian of the state's nuclear potential. Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy considers how, since the Soviet collapse in 1991, the Church has worked its way into the nuclear forces, the most significant wing of one of the world's most powerful military organizations. Dmitry Adamsky describes how the Orthodox faith has merged with Russian national identity as the Church continues to expand its influence on foreign and domestic politics. The Church both legitimizes and influences Moscow's assertive national security strategy in the twenty-first century. This book sheds light on the role of faith in modern militaries and highlights the implications of this phenomenon for international security. Ultimately, Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy interrogates the implications of the confluence of religion and security for other members of the nuclear club, beyond Russia.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580245Tue, 17 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580245 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy: Religion, Politics, and Strategy Author: Dmitry Adamsky Narrator: Noah Michael Levine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580245 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy: Religion, Politics, and Strategy Author: Dmitry Adamsky Narrator: Noah Michael Levine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A nuclear priesthood has arisen in Russia. From portable churches to the consecration of weapons systems, the Russian Orthodox Church has been integrated into every facet of the armed forces to become a vital part of Russian national security, politics, and identity. This extraordinary intertwining of church and military is nowhere more visible than in the nuclear weapons community, where the priesthood has penetrated all levels of command and the Church has positioned itself as a guardian of the state's nuclear potential. Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy considers how, since the Soviet collapse in 1991, the Church has worked its way into the nuclear forces, the most significant wing of one of the world's most powerful military organizations. Dmitry Adamsky describes how the Orthodox faith has merged with Russian national identity as the Church continues to expand its influence on foreign and domestic politics. The Church both legitimizes and influences Moscow's assertive national security strategy in the twenty-first century. This book sheds light on the role of faith in modern militaries and highlights the implications of this phenomenon for international security. Ultimately, Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy interrogates the implications of the confluence of religion and security for other members of the nuclear club, beyond Russia.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/brown-church-five-centuries-of-latina-o-social-justice-theology-and-identity-by-robert-chao-romero--65206551https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity Author: Robert Chao Romero Narrator: Andre Bellido Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist Interest in and awareness of the demand for social justice as an outworking of the Christian faith is growing. But it is not new. For five hundred years, Latina/o culture and identity have been shaped by their challenges to the religious, socio-economic, and political status quo, whether in opposition to Spanish colonialism, Latin American dictatorships, US imperialism in Central America, the oppression of farmworkers, or the current exploitation of undocumented immigrants. Christianity has played a significant role in that movement at every stage. Robert Chao Romero, the son of a Mexican father and a Chinese immigrant mother, explores the history and theology of what he terms the 'Brown Church.' Romero considers how this movement has responded to these and other injustices throughout its history by appealing to the belief that God's vision for redemption includes not only heavenly promises but also the transformation of every aspect of our lives and the world. Walking through this history of activism and faith, listeners will discover that Latina/o Christians have a heart after God's own.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577891Tue, 17 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity Author: Robert Chao Romero Narrator: Andre Bellido Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity Author: Robert Chao Romero Narrator: Andre Bellido Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist Interest in and awareness of the demand for social justice as an outworking of the Christian faith is growing. But it is not new. For five hundred years, Latina/o culture and identity have been shaped by their challenges to the religious, socio-economic, and political status quo, whether in opposition to Spanish colonialism, Latin American dictatorships, US imperialism in Central America, the oppression of farmworkers, or the current exploitation of undocumented immigrants. Christianity has played a significant role in that movement at every stage. Robert Chao Romero, the son of a Mexican father and a Chinese immigrant mother, explores the history and theology of what he terms the 'Brown Church.' Romero considers how this movement has responded to these and other injustices throughout its history by appealing to the belief that God's vision for redemption includes not only heavenly promises but also the transformation of every aspect of our lives and the world. Walking through this history of activism and faith, listeners will discover that Latina/o Christians have a heart after God's own.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bet-the-farm-the-dollars-and-sense-of-growing-food-in-america-by-beth-hoffman--65206638https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576046 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bet the Farm: The Dollars and Sense of Growing Food in America Author: Beth Hoffman Narrator: Susan Ericksen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Beth Hoffman was living the good life: she had a successful career as a journalist and professor, a comfortable home in San Francisco, and plenty of close friends and family. Yet in her late forties, she and her husband decided to leave the big city and move to his family ranch in Iowa—all for the dream of becoming a farmer. There was just one problem: money. Half of America's two million farms made less than $300 in 2019. Between rising land costs, ever-more expensive equipment, the growing uncertainty of the climate, and few options for health care, farming today is a risky business. For many, simply staying afloat is a constant struggle. Bet the Farm chronicles this struggle through Beth's eyes as a beginning farmer. She must contend with her father-in-law, who is reluctant to hand over control of the land. Growing oats is good for the environment but ends up being very bad for the wallet. The couple also must balance the books, hoping that farming isn't a romantic fantasy that takes every cent of their savings. Bet the Farm is a first-hand account of the perils of farming today and a personal exploration of more just and sustainable ways of producing food.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576046Tue, 10 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576046 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bet the Farm: The Dollars and Sense of Growing Food in America Author: Beth Hoffman Narrator: Susan Ericksen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576046 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bet the Farm: The Dollars and Sense of Growing Food in America Author: Beth Hoffman Narrator: Susan Ericksen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Beth Hoffman was living the good life: she had a successful career as a journalist and professor, a comfortable home in San Francisco, and plenty of close friends and family. Yet in her late forties, she and her husband decided to leave the big city and move to his family ranch in Iowa—all for the dream of becoming a farmer. There was just one problem: money. Half of America's two million farms made less than $300 in 2019. Between rising land costs, ever-more expensive equipment, the growing uncertainty of the climate, and few options for health care, farming today is a risky business. For many, simply staying afloat is a constant struggle. Bet the Farm chronicles this struggle through Beth's eyes as a beginning farmer. She must contend with her father-in-law, who is reluctant to hand over control of the land. Growing oats is good for the environment but ends up being very bad for the wallet. The couple also must balance the books, hoping that farming isn't a romantic fantasy that takes every cent of their savings. Bet the Farm is a first-hand account of the perils of farming today and a personal exploration of more just and sustainable ways of producing food.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-political-parties-why-they-formed-how-they-function-and-where-they-re-headed-by-john-kenneth-white-matthew-r-kerbel--65206616https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577893 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Political Parties: Why They Formed, How They Function, and Where They're Headed Author: John Kenneth White, Matthew R. Kerbel Narrator: Stephen Bowlby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: American Political Parties is a core textbook on political parties in the United States that places the US party system into a framework designed around the disagreements between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. White and Kerbel argue that the two-party system in the United States began with a common agreement on the key values of freedom, individual rights, and equality of opportunity but that Hamilton and Jefferson disagreed—often vehemently—over how to translate these ideals into an acceptable form of governance. While Hamilton wanted to marry freedom to a strong, active federal government with an energetic president who would act on behalf of all citizens, Jefferson believed that freedom should be allied to local civic virtue, with governmental responsibilities placed primarily at the local level. Today, Hamiltonian nationalism finds its home in the Democratic Party, while Republicans have espoused Jeffersonian localism since 1964. Using this historical framework, American Political Parties examines a range of topics including marketing and social media, campaign finance, reforms in the presidential nominating process, political demography, and third parties. In this new edition, the authors describe four possible futures in the wake of the 2020 election and why Americans believed it was 'the most important' election in their lifetimes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577893Tue, 10 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577893 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Political Parties: Why They Formed, How They Function, and Where They're Headed Author: John Kenneth White, Matthew R. Kerbel Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577893 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Political Parties: Why They Formed, How They Function, and Where They're Headed Author: John Kenneth White, Matthew R. Kerbel Narrator: Stephen Bowlby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: American Political Parties is a core textbook on political parties in the United States that places the US party system into a framework designed around the disagreements between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. White and Kerbel argue that the two-party system in the United States began with a common agreement on the key values of freedom, individual rights, and equality of opportunity but that Hamilton and Jefferson disagreed—often vehemently—over how to translate these ideals into an acceptable form of governance. While Hamilton wanted to marry freedom to a strong, active federal government with an energetic president who would act on behalf of all citizens, Jefferson believed that freedom should be allied to local civic virtue, with governmental responsibilities placed primarily at the local level. Today, Hamiltonian nationalism finds its home in the Democratic Party, while Republicans have espoused Jeffersonian localism since 1964. Using this historical framework, American Political Parties examines a range of topics including marketing and social media, campaign finance, reforms in the presidential nominating process, political demography, and third parties. In this new edition, the authors describe four possible futures in the wake of the 2020 election and why Americans believed it was 'the most important' election in their lifetimes.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/civil-resistance-what-everyone-needs-to-know-by-erica-chenoweth--65206615https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576044 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know Author: Erica Chenoweth Narrator: Erica Chenoweth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Civil resistance is a method of conflict through which unarmed civilians use a variety of coordinated methods (strikes, protests, demonstrations, boycotts, and many other tactics) to prosecute a conflict without directly harming or threatening to harm an opponent. Sometimes called nonviolent resistance, unarmed struggle, or nonviolent action, this form of political action is now a mainstay across the globe. It was been a central form of resistance in the 1989 revolutions and in the Arab Spring, and it is now being practiced widely in Trump's America. If we are going to understand the manifold protest movements emerging around the globe, we need a thorough understanding of civil resistance and its many dynamics and manifestations. In Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know®, Erica Chenoweth—one of the world's leading scholars on the topic—explains what civil resistance is, how it works, why it sometimes fails, how violence and repression affect it, and the long-term impacts of such resistance. Featuring both historical cases of civil resistance and more contemporary examples such as the Arab Awakenings and various ongoing movements in the United States, this book provides a comprehensive yet pithy overview of this enormously important subject.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576044Tue, 10 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576044 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know Author: Erica Chenoweth Narrator: Erica Chenoweth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576044 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know Author: Erica Chenoweth Narrator: Erica Chenoweth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Civil resistance is a method of conflict through which unarmed civilians use a variety of coordinated methods (strikes, protests, demonstrations, boycotts, and many other tactics) to prosecute a conflict without directly harming or threatening to harm an opponent. Sometimes called nonviolent resistance, unarmed struggle, or nonviolent action, this form of political action is now a mainstay across the globe. It was been a central form of resistance in the 1989 revolutions and in the Arab Spring, and it is now being practiced widely in Trump's America. If we are going to understand the manifold protest movements emerging around the globe, we need a thorough understanding of civil resistance and its many dynamics and manifestations. In Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know®, Erica Chenoweth—one of the world's leading scholars on the topic—explains what civil resistance is, how it works, why it sometimes fails, how violence and repression affect it, and the long-term impacts of such resistance. Featuring both historical cases of civil resistance and more contemporary examples such as the Arab Awakenings and various ongoing movements in the United States, this book provides a comprehensive yet pithy overview of this enormously important subject.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-strange-career-of-racial-liberalism-by-joseph-darda--65206602https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Strange Career of Racial Liberalism Author: Joseph Darda Narrator: Andrew Joseph Perez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: How Americans learned to wait on time for racial change What if, Joseph Darda asks, our desire to solve racism—with science, civil rights, antiracist literature, integration, and color blindness—has entrenched it further? In The Strange Career of Racial Liberalism, he traces the rise of liberal antiracism, showing how reformers' faith in time, in the moral arc of the universe, has undercut future movements with the insistence that racism constitutes a time-limited crisis to be solved with time-limited remedies. Most historians attribute the shortcomings of the civil rights era to a conservative backlash or to the fracturing of the liberal establishment in the late 1960s, but the civil rights movement also faced resistance from a liberal 'frontlash,' from antiredistributive allies who, before it ever took off, constrained what the movement could demand and how it could demand it. Telling the stories of Ruth Benedict, Kenneth Clark, W. E. B. Du Bois, John Howard Griffin, Pauli Murray, Lillian Smith, Richard Wright, and others, Darda reveals how Americans learned to wait on time for racial change and the enduring harm of that trust in the clock.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578264Tue, 10 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Strange Career of Racial Liberalism Author: Joseph Darda Narrator: Andrew Joseph Perez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Strange Career of Racial Liberalism Author: Joseph Darda Narrator: Andrew Joseph Perez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: How Americans learned to wait on time for racial change What if, Joseph Darda asks, our desire to solve racism—with science, civil rights, antiracist literature, integration, and color blindness—has entrenched it further? In The Strange Career of Racial Liberalism, he traces the rise of liberal antiracism, showing how reformers' faith in time, in the moral arc of the universe, has undercut future movements with the insistence that racism constitutes a time-limited crisis to be solved with time-limited remedies. Most historians attribute the shortcomings of the civil rights era to a conservative backlash or to the fracturing of the liberal establishment in the late 1960s, but the civil rights movement also faced resistance from a liberal 'frontlash,' from antiredistributive allies who, before it ever took off, constrained what the movement could demand and how it could demand it. Telling the stories of Ruth Benedict, Kenneth Clark, W. E. B. Du Bois, John Howard Griffin, Pauli Murray, Lillian Smith, Richard Wright, and others, Darda reveals how Americans learned to wait on time for racial change and the enduring harm of that trust in the clock.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-philosophy-of-social-ecology-essays-on-dialectical-naturalism-by-murray-bookchin--65206597https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577875 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Philosophy of Social Ecology: Essays on Dialectical Naturalism Author: Murray Bookchin Narrator: James R. Cheatham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: What is nature? What is humanity's place in nature? And what is the relationship of society to the natural world? In an era of ecological breakdown, answering these questions has become of momentous importance for our everyday lives and for the future that we and other life-forms face. In the essays of The Philosophy of Social Ecology, Murray Bookchin confronts these questions head on: invoking the ideas of mutualism, self-organization, and unity in diversity, in the service of ever expanding freedom. Refreshingly polemical and deeply philosophical, these essays take issue with technocratic and mechanistic ways of understanding and relating to, and within, nature. More importantly, they develop a solid, historically and politically based ethical foundation for social ecology, the field that Bookchin himself created and that offers us hope in the midst of our climate catastrophe.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577875Tue, 10 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577875 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Philosophy of Social Ecology: Essays on Dialectical Naturalism Author: Murray Bookchin Narrator: James R. Cheatham Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577875 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Philosophy of Social Ecology: Essays on Dialectical Naturalism Author: Murray Bookchin Narrator: James R. Cheatham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: What is nature? What is humanity's place in nature? And what is the relationship of society to the natural world? In an era of ecological breakdown, answering these questions has become of momentous importance for our everyday lives and for the future that we and other life-forms face. In the essays of The Philosophy of Social Ecology, Murray Bookchin confronts these questions head on: invoking the ideas of mutualism, self-organization, and unity in diversity, in the service of ever expanding freedom. Refreshingly polemical and deeply philosophical, these essays take issue with technocratic and mechanistic ways of understanding and relating to, and within, nature. More importantly, they develop a solid, historically and politically based ethical foundation for social ecology, the field that Bookchin himself created and that offers us hope in the midst of our climate catastrophe.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/liberalism-is-a-mental-disorder-savage-solutions-by-michael-savage--65206589https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder: Savage Solutions Author: Michael Savage Narrator: Vince Wallace Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder- Michael Savage has the cure. With grit, guts, and gusto, talk radio sensation Michael Savage leaves no political turn unstoned as he savages today's most rabid liberalism. In this paperback edition of his third New York Times bestseller, Savage strikes at the root of today's most pressing issues, including: Homeland security: 'We need more Patton and less patent leather . . . Real homeland security begins when we arrest, interrogate, jail, or deport known operatives within our own borders . . . One dirty bomb can ruin your whole day.' Illegal immigration: 'I envision an Oil for Illegals program . . . The president should demand one barrel of oil from Mexico for every illegal that sneaks into our country.' Lawsuit abuse: 'Lawyers are like red wine. Everything in moderation. Today we have far too many lawyers, and we're suffering from cirrhosis of the economy.' 'Pure Savage. Very effective, very timely, very hot.' American Compass Book Club An accompanying table and appendix are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574501Tue, 10 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder: Savage Solutions Author: Michael Savage Narrator: Vince Wallace Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder: Savage Solutions Author: Michael Savage Narrator: Vince Wallace Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder- Michael Savage has the cure. With grit, guts, and gusto, talk radio sensation Michael Savage leaves no political turn unstoned as he savages today's most rabid liberalism. In this paperback edition of his third New York Times bestseller, Savage strikes at the root of today's most pressing issues, including: Homeland security: 'We need more Patton and less patent leather . . . Real homeland security begins when we arrest, interrogate, jail, or deport known operatives within our own borders . . . One dirty bomb can ruin your whole day.' Illegal immigration: 'I envision an Oil for Illegals program . . . The president should demand one barrel of oil from Mexico for every illegal that sneaks into our country.' Lawsuit abuse: 'Lawyers are like red wine. Everything in moderation. Today we have far too many lawyers, and we're suffering from cirrhosis of the economy.' 'Pure Savage. Very effective, very timely, very hot.' American Compass Book Club An accompanying table and appendix are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-tyranny-and-on-ukraine-lessons-from-russia-s-war-on-ukraine-by-timothy-snyder--65206485https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587549 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Tyranny and On Ukraine: Lessons from Russia's War on Ukraine Author: Timothy Snyder Narrator: Timothy Snyder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 5, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The #1 New York Times bestseller, now in an expanded audiobook edition that includes detailed historical context for the democracy-threatening Ukrainian conflict and a call to action for modern times. This edition includes the bestselling original On Tyranny, read by the author. In this exclusive audiobook edition, which includes eight hours of new content, Timothy Snyder combines the original On Tyranny (2017) - twenty lessons on how history can instruct our response to the rise of tyranny around the world today - with twenty new lessons that answer the questions everyone is asking about Russia's war on Ukraine. With forays into history, he clarifies the causes of the Russian invasion and the meaning of Ukrainian resistance, and explains the war's connections to threats to democracy around the world. Linking past and present, and speaking only from notes, Snyder delivers an important call to arms and roadmap for resistance, providing invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come. This is the long view we all need, given to us right now by a leading expert. 'Timothy Snyder reasons with unparalleled clarity, throwing the past and future into sharp relief. He has written the rare kind of book that can be read in one sitting but will keep you coming back to help regain your bearings' Masha Gessen, about On Tyranny © Timothy Snyder 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587549Thu, 05 May 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587549 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Tyranny and On Ukraine: Lessons from Russia's War on Ukraine Author: Timothy Snyder Narrator: Timothy Snyder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587549 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Tyranny and On Ukraine: Lessons from Russia's War on Ukraine Author: Timothy Snyder Narrator: Timothy Snyder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 5, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The #1 New York Times bestseller, now in an expanded audiobook edition that includes detailed historical context for the democracy-threatening Ukrainian conflict and a call to action for modern times. This edition includes the bestselling original On Tyranny, read by the author. In this exclusive audiobook edition, which includes eight hours of new content, Timothy Snyder combines the original On Tyranny (2017) - twenty lessons on how history can instruct our response to the rise of tyranny around the world today - with twenty new lessons that answer the questions everyone is asking about Russia's war on Ukraine. With forays into history, he clarifies the causes of the Russian invasion and the meaning of Ukrainian resistance, and explains the war's connections to threats to democracy around the world. Linking past and present, and speaking only from notes, Snyder delivers an important call to arms and roadmap for resistance, providing invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come. This is the long view we all need, given to us right now by a leading expert. 'Timothy Snyder reasons with unparalleled clarity, throwing the past and future into sharp relief. He has written the rare kind of book that can be read in one sitting but will keep you coming back to help regain your bearings' Masha Gessen, about On Tyranny © Timothy Snyder 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-ko-auswitchz-by-jose-ignacio-perez--65206482https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588850 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - KO Auswitchz Author: José Ignacio Pérez Narrator: Miguel Coll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 28, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: La sobrecogedora historia real de los presos que tuvieron que boxear para sobrevivir en el infierno nazi; en el mayor matadero de inocentes jamás conocido... Auschwitz. Cuentan que allí, al otro lado, detrás de la alambrada, justo ahí donde el hombre nunca fue hombre, sino bestia, una vez un nazi preguntó: ¿Quién sabe boxear? Unos dijeron que sí y otros dijeron que no; pero ya fuera sí o no... Allí no era vivir, sino morir. Cuentan que allí, donde el hombre por no tener no tenía ni nombre, sólo era número, triángulo o estrella y un color, un SS aburrido, cansado de matar, buscaba diversión; un rato de asueto para distraer el sopor de asesinar. Y entonces volvió a preguntar: ¿Quién sabe boxear? Y cuentan que allí, detrás de la alambrada, donde los presos no eran presos, sino carne de cañón; seres humanos, más de un millón, todos asesinados y convertidos en humo, ceniza y carbón; unos hombres buenos subieron al ring por obligación, para entretener al maldito SS que buscaba diversión. Y quizá esa fue su salvación, porque allí, entre mugre, hambruna, enfermedad y mucha mezquindad, en los combates de boxeo se ganaba un poco de sopa, mantequilla y pan. Así lo recuerdan Noah Klieger y los otros 'boxeadores de Auschwitz'. Sobrecogedores testimonios de los que se pusieron los guantes para sobrevivir en el campo de concentración nazi. Noah, aquel nonagenario con la mirada clara y la piel marcada por la desgracia. Manchada por ese tatuaje infame y añejo, desgastado, que empañaba su antebrazo. 1-7-2-3-4-5, el número de la muerte. Noah, el superviviente que durante su visita a Madrid, un día del mes de enero de 2018, vestía todo de gris, claro, oscuro y marengo, quizá como un recuerdo de lo que le tocó vivir. Tiempos color ceniza. Su cuerpo de nonagenario estaba encogido, encorvado por la edad, pero su mente despejada. Dispuesta para recordar. Noah, el que cuenta que allí, al otro lado, detrás de la alambrada, un día escuchó: O sabes boxear o vas a la cámara de gas. En este libro se narra la desgarradora historia de los presos que tuvieron que boxear para sobrevivir en Auschwitz, un relato concebido con los recuerdos de Noah Klieger, Tadeusz Pietrzykowski, Jacko Razon, Judah Vandervelde, Solomon Roth, Salamo Arouch, Andrzej Rablin... y muchos más. - José Ignacio Pérez nació en Madrid en mayo de 1980. Licenciado en Ciencias de la Información por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Ha desarrollado casi la totalidad de su trayectoria profesional en el diario MARCA. Tras unos primeros años en el periódico local Sur Madrid, medio en el que ejerció como Redactor jefe, vinculó su carrera al rotativo deportivo, donde actualmente forma parte de MARCA.com. K.O. Auschwitz. La vida en un guante es su primer libro, que nace del reportaje 'Los púgiles de Auschwitz' publicado en MARCA en 2019, por el cual fue galardonado por partida doble con los premios Online Journalism Awards, en la categoría Deportes, entregado por la Online News Association (ONA) y el Premio Nacional de Periodismo Deportivo Manuel Alcántara.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588850Thu, 28 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588850 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - KO Auswitchz Author: José Ignacio Pérez Narrator: Miguel Coll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588850 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - KO Auswitchz Author: José Ignacio Pérez Narrator: Miguel Coll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 28, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: La sobrecogedora historia real de los presos que tuvieron que boxear para sobrevivir en el infierno nazi; en el mayor matadero de inocentes jamás conocido... Auschwitz. Cuentan que allí, al otro lado, detrás de la alambrada, justo ahí donde el hombre nunca fue hombre, sino bestia, una vez un nazi preguntó: ¿Quién sabe boxear? Unos dijeron que sí y otros dijeron que no; pero ya fuera sí o no... Allí no era vivir, sino morir. Cuentan que allí, donde el hombre por no tener no tenía ni nombre, sólo era número, triángulo o estrella y un color, un SS aburrido, cansado de matar, buscaba diversión; un rato de asueto para distraer el sopor de asesinar. Y entonces volvió a preguntar: ¿Quién sabe boxear? Y cuentan que allí, detrás de la alambrada, donde los presos no eran presos, sino carne de cañón; seres humanos, más de un millón, todos asesinados y convertidos en humo, ceniza y carbón; unos hombres buenos subieron al ring por obligación, para entretener al maldito SS que buscaba diversión. Y quizá esa fue su salvación, porque allí, entre mugre, hambruna, enfermedad y mucha mezquindad, en los combates de boxeo se ganaba un poco de sopa, mantequilla y pan. Así lo recuerdan Noah Klieger y los otros 'boxeadores de Auschwitz'. Sobrecogedores testimonios de los que se pusieron los guantes para sobrevivir en el campo de concentración nazi. Noah, aquel nonagenario con la mirada clara y la piel marcada por la desgracia. Manchada por ese tatuaje infame y añejo, desgastado, que empañaba su antebrazo. 1-7-2-3-4-5, el número de la muerte. Noah, el superviviente que durante su visita a Madrid, un día del mes de enero de 2018, vestía todo de gris, claro, oscuro y marengo, quizá como un recuerdo de lo que le tocó vivir. Tiempos color ceniza. Su cuerpo de nonagenario estaba encogido, encorvado por la edad, pero su mente despejada. Dispuesta para recordar. Noah, el que cuenta que allí, al otro lado, detrás de la alambrada, un día escuchó: O sabes boxear o vas a la cámara de gas. En este libro se narra la desgarradora historia de los presos que tuvieron que boxear para sobrevivir en Auschwitz, un relato concebido con los recuerdos de Noah Klieger, Tadeusz Pietrzykowski, Jacko Razon, Judah Vandervelde, Solomon Roth, Salamo Arouch, Andrzej Rablin... y muchos más. - José Ignacio Pérez nació en Madrid en mayo de 1980. Licenciado en Ciencias de la Información por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Ha desarrollado casi la totalidad de su trayectoria profesional en el diario MARCA. Tras unos primeros años en el periódico local Sur Madrid, medio en el que ejerció como Redactor jefe, vinculó su carrera al rotativo deportivo, donde actualmente forma parte de MARCA.com. K.O. Auschwitz. La vida en un guante es su primer libro, que nace del reportaje 'Los púgiles de Auschwitz' publicado en MARCA en 2019, por el cual fue galardonado por partida doble con los premios Online Journalism Awards, en la categoría Deportes, entregado por la Online News Association (ONA) y el Premio Nacional de Periodismo Deportivo Manuel Alcántara.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/landscapes-of-loss-the-story-of-an-indian-drought-by-kavitha-iyer--65206499https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583622 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Landscapes of Loss: The Story of an Indian Drought Author: Kavitha Iyer Narrator: Shivani Vakil Savant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 27, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: WINNER OF THE TATA LITERATURE LIVE FIRST BOOK AWARD (NON-FICTION) 2021 Maharashtra, India's richest state by GDP, has its eyes set on becoming the country's first trillion-dollar economy by 2025. At the same time, Marathwada -- a historically backward part of the state adjoining the distressed Vidarbha region -- has seen a surge in farmer suicides. At the heart of the crisis is a cyclical drought that has persisted for almost a decade. Relief packages and loan waivers have not reversed the trend. On the contrary, the stories of dystopia grow more tragic every year as thousands of farmer families flee to the big cities, while those who stay back are plagued by bad credit and crop loss. Landscapes of Loss tells the story of Marathwada through the accounts of its people: marginal farmers, Dalits, landless labourers, farm widows and children. It lays bare the complex factors that have brought the region to this pass -- a story representative, in many ways, of the agrarian unrest in large parts of rural India.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583622Wed, 27 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583622 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Landscapes of Loss: The Story of an Indian Drought Author: Kavitha Iyer Narrator: Shivani Vakil Savant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 44...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583622 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Landscapes of Loss: The Story of an Indian Drought Author: Kavitha Iyer Narrator: Shivani Vakil Savant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 27, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: WINNER OF THE TATA LITERATURE LIVE FIRST BOOK AWARD (NON-FICTION) 2021 Maharashtra, India's richest state by GDP, has its eyes set on becoming the country's first trillion-dollar economy by 2025. At the same time, Marathwada -- a historically backward part of the state adjoining the distressed Vidarbha region -- has seen a surge in farmer suicides. At the heart of the crisis is a cyclical drought that has persisted for almost a decade. Relief packages and loan waivers have not reversed the trend. On the contrary, the stories of dystopia grow more tragic every year as thousands of farmer families flee to the big cities, while those who stay back are plagued by bad credit and crop loss. Landscapes of Loss tells the story of Marathwada through the accounts of its people: marginal farmers, Dalits, landless labourers, farm widows and children. It lays bare the complex factors that have brought the region to this pass -- a story representative, in many ways, of the agrarian unrest in large parts of rural India.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-das-einzige-buch-das-du-uber-finanzen-lesen-solltest-der-entspannte-weg-zum-vermogen-von-den-machern-des-youtube-erfolgs-fina--65206453https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das einzige Buch, das du über Finanzen lesen solltest: Der entspannte Weg zum Vermögen Von den Machern des YouTube-Erfolgs »Finanzfluss« Author: Thomas Kehl, Mona Linke Narrator: Sebastian Waldemer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 27, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Ab sofort gibt es keine Ausreden mehr, den Vermögensaufbau zu vertagen. Nie war es so einfach wie heute, sein Geld trotz Nullzinsen gewinnbringend anzulegen. Das Buch von den Machern des erfolgreichen YouTube-Kanals »Finanzfluss« holt die Leser ab und gibt Impulse, Verantwortung für die eigene finanzielle Situation zu übernehmen und Begeisterung für die persönliche Vermögensbildung zu entfachen. Der ehemalige Investmentbanker Thomas Kehl und die Journalistin Mona Linke erklären, wie man mithilfe von Aktien und ETFs passiv ein Vermögen aufbauen kann, ohne dabei viel Risiko einzugehen, und wie das genau funktioniert. Ein Empowerment-Programm und Schnellkurs in Sachen Vermögensaufbau für alle verständlich, motivierend und vor allem wirksam!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584635Wed, 27 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das einzige Buch, das du über Finanzen lesen solltest: Der entspannte Weg zum Vermögen Von den Machern des YouTube-Erfolgs »Finanzfluss«...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das einzige Buch, das du über Finanzen lesen solltest: Der entspannte Weg zum Vermögen Von den Machern des YouTube-Erfolgs »Finanzfluss« Author: Thomas Kehl, Mona Linke Narrator: Sebastian Waldemer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 27, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Ab sofort gibt es keine Ausreden mehr, den Vermögensaufbau zu vertagen. Nie war es so einfach wie heute, sein Geld trotz Nullzinsen gewinnbringend anzulegen. Das Buch von den Machern des erfolgreichen YouTube-Kanals »Finanzfluss« holt die Leser ab und gibt Impulse, Verantwortung für die eigene finanzielle Situation zu übernehmen und Begeisterung für die persönliche Vermögensbildung zu entfachen. Der ehemalige Investmentbanker Thomas Kehl und die Journalistin Mona Linke erklären, wie man mithilfe von Aktien und ETFs passiv ein Vermögen aufbauen kann, ohne dabei viel Risiko einzugehen, und wie das genau funktioniert. Ein Empowerment-Programm und Schnellkurs in Sachen Vermögensaufbau für alle verständlich, motivierend und vor allem wirksam!]]>185bercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/going-big-fdr-s-legacy-biden-s-new-deal-and-the-struggle-to-save-democracy-by-robert-kuttner--65206636https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575076 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Going Big: FDR’s Legacy, Biden’s New Deal, and the Struggle to Save Democracy Author: Robert Kuttner Narrator: Robert Kuttner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 26, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Joe Biden has found his way back to Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. After four decades of diminishing prospects for ordinary people, the public likes what Biden is offering. Yet American democracy is in dire peril as Republicans, increasingly the national minority, try to destroy democracy in order to cling to power. It is the best of times and the worst of times. In Going Big, bestselling author and political journalist Robert Kuttner assesses the promise and peril of this critical juncture. Biden, like FDR in his time, faces multiple challenges. Roosevelt had to make terrible compromises with racist legislators to win enactment of his program. Biden, to achieve the necessary governing coalition, needs to achieve durable multiracial coalitions. Roosevelt had to conquer fascism in Europe; Biden must defeat it at home. And after four decades of neoliberal policy disasters reflecting Wall Street's political influence, Biden needs to go beyond what even FDR achieved, to restore a democratic economy of broad possibility. From a writer with an unparalleled understanding of the history and politics that have made this moment possible, this book is the essential guide to what is at stake for Joe Biden, for America, and for our democracy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575076Tue, 26 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575076 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Going Big: FDR’s Legacy, Biden’s New Deal, and the Struggle to Save Democracy Author: Robert Kuttner Narrator: Robert Kuttner Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575076 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Going Big: FDR’s Legacy, Biden’s New Deal, and the Struggle to Save Democracy Author: Robert Kuttner Narrator: Robert Kuttner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 26, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Joe Biden has found his way back to Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. After four decades of diminishing prospects for ordinary people, the public likes what Biden is offering. Yet American democracy is in dire peril as Republicans, increasingly the national minority, try to destroy democracy in order to cling to power. It is the best of times and the worst of times. In Going Big, bestselling author and political journalist Robert Kuttner assesses the promise and peril of this critical juncture. Biden, like FDR in his time, faces multiple challenges. Roosevelt had to make terrible compromises with racist legislators to win enactment of his program. Biden, to achieve the necessary governing coalition, needs to achieve durable multiracial coalitions. Roosevelt had to conquer fascism in Europe; Biden must defeat it at home. And after four decades of neoliberal policy disasters reflecting Wall Street's political influence, Biden needs to go beyond what even FDR achieved, to restore a democratic economy of broad possibility. From a writer with an unparalleled understanding of the history and politics that have made this moment possible, this book is the essential guide to what is at stake for Joe Biden, for America, and for our democracy.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/future-peace-technology-aggression-and-the-rush-to-war-by-robert-h-latiff--65206611https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577860 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Future Peace: Technology, Aggression, and the Rush to War Author: Robert H. Latiff Narrator: Rick Adamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 26, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Today's militaries are increasingly reliant on highly networked autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and advanced weapons that were previously the domain of science fiction writers. In a world where these complex technologies clash with escalating international tensions, what can we do to decrease the chances of war? In Future Peace, Robert H. Latiff questions our overreliance on technology and examines the pressure-cooker scenario created by the growing animosity between the United States and its adversaries, our globally deployed and thinly stretched military, the capacity for advanced technology to catalyze violence, and the American public's lack of familiarity with these topics. Future Peace describes the many provocations to violence and how technologies are abetting those urges, and it explores what can be done to mitigate not only dangerous human behaviors but also dangerous technical behaviors. Latiff concludes that peace is possible but will require intense, cooperative efforts on the part of technologists, military leaders, diplomats, politicians, and citizens. This compelling and timely book will captivate general listeners, students, and scholars of global affairs, international security, arms control, and military ethics.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577860Tue, 26 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577860 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Future Peace: Technology, Aggression, and the Rush to War Author: Robert H. Latiff Narrator: Rick Adamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577860 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Future Peace: Technology, Aggression, and the Rush to War Author: Robert H. Latiff Narrator: Rick Adamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 26, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Today's militaries are increasingly reliant on highly networked autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and advanced weapons that were previously the domain of science fiction writers. In a world where these complex technologies clash with escalating international tensions, what can we do to decrease the chances of war? In Future Peace, Robert H. Latiff questions our overreliance on technology and examines the pressure-cooker scenario created by the growing animosity between the United States and its adversaries, our globally deployed and thinly stretched military, the capacity for advanced technology to catalyze violence, and the American public's lack of familiarity with these topics. Future Peace describes the many provocations to violence and how technologies are abetting those urges, and it explores what can be done to mitigate not only dangerous human behaviors but also dangerous technical behaviors. Latiff concludes that peace is possible but will require intense, cooperative efforts on the part of technologists, military leaders, diplomats, politicians, and citizens. This compelling and timely book will captivate general listeners, students, and scholars of global affairs, international security, arms control, and military ethics.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/weapons-of-math-destruction-how-big-data-increases-inequality-and-threatens-democracy-by-cathy-o-neil--65206566https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy Author: Cathy O'neil Narrator: Cathy O'neil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 21, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. In this New York Times bestseller, Cathy O'Neil, one of the first champions of algorithmic accountability, sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life -- and threaten to rip apart our social fabric. We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives - where we go to school, whether we get a loan, how much we pay for insurance - are being made not by humans, but by mathematical models. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: everyone is judged according to the same rules, and bias is eliminated. And yet, as Cathy O'Neil reveals in this urgent and necessary book, the opposite is true. The models being used today are opaque, unregulated, and incontestable, even when they're wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination. Tracing the arc of a person's life, O'Neil exposes the black box models that shape our future, both as individuals and as a society. These 'weapons of math destruction' score teachers and students, sort CVs, grant or deny loans, evaluate workers, target voters, and monitor our health. O'Neil calls on modellers to take more responsibility for their algorithms and on policy makers to regulate their use. But in the end, it's up to us to become more savvy about the models that govern our lives. This important book empowers us to ask the tough questions, uncover the truth, and demand change. 'A manual for the 21st-century citizen... accessible, refreshingly critical, relevant and urgent' - Financial Times 'Fascinating and deeply disturbing' - Yuval Noah Harari, Guardian Books of the Year © Cathy O'Neil 2016 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578130Thu, 21 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy Author: Cathy O'neil Narrator: Cathy O'neil Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy Author: Cathy O'neil Narrator: Cathy O'neil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 21, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. In this New York Times bestseller, Cathy O'Neil, one of the first champions of algorithmic accountability, sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life -- and threaten to rip apart our social fabric. We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives - where we go to school, whether we get a loan, how much we pay for insurance - are being made not by humans, but by mathematical models. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: everyone is judged according to the same rules, and bias is eliminated. And yet, as Cathy O'Neil reveals in this urgent and necessary book, the opposite is true. The models being used today are opaque, unregulated, and incontestable, even when they're wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination. Tracing the arc of a person's life, O'Neil exposes the black box models that shape our future, both as individuals and as a society. These 'weapons of math destruction' score teachers and students, sort CVs, grant or deny loans, evaluate workers, target voters, and monitor our health. O'Neil calls on modellers to take more responsibility for their algorithms and on policy makers to regulate their use. But in the end, it's up to us to become more savvy about the models that govern our lives. This important book empowers us to ask the tough questions, uncover the truth, and demand change. 'A manual for the 21st-century citizen... accessible, refreshingly critical, relevant and urgent' - Financial Times 'Fascinating and deeply disturbing' - Yuval Noah Harari, Guardian Books of the Year © Cathy O'Neil 2016 (P) Penguin Audio 2022]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/indelible-city-dispossession-and-defiance-in-hong-kong-by-louisa-lim--65206613https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong Author: Louisa Lim Narrator: Louisa Lim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: April 19, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR An award-winning journalist and longtime Hong Konger indelibly captures the place, its people, and the untold history they are claiming, just as it is being erased. The story of Hong Kong has long been dominated by competing myths: to Britain, a “barren rock” with no appreciable history; to China, a part of Chinese soil from time immemorial, at last returned to the ancestral fold. For decades, Hong Kong’s history was simply not taught, especially to Hong Kongers, obscuring its origins as a place of refuge and rebellion. When protests erupted in 2019 and were met with escalating suppression from Beijing, Louisa Lim—raised in Hong Kong as a half-Chinese, half-English child, and now a reporter who has covered the region for nearly two decades—realized that she was uniquely positioned to unearth the city’s untold stories.   Lim’s deeply researched and personal account casts startling new light on key moments: the British takeover in 1842, the negotiations over the 1997 return to China, and the future Beijing seeks to impose. Indelible City features guerrilla calligraphers, amateur historians and archaeologists, and others who, like Lim, aim to put Hong Kongers at the center of their own story. Wending through it all is the King of Kowloon, whose iconic street art both embodied and inspired the identity of Hong Kong—a site of disappearance and reappearance, power and powerlessness, loss and reclamation.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574455Tue, 19 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong Author: Louisa Lim Narrator: Louisa Lim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong Author: Louisa Lim Narrator: Louisa Lim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: April 19, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR An award-winning journalist and longtime Hong Konger indelibly captures the place, its people, and the untold history they are claiming, just as it is being erased. The story of Hong Kong has long been dominated by competing myths: to Britain, a “barren rock” with no appreciable history; to China, a part of Chinese soil from time immemorial, at last returned to the ancestral fold. For decades, Hong Kong’s history was simply not taught, especially to Hong Kongers, obscuring its origins as a place of refuge and rebellion. When protests erupted in 2019 and were met with escalating suppression from Beijing, Louisa Lim—raised in Hong Kong as a half-Chinese, half-English child, and now a reporter who has covered the region for nearly two decades—realized that she was uniquely positioned to unearth the city’s untold stories.   Lim’s deeply researched and personal account casts startling new light on key moments: the British takeover in 1842, the negotiations over the 1997 return to China, and the future Beijing seeks to impose. Indelible City features guerrilla calligraphers, amateur historians and archaeologists, and others who, like Lim, aim to put Hong Kongers at the center of their own story. Wending through it all is the King of Kowloon, whose iconic street art both embodied and inspired the identity of Hong Kong—a site of disappearance and reappearance, power and powerlessness, loss and reclamation.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-tyranny-expanded-audio-edition-updated-with-twenty-new-lessons-from-russia-s-war-on-ukraine-by-timothy-snyder--65206549https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578532 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Tyranny: Expanded Audio Edition: Updated with Twenty New Lessons from Russia's War on Ukraine Author: Timothy Snyder Narrator: Timothy Snyder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 19, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times bestseller, now in an expanded audiobook edition that includes detailed historical context for the democracy-threatening Ukrainian conflict and a call to action for modern times. This edition includes the bestselling original essay collection On Tyranny, read by the author. In this exclusive audiobook edition, which includes eight hours of new content, Snyder combines the original essays from On Tyranny with twenty new lessons that answer the questions everyone is asking about this war. With forays into history, he clarifies the causes of the Russian invasion and the meaning of Ukrainian resistance, and explains the war's connections to threats to democracy here in the United States and around the world. Linking past and present, speaking only from notes, he guides the listener into the larger moral universe of On Tyranny.       This edition also includes On Tyranny, the bestselling essay collection that illustrates how various countries and governments have managed to protect against totalitarianism throughout history despite ever-present threats from many factions. Snyder cautions that unless we learn from these disruptive and disturbing occurrences, they will continue. This important call to arms and roadmap for resistance provides invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come. “Timothy Snyder reasons with unparalleled clarity, throwing the past and future into sharp relief. He has written the rare kind of book that can be read in one sitting but will keep you coming back to help regain your bearings.”—Masha Gessen, about On Tyranny]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578532Tue, 19 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578532 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Tyranny: Expanded Audio Edition: Updated with Twenty New Lessons from Russia's War on Ukraine Author: Timothy Snyder Narrator: Timothy Snyder...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578532 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Tyranny: Expanded Audio Edition: Updated with Twenty New Lessons from Russia's War on Ukraine Author: Timothy Snyder Narrator: Timothy Snyder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 19, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times bestseller, now in an expanded audiobook edition that includes detailed historical context for the democracy-threatening Ukrainian conflict and a call to action for modern times. This edition includes the bestselling original essay collection On Tyranny, read by the author. In this exclusive audiobook edition, which includes eight hours of new content, Snyder combines the original essays from On Tyranny with twenty new lessons that answer the questions everyone is asking about this war. With forays into history, he clarifies the causes of the Russian invasion and the meaning of Ukrainian resistance, and explains the war's connections to threats to democracy here in the United States and around the world. Linking past and present, speaking only from notes, he guides the listener into the larger moral universe of On Tyranny.       This edition also includes On Tyranny, the bestselling essay collection that illustrates how various countries and governments have managed to protect against totalitarianism throughout history despite ever-present threats from many factions. Snyder cautions that unless we learn from these disruptive and disturbing occurrences, they will continue. This important call to arms and roadmap for resistance provides invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come. “Timothy Snyder reasons with unparalleled clarity, throwing the past and future into sharp relief. He has written the rare kind of book that can be read in one sitting but will keep you coming back to help regain your bearings.”—Masha Gessen, about On Tyranny]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-brief-history-of-equality-by-thomas-piketty--65206536https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575758 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Brief History of Equality Author: Thomas Piketty Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 19, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The world’s leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding, a perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier books. It is easy to be pessimistic about inequality. We know it has increased dramatically in many parts of the world over the past two generations. No one has done more to reveal the problem than Thomas Piketty. Now, in this surprising and powerful new work, Piketty reminds us that the grand sweep of history gives us reasons to be optimistic. Over the centuries, he shows, we have been moving toward greater equality. Piketty guides us with elegance and concision through the great movements that have made the modern world for better and worse: the growth of capitalism, revolutions, imperialism, slavery, wars, and the building of the welfare state. It’s a history of violence and social struggle, punctuated by regression and disaster. But through it all, Piketty shows, human societies have moved fitfully toward a more just distribution of income and assets, a reduction of racial and gender inequalities, and greater access to health care, education, and the rights of citizenship. Our rough march forward is political and ideological, an endless fight against injustice. To keep moving, Piketty argues, we need to learn and commit to what works, to institutional, legal, social, fiscal, and educational systems that can make equality a lasting reality. At the same time, we need to resist historical amnesia and the temptations of cultural separatism and intellectual compartmentalization. At stake is the quality of life for billions of people. We know we can do better, Piketty concludes. The past shows us how. The future is up to us.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575758Tue, 19 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575758 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Brief History of Equality Author: Thomas Piketty Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575758 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Brief History of Equality Author: Thomas Piketty Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 19, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The world’s leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding, a perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier books. It is easy to be pessimistic about inequality. We know it has increased dramatically in many parts of the world over the past two generations. No one has done more to reveal the problem than Thomas Piketty. Now, in this surprising and powerful new work, Piketty reminds us that the grand sweep of history gives us reasons to be optimistic. Over the centuries, he shows, we have been moving toward greater equality. Piketty guides us with elegance and concision through the great movements that have made the modern world for better and worse: the growth of capitalism, revolutions, imperialism, slavery, wars, and the building of the welfare state. It’s a history of violence and social struggle, punctuated by regression and disaster. But through it all, Piketty shows, human societies have moved fitfully toward a more just distribution of income and assets, a reduction of racial and gender inequalities, and greater access to health care, education, and the rights of citizenship. Our rough march forward is political and ideological, an endless fight against injustice. To keep moving, Piketty argues, we need to learn and commit to what works, to institutional, legal, social, fiscal, and educational systems that can make equality a lasting reality. At the same time, we need to resist historical amnesia and the temptations of cultural separatism and intellectual compartmentalization. At stake is the quality of life for billions of people. We know we can do better, Piketty concludes. The past shows us how. The future is up to us.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-maquiavelo-una-guia-contemporanea-de-lectura-sobre-lo-politico-y-el-estado-by-israel-covarrubias--65206515https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Maquiavelo: Una guía contemporánea de lectura sobre lo político y el Estado Author: Israel Covarrubias Narrator: Antonio Raluy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: April 14, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Podemos criticar a Maquiavelo e incluso mostrar sus limitaciones, pero no puede estudiarse política sin comenzar por él. Vilipendiado por la Iglesia, tergiversado por estadistas y líderes sociales, reconocido como fuente primigenia de la política moderna, Nicolás Maquiavelo goza de ese raro privilegio de no sucumbir a la usura del tiempo. La vida -y sobre todo la obra del florentino- muestra una vigencia creciente. Autor necesario para cualquier curso de teoría política, su obra en conjunto muestra los ángulos clave del precioso arte de la vida en común, por lo que acercarse a él se vuelve una fuente obligada de conocimiento y reflexión creativa. Maquiavelo Una guía contemporánea de lectura sobre lo político y el Estado es un estudio colectivo que analiza uno de los conflictos centrales de la cosa pública desde el siglo XVI: el desarrollo histórico de aquello que a partir de entonces comenzamos a llamar Estado. Ofrece, además, herramientas conceptuales, históricas y politológicas para ir al encuentro de la figura y la obra de Maquiavelo y su tiempo. Podemos criticarlo, desarticular la lógica de los distintos regímenes de su discurso, incluso mostrar sus limitaciones «científicas», pero no podemos comenzar sin él.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584177Thu, 14 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Maquiavelo: Una guía contemporánea de lectura sobre lo político y el Estado Author: Israel Covarrubias Narrator: Antonio Raluy Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Maquiavelo: Una guía contemporánea de lectura sobre lo político y el Estado Author: Israel Covarrubias Narrator: Antonio Raluy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: April 14, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Podemos criticar a Maquiavelo e incluso mostrar sus limitaciones, pero no puede estudiarse política sin comenzar por él. Vilipendiado por la Iglesia, tergiversado por estadistas y líderes sociales, reconocido como fuente primigenia de la política moderna, Nicolás Maquiavelo goza de ese raro privilegio de no sucumbir a la usura del tiempo. La vida -y sobre todo la obra del florentino- muestra una vigencia creciente. Autor necesario para cualquier curso de teoría política, su obra en conjunto muestra los ángulos clave del precioso arte de la vida en común, por lo que acercarse a él se vuelve una fuente obligada de conocimiento y reflexión creativa. Maquiavelo Una guía contemporánea de lectura sobre lo político y el Estado es un estudio colectivo que analiza uno de los conflictos centrales de la cosa pública desde el siglo XVI: el desarrollo histórico de aquello que a partir de entonces comenzamos a llamar Estado. Ofrece, además, herramientas conceptuales, históricas y politológicas para ir al encuentro de la figura y la obra de Maquiavelo y su tiempo. Podemos criticarlo, desarticular la lógica de los distintos regímenes de su discurso, incluso mostrar sus limitaciones «científicas», pero no podemos comenzar sin él.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/insurrection-rebellion-civil-rights-and-the-paradoxical-state-of-black-citizenship-by-hawa-allan--65206634https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575077 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Insurrection: Rebellion, Civil Rights, and the Paradoxical State of Black Citizenship Author: Hawa Allan Narrator: Hawa Allan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The little-known and under-studied 1807 Insurrection Act was passed to give the president the ability to deploy federal military forces to fend off lawlessness and rebellion, but it soon became much more than the sum of its parts. Its power is integrally linked to the perceived threat of black American equity in what lawyer and critic Hawa Allan demonstrates is a dangerous paradox. While the Act was initially used to repress rebellion against slavery, during Reconstruction it was invoked by President Grant to quell white-supremacist uprisings in the South. During the civil rights movement, it enabled the protection of black students who attended previously segregated educational institutions. Most recently, the Insurrection Act has been the vehicle for presidents to call upon federal troops to suppress so-called 'race riots' like those in Los Angeles in 1992, and for them to threaten to do so in other cases of racial justice activism. Allan's distinctly literary voice underscores her paradigm-shifting reflections on the presence of fear and silence in history and their shadowy impact on the law. Throughout, she draws revealing insight from her own experiences as one of the only black girls in her leafy Long Island suburb, as a black lawyer at a predominantly white firm, and as a thinker about the use and misuse of appeals to law and order.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575077Tue, 12 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575077 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Insurrection: Rebellion, Civil Rights, and the Paradoxical State of Black Citizenship Author: Hawa Allan Narrator: Hawa Allan Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575077 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Insurrection: Rebellion, Civil Rights, and the Paradoxical State of Black Citizenship Author: Hawa Allan Narrator: Hawa Allan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The little-known and under-studied 1807 Insurrection Act was passed to give the president the ability to deploy federal military forces to fend off lawlessness and rebellion, but it soon became much more than the sum of its parts. Its power is integrally linked to the perceived threat of black American equity in what lawyer and critic Hawa Allan demonstrates is a dangerous paradox. While the Act was initially used to repress rebellion against slavery, during Reconstruction it was invoked by President Grant to quell white-supremacist uprisings in the South. During the civil rights movement, it enabled the protection of black students who attended previously segregated educational institutions. Most recently, the Insurrection Act has been the vehicle for presidents to call upon federal troops to suppress so-called 'race riots' like those in Los Angeles in 1992, and for them to threaten to do so in other cases of racial justice activism. Allan's distinctly literary voice underscores her paradigm-shifting reflections on the presence of fear and silence in history and their shadowy impact on the law. Throughout, she draws revealing insight from her own experiences as one of the only black girls in her leafy Long Island suburb, as a black lawyer at a predominantly white firm, and as a thinker about the use and misuse of appeals to law and order.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/confronting-climate-gridlock-how-diplomacy-technology-and-policy-can-unlock-a-clean-energy-future-by-daniel-s-cohan--65206625https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577023 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confronting Climate Gridlock: How Diplomacy, Technology, and Policy Can Unlock a Clean Energy Future Author: Daniel S. Cohan Narrator: Ray Greenley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An atmospheric scientist explains why global climate change mitigation and energy decarbonization demand American diplomacy, technology, and policy Professor of environmental engineering Daniel Cohan argues that escaping the gravest perils of climate change will first require American diplomacy, technological innovation, and policy to catalyze decarbonization globally. Combining his own expertise along with insights from more than a hundred interviews with diplomats, scholars, and clean-technology pioneers, Cohan identifies flaws in previous efforts to combat climate change. He highlights opportunities for more successful strategies, including international 'climate clubs' and accelerated development of clean energy technologies. Grounded in history and emerging scholarship, this book offers a forward-looking vision of solutions to confronting climate gridlock and a clear-eyed recognition of the challenges to enacting them.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577023Tue, 12 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577023 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confronting Climate Gridlock: How Diplomacy, Technology, and Policy Can Unlock a Clean Energy Future Author: Daniel S. Cohan Narrator: Ray Greenley...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577023 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confronting Climate Gridlock: How Diplomacy, Technology, and Policy Can Unlock a Clean Energy Future Author: Daniel S. Cohan Narrator: Ray Greenley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An atmospheric scientist explains why global climate change mitigation and energy decarbonization demand American diplomacy, technology, and policy Professor of environmental engineering Daniel Cohan argues that escaping the gravest perils of climate change will first require American diplomacy, technological innovation, and policy to catalyze decarbonization globally. Combining his own expertise along with insights from more than a hundred interviews with diplomats, scholars, and clean-technology pioneers, Cohan identifies flaws in previous efforts to combat climate change. He highlights opportunities for more successful strategies, including international 'climate clubs' and accelerated development of clean energy technologies. Grounded in history and emerging scholarship, this book offers a forward-looking vision of solutions to confronting climate gridlock and a clear-eyed recognition of the challenges to enacting them.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/republics-of-myth-national-narratives-and-the-us-iran-conflict-by-john-tirman-malcolm-byrne-hussein-banai--65206623https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Republics of Myth: National Narratives and the US-Iran Conflict Author: John Tirman, Malcolm Byrne, Hussein Banai Narrator: Chris Sorensen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Why does the rift between the US and Iran persist? Iran and the United States have been at odds for forty years, locked in a cold war that has run the gamut. In Republics of Myth, Hussein Banai, Malcolm Byrne, and John Tirman argue that a major contributing factor to this tenacious enmity is how each nation views itself. Their often-deadly confrontation derives from the very different national narratives that shape their politics, actions, and vision of their own destiny in the world. The dominant American narrative is the myth of the frontier—that the US can tame it, tame its inhabitants, and nurture democracy as well. Iran, conversely, can claim two dominant myths: the first, an unbroken (but not for lack of trying) lineage back to Cyrus the Great, and the second, the betrayal of Imam Hussein, the Prophet's grandson. From the coup d'état that overthrew Iran's legitimate premier Mohammad Mosaddeq to the hostage crisis, the Iran-Iraq War, the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing, post-9/11 antagonisms, each episode illustrates anew the weight of historical narratives on present circumstances. Republics of Myth makes a major contribution to understanding this vital conflict.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575176Tue, 12 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Republics of Myth: National Narratives and the US-Iran Conflict Author: John Tirman, Malcolm Byrne, Hussein Banai Narrator: Chris Sorensen Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Republics of Myth: National Narratives and the US-Iran Conflict Author: John Tirman, Malcolm Byrne, Hussein Banai Narrator: Chris Sorensen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Why does the rift between the US and Iran persist? Iran and the United States have been at odds for forty years, locked in a cold war that has run the gamut. In Republics of Myth, Hussein Banai, Malcolm Byrne, and John Tirman argue that a major contributing factor to this tenacious enmity is how each nation views itself. Their often-deadly confrontation derives from the very different national narratives that shape their politics, actions, and vision of their own destiny in the world. The dominant American narrative is the myth of the frontier—that the US can tame it, tame its inhabitants, and nurture democracy as well. Iran, conversely, can claim two dominant myths: the first, an unbroken (but not for lack of trying) lineage back to Cyrus the Great, and the second, the betrayal of Imam Hussein, the Prophet's grandson. From the coup d'état that overthrew Iran's legitimate premier Mohammad Mosaddeq to the hostage crisis, the Iran-Iraq War, the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing, post-9/11 antagonisms, each episode illustrates anew the weight of historical narratives on present circumstances. Republics of Myth makes a major contribution to understanding this vital conflict.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-twilight-struggle-what-the-cold-war-teaches-us-about-great-power-rivalry-today-by-hal-brands--65206603https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574271 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today Author: Hal Brands Narrator: Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A leading historian's guide to great-power competition, as told through America's successes and failures in the Cold War The United States is entering an era of great-power competition with China and Russia. Such global struggles happen in a geopolitical twilight, between the sunshine of peace and the darkness of war. In this innovative and illuminating book, Hal Brands, a leading historian and former Pentagon adviser, argues that America should look to the history of the Cold War for lessons in how to succeed in great-power rivalry today. Although the threat posed by authoritarian powers is growing, America's muscle memory for dealing with dangerous foes has atrophied in the thirty years since the Cold War ended. In long-term competitions where the diplomatic jockeying is intense and the threat of violence is omnipresent, the United States will need all the historical insight it can get. Exploring how America won a previous twilight struggle is the starting point for determining how America can successfully prosecute another high-stakes rivalry today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574271Tue, 12 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574271 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today Author: Hal Brands Narrator: Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574271 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today Author: Hal Brands Narrator: Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A leading historian's guide to great-power competition, as told through America's successes and failures in the Cold War The United States is entering an era of great-power competition with China and Russia. Such global struggles happen in a geopolitical twilight, between the sunshine of peace and the darkness of war. In this innovative and illuminating book, Hal Brands, a leading historian and former Pentagon adviser, argues that America should look to the history of the Cold War for lessons in how to succeed in great-power rivalry today. Although the threat posed by authoritarian powers is growing, America's muscle memory for dealing with dangerous foes has atrophied in the thirty years since the Cold War ended. In long-term competitions where the diplomatic jockeying is intense and the threat of violence is omnipresent, the United States will need all the historical insight it can get. Exploring how America won a previous twilight struggle is the starting point for determining how America can successfully prosecute another high-stakes rivalry today.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-epochenwende-by-meinhard-miegel--65206528https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578778 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Epochenwende Author: Meinhard Miegel Narrator: Karen Schulz-Vobach Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Der Westen scheint im Wandel begriffen und die Verheißung des ewigen Wachstums lässt zunehmend an Leuchtkraft nach. Diese Beobachtung nimmt der renommierte Soziologe Meinhard Miegel zum Anlass, ein grundlegendes Umdenken in Politik und Wirtschaft zu fordern. Nur ein Abschied vom Mythos des ewigen Wachstums ermögliche es Deutschland und Europa, die nötigen Reformen in die Wege zu leiten. Vermehrt müsse auf Solidarität, Nachhaltigkeit und Angemessenheit geachtet werden. Schonungslos und klarsichtig richtet Miegel seinen Blick auf die westliche Misere, bietet aber gleichzeitig konstruktive Lössungsvorschläge. Ein ebenso wichtiges wie erhellendes Buch.-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578778Tue, 12 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578778 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Epochenwende Author: Meinhard Miegel Narrator: Karen Schulz-Vobach Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578778 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Epochenwende Author: Meinhard Miegel Narrator: Karen Schulz-Vobach Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Der Westen scheint im Wandel begriffen und die Verheißung des ewigen Wachstums lässt zunehmend an Leuchtkraft nach. Diese Beobachtung nimmt der renommierte Soziologe Meinhard Miegel zum Anlass, ein grundlegendes Umdenken in Politik und Wirtschaft zu fordern. Nur ein Abschied vom Mythos des ewigen Wachstums ermögliche es Deutschland und Europa, die nötigen Reformen in die Wege zu leiten. Vermehrt müsse auf Solidarität, Nachhaltigkeit und Angemessenheit geachtet werden. Schonungslos und klarsichtig richtet Miegel seinen Blick auf die westliche Misere, bietet aber gleichzeitig konstruktive Lössungsvorschläge. Ein ebenso wichtiges wie erhellendes Buch.-]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-se-llama-cancer-by-gonzalo-boye--65206481https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584161 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Se llama cáncer Author: Gonzalo Boye Narrator: Jesús Brotóns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: April 10, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Sí, Se llama cáncer, el nuevo libro Gonzalo Boye es un trabajo más profundo que se aparta del formato de dietario, más de análisis a partir de situaciones concretas, y mucho más íntimo en el cual se entrelazan datos, vivencias, sensaciones, sentimientos y reflexiones que permitirán ver cuán grave es el estado actual de un sistema que dista mucho de poder encajarse dentro del entorno europeo al que por naturaleza debería pertenecer España. Cuatro son los grandes temas que analiza Gonzalo Boye a partir de las distintas vicisitudes surgidas en la defensa de los políticos catalanes en el exilio y de otros casos en los que ha participado y que van permitiendo ver diversos fallos sistémicos que lastran cualquier posibilidad de avanzar hacia una consolidación democrática que permita a España definirse como una democracia sin necesidad de adjetivos calificativos. En el libro se analizan problemas que, aisladamente vistos, no permiten obtener un panorama que afecta a España y que consiste en problemas estructurales, culturales y políticos que terminarán por lastrar el desarrollo democrático de un país que se adentró en la década de los 80s en un proceso de transición que sigue sin concluirse ni, mucho menos, consolidarse. Son los hechos, las reacciones a los hechos y las soluciones que se aportan de una y otra parte las que permiten hacer un análisis que llevan al autor a la conclusión de que estamos ante una suerte de cáncer mal diagnosticado y peor tratado que termina por generar una metástasis que permite aberraciones tan evidentes como el reciente nombramiento de alguien como Enrique Arnaldo como Magistrado del Tribunal Constitucional... en el fondo, y tal cual ocurre con esa enfermedad, lo que más nos cuesta es asumir que, lo miremos por donde lo miremos y por muchos eufemismos que utilicemos la verdad es que se llama cáncer. - Gonzalo Boye, nació en 1965 en Viña Del Mar (Chile) habiendo vivido en Alemania, Inglaterra y España; casado y padre de tres hijas. Pasó 7 años 11 meses y 23 día en prisión, tiempo que aprovechó para realizar la carrera de derecho y desde 2003 ejerce como abogado especializado en derecho penal y penal internacional. Ha sido miembro del Independent Fact Finding Committee de la Liga de Estados Árabes, del Comité de la FIFA para el conflicto entre Palestina e Israel, es Director Jurídico de la Federación Palestina de Fútbol y asesora, en materia de derecho internacional, a diversos gobiernos. Desde octubre de 2017 coordina la defensa internacional de los miembros del Gobierno del President Carles Puigdemont que se encuentran en el exilio. Este es su cuarto libro que publica en este sello editorial.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584161Sun, 10 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584161 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Se llama cáncer Author: Gonzalo Boye Narrator: Jesús Brotóns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584161 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Se llama cáncer Author: Gonzalo Boye Narrator: Jesús Brotóns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: April 10, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Sí, Se llama cáncer, el nuevo libro Gonzalo Boye es un trabajo más profundo que se aparta del formato de dietario, más de análisis a partir de situaciones concretas, y mucho más íntimo en el cual se entrelazan datos, vivencias, sensaciones, sentimientos y reflexiones que permitirán ver cuán grave es el estado actual de un sistema que dista mucho de poder encajarse dentro del entorno europeo al que por naturaleza debería pertenecer España. Cuatro son los grandes temas que analiza Gonzalo Boye a partir de las distintas vicisitudes surgidas en la defensa de los políticos catalanes en el exilio y de otros casos en los que ha participado y que van permitiendo ver diversos fallos sistémicos que lastran cualquier posibilidad de avanzar hacia una consolidación democrática que permita a España definirse como una democracia sin necesidad de adjetivos calificativos. En el libro se analizan problemas que, aisladamente vistos, no permiten obtener un panorama que afecta a España y que consiste en problemas estructurales, culturales y políticos que terminarán por lastrar el desarrollo democrático de un país que se adentró en la década de los 80s en un proceso de transición que sigue sin concluirse ni, mucho menos, consolidarse. Son los hechos, las reacciones a los hechos y las soluciones que se aportan de una y otra parte las que permiten hacer un análisis que llevan al autor a la conclusión de que estamos ante una suerte de cáncer mal diagnosticado y peor tratado que termina por generar una metástasis que permite aberraciones tan evidentes como el reciente nombramiento de alguien como Enrique Arnaldo como Magistrado del Tribunal Constitucional... en el fondo, y tal cual ocurre con esa enfermedad, lo que más nos cuesta es asumir que, lo miremos por donde lo miremos y por muchos eufemismos que utilicemos la verdad es que se llama cáncer. - Gonzalo Boye, nació en 1965 en Viña Del Mar (Chile) habiendo vivido en Alemania, Inglaterra y España; casado y padre de tres hijas. Pasó 7 años 11 meses y 23 día en prisión, tiempo que aprovechó para realizar la carrera de derecho y desde 2003 ejerce como abogado especializado en derecho penal y penal internacional. Ha sido miembro del Independent Fact Finding Committee de la Liga de Estados Árabes, del Comité de la FIFA para el conflicto entre Palestina e Israel, es Director Jurídico de la Federación Palestina de Fútbol y asesora, en materia de derecho internacional, a diversos gobiernos. Desde octubre de 2017 coordina la defensa internacional de los miembros del Gobierno del President Carles Puigdemont que se encuentran en el exilio. Este es su cuarto libro que publica en este sello editorial.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-infocracia-la-digitalizacion-y-la-crisis-de-la-democracia-by-byung-chul-han--65206527https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578872 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Infocracia: La digitalización y la crisis de la democracia Author: Byung-Chul Han Narrator: Eugenio Barona Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 46 minutes Release date: April 7, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Un análisis sagaz del régimen de la información, el nuevo gobierno al que estamos sometidos, por el filósofo más leído del siglo XXI. La digitalización avanza inexorablemente. Aturdidos por el frenesí de la comunicación y la información, nos sentimos impotentes ante el tsunami de datos que despliega fuerzas destructivas y deformantes. Hoy la digitalización también afecta a la esfera política y provoca graves trastornos en el proceso democrático. Las campañas electorales son guerras de información que se libran con todos los medios técnicos y psicológicos imaginables. Los bots -las cuentas falsas automatizadas en las redes sociales- difunden noticias falsas y discursos de odio e influyen en la formación de la opinión pública. Los ejércitos de trolls intervienen en las campañas apuntalando la desinformación. Las teorías de la conspiración y la propaganda dominan el debate político. Por medio de la psicometría y la psicopolítica digital, se intenta influir en el comportamiento electoral y evitar las decisiones conscientes. El nuevo ensayo de Byung-Chul Han describe la crisis de la democracia y la atribuye al cambio estructural de la esfera pública en el mundo digital. También le da un nombre a este fenómeno: infocracia.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578872Thu, 07 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578872 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Infocracia: La digitalización y la crisis de la democracia Author: Byung-Chul Han Narrator: Eugenio Barona Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578872 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Infocracia: La digitalización y la crisis de la democracia Author: Byung-Chul Han Narrator: Eugenio Barona Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 46 minutes Release date: April 7, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Un análisis sagaz del régimen de la información, el nuevo gobierno al que estamos sometidos, por el filósofo más leído del siglo XXI. La digitalización avanza inexorablemente. Aturdidos por el frenesí de la comunicación y la información, nos sentimos impotentes ante el tsunami de datos que despliega fuerzas destructivas y deformantes. Hoy la digitalización también afecta a la esfera política y provoca graves trastornos en el proceso democrático. Las campañas electorales son guerras de información que se libran con todos los medios técnicos y psicológicos imaginables. Los bots -las cuentas falsas automatizadas en las redes sociales- difunden noticias falsas y discursos de odio e influyen en la formación de la opinión pública. Los ejércitos de trolls intervienen en las campañas apuntalando la desinformación. Las teorías de la conspiración y la propaganda dominan el debate político. Por medio de la psicometría y la psicopolítica digital, se intenta influir en el comportamiento electoral y evitar las decisiones conscientes. El nuevo ensayo de Byung-Chul Han describe la crisis de la democracia y la atribuye al cambio estructural de la esfera pública en el mundo digital. También le da un nombre a este fenómeno: infocracia.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-las-guerras-ocultas-del-narco-by-juan-alberto-cedillo--65206522https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Las guerras ocultas del narco Author: Juan Alberto Cedillo Narrator: Victor Manuel Espinoza Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 8 minutes Release date: April 7, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Hasta hoy, lo peor de la 'guerra antinarco' ha permanecido casi en el silencio o en el terreno del rumor: el grado real de brutalidad, la lógica de los pactos, la crónica de las masacres, la explicación de los ataques... Mediante una investigación documental profundísima y un reporteo riguroso, Juan Alberto Cedillo ofrece una investigación inaudita que trae luz sobre estos fenómenos y aclara preguntas fundamentales de la lucha que desgarra, con saña particular, el norte de México. La base de estas historias son los propios testimonios de los capos, ofrecidos en México y Estados Unidos. Sus relatos explican una de las mayores heridas del país, al tiempo que desmontan algunos de los mitos más arraigados en torno al narcotráfico y los cárteles. 'Gracias a que no serían juzgados por los asesinatos que cometieron en México, cuando los capos tuvieron la oportunidad de narrar sus andanzas, se explayaron al grado que los fiscales los tenían que callar...']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581155Thu, 07 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Las guerras ocultas del narco Author: Juan Alberto Cedillo Narrator: Victor Manuel Espinoza Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Las guerras ocultas del narco Author: Juan Alberto Cedillo Narrator: Victor Manuel Espinoza Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 8 minutes Release date: April 7, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Hasta hoy, lo peor de la 'guerra antinarco' ha permanecido casi en el silencio o en el terreno del rumor: el grado real de brutalidad, la lógica de los pactos, la crónica de las masacres, la explicación de los ataques... Mediante una investigación documental profundísima y un reporteo riguroso, Juan Alberto Cedillo ofrece una investigación inaudita que trae luz sobre estos fenómenos y aclara preguntas fundamentales de la lucha que desgarra, con saña particular, el norte de México. La base de estas historias son los propios testimonios de los capos, ofrecidos en México y Estados Unidos. Sus relatos explican una de las mayores heridas del país, al tiempo que desmontan algunos de los mitos más arraigados en torno al narcotráfico y los cárteles. 'Gracias a que no serían juzgados por los asesinatos que cometieron en México, cuando los capos tuvieron la oportunidad de narrar sus andanzas, se explayaron al grado que los fiscales los tenían que callar...']]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-mexico-a-cielo-abierto-de-como-el-boom-minero-resquebrajo-al-pais-by-j-jesus-lemus--65206512https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581157 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - México a cielo abierto: De cómo el boom minero resquebrajó al país Author: J. Jesús Lemus Narrator: Rafa Serrano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 6 minutes Release date: April 7, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Entre 2001 y 2017 las mineras extrajeron de México una cantidad equivalente al doble del oro y la mitad de la plata que los españoles se llevaron en los 300 años que duró la Colonia. La minería es uno de los negocios más jugosos del país... pero no para los trabajadores o las comunidades donde se desarrolla. Deja una utilidad anual de $200,000 millones de dólares, de los cuales muypocos se ven reflejados en la calidad de vida de la sociedad mexicana, que en cambio sí sufre los estragos de la explotación desmesurada. Solapadas por el gobierno desde hace al menos veinticinco años, cuando se firmó el Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, cerca de 267 compañías -principalmente canadienses y estadounidenses- operan en México sin escrúpulos ni restricciones. Lo peor de todo es que a su alrededor convergen los peores males que aquejan a nuestro país: corrupción, desgobierno, narcotráfico, violencia, pobreza y desplazamiento. Esta investigación, que el reportero J. Jesús Lemus realizó por los cuatro rincones del país, revela por primera vez las operaciones ilegales de la industria minera que, por increíble que parezca, opacan la brutalidad del narcotráfico, y lanza una alerta urgente sobre los peligros que representan para la soberanía y la supervivencia de nuestro país. Parte del acervo real y existente, que por límite de espacio y secrecía profesional no se agregó al mismo: https://randomhouse.box.com/s/h0f9nbst7vejrwrekkcm0rp43wrwj9g4 https://randomhouse.box.com/s/2kmkguft16z75z6hq35nkxdfrvt51vsg]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581157Thu, 07 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581157 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - México a cielo abierto: De cómo el boom minero resquebrajó al país Author: J. Jesús Lemus Narrator: Rafa Serrano Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581157 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - México a cielo abierto: De cómo el boom minero resquebrajó al país Author: J. Jesús Lemus Narrator: Rafa Serrano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 6 minutes Release date: April 7, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Entre 2001 y 2017 las mineras extrajeron de México una cantidad equivalente al doble del oro y la mitad de la plata que los españoles se llevaron en los 300 años que duró la Colonia. La minería es uno de los negocios más jugosos del país... pero no para los trabajadores o las comunidades donde se desarrolla. Deja una utilidad anual de $200,000 millones de dólares, de los cuales muypocos se ven reflejados en la calidad de vida de la sociedad mexicana, que en cambio sí sufre los estragos de la explotación desmesurada. Solapadas por el gobierno desde hace al menos veinticinco años, cuando se firmó el Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, cerca de 267 compañías -principalmente canadienses y estadounidenses- operan en México sin escrúpulos ni restricciones. Lo peor de todo es que a su alrededor convergen los peores males que aquejan a nuestro país: corrupción, desgobierno, narcotráfico, violencia, pobreza y desplazamiento. Esta investigación, que el reportero J. Jesús Lemus realizó por los cuatro rincones del país, revela por primera vez las operaciones ilegales de la industria minera que, por increíble que parezca, opacan la brutalidad del narcotráfico, y lanza una alerta urgente sobre los peligros que representan para la soberanía y la supervivencia de nuestro país. Parte del acervo real y existente, que por límite de espacio y secrecía profesional no se agregó al mismo: https://randomhouse.box.com/s/h0f9nbst7vejrwrekkcm0rp43wrwj9g4 https://randomhouse.box.com/s/2kmkguft16z75z6hq35nkxdfrvt51vsg]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-los-de-adelante-corren-mucho-desigualdad-privilegios-y-democracia-by-carlos-elizondo-mayer-serra--65206502https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581162 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Los de adelante corren mucho: Desigualdad, privilegios y democracia Author: Carlos Elizondo Mayer-Serra Narrator: Daniel Cubillo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: April 7, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: ¿Por qué América es la región más desigual del mundo? ¿Qué explica esta injusta realidad? Todos somos iguales, ¿pero por qué algunos son más iguales que otros? En México -y de hecho en todo el continente americano- la desigualdad ha permitido a unos pocos miles de hombres (rara vez son mujeres)dominar las decisiones políticas y económicas. Las élites han modelado la historia para asegurarse el poder, el dinero y, con frecuencia, la impunidad. Hay momentos históricos en los que cambian las élites. La desigualdad permanece. ¿Cómo se conforman las clases dominantes y qué principios las rigen? ¿Cuáles son sus contradicciones? ¿Por qué se pelean y de qué modo se intercambian favores? ¿Cuándo se les imponen límites y cómo se relacionan con el resto de la sociedad? El examen profundo de las oligarquías exige poner bajo la lupa la idea misma de igualdad, para descubrir que es un concepto más problemático de lo que parece a primera vista. Definirla ya es un reto; determinar sus alcances, una labor con hondas implicaciones éticas y políticas. Esta obra acepta el desafío y explica por qué los de adelante corren mucho, y los de atrás...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581162Thu, 07 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581162 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Los de adelante corren mucho: Desigualdad, privilegios y democracia Author: Carlos Elizondo Mayer-Serra Narrator: Daniel Cubillo Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581162 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Los de adelante corren mucho: Desigualdad, privilegios y democracia Author: Carlos Elizondo Mayer-Serra Narrator: Daniel Cubillo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: April 7, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: ¿Por qué América es la región más desigual del mundo? ¿Qué explica esta injusta realidad? Todos somos iguales, ¿pero por qué algunos son más iguales que otros? En México -y de hecho en todo el continente americano- la desigualdad ha permitido a unos pocos miles de hombres (rara vez son mujeres)dominar las decisiones políticas y económicas. Las élites han modelado la historia para asegurarse el poder, el dinero y, con frecuencia, la impunidad. Hay momentos históricos en los que cambian las élites. La desigualdad permanece. ¿Cómo se conforman las clases dominantes y qué principios las rigen? ¿Cuáles son sus contradicciones? ¿Por qué se pelean y de qué modo se intercambian favores? ¿Cuándo se les imponen límites y cómo se relacionan con el resto de la sociedad? El examen profundo de las oligarquías exige poner bajo la lupa la idea misma de igualdad, para descubrir que es un concepto más problemático de lo que parece a primera vista. Definirla ya es un reto; determinar sus alcances, una labor con hondas implicaciones éticas y políticas. Esta obra acepta el desafío y explica por qué los de adelante corren mucho, y los de atrás...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-asi-estan-las-cosas-by-gonzalo-boye--65206496https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580611 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Así están las cosas Author: Gonzalo Boye Narrator: Jesús Brotóns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 6, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: La esperada continuación de ... Y ahí lo dejo. Crónica de un proceso. ¿Qué ha sucedido durante 2019 y principios de 2020 y cómo afrontan su futuro legal los políticos catalanes exiliados? Gonzalo Boyé es el cerebro jurídico que ha llevado el caso de los políticos catalanes que se exiliaron cuando se supo que la juez Lamela iba a encausar e inmediatamente encarcelar a todos los que ella consideraba responsables de los supuestos delitos de sedición y rebelión tras el resultado del referéndum ilegal celebrado en Catalunya el 1 de octubre de 2017. En 2019 Boye ha generado nuevos escenarios, otros procedimientos siguiendo los objetivos marcados, porque el exilio no fue una escapatoria sino una estrategia política. Una historia apasionante que se lee como un thriller legal.Solo que todos sus protagonistas son personas reales. En palabras del autor: Un puzzle no se comprende hasta que no se ve su foto o está acabado de montar; sin embargo, quienes lo hemos diseñado no necesitamos la foto para saber dónde encaja cada pieza y, por eso y llegados a este punto, resultaba necesario explicar la complejidad del escenario para dejar en claro que así están las cosas. Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. - Gonzalo Boye, nació en 1965 en Viña Del Mar (Chile) habiendo vivido en Alemania, Inglaterra y España; casado y padre de tres hijas. Pasó 7 años 11 meses y 23 día en prisión, tiempo que aprovechó para realizar la carrera de derecho y desde 2003 ejerce como abogado especializado en derecho penal y penal internacional. Ha sido miembro del Independent Fact Finding Committee de la Liga de Estados Árabes, del Comité de la FIFA para el conflicto entre Palestina e Israel, es Director Jurídico de la Federación Palestina de Fútbol y asesora, en materia de derecho internacional, a diversos gobiernos. Desde octubre de 2017 coordina la defensa internacional de los miembros del Gobierno del President Carles Puigdemont que se encuentran en el exilio. Este es su cuarto libro que publica en este sello editorial.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580611Wed, 06 Apr 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580611 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Así están las cosas Author: Gonzalo Boye Narrator: Jesús Brotóns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580611 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Así están las cosas Author: Gonzalo Boye Narrator: Jesús Brotóns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 6, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: La esperada continuación de ... Y ahí lo dejo. Crónica de un proceso. ¿Qué ha sucedido durante 2019 y principios de 2020 y cómo afrontan su futuro legal los políticos catalanes exiliados? Gonzalo Boyé es el cerebro jurídico que ha llevado el caso de los políticos catalanes que se exiliaron cuando se supo que la juez Lamela iba a encausar e inmediatamente encarcelar a todos los que ella consideraba responsables de los supuestos delitos de sedición y rebelión tras el resultado del referéndum ilegal celebrado en Catalunya el 1 de octubre de 2017. En 2019 Boye ha generado nuevos escenarios, otros procedimientos siguiendo los objetivos marcados, porque el exilio no fue una escapatoria sino una estrategia política. Una historia apasionante que se lee como un thriller legal.Solo que todos sus protagonistas son personas reales. En palabras del autor: Un puzzle no se comprende hasta que no se ve su foto o está acabado de montar; sin embargo, quienes lo hemos diseñado no necesitamos la foto para saber dónde encaja cada pieza y, por eso y llegados a este punto, resultaba necesario explicar la complejidad del escenario para dejar en claro que así están las cosas. Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. - Gonzalo Boye, nació en 1965 en Viña Del Mar (Chile) habiendo vivido en Alemania, Inglaterra y España; casado y padre de tres hijas. Pasó 7 años 11 meses y 23 día en prisión, tiempo que aprovechó para realizar la carrera de derecho y desde 2003 ejerce como abogado especializado en derecho penal y penal internacional. Ha sido miembro del Independent Fact Finding Committee de la Liga de Estados Árabes, del Comité de la FIFA para el conflicto entre Palestina e Israel, es Director Jurídico de la Federación Palestina de Fútbol y asesora, en materia de derecho internacional, a diversos gobiernos. Desde octubre de 2017 coordina la defensa internacional de los miembros del Gobierno del President Carles Puigdemont que se encuentran en el exilio. Este es su cuarto libro que publica en este sello editorial.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-articulos-by-mariano-jose-de-larra--65206614https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574434 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Artículos Author: Mariano José De Larra Narrator: Luis Ignacio González Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 9 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Los mejores libros jamás escritos Edición de Juan Cano Ballesta, catedrático emérito de literatura española de la Universidad de Virginia En Mariano José de Larra, considerado el primer gran periodista español, conviven una imbatible actitud crítica, heredada de los viejos ilustrados de nuestro país, y el apasionamiento romántico. Pocos aspectos de la realidad de la época se escapan a su mirada, y su afilada pluma se ejercita en el escarnio de errores políticos, de vicios privados, de pecados nacionales, de lacras sociales. Sus artículos son piezas modélicas por su desengañada ironía, por su profundidad, por la precisión y elegancia de su estilo, por el acierto en la elección de las anécdotas y por su pericia a la hora de relatarlas. «Nunca está el hombre más filósofo que en sus malos ratos.»]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574434Thu, 31 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574434 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Artículos Author: Mariano José De Larra Narrator: Luis Ignacio González Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 9 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574434 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Artículos Author: Mariano José De Larra Narrator: Luis Ignacio González Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 9 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Los mejores libros jamás escritos Edición de Juan Cano Ballesta, catedrático emérito de literatura española de la Universidad de Virginia En Mariano José de Larra, considerado el primer gran periodista español, conviven una imbatible actitud crítica, heredada de los viejos ilustrados de nuestro país, y el apasionamiento romántico. Pocos aspectos de la realidad de la época se escapan a su mirada, y su afilada pluma se ejercita en el escarnio de errores políticos, de vicios privados, de pecados nacionales, de lacras sociales. Sus artículos son piezas modélicas por su desengañada ironía, por su profundidad, por la precisión y elegancia de su estilo, por el acierto en la elección de las anécdotas y por su pericia a la hora de relatarlas. «Nunca está el hombre más filósofo que en sus malos ratos.»]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-abenteuer-mit-gigi-ben-und-mia-entdecken-die-deutschen-grundrechte-by-fabian-haedge--65206577https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Abenteuer mit Gigi: Ben und Mia entdecken die deutschen Grundrechte Author: Fabian Haedge Narrator: Amelie Plaas-Link Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 54 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Was sind Grundrechte? Wofür brauchen wir sie? Und wie beeinflussen sie unseren Alltag? Entdecke mit Mia und Ben die deutschen Grundrechte und begleite sie bei ihrem spannenden Abenteuer über Freundschaft und Zusammenhalt. An einem unbeschwerten Samstag führt ein schicksalhafter Zufall Ben und Mia mit der geheimnisvollen Adlerdame Gigi zusammen. Gigi, die sich als Wächterin der Grundrechte für den gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt einsetzt, steckt in großen Schwierigkeiten. Eine furchterregende Gestalt hat Gigis Adlerjungen entführt. Es beginnt ein aufregendes Abenteuer und ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Können die Freunde die Adlerjungen mit Hilfe der Grundrechte retten?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575913Thu, 31 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Abenteuer mit Gigi: Ben und Mia entdecken die deutschen Grundrechte Author: Fabian Haedge Narrator: Amelie Plaas-Link Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Abenteuer mit Gigi: Ben und Mia entdecken die deutschen Grundrechte Author: Fabian Haedge Narrator: Amelie Plaas-Link Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 54 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Was sind Grundrechte? Wofür brauchen wir sie? Und wie beeinflussen sie unseren Alltag? Entdecke mit Mia und Ben die deutschen Grundrechte und begleite sie bei ihrem spannenden Abenteuer über Freundschaft und Zusammenhalt. An einem unbeschwerten Samstag führt ein schicksalhafter Zufall Ben und Mia mit der geheimnisvollen Adlerdame Gigi zusammen. Gigi, die sich als Wächterin der Grundrechte für den gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt einsetzt, steckt in großen Schwierigkeiten. Eine furchterregende Gestalt hat Gigis Adlerjungen entführt. Es beginnt ein aufregendes Abenteuer und ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Können die Freunde die Adlerjungen mit Hilfe der Grundrechte retten?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-algo-va-mal-by-tony-judt--65206543https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577129 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Algo va mal Author: Tony Judt Narrator: Eugenio Barona Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Ha llegado el momento de detenernos a decidir en qué mundo queremos vivir. Un apasionado llamamiento a resucitar los valores colectivos y el compromiso político. Hay algo profundamente erróneo en la forma en que vivimos hoy. El estilo egoísta de la vida contemporánea, que nos resulta «natural», y también la retórica que lo acompaña (una admiración acrítica hacia los mercados no regulados, el desprecio por el sector público, la ilusión del crecimiento infinito) se remonta tan sólo a la década de los ochenta. En los últimos treinta años hemos hecho una virtud de la búsqueda del beneficio material hasta el punto de que eso es todo lo que queda de nuestro sentido de un propósito colectivo. «¿Por qué nos hemos apresurado tanto en derribar los diques que laboriosamente levantaron nuestros predecesores? ¿Tan seguros estamos de que no se avecinan inundaciones?», se pregunta Judt, uno de los más importantes pensadores contemporáneos. Rechazando tanto el individualismo extremo de la derecha como la desacreditada pose retórica de la izquierda, Judt nos desafía a oponernos a los males de nuestra sociedad y a afrontar nuestra responsabilidad sobre el mundo en que vivimos. Algo va mal es un inestimable obsequio para las futuras generaciones de ciudadanos comprometidos. Expresión concentrada de las preocupaciones de toda una vida, este libro pasará a formar parte de los grandes textos políticos de nuestra era. Reseñas: «Un valeroso manifiesto: una declaración de principios progresistas, una vindicación de la legitimidad de lo público y de lo universal como valores de la izquierda.» Antonio Muñoz Molina «Judt ha creado un manifiesto para los jóvenes desilusionados con la política del libre mercado que buscan soluciones. Y aunque suscita tantas preguntas como responde, éstos encontrarán pocas obras más inspiradoras que este libro elegante, valiente y profundamente humano.» The Sunday Times]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577129Thu, 31 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577129 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Algo va mal Author: Tony Judt Narrator: Eugenio Barona Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577129 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Algo va mal Author: Tony Judt Narrator: Eugenio Barona Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Ha llegado el momento de detenernos a decidir en qué mundo queremos vivir. Un apasionado llamamiento a resucitar los valores colectivos y el compromiso político. Hay algo profundamente erróneo en la forma en que vivimos hoy. El estilo egoísta de la vida contemporánea, que nos resulta «natural», y también la retórica que lo acompaña (una admiración acrítica hacia los mercados no regulados, el desprecio por el sector público, la ilusión del crecimiento infinito) se remonta tan sólo a la década de los ochenta. En los últimos treinta años hemos hecho una virtud de la búsqueda del beneficio material hasta el punto de que eso es todo lo que queda de nuestro sentido de un propósito colectivo. «¿Por qué nos hemos apresurado tanto en derribar los diques que laboriosamente levantaron nuestros predecesores? ¿Tan seguros estamos de que no se avecinan inundaciones?», se pregunta Judt, uno de los más importantes pensadores contemporáneos. Rechazando tanto el individualismo extremo de la derecha como la desacreditada pose retórica de la izquierda, Judt nos desafía a oponernos a los males de nuestra sociedad y a afrontar nuestra responsabilidad sobre el mundo en que vivimos. Algo va mal es un inestimable obsequio para las futuras generaciones de ciudadanos comprometidos. Expresión concentrada de las preocupaciones de toda una vida, este libro pasará a formar parte de los grandes textos políticos de nuestra era. Reseñas: «Un valeroso manifiesto: una declaración de principios progresistas, una vindicación de la legitimidad de lo público y de lo universal como valores de la izquierda.» Antonio Muñoz Molina «Judt ha creado un manifiesto para los jóvenes desilusionados con la política del libre mercado que buscan soluciones. Y aunque suscita tantas preguntas como responde, éstos encontrarán pocas obras más inspiradoras que este libro elegante, valiente y profundamente humano.» The Sunday Times]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-la-democracia-no-se-construyo-en-un-dia-by-ernesto-nunez-a-lorenzo-cordova--65206531https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580516 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La democracia no se construyó en un día Author: Ernesto Núñez A., Lorenzo Córdova Narrator: Erick Jam, Héctor Gómez Gil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: El proceso electoral de 2018 cerró diversos ciclos históricos: uno de 50 años, si se considera el movimiento de 1968 como arranque de la democratización; uno de 40, si se ubica en la reforma política de 1977 el inicio del camino hacia la pluralidad; o uno de tres décadas, si se considera a las elecciones de 1988 como el punto de quiebre de la transición. Lo cierto es que la democracia mexicana no nació el 1 de julio de 2018.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580516Thu, 31 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580516 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La democracia no se construyó en un día Author: Ernesto Núñez A., Lorenzo Córdova Narrator: Erick Jam, Héctor Gómez Gil Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580516 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La democracia no se construyó en un día Author: Ernesto Núñez A., Lorenzo Córdova Narrator: Erick Jam, Héctor Gómez Gil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 31, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: El proceso electoral de 2018 cerró diversos ciclos históricos: uno de 50 años, si se considera el movimiento de 1968 como arranque de la democratización; uno de 40, si se ubica en la reforma política de 1977 el inicio del camino hacia la pluralidad; o uno de tres décadas, si se considera a las elecciones de 1988 como el punto de quiebre de la transición. Lo cierto es que la democracia mexicana no nació el 1 de julio de 2018.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fighting-dirty-how-a-small-community-took-on-big-trash-by-poh-gek-forkert--65206480https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583923 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fighting Dirty: How a Small Community Took on Big Trash Author: Poh-Gek Forkert Narrator: Vivian Hisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 30, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Fighting Dirty tells the story of how one small group of farmers, small-town residents, and Indigenous people fought the world's largest waste disposal company to stop them from expanding a local dumpsite into a massive landfill. As one of the experts brought in to assess the impact the toxic waste would have on the community, Poh-Gek Forkert was part of the adventures and misadventures of their decades-long fight.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583923Wed, 30 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583923 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fighting Dirty: How a Small Community Took on Big Trash Author: Poh-Gek Forkert Narrator: Vivian Hisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583923 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fighting Dirty: How a Small Community Took on Big Trash Author: Poh-Gek Forkert Narrator: Vivian Hisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 30, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Fighting Dirty tells the story of how one small group of farmers, small-town residents, and Indigenous people fought the world's largest waste disposal company to stop them from expanding a local dumpsite into a massive landfill. As one of the experts brought in to assess the impact the toxic waste would have on the community, Poh-Gek Forkert was part of the adventures and misadventures of their decades-long fight.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mormon-contribution-to-alberta-politics-by-catherine-mardon-introduction-brigham-y-card-ernest-g-mardon-dr-austin-mardon--65206525https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mormon Contribution to Alberta Politics Series: #13 of Alberta Politics Author: Catherine Mardon Introduction: Brigham Y. Card, Ernest G. Mardon, Dr. Austin Mardon Narrator: Chris Bernhardt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 49 minutes Release date: March 25, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This book provides a compendium of biographies of those who are considered to be ethnically Mormon in Alberta who were involved in both provincial and federal politics over the past 120 years.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582648Fri, 25 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mormon Contribution to Alberta Politics Series: #13 of Alberta Politics Author: Catherine Mardon Introduction: Brigham Y. Card, Ernest G. Mardon,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mormon Contribution to Alberta Politics Series: #13 of Alberta Politics Author: Catherine Mardon Introduction: Brigham Y. Card, Ernest G. Mardon, Dr. Austin Mardon Narrator: Chris Bernhardt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 49 minutes Release date: March 25, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This book provides a compendium of biographies of those who are considered to be ethnically Mormon in Alberta who were involved in both provincial and federal politics over the past 120 years.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alberta-political-dictionary-volume-3-by-dr-austin-mardon-ernest-mardon--65206501https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582667 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alberta Political Dictionary Volume 3 Series: #3 of Alberta Political Dictionary Vol. 1-5 Author: Dr. Austin Mardon, Ernest Mardon Narrator: Peace Joshua Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 25, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Vol 3. of the Alberta Political Dictionary, spanning from H-M.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582667Fri, 25 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582667 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alberta Political Dictionary Volume 3 Series: #3 of Alberta Political Dictionary Vol. 1-5 Author: Dr. Austin Mardon, Ernest Mardon Narrator: Peace...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582667 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alberta Political Dictionary Volume 3 Series: #3 of Alberta Political Dictionary Vol. 1-5 Author: Dr. Austin Mardon, Ernest Mardon Narrator: Peace Joshua Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 25, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Vol 3. of the Alberta Political Dictionary, spanning from H-M.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alberta-anglican-politicians-1883-1999-by-ernest-mardon-dr-austin-mardon--65206500https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alberta Anglican Politicians 1883-1999 Series: #19 of Alberta Politics Author: Ernest Mardon, Dr. Austin Mardon Narrator: Daniel Klassen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 25, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Alberta Anglican Politicians features a series of short biographies of over a century's worth of Anglican politicians. During these men's and women's remarkable lives, all of them at one point of their life have found themselves living in the province of Alberta. They would all later go on to contribute the political system of Alberta and Canada by sitting in the Legislature or the House of Commons.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582662Fri, 25 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alberta Anglican Politicians 1883-1999 Series: #19 of Alberta Politics Author: Ernest Mardon, Dr. Austin Mardon Narrator: Daniel Klassen Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alberta Anglican Politicians 1883-1999 Series: #19 of Alberta Politics Author: Ernest Mardon, Dr. Austin Mardon Narrator: Daniel Klassen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 25, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Alberta Anglican Politicians features a series of short biographies of over a century's worth of Anglican politicians. During these men's and women's remarkable lives, all of them at one point of their life have found themselves living in the province of Alberta. They would all later go on to contribute the political system of Alberta and Canada by sitting in the Legislature or the House of Commons.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mapping-alberta-s-political-leadership-a-comprehensive-account-of-edmonton-s-mlas-from-1905-2003-by-joseph-harry-veres-ernest-g-mardon-d--65206498https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582651 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mapping Alberta's Political Leadership: A Comprehensive Account of Edmonton's MLAs from 1905-2003 Series: #10 of Alberta Politics Author: Joseph Harry Veres, Ernest G. Mardon, Dr. Austin Mardon Narrator: Catlin Kuzyk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 25, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This book presents information taken from a variety of sources, including newspapers, records, and interviews, to give an account of Alberta's political leadership. Although no attempt has been made here to analyze voting patterns and behaviours, or to provide a detailed narrative account of individual election campaigns, much of the political history of Alberta can be read in theses biographical profiles.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582651Fri, 25 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582651 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mapping Alberta's Political Leadership: A Comprehensive Account of Edmonton's MLAs from 1905-2003 Series: #10 of Alberta Politics Author: Joseph Harry...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582651 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mapping Alberta's Political Leadership: A Comprehensive Account of Edmonton's MLAs from 1905-2003 Series: #10 of Alberta Politics Author: Joseph Harry Veres, Ernest G. Mardon, Dr. Austin Mardon Narrator: Catlin Kuzyk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 25, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This book presents information taken from a variety of sources, including newspapers, records, and interviews, to give an account of Alberta's political leadership. Although no attempt has been made here to analyze voting patterns and behaviours, or to provide a detailed narrative account of individual election campaigns, much of the political history of Alberta can be read in theses biographical profiles.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-s-who-in-federal-politics-in-alberta-by-e-g-mardon-dr-austin-mardon--65206493https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581289 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who's Who In Federal Politics In Alberta Series: #12 of Alberta Politics Author: E.G. Mardon, Dr. Austin Mardon Narrator: Dane Bjornson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 34 minutes Release date: March 25, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In this work, Dr. Ernest Mardon and Dr. Austin Mardon present a collection of biographies of politicians who are active in Federal politics but whom originated in Alberta. Their influence on Canada is not the focus, but rather the idea is to provide a starting point for those who wish to research this topic in the future]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581289Fri, 25 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581289 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who's Who In Federal Politics In Alberta Series: #12 of Alberta Politics Author: E.G. Mardon, Dr. Austin Mardon Narrator: Dane Bjornson Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581289 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who's Who In Federal Politics In Alberta Series: #12 of Alberta Politics Author: E.G. Mardon, Dr. Austin Mardon Narrator: Dane Bjornson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 34 minutes Release date: March 25, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In this work, Dr. Ernest Mardon and Dr. Austin Mardon present a collection of biographies of politicians who are active in Federal politics but whom originated in Alberta. Their influence on Canada is not the focus, but rather the idea is to provide a starting point for those who wish to research this topic in the future]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/space-rescue-systems-in-the-context-of-international-laws-by-zack-best-jocelyn-best-brenda-ball-dr-austin-mardon-catherine-mardon--65206488https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Space Rescue Systems in the Context of International laws Author: Zack Best, Jocelyn Best, Brenda Ball, Dr. Austin Mardon, Catherine Mardon Narrator: Hana Hubley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 25, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Dr. Austin Mardon outlines the international law treatises governing the act of space rescues, and their interaction with humanitarian efforts on Earth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582644Fri, 25 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Space Rescue Systems in the Context of International laws Author: Zack Best, Jocelyn Best, Brenda Ball, Dr. Austin Mardon, Catherine Mardon Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Space Rescue Systems in the Context of International laws Author: Zack Best, Jocelyn Best, Brenda Ball, Dr. Austin Mardon, Catherine Mardon Narrator: Hana Hubley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 25, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Dr. Austin Mardon outlines the international law treatises governing the act of space rescues, and their interaction with humanitarian efforts on Earth.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-haz-patria-educa-a-un-derechairo-by-jairo-calixto-albarran--65206524https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578625 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Haz patria: educa a un derechairo Author: Jairo Calixto Albarrán Narrator: Erick Jam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: March 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: analisis politico;tragicomedia mexicana;oposicion mexicana; vicente fox;calderon;zabala;claudio x;ricardo anaya; el jefe diego; lozoya; barlett;rosario robles;lorenzo cordova; politicos; drama politico;rebelando la politica mexicana;4t;amlo;andres manuel lopez obrador;cuarta transformacion;la oposicion;debate social;justicia social;realidad mexicana;politica de izquierda; politica de derecha;conservadores;republicanos]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578625Thu, 24 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578625 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Haz patria: educa a un derechairo Author: Jairo Calixto Albarrán Narrator: Erick Jam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578625 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Haz patria: educa a un derechairo Author: Jairo Calixto Albarrán Narrator: Erick Jam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: March 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: analisis politico;tragicomedia mexicana;oposicion mexicana; vicente fox;calderon;zabala;claudio x;ricardo anaya; el jefe diego; lozoya; barlett;rosario robles;lorenzo cordova; politicos; drama politico;rebelando la politica mexicana;4t;amlo;andres manuel lopez obrador;cuarta transformacion;la oposicion;debate social;justicia social;realidad mexicana;politica de izquierda; politica de derecha;conservadores;republicanos]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-el-imperio-de-los-otros-datos-tres-anos-de-falsedades-y-enganos-desde-palacio-by-luis-estrada--65206486https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578616 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El imperio de los otros datos: Tres años de falsedades y engaños desde palacio Author: Luis Estrada Narrator: Marco Viloria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: 2022;para adultos;politica;fraude;gobierno;corrupcion;Lopez Obrador;presidente de Mexico;democracia;mentiras;cultura politica;ciencias politicas;ciencias sociales;Mexico;AMLO;mañaneras;tapaderas politicas;mal gobierno]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578616Thu, 24 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578616 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El imperio de los otros datos: Tres años de falsedades y engaños desde palacio Author: Luis Estrada Narrator: Marco Viloria Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578616 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El imperio de los otros datos: Tres años de falsedades y engaños desde palacio Author: Luis Estrada Narrator: Marco Viloria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: 2022;para adultos;politica;fraude;gobierno;corrupcion;Lopez Obrador;presidente de Mexico;democracia;mentiras;cultura politica;ciencias politicas;ciencias sociales;Mexico;AMLO;mañaneras;tapaderas politicas;mal gobierno]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-zeitenbruch-klimawandel-und-die-neuausrichtung-der-weltpolitik-by-joschka-fischer--65206598https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Zeitenbruch: Klimawandel und die Neuausrichtung der Weltpolitik Author: Joschka Fischer Narrator: Erich Wittenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 45 minutes Release date: March 23, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Das Zeitalter der kohlenstoffbasierten Energieerzeugung geht zu Ende. Eine vergleichbare Zäsur ist auch für das globale politische System zu erwarten. Menschen sind Gewohnheitstiere und stellen sich die Zukunft nur allzu gerne als eine Weiterführung der Gegenwart vor, das galt selbst nach so großen Umbrüchen wie dem Kollaps der Sowjetunion vor 30 Jahren. Und es gilt auch heute wieder, in Zeiten einer dreifachen Welterschütterung - der Pandemie, der galoppierenden Erderwärmung und der digitalen Revolution. Was aber, wenn der gewohnte Alltag nicht zurückkehrt? Die Menschheit erlebt rund um den Globus in Echtzeit, wie die überkommenen Institutionen, v.a. die Nationalstaaten, sich als unfähig erweisen, auf die planetaren Bedrohungen und Herausforderungen angemessen zu reagieren. Dabei läge die Antwort auf der Hand: globale Zusammenarbeit statt nationaler Konkurrenz. Das uralte machtpolitische Hegemonialstreben aller menschlichen Gesellschaften von Beginn an gerät an seine Grenzen, die planetarischen Bedrohungen erfordern dringend wie nie ein gemeinsames Handeln der Weltgemeinschaft. Joschka Fischer zeigt in seinem neuen Buch, dass sich die Wirtschaft weltweit, wenn auch zu langsam auf die Dekarbonisierung der Energiegewinnung zur Erhaltung unserer Lebensgrundlagen einlässt. Und er untersucht, warum und wo die internationale Politik trotz des Pariser Klimaabkommens bisher versagt und wo sich Aufbrüche zu neuen Horizonten zeigen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576235Wed, 23 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Zeitenbruch: Klimawandel und die Neuausrichtung der Weltpolitik Author: Joschka Fischer Narrator: Erich Wittenberg Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Zeitenbruch: Klimawandel und die Neuausrichtung der Weltpolitik Author: Joschka Fischer Narrator: Erich Wittenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 45 minutes Release date: March 23, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Das Zeitalter der kohlenstoffbasierten Energieerzeugung geht zu Ende. Eine vergleichbare Zäsur ist auch für das globale politische System zu erwarten. Menschen sind Gewohnheitstiere und stellen sich die Zukunft nur allzu gerne als eine Weiterführung der Gegenwart vor, das galt selbst nach so großen Umbrüchen wie dem Kollaps der Sowjetunion vor 30 Jahren. Und es gilt auch heute wieder, in Zeiten einer dreifachen Welterschütterung - der Pandemie, der galoppierenden Erderwärmung und der digitalen Revolution. Was aber, wenn der gewohnte Alltag nicht zurückkehrt? Die Menschheit erlebt rund um den Globus in Echtzeit, wie die überkommenen Institutionen, v.a. die Nationalstaaten, sich als unfähig erweisen, auf die planetaren Bedrohungen und Herausforderungen angemessen zu reagieren. Dabei läge die Antwort auf der Hand: globale Zusammenarbeit statt nationaler Konkurrenz. Das uralte machtpolitische Hegemonialstreben aller menschlichen Gesellschaften von Beginn an gerät an seine Grenzen, die planetarischen Bedrohungen erfordern dringend wie nie ein gemeinsames Handeln der Weltgemeinschaft. Joschka Fischer zeigt in seinem neuen Buch, dass sich die Wirtschaft weltweit, wenn auch zu langsam auf die Dekarbonisierung der Energiegewinnung zur Erhaltung unserer Lebensgrundlagen einlässt. Und er untersucht, warum und wo die internationale Politik trotz des Pariser Klimaabkommens bisher versagt und wo sich Aufbrüche zu neuen Horizonten zeigen.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/arabic-alandlsy-alakhyr-by-ahmd-amyn--65206505https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - الأندلسي الأخير Author: أحمد أمين Narrator: شادي عباس Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 31 minutes Release date: March 20, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: رواية تاريخية توثق الأيام الأخيرة لسقوط الأندلس، وتسليم عبد الله بن الأحمر لها مع البكاء ونحيب 'المورسكيين' على الهزيمة، وهو الاسم الذي كان يطلق على المسلمين سكان الأندلس. كما صوّر أمين مشاهد تعذيب المورسكيين بكافة أنواع التعذيب وحرقهم من قبل محاكم التفتيش الإسبانية، كل هذا كان من خلال مخطوطة خطها (علي بدية)، والتي وقعت في يد الرواي صدفة. وتنقسم الرواية إلى جزئين، كما تمر بثلاثة فترات زمنية، الأولى هي الزمن الحالي وتحديداً سنة ٢٠١٣، والفترة الثانية آخر خمس أيام قبل سقوط غرناطة في القرن الخامس عشر، والفترة الثالثة محاكم التفتيش وظهور شخصية (علي بدية) أو الأندلسي الأخير في القرن الثامن عشر. ومن أجواء الرواية: 'عندما يكتنف حياتك الملل.. ويصبح إيقاع الحياة بطيء.. حتى تكاد تعتقد أن عجلة الزمن قد توقفت عن الدوران.. وأن لحظات حياتك.. الحالية.. هي.. البداية.. والنهاية.. فلا أنت قادر على تجاوز الحاضر والعبور إلى المستقبل.. ولا قادر على الهروب إلى الماضي.. لتحتمي به من قسوة الحاضر.. إنه الملل.. ذلك القاتل البطيء الذي لا يخطئ هدفه..في البداية تشعر بأن حياتك هادئة تماماً وترتاح لذلك.. وبعد فترة تكتشف أنها رتيبة لا جديد فيها فتحاول أن تغير من نمطها، لكن تكتشف أنك وصلت إلى حالة الإحباط، فتحاول الهروب منه فتقع في فخ اليأس،الذي لا مناص منه، هكذا حياتي، او بالأدق هكذا كانت، سنوات طويلة اعتدت على طريقة حياتي، أو هي اعتادت علي، كنت أحب كل ما في نفسي من مزايا، حتى العيوب، ومع الوقت أصبحت عيوبي ميزة باللنسبة إلي، لم أكن أفضل التغيير، أو لم أكن أريده، لا أدري هل هناك فارق بين الأمرين، في بعض الأحيان كان يدق جرس التنبيه فلا أسمعه، أو أدعي أنني لم أسمعه، لم أكن أحب الصدام أو المواجهة'. استمع الآن]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583917Sun, 20 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - الأندلسي الأخير Author: أحمد أمين Narrator: شادي عباس Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 31 minutes Release date: March 20, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - الأندلسي الأخير Author: أحمد أمين Narrator: شادي عباس Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 31 minutes Release date: March 20, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: رواية تاريخية توثق الأيام الأخيرة لسقوط الأندلس، وتسليم عبد الله بن الأحمر لها مع البكاء ونحيب 'المورسكيين' على الهزيمة، وهو الاسم الذي كان يطلق على المسلمين سكان الأندلس. كما صوّر أمين مشاهد تعذيب المورسكيين بكافة أنواع التعذيب وحرقهم من قبل محاكم التفتيش الإسبانية، كل هذا كان من خلال مخطوطة خطها (علي بدية)، والتي وقعت في يد الرواي صدفة. وتنقسم الرواية إلى جزئين، كما تمر بثلاثة فترات زمنية، الأولى هي الزمن الحالي وتحديداً سنة ٢٠١٣، والفترة الثانية آخر خمس أيام قبل سقوط غرناطة في القرن الخامس عشر، والفترة الثالثة محاكم التفتيش وظهور شخصية (علي بدية) أو الأندلسي الأخير في القرن الثامن عشر. ومن أجواء الرواية: 'عندما يكتنف حياتك الملل.. ويصبح إيقاع الحياة بطيء.. حتى تكاد تعتقد أن عجلة الزمن قد توقفت عن الدوران.. وأن لحظات حياتك.. الحالية.. هي.. البداية.. والنهاية.. فلا أنت قادر على تجاوز الحاضر والعبور إلى المستقبل.. ولا قادر على الهروب إلى الماضي.. لتحتمي به من قسوة الحاضر.. إنه الملل.. ذلك القاتل البطيء الذي لا يخطئ هدفه..في البداية تشعر بأن حياتك هادئة تماماً وترتاح لذلك.. وبعد فترة تكتشف أنها رتيبة لا جديد فيها فتحاول أن تغير من نمطها، لكن تكتشف أنك وصلت إلى حالة الإحباط، فتحاول الهروب منه فتقع في فخ اليأس،الذي لا مناص منه، هكذا حياتي، او بالأدق هكذا كانت، سنوات طويلة اعتدت على طريقة حياتي، أو هي اعتادت علي، كنت أحب كل ما في نفسي من مزايا، حتى العيوب، ومع الوقت أصبحت عيوبي ميزة باللنسبة إلي، لم أكن أفضل التغيير، أو لم أكن أريده، لا أدري هل هناك فارق بين الأمرين، في بعض الأحيان كان يدق جرس التنبيه فلا أسمعه، أو أدعي أنني لم أسمعه، لم أكن أحب الصدام أو المواجهة'. استمع الآن]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-y-ahi-lo-dejo-cronica-de-un-proceso-by-gonzalo-boye--65206465https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - ... Y ahí lo dejo. Crónica de un proceso Author: Gonzalo Boye Narrator: Jesús Brotóns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 18, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Conoce la verdadera historia detrás del Procés, y del cerebro jurídico que se encuentra detrás de la salida de Puigdemont, y del resto de diputados, de España. El abogado Gonzalo Boye es el cerebro jurídico que ha llevado el caso de los políticos catalanes que se exiliaron de forma precipitada y urgente, por instrucciones suyas, cuando se supo que la juez Lamela iba a encausar e inmediatamente encarcelar a todos los que ella consideraba responsables de los supuestos delitos de sedición y rebelión tras el resultado del referéndum ilegal celebrado en Catalunya el 1 de octubre de 2017. En este libro cuenta con todo detalle de qué manera improvisada, porque no había tiempo para nada, aconsejó a los políticos huir de España, y como fue luego organizando la defensa de sus representados gracias a su conocimiento de la jurisprudencia internacional. Bélgica, Alemania, Escocia... Todos los escenarios europeos donde se va a seguir librando la defensa de los políticos independentistas, los abogados y la táctica empleada en todos los casos, se cuentan desde la perspectiva del cerebro que ha llevado la estrategia hasta ahora exitosa de la defensa de esos políticos. Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. - Gonzalo Boye, nació en 1965 en Viña Del Mar (Chile) habiendo vivido en Alemania, Inglaterra y España; casado y padre de tres hijas. Pasó 7 años 11 meses y 23 día en prisión, tiempo que aprovechó para realizar la carrera de derecho y desde 2003 ejerce como abogado especializado en derecho penal y penal internacional. Ha sido miembro del Independent Fact Finding Committee de la Liga de Estados Árabes, del Comité de la FIFA para el conflicto entre Palestina e Israel, es Director Jurídico de la Federación Palestina de Fútbol y asesora, en materia de derecho internacional, a diversos gobiernos. Desde octubre de 2017 coordina la defensa internacional de los miembros del Gobierno del President Carles Puigdemont que se encuentran en el exilio. Este es su cuarto libro que publica en este sello editorial.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583457Fri, 18 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - ... Y ahí lo dejo. Crónica de un proceso Author: Gonzalo Boye Narrator: Jesús Brotóns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - ... Y ahí lo dejo. Crónica de un proceso Author: Gonzalo Boye Narrator: Jesús Brotóns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 18, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Conoce la verdadera historia detrás del Procés, y del cerebro jurídico que se encuentra detrás de la salida de Puigdemont, y del resto de diputados, de España. El abogado Gonzalo Boye es el cerebro jurídico que ha llevado el caso de los políticos catalanes que se exiliaron de forma precipitada y urgente, por instrucciones suyas, cuando se supo que la juez Lamela iba a encausar e inmediatamente encarcelar a todos los que ella consideraba responsables de los supuestos delitos de sedición y rebelión tras el resultado del referéndum ilegal celebrado en Catalunya el 1 de octubre de 2017. En este libro cuenta con todo detalle de qué manera improvisada, porque no había tiempo para nada, aconsejó a los políticos huir de España, y como fue luego organizando la defensa de sus representados gracias a su conocimiento de la jurisprudencia internacional. Bélgica, Alemania, Escocia... Todos los escenarios europeos donde se va a seguir librando la defensa de los políticos independentistas, los abogados y la táctica empleada en todos los casos, se cuentan desde la perspectiva del cerebro que ha llevado la estrategia hasta ahora exitosa de la defensa de esos políticos. Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. - Gonzalo Boye, nació en 1965 en Viña Del Mar (Chile) habiendo vivido en Alemania, Inglaterra y España; casado y padre de tres hijas. Pasó 7 años 11 meses y 23 día en prisión, tiempo que aprovechó para realizar la carrera de derecho y desde 2003 ejerce como abogado especializado en derecho penal y penal internacional. Ha sido miembro del Independent Fact Finding Committee de la Liga de Estados Árabes, del Comité de la FIFA para el conflicto entre Palestina e Israel, es Director Jurídico de la Federación Palestina de Fútbol y asesora, en materia de derecho internacional, a diversos gobiernos. Desde octubre de 2017 coordina la defensa internacional de los miembros del Gobierno del President Carles Puigdemont que se encuentran en el exilio. Este es su cuarto libro que publica en este sello editorial.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-pensar-occidente-by-maruan-soto-antaki--65206599https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Pensar Occidente Author: Maruan Soto Antaki Narrator: Bern Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 54 minutes Release date: March 17, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Occidente es una ambigüedad que, sin embargo, se comporta como una definición. Su situación paradójica lo es tanto como las contradicciones que genera dentro y fuera de sí mismo. Los dos libros que precedieron a éste, Pensar Medio Oriente y Pensar México, surgieron de las posibilidades de ver lo medioriental desde el otro lado del Atlántico, y de ver lo mexicano desde los confines del Mediterráneo, así como de la crisis y el conflicto en que se encuentran mis territorios de pertenencia. ¿Occidente vive una crisis que lleva a pensar en él bajo esos mismos términos? La primera distancia con lo occidental se tiene viviendo en Occidente. Occidente está descompuesto, pero me niego a claudicar en las perspectivas de democracia, República y libertad que un día se establecieron en él. El advenimiento de los ismos -nacionalismos, nativismos, extremismos, etcétera- es sólo uno de los fenómenos que me llevan a notar el rompimiento de los acuerdos sociales que un día creímos que estaban afianzándose. Creo que es necesario revisar qué sucede cuando la democracia entra en los terrenos de la indiferencia, cuando la posibilidad de convivencia multicultural se percibe como un riesgo que rechaza el aprendizaje del pasado y da cabida a la violencia. Maruan Soto Antaki]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577975Thu, 17 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Pensar Occidente Author: Maruan Soto Antaki Narrator: Bern Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 54 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Pensar Occidente Author: Maruan Soto Antaki Narrator: Bern Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 54 minutes Release date: March 17, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Occidente es una ambigüedad que, sin embargo, se comporta como una definición. Su situación paradójica lo es tanto como las contradicciones que genera dentro y fuera de sí mismo. Los dos libros que precedieron a éste, Pensar Medio Oriente y Pensar México, surgieron de las posibilidades de ver lo medioriental desde el otro lado del Atlántico, y de ver lo mexicano desde los confines del Mediterráneo, así como de la crisis y el conflicto en que se encuentran mis territorios de pertenencia. ¿Occidente vive una crisis que lleva a pensar en él bajo esos mismos términos? La primera distancia con lo occidental se tiene viviendo en Occidente. Occidente está descompuesto, pero me niego a claudicar en las perspectivas de democracia, República y libertad que un día se establecieron en él. El advenimiento de los ismos -nacionalismos, nativismos, extremismos, etcétera- es sólo uno de los fenómenos que me llevan a notar el rompimiento de los acuerdos sociales que un día creímos que estaban afianzándose. Creo que es necesario revisar qué sucede cuando la democracia entra en los terrenos de la indiferencia, cuando la posibilidad de convivencia multicultural se percibe como un riesgo que rechaza el aprendizaje del pasado y da cabida a la violencia. Maruan Soto Antaki]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-la-conspiracion-del-68-los-intelectuales-y-el-poder-asi-se-fraguo-la-matanza-by-jacinto-rodriguez-munguia--65206550https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577976 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La conspiración del 68: Los intelectuales y el poder: así se fraguó la matanza Author: Jacinto Rodríguez Munguía Narrator: Juan Manuel Acuña Rodriguez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 24 minutes Release date: March 17, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: México; guerra sucia; 1968; movimiento del 68; intelectuales; intelectualidad; gobierno; Partido Revolucionario Institucional; PRI;gobierno; Segob; Secretaría de Gobernación; periodismo; archivos; Archivo General de la Nación; AGN; Octavio Paz; Carlos Fuentes; José Emilio Pacheco; Elena Garro; José Luis Cuevas y Emilio Uranga; matanza de tlatelolco;audiobook;voz humana;narraciones extraordinarias;Libros narrados;Libros parlantes;libros para escuchar en el transporte;audiolibros en español]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577976Thu, 17 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577976 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La conspiración del 68: Los intelectuales y el poder: así se fraguó la matanza Author: Jacinto Rodríguez Munguía Narrator: Juan Manuel...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577976 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La conspiración del 68: Los intelectuales y el poder: así se fraguó la matanza Author: Jacinto Rodríguez Munguía Narrator: Juan Manuel Acuña Rodriguez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 24 minutes Release date: March 17, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: México; guerra sucia; 1968; movimiento del 68; intelectuales; intelectualidad; gobierno; Partido Revolucionario Institucional; PRI;gobierno; Segob; Secretaría de Gobernación; periodismo; archivos; Archivo General de la Nación; AGN; Octavio Paz; Carlos Fuentes; José Emilio Pacheco; Elena Garro; José Luis Cuevas y Emilio Uranga; matanza de tlatelolco;audiobook;voz humana;narraciones extraordinarias;Libros narrados;Libros parlantes;libros para escuchar en el transporte;audiolibros en español]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-la-economia-de-la-extorsion-el-lastre-que-despoja-a-mexico-by-luis-de-la-calle--65206544https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577987 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La economía de la extorsión: El lastre que despoja a México Author: Luis De La Calle Narrator: Alex Magaña Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 17, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: audio libro;audiolibros en español;business;ciencias politicas;ciencias sociales;crisis economica;economia internacional;economia kindle;economia libro;economia mundial;economia politica;en castellano;en español;escuchar libros;libro;libros de economia;libros de empresa y administracion;libros de finanzas;mas escuchados;para adultos;para dummies;politica libros;social;sociedad;sociedades comparadas;sociologia;teoria economica;teoria politica;voz humana;audiobook;voz humana;narraciones extraordinarias;Libros narrados;Libros parlantes;libros para escuchar en el transporte;audiolibros en español]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577987Thu, 17 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577987 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La economía de la extorsión: El lastre que despoja a México Author: Luis De La Calle Narrator: Alex Magaña Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577987 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La economía de la extorsión: El lastre que despoja a México Author: Luis De La Calle Narrator: Alex Magaña Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 17, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: audio libro;audiolibros en español;business;ciencias politicas;ciencias sociales;crisis economica;economia internacional;economia kindle;economia libro;economia mundial;economia politica;en castellano;en español;escuchar libros;libro;libros de economia;libros de empresa y administracion;libros de finanzas;mas escuchados;para adultos;para dummies;politica libros;social;sociedad;sociedades comparadas;sociologia;teoria economica;teoria politica;voz humana;audiobook;voz humana;narraciones extraordinarias;Libros narrados;Libros parlantes;libros para escuchar en el transporte;audiolibros en español]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-jacinda-ardern-un-nuevo-modelo-de-liderazgo-by-madeleine-chapman--65206563https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578555 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Jacinda Ardern. Un nuevo módelo de liderazgo Author: Madeleine Chapman Narrator: Txe Arana Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 15, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Es progresista, socialdemócrata y feminista. Una líder milenial. La segunda mujer electa en dar a luz durante su mandato. Pero ¿quién es realmente Jacinda Ardern? ¿Y por qué inspira tanta admiración en todo el mundo? La primera ministra de Nueva Zelanda ha sido considerada la gran líder de una nueva generación. Su elegancia y compasión durante el tiroteo en la mezquita de Christchurch captó la atención del mundo entero. Incluso la mismísima Oprah Winfrey invitó a sus seguidores a «canalizar la Jacinda que llevamos dentro». Ardern acaparó los titulares y las redes sociales de todo el mundo. La dirigente de un país lejano que incluso llegó a ser portada de la revista Time y volvió a ser ejemplo tras su brillante gestión a la pandemia de la covid-19. En esta reveladora biografía, la periodista Madeleine Chapman nos descubre a la mujer tras los titulares. Siempre políticamente comprometida y apasionada, Ardern es carismática y cercana. Ha sido capaz de lidiar contra el sexismo, sin dejar que eso la endurezca, abogando por estar por encima de sus detractores. En su primera conferencia de prensa, anunció una campaña electoral llena de una positividad implacable. Esa táctica resultó todo un éxito: las donaciones llegaron a raudales y su partido repuntó en las encuestas. Recientemente ha sido reelegida para un segundo mandato, ganando por una aplastante mayoría absoluta. Pero ¿ha estado Ardern a la altura de sus promesas? ¿Qué concesiones políticas ha tenido que hacer? Y más allá de los focos, ¿cómo es en la práctica su nuevo estilo de liderazgo? Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano - Madeleine Chapman es coautora de la biografía de Steven Adams. Escribe habitualmente en The Spinoff. Fue nombrada en 2018 como la periodista de política y negocios del año.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578555Tue, 15 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578555 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Jacinda Ardern. Un nuevo módelo de liderazgo Author: Madeleine Chapman Narrator: Txe Arana Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578555 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Jacinda Ardern. Un nuevo módelo de liderazgo Author: Madeleine Chapman Narrator: Txe Arana Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 15, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Es progresista, socialdemócrata y feminista. Una líder milenial. La segunda mujer electa en dar a luz durante su mandato. Pero ¿quién es realmente Jacinda Ardern? ¿Y por qué inspira tanta admiración en todo el mundo? La primera ministra de Nueva Zelanda ha sido considerada la gran líder de una nueva generación. Su elegancia y compasión durante el tiroteo en la mezquita de Christchurch captó la atención del mundo entero. Incluso la mismísima Oprah Winfrey invitó a sus seguidores a «canalizar la Jacinda que llevamos dentro». Ardern acaparó los titulares y las redes sociales de todo el mundo. La dirigente de un país lejano que incluso llegó a ser portada de la revista Time y volvió a ser ejemplo tras su brillante gestión a la pandemia de la covid-19. En esta reveladora biografía, la periodista Madeleine Chapman nos descubre a la mujer tras los titulares. Siempre políticamente comprometida y apasionada, Ardern es carismática y cercana. Ha sido capaz de lidiar contra el sexismo, sin dejar que eso la endurezca, abogando por estar por encima de sus detractores. En su primera conferencia de prensa, anunció una campaña electoral llena de una positividad implacable. Esa táctica resultó todo un éxito: las donaciones llegaron a raudales y su partido repuntó en las encuestas. Recientemente ha sido reelegida para un segundo mandato, ganando por una aplastante mayoría absoluta. Pero ¿ha estado Ardern a la altura de sus promesas? ¿Qué concesiones políticas ha tenido que hacer? Y más allá de los focos, ¿cómo es en la práctica su nuevo estilo de liderazgo? Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano - Madeleine Chapman es coautora de la biografía de Steven Adams. Escribe habitualmente en The Spinoff. Fue nombrada en 2018 como la periodista de política y negocios del año.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-prince-by-niccolo-machiavelli--65206507https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Prince Author: Niccolo Machiavelli Narrator: Joseph Wycoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 14, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Given the tumultuous political era in which he lived, Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), the Italian Renaissance author, philosopher, historian and diplomat, had a front-row seat to observe the political machinations, power struggles and dynastic changes in Renaissance Europe. He would compile these observations in 'The Prince,' which would swiftly gain a reputation both as a simple treatise on how to achieve and wield political power as well as an immoral, by-the-numbers account of how tyrants can seize and maintain dictatorships. As a result of the teachings in this book, Machiavelli's very name has become an adjective - 'Machiavellian' - that has come to denote political deception, cold-blooded calculation and the use of treachery as a means to seize power. It is presented here in its original and unabridged format, translated from the Italian by Luigi Ricci.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579455Mon, 14 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Prince Author: Niccolo Machiavelli Narrator: Joseph Wycoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 14, 2022...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Prince Author: Niccolo Machiavelli Narrator: Joseph Wycoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 14, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Given the tumultuous political era in which he lived, Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), the Italian Renaissance author, philosopher, historian and diplomat, had a front-row seat to observe the political machinations, power struggles and dynastic changes in Renaissance Europe. He would compile these observations in 'The Prince,' which would swiftly gain a reputation both as a simple treatise on how to achieve and wield political power as well as an immoral, by-the-numbers account of how tyrants can seize and maintain dictatorships. As a result of the teachings in this book, Machiavelli's very name has become an adjective - 'Machiavellian' - that has come to denote political deception, cold-blooded calculation and the use of treachery as a means to seize power. It is presented here in its original and unabridged format, translated from the Italian by Luigi Ricci.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mamata-beyond-2021-by-arunava-sinha-jayanta-ghosal--65206596https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mamata: Beyond 2021 Author: Arunava Sinha, Jayanta Ghosal Narrator: Shubhankar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: March 11, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In the West Bengal election of 2021, the longest state election in the history of India, Mamata Banerjee won the khela, and the BJP lost the plot. How did this happen? The author, Jayanta Ghosal, travelled to all the districts of West Bengal and unearthed certain key factors that helped the Trinamool win the state. For instance, there was a massive gap in the BJP's understanding of Bengali identity, which Mamata was able to exploit. An 'overdose' of central intervention, ranging from paramilitary forces to intelligence agencies to target key TMC leaders, added to the BJP's disconnect with voters. Increasingly, the state felt the divide between New Delhi and Bengal grow. The book details how Mamata was successfully able to portray herself as the 'daughter of Bengal' who worked tirelessly for the state's poor and disadvantaged. It also asks the question: with the state elections under her belt, what will be Mamata's path to the general elections of 2024? Does she consider herself a candidate for the prime minister's post?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577236Fri, 11 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mamata: Beyond 2021 Author: Arunava Sinha, Jayanta Ghosal Narrator: Shubhankar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mamata: Beyond 2021 Author: Arunava Sinha, Jayanta Ghosal Narrator: Shubhankar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: March 11, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In the West Bengal election of 2021, the longest state election in the history of India, Mamata Banerjee won the khela, and the BJP lost the plot. How did this happen? The author, Jayanta Ghosal, travelled to all the districts of West Bengal and unearthed certain key factors that helped the Trinamool win the state. For instance, there was a massive gap in the BJP's understanding of Bengali identity, which Mamata was able to exploit. An 'overdose' of central intervention, ranging from paramilitary forces to intelligence agencies to target key TMC leaders, added to the BJP's disconnect with voters. Increasingly, the state felt the divide between New Delhi and Bengal grow. The book details how Mamata was successfully able to portray herself as the 'daughter of Bengal' who worked tirelessly for the state's poor and disadvantaged. It also asks the question: with the state elections under her belt, what will be Mamata's path to the general elections of 2024? Does she consider herself a candidate for the prime minister's post?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hidden-history-of-big-brother-in-america-how-the-death-of-privacy-and-the-rise-of-surveillance-threaten-us-and-our-democracy-by-thom-ha--65206529https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy Series: #7 of The Thom Hartmann Hidden History Series Author: Thom Hartmann Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 13 minutes Release date: March 8, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: America's most popular progressive radio host and New York Times bestselling author Thom Hartmann reveals how the government and corporate America misuse our personal data and shows how we can reclaim our privacy. Most Americans are worried about how companies like Facebook invade their privacy and harvest their data, but many people don't fully understand the details of how their information is being adapted and misused. In this thought-provoking and accessible book, New York Times bestselling author Thom Hartmann reveals exactly how the government and corporations are tracking our every online move and using our data to buy elections, employ social control, and score and monetize our lives. Hartmann uses extensive, vivid examples to highlight the consequences of Big Data on all aspects of our lives. Along with tracing the history of surveillance, he shows how we got to where we are today, how China-with its new Social Credit System-serves as a warning, and how we can and must avoid a similarly dystopian future. By delving into the Constitutional right to privacy, Hartmann reminds us of our civil right and shows how we can restore it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576546Tue, 08 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy Series: #7 of The...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy Series: #7 of The Thom Hartmann Hidden History Series Author: Thom Hartmann Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 13 minutes Release date: March 8, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: America's most popular progressive radio host and New York Times bestselling author Thom Hartmann reveals how the government and corporate America misuse our personal data and shows how we can reclaim our privacy. Most Americans are worried about how companies like Facebook invade their privacy and harvest their data, but many people don't fully understand the details of how their information is being adapted and misused. In this thought-provoking and accessible book, New York Times bestselling author Thom Hartmann reveals exactly how the government and corporations are tracking our every online move and using our data to buy elections, employ social control, and score and monetize our lives. Hartmann uses extensive, vivid examples to highlight the consequences of Big Data on all aspects of our lives. Along with tracing the history of surveillance, he shows how we got to where we are today, how China-with its new Social Credit System-serves as a warning, and how we can and must avoid a similarly dystopian future. By delving into the Constitutional right to privacy, Hartmann reminds us of our civil right and shows how we can restore it.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-votos-drogas-y-violencia-by-sandra-ley-guillermo-trejo--65206620https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576984 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Votos, drogas y violencia Author: Sandra Ley, Guillermo Trejo Narrator: Alicia Valdez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 3, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: ¿POR QUÉ A MEDIDA QUE LA DEMOCRACIA SE HA CONSOLIDADO EN MÉXICO LA VIOLENCIA A GRAN ESCALA SE HA MULTIPLICADO?. Guillermo Trejo y Sandra Ley ofrecen en este libro una teoría novedosa y necesaria sobre la violencia criminal, que enfatiza la influencia crucial de la política. A partir de estudios de caso en profundidad y análisis estadísticosque abarcan más de dos décadas y distintos niveles de gobierno, muestran que los procesos de transición democrática, aunados a la fragmentación del poder político, pudieron ser la causa principal del estallido e intensificación de las guerras en México, así como su expansión a las esferas de la política local y la sociedad civil. A diferencia de estudios previos, que ven a los grupos de crimen organizado como empresas económicas libres que operan en oposición a las autoridades estatales, Trejo y Ley los conciben como grupos ilegales íntimamente relacionados con el Estado. Por tanto, estos grupos responden al cambio político: el crimen organizado no puede existir ni operar con éxito si no cuenta con algún grado de protección estatal. Los autores denominan a esa intersección colaborativa zona gris, un espacio donde los grupos criminales pueden respirar, crecer, reproducirse y triunfar. Sin embargo, cuando la esfera del poder estatal cambia, el equilibrio de la zona gris también lo hace y eso genera violencia. Votos, drogas y violencia propone un nuevo enfoque político que amplía nuestra comprensión del crimen organizado y de las condiciones que propician la guerra y la paz en el inframundo criminal.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576984Thu, 03 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576984 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Votos, drogas y violencia Author: Sandra Ley, Guillermo Trejo Narrator: Alicia Valdez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576984 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Votos, drogas y violencia Author: Sandra Ley, Guillermo Trejo Narrator: Alicia Valdez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 3, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: ¿POR QUÉ A MEDIDA QUE LA DEMOCRACIA SE HA CONSOLIDADO EN MÉXICO LA VIOLENCIA A GRAN ESCALA SE HA MULTIPLICADO?. Guillermo Trejo y Sandra Ley ofrecen en este libro una teoría novedosa y necesaria sobre la violencia criminal, que enfatiza la influencia crucial de la política. A partir de estudios de caso en profundidad y análisis estadísticosque abarcan más de dos décadas y distintos niveles de gobierno, muestran que los procesos de transición democrática, aunados a la fragmentación del poder político, pudieron ser la causa principal del estallido e intensificación de las guerras en México, así como su expansión a las esferas de la política local y la sociedad civil. A diferencia de estudios previos, que ven a los grupos de crimen organizado como empresas económicas libres que operan en oposición a las autoridades estatales, Trejo y Ley los conciben como grupos ilegales íntimamente relacionados con el Estado. Por tanto, estos grupos responden al cambio político: el crimen organizado no puede existir ni operar con éxito si no cuenta con algún grado de protección estatal. Los autores denominan a esa intersección colaborativa zona gris, un espacio donde los grupos criminales pueden respirar, crecer, reproducirse y triunfar. Sin embargo, cuando la esfera del poder estatal cambia, el equilibrio de la zona gris también lo hace y eso genera violencia. Votos, drogas y violencia propone un nuevo enfoque político que amplía nuestra comprensión del crimen organizado y de las condiciones que propician la guerra y la paz en el inframundo criminal.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-camisas-azules-manos-negras-el-saqueo-de-pemex-desde-los-pinos-by-ana-lilia-perez--65206562https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Camisas azules, manos negras: El saqueo de Pemex desde Los Pinos Author: Ana Lilia Pérez Narrator: Liliana Barba Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: March 3, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Los nombres de Marta Sahagún, Manuel Bribiesca Sahagún, Juan Camilo Mouriño, Juan Bueno Torio, Felipe Calderón y César Nava, entre otros, tienen algo en común: el saqueo y desvío de los bienes de la empresa más importante de México. 'La inclinación de miembros del pan al latrocinio y al abuso alcanza hasta a los mejores, o quienes parecían ostentar ese título hasta que la indagación persistente de Ana Lilia Pérez los puso en su lugar.' Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa. Hablar de Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) durante las administraciones panistas es sinónimo de corrupción: presidentes de la República que ordenan la asignación de contratos para beneficio de sus a llegados, secretarios de Estado que influyen en las asignaciones para sus empresas familiares y las de los amigos que financian sus campañas políticas, gobernadores que cabildean negocios para trasnacionales, legisladores dueños de pequeños negocios que se transforman en grandes fortunas, directores que reciben sobornos de contratistas. Corrupción e impunidad en Pemex van de la mano. Entre diciembre de 2000 y 2009, de manera directa o a través de sus emisarios, Vicente Fox Quesada, Marta Sahagún y sus hijos Manuel y Jorge Bribiesca, Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, César Nava Vázquez, Juan Camilo Mouriño, Juan Bueno Torio, Jorge Nordhausen, Diego Fernández de Cevallos, Francisco Barrio Terrazas, Eduardo Romero Ramos, RosendoVillarreal, Jesús Reyes Heroles, Raúl Muñoz Leos, Luis Ramírez Corzo, Carlos Morales Gil, Rafael Beverido Lomelín, Néstor García Reza, entre otros personajes, incluido el temible Guillermo González Calderoni, protector y socio de los cárteles de Juárez y del Golfo, cruzaron el umbral del edificio corporativo en Marina Nacional en busca de jugosos negocios. Muchos de ellos trascendieron en escándalo. En todos privó la impunidad. Camisas azules, manos negras es un crudo testimonio que comprende nueve años de investigación de una periodista dedicada a escrutar la corrupción en Pemex, soportada con fuentes vivas y documentales de alto nivel, expedientes de auditorías clasificados como confidenciales en la Secretaría de la Función Pública y la Auditoría Superior de la Federación; así como decenas de entrevistas, testimonios y recorridos por las regiones petroleras en tierra y en plataformas, además de las revelaciones de altos funcionarios de los gobiernos de Vicente Fox y Felipe Calderón, que desnudan los negocios privados de los hombres públicos.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577977Thu, 03 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Camisas azules, manos negras: El saqueo de Pemex desde Los Pinos Author: Ana Lilia Pérez Narrator: Liliana Barba Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Camisas azules, manos negras: El saqueo de Pemex desde Los Pinos Author: Ana Lilia Pérez Narrator: Liliana Barba Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: March 3, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Los nombres de Marta Sahagún, Manuel Bribiesca Sahagún, Juan Camilo Mouriño, Juan Bueno Torio, Felipe Calderón y César Nava, entre otros, tienen algo en común: el saqueo y desvío de los bienes de la empresa más importante de México. 'La inclinación de miembros del pan al latrocinio y al abuso alcanza hasta a los mejores, o quienes parecían ostentar ese título hasta que la indagación persistente de Ana Lilia Pérez los puso en su lugar.' Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa. Hablar de Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) durante las administraciones panistas es sinónimo de corrupción: presidentes de la República que ordenan la asignación de contratos para beneficio de sus a llegados, secretarios de Estado que influyen en las asignaciones para sus empresas familiares y las de los amigos que financian sus campañas políticas, gobernadores que cabildean negocios para trasnacionales, legisladores dueños de pequeños negocios que se transforman en grandes fortunas, directores que reciben sobornos de contratistas. Corrupción e impunidad en Pemex van de la mano. Entre diciembre de 2000 y 2009, de manera directa o a través de sus emisarios, Vicente Fox Quesada, Marta Sahagún y sus hijos Manuel y Jorge Bribiesca, Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, César Nava Vázquez, Juan Camilo Mouriño, Juan Bueno Torio, Jorge Nordhausen, Diego Fernández de Cevallos, Francisco Barrio Terrazas, Eduardo Romero Ramos, RosendoVillarreal, Jesús Reyes Heroles, Raúl Muñoz Leos, Luis Ramírez Corzo, Carlos Morales Gil, Rafael Beverido Lomelín, Néstor García Reza, entre otros personajes, incluido el temible Guillermo González Calderoni, protector y socio de los cárteles de Juárez y del Golfo, cruzaron el umbral del edificio corporativo en Marina Nacional en busca de jugosos negocios. Muchos de ellos trascendieron en escándalo. En todos privó la impunidad. Camisas azules, manos negras es un crudo testimonio que comprende nueve años de investigación de una periodista dedicada a escrutar la corrupción en Pemex, soportada con fuentes vivas y documentales de alto nivel, expedientes de auditorías clasificados como confidenciales en la Secretaría de la Función Pública y la Auditoría Superior de la Federación; así como decenas de entrevistas, testimonios y recorridos por las regiones petroleras en tierra y en plataformas, además de las revelaciones de altos funcionarios de los gobiernos de Vicente Fox y Felipe Calderón, que desnudan los negocios privados de los hombres públicos.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-radikale-kompromisse-warum-wir-uns-fur-eine-bessere-politik-in-der-mitte-treffen-mussen-by-yasmine-m-barek--65206540https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577722 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Radikale Kompromisse: Warum wir uns für eine bessere Politik in der Mitte treffen müssen Author: Yasmine M'barek Narrator: Patricia Coridun Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 1 minute Release date: March 2, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Ohne Kompromisse keine Zukunft!Mehr und mehr kennzeichnet radikale Kompromisslosigkeit unsere Diskurse in Politik und Gesellschaft. Gleichzeitig wird klar: Wir kommen kaum voran. Über drängende Themen wie Klimawandel, Impfpflicht, Rassismus bei der Polizei oder Gleichberechtigung zwischen Klassen oder Geschlechtern wird heftig polemisiert, ohne dass es zu Ergebnissen kommt. Die Fronten sind klar: Ihr oder wir.Yasmine M'Barek zeigt, dass es auch anders geht. Dass wir uns dringend vergegenwärtigen müssen, warum wir es verlernt haben, miteinander zu sprechen, und wo die Fehler in der Kommunikation der Idealisten liegen, die in der Konsequenz Kompromisse verhindern, die uns als Gesellschaft weiterbringen würden. Dabei erklärt sie den scheinbar unanfechtbaren Mythos der schwarzen Null (die außerhalb Deutschlands völlig unbekannt ist), warum der Ausstieg aus der Atomkraft ein gutes Beispiel dafür ist, warum man die Meinung der Realisten nicht vernachlässigen sollte, um negative Folgen zu vermeiden, und warum sich der Generationenkonflikt nur lösen lässt, wenn man ihn von der Schuldfrage löst.Radikale Kompromisse ist ein hellsichtiges Plädoyer dafür, zu echter Realpolitik zurückzukehren und mit ihrer Hilfe Wege zu finden, die Mitte der Gesellschaft für die weitreichenden Veränderungen zu gewinnen, vor denen wir unmittelbar stehen. Demokratie bedeutet in erster Linie, miteinander zu sprechen, für Ideen zu werben, und Kompromisse zu schließen, statt die eigene Ansicht gegen den Widerstand der anderen durchzudrücken. Andernfalls verlieren wir alle – trotz der vielen guten Ideen, die derzeit kursieren. Der Erfolg einer Ampelkoalition wird sich auch daran messen lassen müssen, ob ihr genau das gelingt.-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577722Wed, 02 Mar 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577722 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Radikale Kompromisse: Warum wir uns für eine bessere Politik in der Mitte treffen müssen Author: Yasmine M'barek Narrator: Patricia...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577722 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Radikale Kompromisse: Warum wir uns für eine bessere Politik in der Mitte treffen müssen Author: Yasmine M'barek Narrator: Patricia Coridun Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 1 minute Release date: March 2, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Ohne Kompromisse keine Zukunft!Mehr und mehr kennzeichnet radikale Kompromisslosigkeit unsere Diskurse in Politik und Gesellschaft. Gleichzeitig wird klar: Wir kommen kaum voran. Über drängende Themen wie Klimawandel, Impfpflicht, Rassismus bei der Polizei oder Gleichberechtigung zwischen Klassen oder Geschlechtern wird heftig polemisiert, ohne dass es zu Ergebnissen kommt. Die Fronten sind klar: Ihr oder wir.Yasmine M'Barek zeigt, dass es auch anders geht. Dass wir uns dringend vergegenwärtigen müssen, warum wir es verlernt haben, miteinander zu sprechen, und wo die Fehler in der Kommunikation der Idealisten liegen, die in der Konsequenz Kompromisse verhindern, die uns als Gesellschaft weiterbringen würden. Dabei erklärt sie den scheinbar unanfechtbaren Mythos der schwarzen Null (die außerhalb Deutschlands völlig unbekannt ist), warum der Ausstieg aus der Atomkraft ein gutes Beispiel dafür ist, warum man die Meinung der Realisten nicht vernachlässigen sollte, um negative Folgen zu vermeiden, und warum sich der Generationenkonflikt nur lösen lässt, wenn man ihn von der Schuldfrage löst.Radikale Kompromisse ist ein hellsichtiges Plädoyer dafür, zu echter Realpolitik zurückzukehren und mit ihrer Hilfe Wege zu finden, die Mitte der Gesellschaft für die weitreichenden Veränderungen zu gewinnen, vor denen wir unmittelbar stehen. Demokratie bedeutet in erster Linie, miteinander zu sprechen, für Ideen zu werben, und Kompromisse zu schließen, statt die eigene Ansicht gegen den Widerstand der anderen durchzudrücken. Andernfalls verlieren wir alle – trotz der vielen guten Ideen, die derzeit kursieren. Der Erfolg einer Ampelkoalition wird sich auch daran messen lassen müssen, ob ihr genau das gelingt.-]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/yuri-gagarin-the-counterfeit-cosmonaut-hero-by-dr-elliott-haimoff--65206561https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Yuri Gagarin: The Counterfeit Cosmonaut Hero Author: Dr. Elliott Haimoff Narrator: Elliott Gould Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 34 minutes Release date: February 26, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Would you be shocked to find out that the greatest moment of our recent history in space was a disaster that was covered up? Would you be shocked to find out that the greatest hero since Christopher Columbus, a cosmonaut named Yuri Gagarin, turns out to be a lie and that he was not the first man in space, contrary to what the millions of history books claim? Would you be shocked to find out that Yuri Gagarin could not handle his life of a lie, and spiraled down into a horrible state of alcoholism, depression, and mood swings, and was ultimately murdered by the KGB? The Oscar-nominated actor, Elliott Gould, narrates this true story of recent developments and brand-new declassified evidence, now clearly showing that there’s much, much more than meets the public eye about the secret life, and purported death, of Yuri Gagarin…Also included in this audiobook are uncut and unfiltered interviews by Sergei Khrushchev (the son of the former head of the old Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev), along with interviews of a Soviet historian, as well as a former CIA analyst.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577543Sat, 26 Feb 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Yuri Gagarin: The Counterfeit Cosmonaut Hero Author: Dr. Elliott Haimoff Narrator: Elliott Gould Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 34...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Yuri Gagarin: The Counterfeit Cosmonaut Hero Author: Dr. Elliott Haimoff Narrator: Elliott Gould Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 34 minutes Release date: February 26, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Would you be shocked to find out that the greatest moment of our recent history in space was a disaster that was covered up? Would you be shocked to find out that the greatest hero since Christopher Columbus, a cosmonaut named Yuri Gagarin, turns out to be a lie and that he was not the first man in space, contrary to what the millions of history books claim? Would you be shocked to find out that Yuri Gagarin could not handle his life of a lie, and spiraled down into a horrible state of alcoholism, depression, and mood swings, and was ultimately murdered by the KGB? The Oscar-nominated actor, Elliott Gould, narrates this true story of recent developments and brand-new declassified evidence, now clearly showing that there’s much, much more than meets the public eye about the secret life, and purported death, of Yuri Gagarin…Also included in this audiobook are uncut and unfiltered interviews by Sergei Khrushchev (the son of the former head of the old Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev), along with interviews of a Soviet historian, as well as a former CIA analyst.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/apollo-12-uncensored-unfiltered-by-dr-elliott-haimoff--65206605https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576706 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Apollo 12: Uncensored & Unfiltered Author: Dr, Elliott Haimoff Narrator: Al Reinert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The Apollo 12 moon mission was the second manned mission to the lunar surface, but what made it unique was that all three astronauts on this particular mission were already good friends and navy buddies well before they became astronauts. This audiobook provides the previously untold story of this mission by those who were actually there in that era, and contains the uncensored, unedited, unfiltered, and previously unreleased interviews with all three of these Apollo 12 astronauts – Commander Charles “Pete” Conrad, Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean, and Command Module Pilot Richard “Dick” Gordon. In addition, the interviews with many of the NASA officials of that Apollo-era, are also presented here. All of these historical figures bring to the public their invaluable and collective recollections of this historic mission in their own words of those kinder gentler days at the pinnacle of America's technological superiority. The introduction and epilogue was provided by Al Reinert, the Apollo historian and Oscar-nominated documentarian “For All Mankind”, as well the co-screenwriter for the Tom Hanks blockbuster “Apollo 13”.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576706Thu, 24 Feb 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576706 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Apollo 12: Uncensored & Unfiltered Author: Dr, Elliott Haimoff Narrator: Al Reinert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 45 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576706 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Apollo 12: Uncensored & Unfiltered Author: Dr, Elliott Haimoff Narrator: Al Reinert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The Apollo 12 moon mission was the second manned mission to the lunar surface, but what made it unique was that all three astronauts on this particular mission were already good friends and navy buddies well before they became astronauts. This audiobook provides the previously untold story of this mission by those who were actually there in that era, and contains the uncensored, unedited, unfiltered, and previously unreleased interviews with all three of these Apollo 12 astronauts – Commander Charles “Pete” Conrad, Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean, and Command Module Pilot Richard “Dick” Gordon. In addition, the interviews with many of the NASA officials of that Apollo-era, are also presented here. All of these historical figures bring to the public their invaluable and collective recollections of this historic mission in their own words of those kinder gentler days at the pinnacle of America's technological superiority. The introduction and epilogue was provided by Al Reinert, the Apollo historian and Oscar-nominated documentarian “For All Mankind”, as well the co-screenwriter for the Tom Hanks blockbuster “Apollo 13”.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-la-revancha-de-los-poderosos-como-los-autocratas-estan-reinventando-la-politica-en-el-siglo-xxi-by-moises-naim--65206572https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576981 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La revancha de los poderosos: Cómo los autócratas están reinventando la política en el siglo XXI Author: Moisés Naím Narrator: Carlos Vicente Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Un libro para entender cómo se obtiene, se usa, se abusa y se pierde el poder en el siglo XXI. En todo el mundo, las democracias se enfrentan a un enemigo nuevo e implacable que no tiene ejército ni armada; no procede de ningún país que podamos señalar en un mapa, porque no viene de ahí fuera, sino de aquí dentro. En lugar de desafiar a las sociedades libres con la destrucción desde el exterior, amenaza con corroerlas desde el interior. Un peligro como este es esquivo, difícil de identificar, de distinguir, de describir. Todos lo notamos, pero nos cuesta darle nombre. Se derraman ríos de tinta para definir sus elementos y características, pero se nos sigue escapando. Nuestro deber, por tanto, es nombrarlo para así comprenderlo, combatirlo y derrotarlo. ¿Qué es este nuevo enemigo que atenta contra nuestra libertad, nuestra prosperidad y hasta nuestra supervivencia como sociedades democráticas? La respuesta es el poder, en una forma nueva y maligna. En todas las épocas ha habido una o más formas de maldad política; la que estamos viviendo hoy es una variante vengativa que imita la democracia al tiempo que la socava y desprecia cualquier limitación. Parece que el poder haya estudiado todos los controles concebidos por las sociedades libres durante siglos para eludirlos y, después, contraatacar. Por eso puedo afirmar que estamos ante la revancha de los poderosos. La crítica ha dicho: «En La revancha de los poderosos, Moisés Naím, uno de los observadores más agudos de la política mundial, cataloga exhaustivamente las amenazas a la democracia por parte de dictadores, populistas y empresas durante estos últimos años, y establece paralelos perspicaces a través de ámbitos muy dispares. Una obra importante y oportuna». Frank Fukuyama «Otro libro original de un pensador original, que ofrece una perspectiva global única sobre el populismo y el poder». Anne Applebaum «¿Cómo se convirtió el 'fin de la historia' en el renacimiento de la autocracia? Moisés Naím aporta su análisis incisivo y su perspectiva global a la cuestión más inquietante del siglo XXI, y muestra cómo el populismo, la polarización y la política de la posverdad han impulsado el ascenso de líderes de Berlusconi a Bolsonaro, de Orban a Erdogan, de Duterte a Donald Trump. Cualquiera que se preocupe por el futuro de la verdad y la democracia debería leer este libro». Alan Murray, director ejecutivo de Fortune Media «La revancha de los poderosos me recuerda por qué considero a Moisés Naím uno de los pensadores políticos más apasionantes y originales del mundo. Este absorbente libro explora las tendencias, a menudo contradictorias, que están remodelando el poder político, y explica que nuestro futuro depende de cómo se resuelvan. Una lectura imprescindible». Madeleine Albrigh, ex secretaria de Estado de Estados Unidos «Moisés Naím es un agudo observador de la realidad sociopolítica contemporánea: a nadie puede extrañar que haya escrito un libro brillante sobre los riesgos a los que se enfrenta la democracia liberal». Manuel Arias Maldonado, El Español «Combina hábilmente el reportaje con la investigación en ciencias sociales para analizar las tres 'P's: populismo, polarización y posverdad». Gideon Rachman, Financial Times «Una visión convincente y accesible del nuevo autoritarismo. El tema es de urgente preocupación». Publishers Weekly «Hace sonar las alarmas sobre el ascenso mundial de líderes autoritarios. Un retrato legítimo e inteligente de la expansión global del autoritarismo y sus peligros». Kirkus Reviews]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576981Thu, 24 Feb 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576981 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La revancha de los poderosos: Cómo los autócratas están reinventando la política en el siglo XXI Author: Moisés Naím Narrator: Carlos...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576981 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La revancha de los poderosos: Cómo los autócratas están reinventando la política en el siglo XXI Author: Moisés Naím Narrator: Carlos Vicente Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 24, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Un libro para entender cómo se obtiene, se usa, se abusa y se pierde el poder en el siglo XXI. En todo el mundo, las democracias se enfrentan a un enemigo nuevo e implacable que no tiene ejército ni armada; no procede de ningún país que podamos señalar en un mapa, porque no viene de ahí fuera, sino de aquí dentro. En lugar de desafiar a las sociedades libres con la destrucción desde el exterior, amenaza con corroerlas desde el interior. Un peligro como este es esquivo, difícil de identificar, de distinguir, de describir. Todos lo notamos, pero nos cuesta darle nombre. Se derraman ríos de tinta para definir sus elementos y características, pero se nos sigue escapando. Nuestro deber, por tanto, es nombrarlo para así comprenderlo, combatirlo y derrotarlo. ¿Qué es este nuevo enemigo que atenta contra nuestra libertad, nuestra prosperidad y hasta nuestra supervivencia como sociedades democráticas? La respuesta es el poder, en una forma nueva y maligna. En todas las épocas ha habido una o más formas de maldad política; la que estamos viviendo hoy es una variante vengativa que imita la democracia al tiempo que la socava y desprecia cualquier limitación. Parece que el poder haya estudiado todos los controles concebidos por las sociedades libres durante siglos para eludirlos y, después, contraatacar. Por eso puedo afirmar que estamos ante la revancha de los poderosos. La crítica ha dicho: «En La revancha de los poderosos, Moisés Naím, uno de los observadores más agudos de la política mundial, cataloga exhaustivamente las amenazas a la democracia por parte de dictadores, populistas y empresas durante estos últimos años, y establece paralelos perspicaces a través de ámbitos muy dispares. Una obra importante y oportuna». Frank Fukuyama «Otro libro original de un pensador original, que ofrece una perspectiva global única sobre el populismo y el poder». Anne Applebaum «¿Cómo se convirtió el 'fin de la historia' en el renacimiento de la autocracia? Moisés Naím aporta su análisis incisivo y su perspectiva global a la cuestión más inquietante del siglo XXI, y muestra cómo el populismo, la polarización y la política de la posverdad han impulsado el ascenso de líderes de Berlusconi a Bolsonaro, de Orban a Erdogan, de Duterte a Donald Trump. Cualquiera que se preocupe por el futuro de la verdad y la democracia debería leer este libro». Alan Murray, director ejecutivo de Fortune Media «La revancha de los poderosos me recuerda por qué considero a Moisés Naím uno de los pensadores políticos más apasionantes y originales del mundo. Este absorbente libro explora las tendencias, a menudo contradictorias, que están remodelando el poder político, y explica que nuestro futuro depende de cómo se resuelvan. Una lectura imprescindible». Madeleine Albrigh, ex secretaria de Estado de Estados Unidos «Moisés Naím es un agudo observador de la realidad sociopolítica contemporánea: a nadie puede extrañar que haya escrito un libro brillante sobre los riesgos a los que se enfrenta la democracia liberal». Manuel Arias Maldonado, El Español «Combina hábilmente el reportaje con la investigación en ciencias sociales para analizar las tres 'P's: populismo, polarización y posverdad». Gideon Rachman, Financial Times «Una visión convincente y accesible del nuevo autoritarismo. El tema es de urgente preocupación». Publishers Weekly «Hace sonar las alarmas sobre el ascenso mundial de líderes autoritarios. Un retrato legítimo e inteligente de la expansión...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-more-perfect-union-briefs-reimagining-the-united-states-as-a-european-union-style-federation-by-alexander-moss--65206556https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577538 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A More Perfect Union (Briefs): Reimagining the United States as a European Union-style Federation. Author: Alexander Moss Narrator: Alexander Moss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 37 minutes Release date: February 23, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In 2021, YouGov/Bright Line Watch found that 47% of Democrats on the West coast and 66% of Republicans in Texas and the South supported breaking up the United States into new, regional unions. In this book, the author ties these trends to the current challenges facing the United States. Increased battles over life and death issues on hot topics such as abortion, gun control, immigration and many more are increasingly impossible for the federal government to manage. We explore how a Constitutional amendment to form these new nations could work. Each nation would start with a copy of the existing Constitution, and still be able to cooperate on strategic goals through a new American Union. Topics covered include a potential timeline, exploring how the current functions of the federal government would be managed, retaining the dollar & Federal Reserve, military assets, and much more. This book is a collection of quick, easy to read briefs outlining the concept.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577538Wed, 23 Feb 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577538 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A More Perfect Union (Briefs): Reimagining the United States as a European Union-style Federation. Author: Alexander Moss Narrator: Alexander Moss...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577538 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A More Perfect Union (Briefs): Reimagining the United States as a European Union-style Federation. Author: Alexander Moss Narrator: Alexander Moss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 37 minutes Release date: February 23, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In 2021, YouGov/Bright Line Watch found that 47% of Democrats on the West coast and 66% of Republicans in Texas and the South supported breaking up the United States into new, regional unions. In this book, the author ties these trends to the current challenges facing the United States. Increased battles over life and death issues on hot topics such as abortion, gun control, immigration and many more are increasingly impossible for the federal government to manage. We explore how a Constitutional amendment to form these new nations could work. Each nation would start with a copy of the existing Constitution, and still be able to cooperate on strategic goals through a new American Union. Topics covered include a potential timeline, exploring how the current functions of the federal government would be managed, retaining the dollar & Federal Reserve, military assets, and much more. This book is a collection of quick, easy to read briefs outlining the concept.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ugandan-tales-by-victor-rumanyika--65206558https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ugandan Tales Author: Victor Rumanyika Narrator: Hidden Gems Literary Emporium, Kaila Boulware Sykes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 12 minutes Release date: February 21, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: 'The Ugandan Tales' is set in Uganda and about the struggles of ordinary Africans against post independence African rulers that preach freedom and emancipation but have turned into oppressors. This collection of poetry dives deep into topics of police brutality, social injustices, and oppression through the landscape of the tortured cities. Ordinary people seek to reassert their rights against an intransigent regime that is determined to keep them oppressed. The poems chronicle everyday struggles that are faced at the hands of fellow Africans masquerading as Pan Africanists. Through peaceful and non violent means, a new generation of people is now taking a stand against social, political and economic segregation.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577551Mon, 21 Feb 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ugandan Tales Author: Victor Rumanyika Narrator: Hidden Gems Literary Emporium, Kaila Boulware Sykes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ugandan Tales Author: Victor Rumanyika Narrator: Hidden Gems Literary Emporium, Kaila Boulware Sykes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 12 minutes Release date: February 21, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: 'The Ugandan Tales' is set in Uganda and about the struggles of ordinary Africans against post independence African rulers that preach freedom and emancipation but have turned into oppressors. This collection of poetry dives deep into topics of police brutality, social injustices, and oppression through the landscape of the tortured cities. Ordinary people seek to reassert their rights against an intransigent regime that is determined to keep them oppressed. The poems chronicle everyday struggles that are faced at the hands of fellow Africans masquerading as Pan Africanists. Through peaceful and non violent means, a new generation of people is now taking a stand against social, political and economic segregation.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/global-communication-skills-reach-the-nations-and-make-change-by-david-k-ewen-m-ed--65206552https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576120 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Global Communication Skills: Reach the Nations and Make Change Author: David K. Ewen, M.Ed. Narrator: M.Ed., David K. Ewen Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 22 minutes Release date: February 19, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Global Communication Skills takes practical hands-on experience and magnifies the craft of reaching nations to make change. Today's digital multimedia publishing landscape has produced international opportunities to cross borders and blend communities in business, education, science, and technology. The business leaders of tomorrow need the competitive edge and advantage to overcome barriers. Get the global communication skills that positions you in the right place on stage for excellence on the international arena. Award-winning Ambassador Professor David K. Ewen, M.Ed. is an international acclaimed sought-after educator since 1988, entrepreneur since 1994, and engaged globally since 2015. At Enterprise College, you can find his many books written and audiobook performances. In the private sector, he specializes in business, education, and technology. David's successful Professor Lecture Tour from 2004 to 2015 specialized in digital multimedia technology, global communications, and entrepreneurial studies. His presentations are LIVE workshop seminars on stage and online masterclass webinars.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576120Sat, 19 Feb 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576120 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Global Communication Skills: Reach the Nations and Make Change Author: David K. Ewen, M.Ed. Narrator: M.Ed., David K. Ewen Format: Abridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576120 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Global Communication Skills: Reach the Nations and Make Change Author: David K. Ewen, M.Ed. Narrator: M.Ed., David K. Ewen Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 22 minutes Release date: February 19, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Global Communication Skills takes practical hands-on experience and magnifies the craft of reaching nations to make change. Today's digital multimedia publishing landscape has produced international opportunities to cross borders and blend communities in business, education, science, and technology. The business leaders of tomorrow need the competitive edge and advantage to overcome barriers. Get the global communication skills that positions you in the right place on stage for excellence on the international arena. Award-winning Ambassador Professor David K. Ewen, M.Ed. is an international acclaimed sought-after educator since 1988, entrepreneur since 1994, and engaged globally since 2015. At Enterprise College, you can find his many books written and audiobook performances. In the private sector, he specializes in business, education, and technology. David's successful Professor Lecture Tour from 2004 to 2015 specialized in digital multimedia technology, global communications, and entrepreneurial studies. His presentations are LIVE workshop seminars on stage and online masterclass webinars.]]>125cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/move-forward-confidently-a-woman-s-guide-to-navigating-the-high-net-worth-divorce-by-patrick-j-kilbane-j-d-cdfa--65206569https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Move Forward Confidently: A Woman's Guide to Navigating the High-Net-Worth Divorce Author: Patrick J. Kilbane J.D. Cdfa Narrator: Suehyla El-Attar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 15, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Divorce can be a challenging and scary undertaking, especially if you're a high-net-worth woman worried about your ongoing financial security. Move Forward Confidently can guide you, step-by-step, through the process. It is intended to help you take control of your financial future during and after the divorce, so you can have a positive outcome. This invaluable guide covers highly important topics, including: • Choosing an appropriate lawyer and financial planning team. • Securing advantageous alimony, custody, and child-support agreements. • Dividing a family business or closely held corporation • Developing a wealth management strategy that works for you. Because every divorce choice you make is like a business decision, approach it with knowledge and confidence. Move Forward Confidently is your business plan, designed to provide you with information to navigate smoothly through the divorce process and beyond.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576520Tue, 15 Feb 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Move Forward Confidently: A Woman's Guide to Navigating the High-Net-Worth Divorce Author: Patrick J. Kilbane J.D. Cdfa Narrator: Suehyla El-Attar...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Move Forward Confidently: A Woman's Guide to Navigating the High-Net-Worth Divorce Author: Patrick J. Kilbane J.D. Cdfa Narrator: Suehyla El-Attar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 15, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Divorce can be a challenging and scary undertaking, especially if you're a high-net-worth woman worried about your ongoing financial security. Move Forward Confidently can guide you, step-by-step, through the process. It is intended to help you take control of your financial future during and after the divorce, so you can have a positive outcome. This invaluable guide covers highly important topics, including: • Choosing an appropriate lawyer and financial planning team. • Securing advantageous alimony, custody, and child-support agreements. • Dividing a family business or closely held corporation • Developing a wealth management strategy that works for you. Because every divorce choice you make is like a business decision, approach it with knowledge and confidence. Move Forward Confidently is your business plan, designed to provide you with information to navigate smoothly through the divorce process and beyond.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-nationale-interessen-orientierung-fur-deutsche-und-europaische-politik-in-zeiten-globaler-umbruche-by-klaus-von-dohnanyi--65206592https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575046 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nationale Interessen: Orientierung für deutsche und europäische Politik in Zeiten globaler Umbrüche Author: Klaus Von Dohnanyi Narrator: Sebastian Dunkelberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: February 11, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In einer Welt des rapiden machtpolitischen und technologischen Wandels müssen sich Deutschland und Europa strategisch neu orientieren: Im Wettkampf zwischen den USA und China gerät Europa bereits zwischen die Fronten. Und dies wird auch unser Verhältnis zu Russland verändern müssen. Jetzt ist ein nüchterner, illusionsloser Blick auf die neuen Realitäten notwendig, wie Klaus von Dohnanyi zeigt: Auf »Wertegemeinschaften« oder »Freundschaften« können wir nicht vertrauen, Deutschland und Europa müssen vielmehr offen ihre eigenen, wohl verstandenen Interessen formulieren und mit Realismus verfolgen. So fordert von Dohnanyi in seinem Buch grundsätzliche Kurskorrekturen - im Bereich der äußeren Sicherheit ebenso wie in der Industriepolitik, weg von einseitigen Abhängigkeiten, hin zu einer Politik der Eigenverantwortung. Ein ebenso provokantes wie anregendes Buch - von einer der herausragenden politischen Persönlichkeiten unserer Gegenwart. Inhalt u.a. Deutschland und Europa zwischen den Interessen der Großmächte Die USA als Supermacht des Westens China und Europa: Eine gefährliche Partnerschaft? Russland als Nachbar Europas Die Fortsetzung der Nato-Erweiterung als Gefahr für Europa Kann Europa als militärische Macht souverän werden? Die Europäische Union als deutsche Aufgabe Europa kann nur als Wirtschaftsmacht bestehen Die EU ist ein Staatenbund und kein Bundestaat Nationale Interessen in Europa sind kein Nationalismus Die EU-Kommission behindert die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Europas Was heißt »mehr« Europa im deutschen Interesse? Klaus von Dohnanyi, geboren 1928, gehört seit 1957 der SPD an. Der promovierte Jurist hatte zahlreiche politische Ämter inne, er war u.a. Bundeswissenschaftsminister, Staatsminister im Auswärtigen Amt und Erster Bürgermeister der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg. Bis heute hat er zahlreiche ehrenamtliche Aufgaben inne und greift mit seinen differenzierten Ansichten und Meinungen immer wieder in die intellektuellen Debatten Deutschlands ein.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575046Fri, 11 Feb 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575046 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nationale Interessen: Orientierung für deutsche und europäische Politik in Zeiten globaler Umbrüche Author: Klaus Von Dohnanyi Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575046 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nationale Interessen: Orientierung für deutsche und europäische Politik in Zeiten globaler Umbrüche Author: Klaus Von Dohnanyi Narrator: Sebastian Dunkelberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: February 11, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In einer Welt des rapiden machtpolitischen und technologischen Wandels müssen sich Deutschland und Europa strategisch neu orientieren: Im Wettkampf zwischen den USA und China gerät Europa bereits zwischen die Fronten. Und dies wird auch unser Verhältnis zu Russland verändern müssen. Jetzt ist ein nüchterner, illusionsloser Blick auf die neuen Realitäten notwendig, wie Klaus von Dohnanyi zeigt: Auf »Wertegemeinschaften« oder »Freundschaften« können wir nicht vertrauen, Deutschland und Europa müssen vielmehr offen ihre eigenen, wohl verstandenen Interessen formulieren und mit Realismus verfolgen. So fordert von Dohnanyi in seinem Buch grundsätzliche Kurskorrekturen - im Bereich der äußeren Sicherheit ebenso wie in der Industriepolitik, weg von einseitigen Abhängigkeiten, hin zu einer Politik der Eigenverantwortung. Ein ebenso provokantes wie anregendes Buch - von einer der herausragenden politischen Persönlichkeiten unserer Gegenwart. Inhalt u.a. Deutschland und Europa zwischen den Interessen der Großmächte Die USA als Supermacht des Westens China und Europa: Eine gefährliche Partnerschaft? Russland als Nachbar Europas Die Fortsetzung der Nato-Erweiterung als Gefahr für Europa Kann Europa als militärische Macht souverän werden? Die Europäische Union als deutsche Aufgabe Europa kann nur als Wirtschaftsmacht bestehen Die EU ist ein Staatenbund und kein Bundestaat Nationale Interessen in Europa sind kein Nationalismus Die EU-Kommission behindert die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Europas Was heißt »mehr« Europa im deutschen Interesse? Klaus von Dohnanyi, geboren 1928, gehört seit 1957 der SPD an. Der promovierte Jurist hatte zahlreiche politische Ämter inne, er war u.a. Bundeswissenschaftsminister, Staatsminister im Auswärtigen Amt und Erster Bürgermeister der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg. Bis heute hat er zahlreiche ehrenamtliche Aufgaben inne und greift mit seinen differenzierten Ansichten und Meinungen immer wieder in die intellektuellen Debatten Deutschlands ein.]]>185checleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/super-economies-america-india-china-and-the-future-of-the-world-by-raghav-bahl--65206570https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578524 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Super Economies - America, India, China and the Future of the World Author: Raghav Bahl Narrator: Anuj Datta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 41 minutes Release date: February 8, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Is India ready to emerge as a world leader? Our times are characterized not by estranged Superpowers building formidable arsenals but by engaged societies building a robust global economy. Emerging countries are redefining the geo-economic (and geopolitical) dynamic. The twenty-first century will be led, says Raghav Bahl, by a handful of Super Economies—large, prosperous countries with a high growth rate, ranking among the world’s top trading partners, commanding 15 to 20 per cent of global GDP, having nuclear arms but using economic leadership to effect significant change. With its demographic advantage, a surplus of skilled labour, a potentially rising GDP, a strategic geographic location and a new, decisive political leadership, India has every chance of becoming the third Super Economy after the USA and China. Drawing on history, current affairs and political and economic analyses, Super Economies projects how India can soon become a world leader and help secure a future of peace and prosperity for all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578524Tue, 08 Feb 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578524 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Super Economies - America, India, China and the Future of the World Author: Raghav Bahl Narrator: Anuj Datta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578524 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Super Economies - America, India, China and the Future of the World Author: Raghav Bahl Narrator: Anuj Datta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 41 minutes Release date: February 8, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Is India ready to emerge as a world leader? Our times are characterized not by estranged Superpowers building formidable arsenals but by engaged societies building a robust global economy. Emerging countries are redefining the geo-economic (and geopolitical) dynamic. The twenty-first century will be led, says Raghav Bahl, by a handful of Super Economies—large, prosperous countries with a high growth rate, ranking among the world’s top trading partners, commanding 15 to 20 per cent of global GDP, having nuclear arms but using economic leadership to effect significant change. With its demographic advantage, a surplus of skilled labour, a potentially rising GDP, a strategic geographic location and a new, decisive political leadership, India has every chance of becoming the third Super Economy after the USA and China. Drawing on history, current affairs and political and economic analyses, Super Economies projects how India can soon become a world leader and help secure a future of peace and prosperity for all.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-nur-wer-sich-andert-wird-bestehen-by-friedrich-merz--65206504https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581759 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nur wer sich ändert, wird bestehen Author: Friedrich Merz Narrator: Thomas Hollaender Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 46 minutes Release date: February 3, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In seinem klar und leicht verständlich formulierten Buch legt Merz dar, wie die Zukunft der deutschen Wirtschaftspolitik aussehen sollte. An aktuellen Problemen wie etwa der Verarmung der Mittelklasse belegt er seine politischen Ideen und Vorschläge, wie etwa die Abschaffung des Kündigungsschutzes und die Erhöhung der Merhwertsteuer. Dabei verliert er nie den Leser und die Linie seiner eigenen Partei, der CDU, aus dem Blick und macht deutlich, wie seiner Meinung nach nur umfassende Reformen einen nachhaltigen Wohlstand in Deutschland sichern können.-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581759Thu, 03 Feb 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581759 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nur wer sich ändert, wird bestehen Author: Friedrich Merz Narrator: Thomas Hollaender Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 46...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581759 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nur wer sich ändert, wird bestehen Author: Friedrich Merz Narrator: Thomas Hollaender Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 46 minutes Release date: February 3, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In seinem klar und leicht verständlich formulierten Buch legt Merz dar, wie die Zukunft der deutschen Wirtschaftspolitik aussehen sollte. An aktuellen Problemen wie etwa der Verarmung der Mittelklasse belegt er seine politischen Ideen und Vorschläge, wie etwa die Abschaffung des Kündigungsschutzes und die Erhöhung der Merhwertsteuer. Dabei verliert er nie den Leser und die Linie seiner eigenen Partei, der CDU, aus dem Blick und macht deutlich, wie seiner Meinung nach nur umfassende Reformen einen nachhaltigen Wohlstand in Deutschland sichern können.-]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/emerging-india-economics-politics-and-reforms-by-bimal-jalan--65206591https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579488 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Emerging India: Economics, Politics and Reforms Author: Bimal Jalan Narrator: Abhishek Sharma Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Written by an eminent economist, Bimal Jalan, Emerging India: Economics, Politics and Reforms talks about India's growth from the post reform 1991 era to the modern days and the various challenges plaguing various arms of the government. In this book, Jalan praises the democratic setup that runs this complex and diverse country. The book is divided into four different parts and each part is devoted to a different section. The first part of the book speaks about the multiple authorities governing a ministry. He speaks about the growth of regional parties and the impact it has had on policy formulation. Jalan says that the coalition era has sparked off a trend where parties generally don't think too far ahead into the future and plan well. In the second section, Jalan talks about the need to further open up the economy and invest in better health care. He also talks about the role that he expects science and technology to play in shaping the lives of the citizens. The third section is devoted to banking. The author talks about the Asian crisis and how India managed to cope with the crisis and what role the Reserve Bank of India played in helping India tide over the crisis. He stresses on the need for ethics in the banking sector if the country is to do well in the long run. Lastly, he goes through various economic policies and reforms that have shaped the Indian economy, right from the seventies to the new millennium. Bimal Jalan produces a detailed account of the Indian economy and the way it has functioned and the various obstacles in front of it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579488Tue, 01 Feb 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579488 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Emerging India: Economics, Politics and Reforms Author: Bimal Jalan Narrator: Abhishek Sharma Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579488 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Emerging India: Economics, Politics and Reforms Author: Bimal Jalan Narrator: Abhishek Sharma Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Written by an eminent economist, Bimal Jalan, Emerging India: Economics, Politics and Reforms talks about India's growth from the post reform 1991 era to the modern days and the various challenges plaguing various arms of the government. In this book, Jalan praises the democratic setup that runs this complex and diverse country. The book is divided into four different parts and each part is devoted to a different section. The first part of the book speaks about the multiple authorities governing a ministry. He speaks about the growth of regional parties and the impact it has had on policy formulation. Jalan says that the coalition era has sparked off a trend where parties generally don't think too far ahead into the future and plan well. In the second section, Jalan talks about the need to further open up the economy and invest in better health care. He also talks about the role that he expects science and technology to play in shaping the lives of the citizens. The third section is devoted to banking. The author talks about the Asian crisis and how India managed to cope with the crisis and what role the Reserve Bank of India played in helping India tide over the crisis. He stresses on the need for ethics in the banking sector if the country is to do well in the long run. Lastly, he goes through various economic policies and reforms that have shaped the Indian economy, right from the seventies to the new millennium. Bimal Jalan produces a detailed account of the Indian economy and the way it has functioned and the various obstacles in front of it.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reclaiming-your-community-you-don-t-have-to-move-out-of-your-neighborhood-to-live-in-a-better-one-by-majora-carter--65206557https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577088 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reclaiming Your Community: You Don’t Have to Move out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One Author: Majora Carter Narrator: Majora Carter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 21 minutes Release date: February 1, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: How can we solve the problem of persistent poverty in low-status communities? Majora Carter argues that these areas need a talent-retention strategy, just like the ones companies have. Retaining homegrown talent is a critical part of creating a strong local economy that can resist gentrification. But too many people born in low-status communities measure their success by how far away from them they can get. Carter, who could have been one of them, returned to the South Bronx and devised a development strategy rooted in the conviction that these communities have the resources within themselves to succeed. She advocates measures such as building mixed-income instead of exclusively low-income housing to create a diverse and robust economic ecosystem; showing homeowners how to maximize the long-term value of their property so they won't succumb to quick-cash offers from speculators; and keeping people and dollars in the community by developing vibrant 'third spaces'—restaurants, bookstores, and places like Carter's own Boogie Down Grind Cafe. This is a profoundly personal book. Carter writes about her brother's murder, how turning a local dumping ground into an award-winning park opened her eyes to the hidden potential in her community, her struggles as a woman of color confronting the 'male and pale' real estate and nonprofit establishments, and much more. It is a powerful rethinking of poverty, economic development, and the meaning of success. Note: Editing errors which were present in this audio recording have been corrected as of September 2024.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577088Tue, 01 Feb 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577088 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reclaiming Your Community: You Don’t Have to Move out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One Author: Majora Carter Narrator: Majora Carter...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577088 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reclaiming Your Community: You Don’t Have to Move out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One Author: Majora Carter Narrator: Majora Carter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 21 minutes Release date: February 1, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: How can we solve the problem of persistent poverty in low-status communities? Majora Carter argues that these areas need a talent-retention strategy, just like the ones companies have. Retaining homegrown talent is a critical part of creating a strong local economy that can resist gentrification. But too many people born in low-status communities measure their success by how far away from them they can get. Carter, who could have been one of them, returned to the South Bronx and devised a development strategy rooted in the conviction that these communities have the resources within themselves to succeed. She advocates measures such as building mixed-income instead of exclusively low-income housing to create a diverse and robust economic ecosystem; showing homeowners how to maximize the long-term value of their property so they won't succumb to quick-cash offers from speculators; and keeping people and dollars in the community by developing vibrant 'third spaces'—restaurants, bookstores, and places like Carter's own Boogie Down Grind Cafe. This is a profoundly personal book. Carter writes about her brother's murder, how turning a local dumping ground into an award-winning park opened her eyes to the hidden potential in her community, her struggles as a woman of color confronting the 'male and pale' real estate and nonprofit establishments, and much more. It is a powerful rethinking of poverty, economic development, and the meaning of success. Note: Editing errors which were present in this audio recording have been corrected as of September 2024.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-rude-life-the-memoir-by-vir-sanghvi--65206541https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579487 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Rude Life: The Memoir Author: Vir Sanghvi Narrator: Ashish Bhandari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 1, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Vir Sanghvi's has been an interesting life - one that took him to Oxford, movie and political journalism, television and magazines - and he depicts it with the silky polish his readers expect of him. In A Rude Life, he turns his dispassionate observer's gaze on himself, and in taut prose tells us about all that he's experienced, and nothing more for he's still a private man. He unhurriedly recounts memories from his childhood and college years, moving on to give us an understanding of how he wrote his biggest stories, while giving us an insider's view into the politics and glamour of that time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579487Tue, 01 Feb 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579487 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Rude Life: The Memoir Author: Vir Sanghvi Narrator: Ashish Bhandari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 55 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579487 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Rude Life: The Memoir Author: Vir Sanghvi Narrator: Ashish Bhandari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 1, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Vir Sanghvi's has been an interesting life - one that took him to Oxford, movie and political journalism, television and magazines - and he depicts it with the silky polish his readers expect of him. In A Rude Life, he turns his dispassionate observer's gaze on himself, and in taut prose tells us about all that he's experienced, and nothing more for he's still a private man. He unhurriedly recounts memories from his childhood and college years, moving on to give us an understanding of how he wrote his biggest stories, while giving us an insider's view into the politics and glamour of that time.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-ambassadors-second-edition-a-guide-for-aspiring-diplomats-and-foreign-service-officers-by-dennis-c-jett--65206463https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589331 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Ambassadors, Second Edition: A Guide for Aspiring Diplomats and Foreign Service Officers Author: Dennis C. Jett Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 25, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: If you ever wondered who becomes an American ambassador and why, this is the book for you. It describes how Foreign Service officers become ambassadors by rising up through the ranks, and why they typically make up about 70 percent of the total number of ambassadors. It also covers where the other 30 percent come from—the political appointees who get the job because they helped elect the president by supporting him as a campaign contributor, a political ally, or a personal friend. It explains why, despite being illegal and a threat to national security, selling the title of ambassador remains a common practice that is also unique to the United States. It considers why some suggestions for reform are misguided, what might be done, and why who the president is matters so much in determining how well the United States will be represented abroad. This updated and revised edition of Jett’s classic book not only provides a timely overview of American ambassadorship for Foreign Service Officers, aspiring diplomats, and interested citizens, but also calls for much-needed reform, describing the dire implications of failing to change our ambassadorial appointments process for the future of American diplomatic practice and foreign policy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589331Tue, 25 Jan 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589331 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Ambassadors, Second Edition: A Guide for Aspiring Diplomats and Foreign Service Officers Author: Dennis C. Jett Narrator: Joe Barrett Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589331 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Ambassadors, Second Edition: A Guide for Aspiring Diplomats and Foreign Service Officers Author: Dennis C. Jett Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 25, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: If you ever wondered who becomes an American ambassador and why, this is the book for you. It describes how Foreign Service officers become ambassadors by rising up through the ranks, and why they typically make up about 70 percent of the total number of ambassadors. It also covers where the other 30 percent come from—the political appointees who get the job because they helped elect the president by supporting him as a campaign contributor, a political ally, or a personal friend. It explains why, despite being illegal and a threat to national security, selling the title of ambassador remains a common practice that is also unique to the United States. It considers why some suggestions for reform are misguided, what might be done, and why who the president is matters so much in determining how well the United States will be represented abroad. This updated and revised edition of Jett’s classic book not only provides a timely overview of American ambassadorship for Foreign Service Officers, aspiring diplomats, and interested citizens, but also calls for much-needed reform, describing the dire implications of failing to change our ambassadorial appointments process for the future of American diplomatic practice and foreign policy.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/virtue-bombs-how-hollywood-got-woke-and-lost-its-soul-by-christian-toto--65206467https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587392 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Virtue Bombs: How Hollywood Got Woke and Lost Its Soul Author: Christian Toto Narrator: Chris Abell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 18, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Inside Hollywood’s descent into dreary, dull, leftist groupthink Hollywood’s Dream Factory is now a nightmare of woke restrictions, Identity Politics run amok, and freedom-snuffing rules and regulations. The Oscars are unwatchable, as are many films and television shows thanks to the woke revolution. Virtue Bombs breaks down where Hollywood went so wrong, illustrates the slow-motion disaster infiltrating the industry, and offers a glimmer of hope for a woke-free tomorrow. Award-winning film critic Christian Toto has all the receipts, showcasing Hollywood’s virtue-signaling follies and how it could get much, much worse before it gets better.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587392Tue, 18 Jan 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587392 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Virtue Bombs: How Hollywood Got Woke and Lost Its Soul Author: Christian Toto Narrator: Chris Abell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 12...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587392 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Virtue Bombs: How Hollywood Got Woke and Lost Its Soul Author: Christian Toto Narrator: Chris Abell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 18, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Inside Hollywood’s descent into dreary, dull, leftist groupthink Hollywood’s Dream Factory is now a nightmare of woke restrictions, Identity Politics run amok, and freedom-snuffing rules and regulations. The Oscars are unwatchable, as are many films and television shows thanks to the woke revolution. Virtue Bombs breaks down where Hollywood went so wrong, illustrates the slow-motion disaster infiltrating the industry, and offers a glimmer of hope for a woke-free tomorrow. Award-winning film critic Christian Toto has all the receipts, showcasing Hollywood’s virtue-signaling follies and how it could get much, much worse before it gets better.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-long-game-how-the-chinese-negotiate-with-india-by-vijay-gokhale--65206637https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India Author: Vijay Gokhale Narrator: Derek Denzil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 11, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: India's relations with the People's Republic of China have captured the popular imagination ever since the 1950s but have rarely merited a detailed understanding of the issues. Individual episodes tend to arouse lively debate, which often dissipates without a deeper exploration of the factors that shaped the outcomes. This book explores the dynamics of negotiation between the two countries, from the early years after Independence until the current times, through the prism of six historical and recent events in the India-China relationship. The purpose is to identify the strategy, tactics and tools that China employs in its diplomatic negotiations with India, and the learnings for India from its past dealings with China that may prove helpful in future negotiations with the country.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575817Tue, 11 Jan 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India Author: Vijay Gokhale Narrator: Derek Denzil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India Author: Vijay Gokhale Narrator: Derek Denzil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 11, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: India's relations with the People's Republic of China have captured the popular imagination ever since the 1950s but have rarely merited a detailed understanding of the issues. Individual episodes tend to arouse lively debate, which often dissipates without a deeper exploration of the factors that shaped the outcomes. This book explores the dynamics of negotiation between the two countries, from the early years after Independence until the current times, through the prism of six historical and recent events in the India-China relationship. The purpose is to identify the strategy, tactics and tools that China employs in its diplomatic negotiations with India, and the learnings for India from its past dealings with China that may prove helpful in future negotiations with the country.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-origin-story-of-india-s-states-by-venkataraghavan-srinivasan--65206582https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576842 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Origin Story of India's States Author: Venkataraghavan Srinivasan Narrator: Venkataraghavan Srinivasan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: January 11, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The story of the birth of India's states is the story of the birth and continuing rebirth of India, the nation. It is a story that everyone in India must know, from young to old. This rigorously researched book lays out the fascinating political and historical circumstances of the birth of India's states and union territories.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576842Tue, 11 Jan 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576842 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Origin Story of India's States Author: Venkataraghavan Srinivasan Narrator: Venkataraghavan Srinivasan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576842 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Origin Story of India's States Author: Venkataraghavan Srinivasan Narrator: Venkataraghavan Srinivasan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: January 11, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The story of the birth of India's states is the story of the birth and continuing rebirth of India, the nation. It is a story that everyone in India must know, from young to old. This rigorously researched book lays out the fascinating political and historical circumstances of the birth of India's states and union territories.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/arabic-thwrt-dakhl-fkr-asghr-ryys-fy-tarykh-frnsa-by-aymanwyl-makrwn--65206514https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - ثورة: داخل فكر أصغر رئيس في تاريخ فرنسا Author: إيمانويل ماكرون Narrator: هاني رعد Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 7, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: يبدأ الرئيس الفرنسي إيمانويل ماكرون مقدمة كتابه ثورة: داخل فكر أصغر رئيس في تاريخ فرنسا بقوله: 'إن مواجهة العالم تجعلنا نستعيد الأمل'. ويشدد الرئيس ماكرون على أن 'الحل موجود فينا، وهو لا يتعلق بلائحة من المقترحات التي لن تتحقق، كما أنه لن يخرج من رحم تسويات عرجاء، بل سينجز بفضل حلول مختلفة تفترض ثورة ديمقراطية عميقة، ويعتمد الحل على وحدتنا، وشجاعتنا، وإرادتنا المشتركة. يؤكد الرئيس ماكرون أن كتابه هذا 'ثورة ديمقراطية'، شرع في تصويرها في ما يلي من صفحات. ليس هنا برنامجاً، أو أياً من تلك المقترحات التي تجعل حياتنا السياسية أشبه بكتالوغ من الآمال الخائبة. بل ستجدون بالأحرى رؤيةً وسرداً وإرادةً، لأن للفرنسيين أنفسهم، إرادة غالباً ما أهملتها حكوماتهم، ولأن الرئيس الفرنسي ألف كتابه قبل الترشح لمنصب رئاسة فرنسا، فهو يصارح شعبه بان الطريق الوحيد لتطبيق 'ثورة ديمقراطية'، هو 'أن أرشح نفسي إلى انتخابات رئاسة الجمهورية الفرنسية. لأنه خيار ينسجم مع ما تريدون فعله. إنه خيار فرنسا المقدامة والطموحة، التي يجب إعادة بنائها'. يروي ماكرون بطريقة سردية مشاور تعلمه وخبرته، فقد تربى في بيت ينظر إلى 'التعليم باعتباره تدريباً على الحرية'. وعن فترة انتقاله إلى باريس، يقول الرئيس ماكرون: 'خضت أجمل المغامرات، جئت للإقامة في أماكن لا وجود لها إلا في الروايات، وسلكت طريق شخصيات روايات غوستاف فلوبير وفكتور هيغو. كان يحركني التطلع الملتهب لشبان روايات أونوريه دي بلزاك الطموحين'. يعترف الرئيس ماكرون بأنه على رغم اكتشافه في باريس، مواهب فريدة حوله، عباقرة حقيقيين في الرياضيات، إلا أنه فضل خلال السنوات الأولى الباريسية، أن يعيش ويحب على الانخراط في منافسة بين الطلاب. يقول: 'تملكني هاجس أن أعيش الحياة مع المرأة التي أحببتها'. يشعر الرئيس 'ماكرون' أن تلك السنوات ملؤها السعادة، 'من حسن حظي أن التقي حينذاك الفيلسوف الفرنسي المشهور 'بول ريكور' في لقاء جرى عندما كان يبحث عمن يؤرشف له وثائقه. تعرفت إلى جانبه على أحداث القرن السابق، وتعلمت التفكير في التاريخ. علمني كيفية التفكير من خلال النصوص في مواجهة الحياة، في عملية تنقل مستمرة بين النظرية والواقع. علمني الرزانة التي يجب من خلالها فهم بعض الموضوعات وبعض اللحظات العصيبة.' دراسة ماكرون في المعهد الوطني، أفسحت له المجال للاختيار، فعمل في التفتيش المالي الذي كان أشبه باكتشاف قارة جديدة. قارة إدارية، فرأى فيها مفاتن التجديد، وقد تعلم الرئيس على مدى أربع سنوات ونصف العام دقة المراجعة وغنى التنقل في الميدان، وخصوصية العمل السياسي.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583886Fri, 07 Jan 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - ثورة: داخل فكر أصغر رئيس في تاريخ فرنسا Author: إيمانويل ماكرون Narrator: هاني رعد Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - ثورة: داخل فكر أصغر رئيس في تاريخ فرنسا Author: إيمانويل ماكرون Narrator: هاني رعد Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 7, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: يبدأ الرئيس الفرنسي إيمانويل ماكرون مقدمة كتابه ثورة: داخل فكر أصغر رئيس في تاريخ فرنسا بقوله: 'إن مواجهة العالم تجعلنا نستعيد الأمل'. ويشدد الرئيس ماكرون على أن 'الحل موجود فينا، وهو لا يتعلق بلائحة من المقترحات التي لن تتحقق، كما أنه لن يخرج من رحم تسويات عرجاء، بل سينجز بفضل حلول مختلفة تفترض ثورة ديمقراطية عميقة، ويعتمد الحل على وحدتنا، وشجاعتنا، وإرادتنا المشتركة. يؤكد الرئيس ماكرون أن كتابه هذا 'ثورة ديمقراطية'، شرع في تصويرها في ما يلي من صفحات. ليس هنا برنامجاً، أو أياً من تلك المقترحات التي تجعل حياتنا السياسية أشبه بكتالوغ من الآمال الخائبة. بل ستجدون بالأحرى رؤيةً وسرداً وإرادةً، لأن للفرنسيين أنفسهم، إرادة غالباً ما أهملتها حكوماتهم، ولأن الرئيس الفرنسي ألف كتابه قبل الترشح لمنصب رئاسة فرنسا، فهو يصارح شعبه بان الطريق الوحيد لتطبيق 'ثورة ديمقراطية'، هو 'أن أرشح نفسي إلى انتخابات رئاسة الجمهورية الفرنسية. لأنه خيار ينسجم مع ما تريدون فعله. إنه خيار فرنسا المقدامة والطموحة، التي يجب إعادة بنائها'. يروي ماكرون بطريقة سردية مشاور تعلمه وخبرته، فقد تربى في بيت ينظر إلى 'التعليم باعتباره تدريباً على الحرية'. وعن فترة انتقاله إلى باريس، يقول الرئيس ماكرون: 'خضت أجمل المغامرات، جئت للإقامة في أماكن لا وجود لها إلا في الروايات، وسلكت طريق شخصيات روايات غوستاف فلوبير وفكتور هيغو. كان يحركني التطلع الملتهب لشبان روايات أونوريه دي بلزاك الطموحين'. يعترف الرئيس ماكرون بأنه على رغم اكتشافه في باريس، مواهب فريدة حوله، عباقرة حقيقيين في الرياضيات، إلا أنه فضل خلال السنوات الأولى الباريسية، أن يعيش ويحب على الانخراط في منافسة بين الطلاب. يقول: 'تملكني هاجس أن أعيش الحياة مع المرأة التي أحببتها'. يشعر الرئيس 'ماكرون' أن تلك السنوات ملؤها السعادة، 'من حسن حظي أن التقي حينذاك الفيلسوف الفرنسي المشهور 'بول ريكور' في لقاء جرى عندما كان يبحث عمن يؤرشف له وثائقه. تعرفت إلى جانبه على أحداث القرن السابق، وتعلمت التفكير في التاريخ. علمني كيفية التفكير من خلال النصوص في مواجهة الحياة، في عملية تنقل مستمرة بين النظرية والواقع. علمني الرزانة التي يجب من خلالها فهم بعض الموضوعات وبعض اللحظات العصيبة.' دراسة ماكرون في المعهد الوطني، أفسحت له المجال للاختيار، فعمل في التفتيش المالي الذي كان أشبه باكتشاف قارة جديدة. قارة إدارية، فرأى فيها مفاتن التجديد، وقد تعلم الرئيس على مدى أربع سنوات ونصف العام دقة المراجعة وغنى التنقل في الميدان، وخصوصية العمل السياسي.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/arabic-hrwb-qdhrt-mydan-alm-rkt-al-alm-by-jyrymy-skahyl--65206479https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - حروب قذرة: ميدان المعركة العالم Author: جيريمي سكاهيل Narrator: سمعان فرزلي Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 37 hours 56 minutes Release date: January 1, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: كتاب 'حروب قذرة: ميدان المعركة العالم' لمؤلفه جيريمي سكاهيل، كتابٌ حوّل إلى فيلم وثائقي نال عدة جوائز في مهرجانات عالمية، ورُشّح لنيل جائزة الأوسكار. في ليلة 14 تشرين الأول/ أكتوبر، سنة 2011، أقدمت الولايات المتحدة على قتل عبد الرّحمن العولقي ذي الستة عشر ربيعًا، نجل أنور العولقي الذي أعدمته أميركا قبله بأسبوعين متّهمة إيّاه بالإرهاب، من دون أي دليل. لم تفصح الجهة القاتلة عن سبب اغتيال الابن، وهو استباق ما قد يصبح عليه في يوم من الأيام. وشكّل اغتياله مثلًا صارخًا عن المدى الذي قد تذهب إليه أميركا في تنفيذ ما تراه صائبًا والإمساك بأقدار الأفراد والشعوب والدول، تحت طائلة إنزال الصّواعق عليها من علياء طائراتها من دون طيّار، كما يفعل الإله زيوس بأعدائه من علياء أولمبه. يكشف جيريمي سكاهيل أن نخبة جنود زوس الأميركي، من قوات مشاة البحرية الأميركية ودلتا فورس ومرتزقة بلاكووتر، وغيرها من شركات الموت، وقسم الأنشطة الخاصة في السّي. آي. إيه، وقيادة العمليات الخاصة المشتركة، تدير العمليات في أكثر من مئة بلد. وتنفّذ مهمات القتل الاستهدافي وخطف الأفراد وتوجيه الطائرات من دون طيّار والقصف بصواريخ كروز المدمّرة ويبرهن أن بلاده لا توفّر بسياساتها وحروبها الظروف الموضوعية لاستمرار الإرهاب، وحسب، بل تزيده اشتعالًا وانتشارًا. يتتبّع سكاهيل الخيوط بدءًا ببلاده ذاتها مع قصة العولقي، معاينًا بأسلوب صحفي تحقيقي مثير خفايا السّي. آي. إيه في الصومال، والقتل الاستهدافي الذي تنزله أميركا على رؤوس من تجدهم طائراتها من دون طيّار في طريقها في اليمن وأفغانستان، سواء أكان إرهابيّا أم لا. ويقابل شهودًا رأوا بأم العين ما جرى في قرية المعجّلة اليمنية ومنطقة غارديز الأفغانية وغيرهما. وينقل إلى القارئ أصوات المقهورين والمفجوعين والسّاخطين. كتاب يفضح ما يجري وراء أسوار معسكرات التعذيب الأميركية، وحقيقة الأشخاص الأميركيين المتستّرين وراء وظائفهم الدبلوماسية المزعومة والحلقة الجهنّمية المفرغة لحروب أميركا. يقدّم سكاهيل عملًا تحقيقيًّا تأريخيًّا ناصع القيمة والالتزام والهدف عن الحرب الأميركية على الإرهاب وحقيقتها القذرة. 'لم ينجح صحافي في أميركا والعالم كما نجح سكاهيل بإلقاء الضوء على حقيقة الحرب ضد الإرهاب في عهد أوباما.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583905Sat, 01 Jan 2022 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - حروب قذرة: ميدان المعركة العالم Author: جيريمي سكاهيل Narrator: سمعان فرزلي Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 37 hours 56 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - حروب قذرة: ميدان المعركة العالم Author: جيريمي سكاهيل Narrator: سمعان فرزلي Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 37 hours 56 minutes Release date: January 1, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: كتاب 'حروب قذرة: ميدان المعركة العالم' لمؤلفه جيريمي سكاهيل، كتابٌ حوّل إلى فيلم وثائقي نال عدة جوائز في مهرجانات عالمية، ورُشّح لنيل جائزة الأوسكار. في ليلة 14 تشرين الأول/ أكتوبر، سنة 2011، أقدمت الولايات المتحدة على قتل عبد الرّحمن العولقي ذي الستة عشر ربيعًا، نجل أنور العولقي الذي أعدمته أميركا قبله بأسبوعين متّهمة إيّاه بالإرهاب، من دون أي دليل. لم تفصح الجهة القاتلة عن سبب اغتيال الابن، وهو استباق ما قد يصبح عليه في يوم من الأيام. وشكّل اغتياله مثلًا صارخًا عن المدى الذي قد تذهب إليه أميركا في تنفيذ ما تراه صائبًا والإمساك بأقدار الأفراد والشعوب والدول، تحت طائلة إنزال الصّواعق عليها من علياء طائراتها من دون طيّار، كما يفعل الإله زيوس بأعدائه من علياء أولمبه. يكشف جيريمي سكاهيل أن نخبة جنود زوس الأميركي، من قوات مشاة البحرية الأميركية ودلتا فورس ومرتزقة بلاكووتر، وغيرها من شركات الموت، وقسم الأنشطة الخاصة في السّي. آي. إيه، وقيادة العمليات الخاصة المشتركة، تدير العمليات في أكثر من مئة بلد. وتنفّذ مهمات القتل الاستهدافي وخطف الأفراد وتوجيه الطائرات من دون طيّار والقصف بصواريخ كروز المدمّرة ويبرهن أن بلاده لا توفّر بسياساتها وحروبها الظروف الموضوعية لاستمرار الإرهاب، وحسب، بل تزيده اشتعالًا وانتشارًا. يتتبّع سكاهيل الخيوط بدءًا ببلاده ذاتها مع قصة العولقي، معاينًا بأسلوب صحفي تحقيقي مثير خفايا السّي. آي. إيه في الصومال، والقتل الاستهدافي الذي تنزله أميركا على رؤوس من تجدهم طائراتها من دون طيّار في طريقها في اليمن وأفغانستان، سواء أكان إرهابيّا أم لا. ويقابل شهودًا رأوا بأم العين ما جرى في قرية المعجّلة اليمنية ومنطقة غارديز الأفغانية وغيرهما. وينقل إلى القارئ أصوات المقهورين والمفجوعين والسّاخطين. كتاب يفضح ما يجري وراء أسوار معسكرات التعذيب الأميركية، وحقيقة الأشخاص الأميركيين المتستّرين وراء وظائفهم الدبلوماسية المزعومة والحلقة الجهنّمية المفرغة لحروب أميركا. يقدّم سكاهيل عملًا تحقيقيًّا تأريخيًّا ناصع القيمة والالتزام والهدف عن الحرب الأميركية على الإرهاب وحقيقتها القذرة. 'لم ينجح صحافي في أميركا والعالم كما نجح سكاهيل بإلقاء الضوء على حقيقة الحرب ضد الإرهاب في عهد أوباما.']]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/freedom-how-we-lose-it-and-how-we-fight-back-by-nathan-law--65206538https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577626 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Freedom: How We Lose It and How We Fight Back Author: Nathan Law Narrator: Daniel York Loh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: December 7, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A timely manifesto on freedom from Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy activist, Nathan Law, a Nobel Prize nominee In this dispatch from exile, Hong Kong political activist Nathan Law explores the meaning of freedom—and shows how easily freedoms can be eroded or dismantled. Freedom is fragile—it is not a given, and each generation must fight to protect it, whether in emerging democracies or in the Western world, where freedom is too often taken for granted. Law sets out to prove the value of what we take to be inherently bestowed upon us as human beings, and to expose the Chinese government as it barricades its citizens from enjoying freedom. He lays out how the government controls what people know and are allowed to think, suppresses the truth, and undermines democratic processes by censoring its own members. If freedom is a basic human right, then why were lawyers, journalists, and activists being jailed, and why has Nathan Law been labeled a wanted fugitive? Rooted in his own experience as a former elected official and student leader of the Umbrella Movement, Law explores not just how important freedom is in principle for human beings to thrive, but how it is put into practice. What does it mean to be able to speak freely, and what happens when the concept collapses? How can the law both protect and abolish our freedoms? And why should we place such importance on free and fair elections? What does it mean to be truly free? Nathan Law has worked tirelessly to apply pressure in order to reshape freedom in Hong Kong, because it is with freedom that we’ll live as we’re meant to be.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577626Tue, 07 Dec 2021 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577626 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Freedom: How We Lose It and How We Fight Back Author: Nathan Law Narrator: Daniel York Loh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577626 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Freedom: How We Lose It and How We Fight Back Author: Nathan Law Narrator: Daniel York Loh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: December 7, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A timely manifesto on freedom from Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy activist, Nathan Law, a Nobel Prize nominee In this dispatch from exile, Hong Kong political activist Nathan Law explores the meaning of freedom—and shows how easily freedoms can be eroded or dismantled. Freedom is fragile—it is not a given, and each generation must fight to protect it, whether in emerging democracies or in the Western world, where freedom is too often taken for granted. Law sets out to prove the value of what we take to be inherently bestowed upon us as human beings, and to expose the Chinese government as it barricades its citizens from enjoying freedom. He lays out how the government controls what people know and are allowed to think, suppresses the truth, and undermines democratic processes by censoring its own members. If freedom is a basic human right, then why were lawyers, journalists, and activists being jailed, and why has Nathan Law been labeled a wanted fugitive? Rooted in his own experience as a former elected official and student leader of the Umbrella Movement, Law explores not just how important freedom is in principle for human beings to thrive, but how it is put into practice. What does it mean to be able to speak freely, and what happens when the concept collapses? How can the law both protect and abolish our freedoms? And why should we place such importance on free and fair elections? What does it mean to be truly free? Nathan Law has worked tirelessly to apply pressure in order to reshape freedom in Hong Kong, because it is with freedom that we’ll live as we’re meant to be.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/arabic-sdam-hsyn-mqtl-taghyt-am-a-dam-z-ym-by-samh-aldhshan--65206526https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - صدام حسين - مقتل طاغية أم إعدام زعيم Author: سامح الدهشان Narrator: قصي حمود Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: December 3, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: كتابٌ يتضمن تفاصيل الساعات الأخيرة في حياة الرئيس العراقي الراحل صدام حسين وبعض خطاباته الموجهة للشعب العراقي وتاريخه منذ ولادته حتى وقوفه توليه الرئاسة ووقوفه على المشنقة. كما يحوي الكتاب ردود فعل العالم شرقه وغربه على حادثة إعدامه. استمع الآن.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583431Fri, 03 Dec 2021 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - صدام حسين - مقتل طاغية أم إعدام زعيم Author: سامح الدهشان Narrator: قصي حمود Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - صدام حسين - مقتل طاغية أم إعدام زعيم Author: سامح الدهشان Narrator: قصي حمود Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: December 3, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: كتابٌ يتضمن تفاصيل الساعات الأخيرة في حياة الرئيس العراقي الراحل صدام حسين وبعض خطاباته الموجهة للشعب العراقي وتاريخه منذ ولادته حتى وقوفه توليه الرئاسة ووقوفه على المشنقة. كما يحوي الكتاب ردود فعل العالم شرقه وغربه على حادثة إعدامه. استمع الآن.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-plague-upon-our-house-my-fight-at-the-trump-white-house-to-stop-covid-from-destroying-america-by-scott-w-atlas--65206607https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Plague Upon Our House: My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America Author: Scott W. Atlas Narrator: Chris Abell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: November 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: What really happened behind the scenes at the Trump White House during the COVID pandemic? When Dr. Scott W. Atlas was tapped by Donald Trump to join his COVID Task Force, he was immediately thrust into a maelstrom of scientific disputes, policy debates, raging egos, politically motivated lies, and cynical media manipulation. Numerous myths and distortions surround the Trump Administration's handling of the crisis, and many pressing questions remain unanswered. Did the Trump team really bungle the response to the pandemic? Were the right decisions made about travel restrictions, lockdowns, and mask mandates? Are Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx competent medical experts or timeserving bureaucrats? Did half a million people really die unnecessarily because of Trump's incompetence? So far no trusted figure has emerged who can tell the story straight-until now. In this unfiltered insider account, Dr. Scott Atlas brings us directly into the White House, describes the key players in the crisis, and assigns credit and blame where it is deserved. The book includes shocking evaluations of the Task Force members' limited knowledge and grasp of the science of COVID and details heated discussions with Task Force members, including all of the most controversial episodes that dominated headlines for weeks. Dr. Atlas tells the truth about the science and documents the media's relentless campaign to suffocate it, which included canceled interviews, journalists' off-camera hostility in White House briefings, and intentional distortion of facts. He also provides an inside account of the delays and timelines involving vaccines and other treatments, evaluates the impact of the lockdowns on American public health, and indicts the relentless war on truth waged by Big Business and Big Tech. No other book contains these revelations. Millions of people who trust Dr. Atlas will want to hear this dramatic account of what really went on behind the scenes in the White House during the greatest public health crisis of the twenty-first century. THIS AUDIOBOOK MAY INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. INFORMATION RELATED TO COVID-19 CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. AUDIOBOOKS.COM ENCOURAGES YOU TO SEEK UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FROM YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576415Tue, 23 Nov 2021 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Plague Upon Our House: My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America Author: Scott W. Atlas Narrator: Chris Abell Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Plague Upon Our House: My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America Author: Scott W. Atlas Narrator: Chris Abell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: November 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: What really happened behind the scenes at the Trump White House during the COVID pandemic? When Dr. Scott W. Atlas was tapped by Donald Trump to join his COVID Task Force, he was immediately thrust into a maelstrom of scientific disputes, policy debates, raging egos, politically motivated lies, and cynical media manipulation. Numerous myths and distortions surround the Trump Administration's handling of the crisis, and many pressing questions remain unanswered. Did the Trump team really bungle the response to the pandemic? Were the right decisions made about travel restrictions, lockdowns, and mask mandates? Are Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx competent medical experts or timeserving bureaucrats? Did half a million people really die unnecessarily because of Trump's incompetence? So far no trusted figure has emerged who can tell the story straight-until now. In this unfiltered insider account, Dr. Scott Atlas brings us directly into the White House, describes the key players in the crisis, and assigns credit and blame where it is deserved. The book includes shocking evaluations of the Task Force members' limited knowledge and grasp of the science of COVID and details heated discussions with Task Force members, including all of the most controversial episodes that dominated headlines for weeks. Dr. Atlas tells the truth about the science and documents the media's relentless campaign to suffocate it, which included canceled interviews, journalists' off-camera hostility in White House briefings, and intentional distortion of facts. He also provides an inside account of the delays and timelines involving vaccines and other treatments, evaluates the impact of the lockdowns on American public health, and indicts the relentless war on truth waged by Big Business and Big Tech. No other book contains these revelations. Millions of people who trust Dr. Atlas will want to hear this dramatic account of what really went on behind the scenes in the White House during the greatest public health crisis of the twenty-first century. THIS AUDIOBOOK MAY INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. INFORMATION RELATED TO COVID-19 CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. AUDIOBOOKS.COM ENCOURAGES YOU TO SEEK UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FROM YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-clarissas-empfindsame-reise-by-irene-dische--65206503https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Clarissas empfindsame Reise Author: Irene Dische Narrator: Sibylle Canonica Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 26 minutes Release date: November 15, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Road Trip Feeling, Romance & US-WahlkampfClarissa ist vor 10 Jahren nach Europa ausgewandert. Weil es mit dem russischen Ivan nicht klappte, flieht sie in ihre amerikanische Heimat, wo sie sich vom Liebeskummer erholen will. In Miami ist von Erholung allerdings keine Spur: Denn Clarissa findet sich mitten im amerikanischen Wahlkampf wieder, in den sie sich mehr und mehr (romantisch) verstrickt. Wunderbar ironisch zeichnet Irene Dische das Portrait einer jungen Emigrantin, die von sich selbst sagt: 'Sich verlieben können ist eine Begabung, und ich habe sie.'-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579817Mon, 15 Nov 2021 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Clarissas empfindsame Reise Author: Irene Dische Narrator: Sibylle Canonica Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 26 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Clarissas empfindsame Reise Author: Irene Dische Narrator: Sibylle Canonica Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 26 minutes Release date: November 15, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Road Trip Feeling, Romance & US-WahlkampfClarissa ist vor 10 Jahren nach Europa ausgewandert. Weil es mit dem russischen Ivan nicht klappte, flieht sie in ihre amerikanische Heimat, wo sie sich vom Liebeskummer erholen will. In Miami ist von Erholung allerdings keine Spur: Denn Clarissa findet sich mitten im amerikanischen Wahlkampf wieder, in den sie sich mehr und mehr (romantisch) verstrickt. Wunderbar ironisch zeichnet Irene Dische das Portrait einer jungen Emigrantin, die von sich selbst sagt: 'Sich verlieben können ist eine Begabung, und ich habe sie.'-]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-das-stockholm-oktavo-by-karen-engelmann--65206584https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581862 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das Stockholm Oktavo Author: Karen Engelmann Narrator: Gordon Piedesack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 8, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Ein außergewöhnlicher Historienroman mit jeder Menge Spannung und einem Hauch Mystik! Europa im 18. Jahrhundert: der Kontinent befindet sich im Umbruch, blutige Revolutionen sind im Gange. In Schweden fürchtet König Gustav III. um seinen Thron, da er sogar am eigenen Hof von Feinden umgeben ist. Die ungewisse Zukunft des Königreiches beschäftigt auch die einflussreiche Wahrsagerin Sofia Sparv und ihren Freund Emil Larsson. Als Sofia Emil die Karten legt, offenbaren diese, dass sein Schicksal mit dem von acht weiteren Personen verknüpft ist. Diese geheimnisvolle Verbindung kann weitreichende Folgen für ganz Schweden haben...-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581862Mon, 08 Nov 2021 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581862 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das Stockholm Oktavo Author: Karen Engelmann Narrator: Gordon Piedesack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581862 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das Stockholm Oktavo Author: Karen Engelmann Narrator: Gordon Piedesack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 8, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Ein außergewöhnlicher Historienroman mit jeder Menge Spannung und einem Hauch Mystik! Europa im 18. Jahrhundert: der Kontinent befindet sich im Umbruch, blutige Revolutionen sind im Gange. In Schweden fürchtet König Gustav III. um seinen Thron, da er sogar am eigenen Hof von Feinden umgeben ist. Die ungewisse Zukunft des Königreiches beschäftigt auch die einflussreiche Wahrsagerin Sofia Sparv und ihren Freund Emil Larsson. Als Sofia Emil die Karten legt, offenbaren diese, dass sein Schicksal mit dem von acht weiteren Personen verknüpft ist. Diese geheimnisvolle Verbindung kann weitreichende Folgen für ganz Schweden haben...-]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-and-death-of-sambhaji-part-1-by-medha-deshmukh-bhaskaran--65206578https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575820 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life and Death of Sambhaji (Part 1) Author: Medha Deshmukh Bhaskaran Narrator: Vasundhra Bose Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 26, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: It begins to dawn on the nine-year-old Sambhaji that his father has fled from the clutches of the Mughal badshah Aurangzeb and left him behind. He must now find his way back home with the help of strangers . . . Under the shadow of an illustrious father, Sambhaji finds himself thrust into the Maratha-Mughal conflict from a tender age. His mistakes cost him dearly and when his father suddenly dies and he becomes the chhatrapati, it is as if he has inherited a crown of thorns. In the nine years that follow, he faces a constant battle-internally, as palace intrigues simmer to kill him, and externally, as Aurangzeb descends on the Deccan with full military force. Even Chhatrapati Shivaji had never faced a full-blown Mughal aggression. Will he be able to protect the Maratha nation and Swaraj that was his father's dream? Will he prove to be a worthy son to his father-in life as well as in death? History has been unfair to Sambhaji, but it can't deny that he inspired a generation of Maratha warriors, who eventually ensured the end of Aurangzeb's jihad.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575820Tue, 26 Oct 2021 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575820 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life and Death of Sambhaji (Part 1) Author: Medha Deshmukh Bhaskaran Narrator: Vasundhra Bose Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575820 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life and Death of Sambhaji (Part 1) Author: Medha Deshmukh Bhaskaran Narrator: Vasundhra Bose Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 26, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: It begins to dawn on the nine-year-old Sambhaji that his father has fled from the clutches of the Mughal badshah Aurangzeb and left him behind. He must now find his way back home with the help of strangers . . . Under the shadow of an illustrious father, Sambhaji finds himself thrust into the Maratha-Mughal conflict from a tender age. His mistakes cost him dearly and when his father suddenly dies and he becomes the chhatrapati, it is as if he has inherited a crown of thorns. In the nine years that follow, he faces a constant battle-internally, as palace intrigues simmer to kill him, and externally, as Aurangzeb descends on the Deccan with full military force. Even Chhatrapati Shivaji had never faced a full-blown Mughal aggression. Will he be able to protect the Maratha nation and Swaraj that was his father's dream? Will he prove to be a worthy son to his father-in life as well as in death? History has been unfair to Sambhaji, but it can't deny that he inspired a generation of Maratha warriors, who eventually ensured the end of Aurangzeb's jihad.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-welt-im-lockdown-die-globale-krise-und-ihre-folgen-by-adam-tooze--65206497https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581119 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Welt im Lockdown - die globale Krise und ihre Folgen Author: Adam Tooze Narrator: Oliver Dupont Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 15, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Spannend wie ein Thriller - Adam Tooze beschreibt unsere Welt im radikalen Wandel.Adam Tooze erzählt in seinem atemberaubenden neuen Hörbuch die Geschichte der zwölf Monate vom Januar 2020 bis Januar 2021. Am Anfang gibt Xi Jinping der Weltöffentlichkeit bekannt, dass sich in China ein neuer tödlicher Virus ausbreitet. Am Ende zieht Joe Biden als Nachfolger von Donald Trump ins Weiße Haus ein. Dazwischen liegen die Schockwellen einer verheerenden Pandemie, die keinen Kontinent, kein Land und keine Bevölkerung ungeschoren lässt. Der brillante Wirtschaftshistoriker schildert nicht nur sehr präzise, wie und warum Staaten und nationale Ökonomien auf jeweils eigene Weise und mit sehr unterschiedlichen Resultaten auf das Geschehen reagiert haben. Er tut etwas, das neu ist: Er analysiert die Pandemie im Kontext der anderen großen Krisen unserer Zeit, von der weiter schwelenden Finanzkrise über die Klimakrise bis zur Flüchtlingskrise. 'Welt im Lockdown' ist eine tiefenscharfe Diagnose der Gegenwart und ein Hörbuch, aus dem man lernen kann, wie die globalisierte Welt funktioniert, in der wir heute leben. 'Einer der führenden ‹Global Thinkers› unserer Zeit.' - Foreign Policy-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581119Fri, 15 Oct 2021 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581119 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Welt im Lockdown - die globale Krise und ihre Folgen Author: Adam Tooze Narrator: Oliver Dupont Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/581119 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Welt im Lockdown - die globale Krise und ihre Folgen Author: Adam Tooze Narrator: Oliver Dupont Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 15, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Spannend wie ein Thriller - Adam Tooze beschreibt unsere Welt im radikalen Wandel.Adam Tooze erzählt in seinem atemberaubenden neuen Hörbuch die Geschichte der zwölf Monate vom Januar 2020 bis Januar 2021. Am Anfang gibt Xi Jinping der Weltöffentlichkeit bekannt, dass sich in China ein neuer tödlicher Virus ausbreitet. Am Ende zieht Joe Biden als Nachfolger von Donald Trump ins Weiße Haus ein. Dazwischen liegen die Schockwellen einer verheerenden Pandemie, die keinen Kontinent, kein Land und keine Bevölkerung ungeschoren lässt. Der brillante Wirtschaftshistoriker schildert nicht nur sehr präzise, wie und warum Staaten und nationale Ökonomien auf jeweils eigene Weise und mit sehr unterschiedlichen Resultaten auf das Geschehen reagiert haben. Er tut etwas, das neu ist: Er analysiert die Pandemie im Kontext der anderen großen Krisen unserer Zeit, von der weiter schwelenden Finanzkrise über die Klimakrise bis zur Flüchtlingskrise. 'Welt im Lockdown' ist eine tiefenscharfe Diagnose der Gegenwart und ein Hörbuch, aus dem man lernen kann, wie die globalisierte Welt funktioniert, in der wir heute leben. 'Einer der führenden ‹Global Thinkers› unserer Zeit.' - Foreign Policy-]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-inside-strafverteidigung-advokaten-des-bosen-by-burkhard-benecken-hans-reinhardt--65206520https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Inside Strafverteidigung - Advokaten des Bösen Author: Burkhard Benecken, Hans Reinhardt Narrator: Tetje Mierendorf Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 19 minutes Release date: September 23, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Burkhard Benecken und Hans Reinhardt, zwei der bekanntesten Strafverteidiger Deutschlands, geben Einblick in ihren Berufsalltag und verhandeln dabei die großen Fragen um Schuld und Moral. Ein hoch spannendes Sachhörbuch in bester True-Crime-Manier. Wie ist es, tagtäglich auf der Seite von mutmaßlichen Verbrechern zu stehen und für sie zu kämpfen? Anhand von eindringlichen Fallgeschichten zeigen die Autoren die Instrumente der Strafverteidigung und diskutieren dabei die Fragen, die sich jeder schon einmal gestellt hat: Hat der mehrfache Mörder einen fairen Prozess verdient? Ist der vermeintliche Schläger unschuldig, wenn er wegen Verfahrensfehlern freigesprochen wird? Ein faszinierender Einblick in die Welt der Advokaten des Bösen.-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579849Thu, 23 Sep 2021 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Inside Strafverteidigung - Advokaten des Bösen Author: Burkhard Benecken, Hans Reinhardt Narrator: Tetje Mierendorf Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Inside Strafverteidigung - Advokaten des Bösen Author: Burkhard Benecken, Hans Reinhardt Narrator: Tetje Mierendorf Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 19 minutes Release date: September 23, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Burkhard Benecken und Hans Reinhardt, zwei der bekanntesten Strafverteidiger Deutschlands, geben Einblick in ihren Berufsalltag und verhandeln dabei die großen Fragen um Schuld und Moral. Ein hoch spannendes Sachhörbuch in bester True-Crime-Manier. Wie ist es, tagtäglich auf der Seite von mutmaßlichen Verbrechern zu stehen und für sie zu kämpfen? Anhand von eindringlichen Fallgeschichten zeigen die Autoren die Instrumente der Strafverteidigung und diskutieren dabei die Fragen, die sich jeder schon einmal gestellt hat: Hat der mehrfache Mörder einen fairen Prozess verdient? Ist der vermeintliche Schläger unschuldig, wenn er wegen Verfahrensfehlern freigesprochen wird? Ein faszinierender Einblick in die Welt der Advokaten des Bösen.-]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-abgewirtschaftet-warum-unser-land-verkommt-und-wer-daran-verdient-by-thomas-wieczorek--65206537https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Abgewirtschaftet: warum unser Land verkommt und wer daran verdient Author: Thomas Wieczorek Narrator: Michael Schwarzmaier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 15, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Auf schonungslose Art und Weise prangert Thomas Wieczorek die menschenfernen Interessen von Politik und Wirtschaft in Deutschland an. Mit aktuellen Erkenntnissen aus Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Politik schildert er den Auslaufmodellcharakter der ökonomischen und gesellschaftspolitischen Marktwirtschaft.-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579371Wed, 15 Sep 2021 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Abgewirtschaftet: warum unser Land verkommt und wer daran verdient Author: Thomas Wieczorek Narrator: Michael Schwarzmaier Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Abgewirtschaftet: warum unser Land verkommt und wer daran verdient Author: Thomas Wieczorek Narrator: Michael Schwarzmaier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 15, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Auf schonungslose Art und Weise prangert Thomas Wieczorek die menschenfernen Interessen von Politik und Wirtschaft in Deutschland an. Mit aktuellen Erkenntnissen aus Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Politik schildert er den Auslaufmodellcharakter der ökonomischen und gesellschaftspolitischen Marktwirtschaft.-]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-kraftvoll-wahlkampf-wie-man-eine-wahl-gewinnt-by-lorenz-brockmann--65206585https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - kraftvoll© WAHLKAMPF: Wie man eine Wahl gewinnt Author: Lorenz Brockmann Narrator: Cornelius Beck Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 49 minutes Release date: August 25, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Wer eine Wahl gewinnen will, braucht eine durchdachte Strategie, eine klare und kluge Kampagne und ein starkes Team. Wahlkampf heißt Ausnahmezustand. Insbesondere in den Wochen vor der Wahl sind die strategischen, medialen und kommunikativen Anforderungen an Kandidaten enorm hoch. Wer hier mit einer strategischen Ausrichtung, mit klaren Strukturen im Team, und mit einer ansprechenden Kampagne in den Wahlkampf zieht, hat den entscheidenden Wettbewerbsvorteil. Dieses Hörbuch richtet sich direkt an Wahlkämpfer und Kandidaten und bietet mit den fünf Säulen einer Wahlkampfstrategie einen umfassenden und praxisnahen Leitfaden zur Strategieentwicklung. Verschaffen Sie sich in weniger als vier Stunden Hörzeit einen kompletten Überblick über alle Themen, die für Ihren Wahlkampf wichtig sind. Mit aktuellen Social Media Tipps!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576236Wed, 25 Aug 2021 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - kraftvoll© WAHLKAMPF: Wie man eine Wahl gewinnt Author: Lorenz Brockmann Narrator: Cornelius Beck Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - kraftvoll© WAHLKAMPF: Wie man eine Wahl gewinnt Author: Lorenz Brockmann Narrator: Cornelius Beck Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 49 minutes Release date: August 25, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Wer eine Wahl gewinnen will, braucht eine durchdachte Strategie, eine klare und kluge Kampagne und ein starkes Team. Wahlkampf heißt Ausnahmezustand. Insbesondere in den Wochen vor der Wahl sind die strategischen, medialen und kommunikativen Anforderungen an Kandidaten enorm hoch. Wer hier mit einer strategischen Ausrichtung, mit klaren Strukturen im Team, und mit einer ansprechenden Kampagne in den Wahlkampf zieht, hat den entscheidenden Wettbewerbsvorteil. Dieses Hörbuch richtet sich direkt an Wahlkämpfer und Kandidaten und bietet mit den fünf Säulen einer Wahlkampfstrategie einen umfassenden und praxisnahen Leitfaden zur Strategieentwicklung. Verschaffen Sie sich in weniger als vier Stunden Hörzeit einen kompletten Überblick über alle Themen, die für Ihren Wahlkampf wichtig sind. Mit aktuellen Social Media Tipps!]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-nawalny-seine-ziele-seine-gegner-seine-zukunft-by-morvan-lallouet-jan-matti-dollbaum-ben-noble--65206545https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578758 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nawalny. Seine Ziele, seine Gegner, seine Zukunft Author: Morvan Lallouet, Jan Matti Dollbaum, Ben Noble Narrator: Erich Wittenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: August 3, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In Deutschland wurde Alexej Nawalny erst dadurch bekannt, dass er nur knapp einen Giftanschlag überlebte, für den er den russischen Geheimdienst verantwortlich macht. Nach seiner Behandlung in Deutschland wurde er bei seiner Rückkehr umgehend festgenommen, veröffentlichte aber gleichzeitig ein Video über Putin, das millionenfach geklickt wurde, Hunderttausende gingen auf die Straße. Nawalny präsentiert sich als Retter Russlands, der Putin unerbittlich vom Thron jagen will. Dabei ist er nicht unumstritten. Wer Alexej Nawalny ist, wofür er steht und ob er Putin auch aus der Haft heraus gefährlich werden kann, beleuchten nun erstmals drei internationale Russlandexperten mit Zugang zu Nawalnys engsten Vertrauten.-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578758Tue, 03 Aug 2021 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578758 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nawalny. Seine Ziele, seine Gegner, seine Zukunft Author: Morvan Lallouet, Jan Matti Dollbaum, Ben Noble Narrator: Erich Wittenberg Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578758 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Nawalny. Seine Ziele, seine Gegner, seine Zukunft Author: Morvan Lallouet, Jan Matti Dollbaum, Ben Noble Narrator: Erich Wittenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: August 3, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In Deutschland wurde Alexej Nawalny erst dadurch bekannt, dass er nur knapp einen Giftanschlag überlebte, für den er den russischen Geheimdienst verantwortlich macht. Nach seiner Behandlung in Deutschland wurde er bei seiner Rückkehr umgehend festgenommen, veröffentlichte aber gleichzeitig ein Video über Putin, das millionenfach geklickt wurde, Hunderttausende gingen auf die Straße. Nawalny präsentiert sich als Retter Russlands, der Putin unerbittlich vom Thron jagen will. Dabei ist er nicht unumstritten. Wer Alexej Nawalny ist, wofür er steht und ob er Putin auch aus der Haft heraus gefährlich werden kann, beleuchten nun erstmals drei internationale Russlandexperten mit Zugang zu Nawalnys engsten Vertrauten.-]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-das-kommunistische-manifest-by-karl-marx-friedrich-engels--65206483https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das kommunistische Manifest Author: Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels Narrator: Karsten Renner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 17 minutes Release date: July 21, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels - Das kommunistische Manifest Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels - Das kommunistische Manifest Die industrielle Revolution verursachte eine massive Landflucht. Unzählige Menschen aus bäuerlichen Verhältnissen versuchten ihr Glück als Arbeiter in den Städten, gehen dort jedoch in äußerst prekären Verhältnissen unter. Das Massenelend der Arbeiterklasse führte zum Aufkommen sozialistischer, bzw. kommunistischer Ideen in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts und die beiden deutschen Philosophen Karl Marx und Friedrich Engels verfassten ihr bis heute vielbeachtetes Werk Das kommunistische Manifest. Die Ideen von Marx und Engels sollten sich als prägend für das 20. Jahrhundert herausstellen, da sie fast alle Herausforderer der westlichen Ordnung beeinflussten. Man muss die darin enthaltenen Ideen nicht teilen, um die große historische Bedeutung dieses Werks anerkennen zu können.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582248Wed, 21 Jul 2021 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das kommunistische Manifest Author: Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels Narrator: Karsten Renner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 17...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das kommunistische Manifest Author: Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels Narrator: Karsten Renner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 17 minutes Release date: July 21, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels - Das kommunistische Manifest Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels - Das kommunistische Manifest Die industrielle Revolution verursachte eine massive Landflucht. Unzählige Menschen aus bäuerlichen Verhältnissen versuchten ihr Glück als Arbeiter in den Städten, gehen dort jedoch in äußerst prekären Verhältnissen unter. Das Massenelend der Arbeiterklasse führte zum Aufkommen sozialistischer, bzw. kommunistischer Ideen in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts und die beiden deutschen Philosophen Karl Marx und Friedrich Engels verfassten ihr bis heute vielbeachtetes Werk Das kommunistische Manifest. Die Ideen von Marx und Engels sollten sich als prägend für das 20. Jahrhundert herausstellen, da sie fast alle Herausforderer der westlichen Ordnung beeinflussten. Man muss die darin enthaltenen Ideen nicht teilen, um die große historische Bedeutung dieses Werks anerkennen zu können.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-rechter-terror-der-mord-an-walter-lubcke-und-die-strategie-der-gewalt-by-martin-steinhagen--65206547https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Rechter Terror - Der Mord an Walter Lübcke und die Strategie der Gewalt Author: Martín Steinhagen Narrator: Erich Wittenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: April 21, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Der Bürgerkrieg gegen die freie Gesellschaft: Der Mord an Walter Lübcke zeigt wie unter einem Brennglas die gegenwärtige Dynamik des rechten Terrorismus. Der Journalist Martín Steinhagen recherchiert seit Jahren zum militanten Milieu. Das Hörbuch verfolgt die Geschichte des Opfers, der Täter, der Tat und beleuchtet das gesellschaftliche Klima, in dem das Attentat möglich wurde. Der Bürgerkrieg gegen die freie Gesellschaft: Der Mord an Walter Lübcke zeigt wie unter einem Brennglas die gegenwärtige Dynamik des rechten Terrorismus. Eine Rekonstruktion der Geschehnisse, ein Lagebericht über die Gegenwart – und die wachsende, sich wandelnde Bedrohung von rechts.-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579174Wed, 21 Apr 2021 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Rechter Terror - Der Mord an Walter Lübcke und die Strategie der Gewalt Author: Martín Steinhagen Narrator: Erich Wittenberg Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Rechter Terror - Der Mord an Walter Lübcke und die Strategie der Gewalt Author: Martín Steinhagen Narrator: Erich Wittenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: April 21, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Der Bürgerkrieg gegen die freie Gesellschaft: Der Mord an Walter Lübcke zeigt wie unter einem Brennglas die gegenwärtige Dynamik des rechten Terrorismus. Der Journalist Martín Steinhagen recherchiert seit Jahren zum militanten Milieu. Das Hörbuch verfolgt die Geschichte des Opfers, der Täter, der Tat und beleuchtet das gesellschaftliche Klima, in dem das Attentat möglich wurde. Der Bürgerkrieg gegen die freie Gesellschaft: Der Mord an Walter Lübcke zeigt wie unter einem Brennglas die gegenwärtige Dynamik des rechten Terrorismus. Eine Rekonstruktion der Geschehnisse, ein Lagebericht über die Gegenwart – und die wachsende, sich wandelnde Bedrohung von rechts.-]]>305bckecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-die-patin-wie-angela-merkel-deutschland-umbaut-by-gertrud-hohler--65206533https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579242 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Patin - Wie Angela Merkel Deutschland umbaut Author: Gertrud Höhler Narrator: Andreas Herrler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: April 20, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Angela Merkel lässt sich nicht festlegen. Sie bedient sich der Kernbotschaft anderer Parteien – egal ob konservativ, christlich-sozial oder liberal. Die deutsche Kanzlerin nutzt die Werte anderer Parteien für sich selbst. Durch dies verändert sie die Parteienlandschaft Deutschlands. Weg von der Parteienvielfalt, hin zur Einheitspartei. Ist dies der Weg, den Merkel für Deutschland wählt? Zieht die deutsche Kanzlerin im Geheimen unsichtbar die Fäden, um ihren eigenen Machterhalt zu sichern? -]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579242Tue, 20 Apr 2021 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579242 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Patin - Wie Angela Merkel Deutschland umbaut Author: Gertrud Höhler Narrator: Andreas Herrler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579242 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Patin - Wie Angela Merkel Deutschland umbaut Author: Gertrud Höhler Narrator: Andreas Herrler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: April 20, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Angela Merkel lässt sich nicht festlegen. Sie bedient sich der Kernbotschaft anderer Parteien – egal ob konservativ, christlich-sozial oder liberal. Die deutsche Kanzlerin nutzt die Werte anderer Parteien für sich selbst. Durch dies verändert sie die Parteienlandschaft Deutschlands. Weg von der Parteienvielfalt, hin zur Einheitspartei. Ist dies der Weg, den Merkel für Deutschland wählt? Zieht die deutsche Kanzlerin im Geheimen unsichtbar die Fäden, um ihren eigenen Machterhalt zu sichern? -]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-soder-die-andere-biographie-by-anna-clauss--65206494https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Söder: Die andere Biographie Author: Anna Clauss Narrator: Astrid Schulz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 34 minutes Release date: April 12, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Was wissen wir eigentlich über Markus Söder?Er ist der bekannteste Unbekannte unter den deutschen Spitzenpolitiker*innen: Markus Söder. Diese erhellende und höchst unterhaltsame wie ungewöhnliche Biographie zeigt den Markus Söder, den wir in der Berichterstattung sonst nicht zu sehen bekommen.Die einen finden ihn unmöglich, die anderen genial: Söder polarisiert wie kein anderer Politiker seiner Generation. Spätestens seit Corona ist Söder überall, zugleich weiß man erstaunlich wenig über ihn. Von München bis nach Flensburg steht die Frage im Raum: Wer ist Markus Söder wirklich?Die Spiegel-Journalistin und Feministin Anna Clauß, die Markus Söder seit Jahren eng begleitet, gibt jetzt überraschende Antworten. In ihrem Buch ist Söder live, ungefiltert und ganz nah zu erleben. In ungewöhnlichen Situationen und an besonderen Orten, im Schnelldurchlauf für alle, die wenig Zeit haben, aber endlich wissen wollen: Was für ein Mensch verbirgt sich hinter der Maske mit den weiß-blauen Rauten?-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579267Mon, 12 Apr 2021 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Söder: Die andere Biographie Author: Anna Clauss Narrator: Astrid Schulz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 34 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Söder: Die andere Biographie Author: Anna Clauss Narrator: Astrid Schulz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 34 minutes Release date: April 12, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Was wissen wir eigentlich über Markus Söder?Er ist der bekannteste Unbekannte unter den deutschen Spitzenpolitiker*innen: Markus Söder. Diese erhellende und höchst unterhaltsame wie ungewöhnliche Biographie zeigt den Markus Söder, den wir in der Berichterstattung sonst nicht zu sehen bekommen.Die einen finden ihn unmöglich, die anderen genial: Söder polarisiert wie kein anderer Politiker seiner Generation. Spätestens seit Corona ist Söder überall, zugleich weiß man erstaunlich wenig über ihn. Von München bis nach Flensburg steht die Frage im Raum: Wer ist Markus Söder wirklich?Die Spiegel-Journalistin und Feministin Anna Clauß, die Markus Söder seit Jahren eng begleitet, gibt jetzt überraschende Antworten. In ihrem Buch ist Söder live, ungefiltert und ganz nah zu erleben. In ungewöhnlichen Situationen und an besonderen Orten, im Schnelldurchlauf für alle, die wenig Zeit haben, aber endlich wissen wollen: Was für ein Mensch verbirgt sich hinter der Maske mit den weiß-blauen Rauten?-]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/brainwashed-by-tom-burrell--65206508https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579035 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brainwashed Author: Tom Burrell Narrator: Sylvester Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: November 17, 2020 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: 'Black people are not dark-skinned white people,' says advertising visionary Tom Burrell. In fact, they are much more. They are survivors of the Middle Passage and centuries of humiliation and deprivation, who have excelled against the odds, constantly making a way out of 'No way!' At this pivotal point in history, the idea of black inferiority should have had a 'Going-Out-of-Business Sale.' After all, Barack Obama has reached America's Promised Land.Yet, as Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority testifies, too many in black America are still wandering in the wilderness. In this powerful examination of 'the greatest propaganda campaign of all time'-the masterful marketing of black inferiority, aka the BI Complex-Burrell poses ten disturbing questions that will make black people look in the mirror and ask why, nearly 15 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, so many blacks still think and act like slaves. Burrell's acute awareness of the power of words and images to shift, shape, and change the collective consciousness has led him to connect the contemporary and historical dots that have brought us to this crossroads.Brainwashed is not a reprimand-it is a call to action. It demands that we question our self-defeating attitudes and behaviors. Racism is not the issue; how we respond to media distortions and programmed self-hatred is the issue. It's time to reverse the BI campaign with a globally based initiative that harnesses the power of new media and the wisdom of intergenerational coalitions. Provocative and powerful, Brainwashed dares to expose the wounds so that we, at last, can heal.This audio product contains a PDF with supporting material, and the PDF is available to download.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579035Tue, 17 Nov 2020 01:22:17 +0000Dangelo McDermottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579035 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brainwashed Author: Tom Burrell Narrator: Sylvester Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: November 17, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579035 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brainwashed Author: Tom Burrell Narrator: Sylvester Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: November 17, 2020 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: 'Black people are not dark-skinned white people,' says advertising visionary Tom Burrell. In fact, they are much more. They are survivors of the Middle Passage and centuries of humiliation and deprivation, who have excelled against the odds, constantly making a way out of 'No way!' At this pivotal point in history, the idea of black inferiority should have had a 'Going-Out-of-Business Sale.' After all, Barack Obama has reached America's Promised Land.Yet, as Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority testifies, too many in black America are still wandering in the wilderness. In this powerful examination of 'the greatest propaganda campaign of all time'-the masterful marketing of black inferiority, aka the BI Complex-Burrell poses ten disturbing questions that will make black people look in the mirror and ask why, nearly 15 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, so many blacks still think and act like slaves. Burrell's acute awareness of the power of words and images to shift, shape, and change the collective consciousness has led him to connect the contemporary and historical dots that have brought us to this crossroads.Brainwashed is not a reprimand-it is a call to action. It demands that we question our self-defeating attitudes and behaviors. Racism is not the issue; how we respond to media distortions and programmed self-hatred is the issue. It's time to reverse the BI campaign with a globally based initiative that harnesses the power of new media and the wisdom of intergenerational coalitions. Provocative and powerful, Brainwashed dares to expose the wounds so that we, at last, can heal.This audio product contains a PDF with supporting material, and the PDF is available to download.]]>185cleanfull