Resultados Editorial "Audible Originals" en Política y ciencias sociales

With an entirely fresh take on presidential history, James Swanson, author of the New York Times best-selling, Edgar Award-winning Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer, shares the story of his lifelong obsession with the murder of America’s most revered president and the frantic hunt for his assassin. The renowned Lincoln scholar treats listeners to an audible “walking tour” of the people, places, events, and artifacts that tell the story of those horrible days in April 1865.

These days it can feel like life is a never-ending to-do list, and it’s increasingly difficult to balance work and life. People everywhere are unhappy about their work-life balance, and we’re seeing growing numbers of people reporting burnout. Comedian and ex-lawyer Alice Fraser has experienced the costs of work-life imbalance first-hand, so she teams up with neuroscientist Ash Ranpura to look for solutions to the demands of modern life.

Hosted by comedian Tom Ballard, What’s the Story? is a new podcast from Audible. Join Tom each month as he chats with a revolving panel of fellow audiobook-worms, experts, authors and comedians to discuss our latest Editors' Extra. As an Audible member, each month you’ll get access to one credit to use on any audiobook of your choice. You’ll also get our selected Editors’ Extra, a bonus best seller members are loving.

Hardy/Friedland tells the story of David Hardy’s journalistic legacy and David Friedland’s brazen escape from justice through the eyes of the relentless reporter. One part globetrotting journalist chasing the scoop of a lifetime, and one part tense courtroom drama, Hardy/Friedland shines a light on a pioneering reporter and the largely forgotten legacy of a lawsuit that changed newsrooms across the country. Indeed, the landmark case marked the first time that editorial employees took a newsroom discrimination suit to trial.

Ivan Beckley is about to become a fully-qualified doctor in the UK. But he’s not convinced that healthcare works for everyone equally. In this series he uncovers one of the biggest and most insidious injustices in modern medicine. Fixing it could save thousands of lives every year. And yet it’s invisible, unless it directly affects you. Statistics show that black, indigenous and people of colour have worse health outcomes and die more often than white people, across many fields of medicine and diverse illnesses.

As Professor Constance Kassor reveals in the 10 illuminating lectures of Religious Lessons from Asia to the World, the incredibly complex and diverse faith systems of Tibet, China, India, and other Asian countries offer believers and nonbelievers alike a number of important teachings and ideas that can help us become better people - and live happier, more fulfilling lives. Designed as a fascinating sampler of ideas from different traditions, Professor Kassor invites you to learn from Buddhism’s four sublime states.

Broadcaster Clara Amfo and fashion historian Amber Butchart uncover the secret history of fashion, from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century. But this isn't just about what we wore, but who we were, and who we are today. This series will look at the legacy fashion has left us, from rules that still regulate dress around gender and class, to its influence on feminism, civil rights, and the environment.

Philosophie kommt endlich ohne Staub, alte Schinken und lange Schachtelsätze daher! In "Sag niemals Nietzsche" bringen Christiane Stenger und Samira El Ouassil Themen und Begriffe zusammen, die sich auf den ersten Blick nicht unbedingt nahestehen - aber weit gefehlt!

Jeden Mittwoch eine neue Folge. Der Adel ist nicht totzukriegen. Vor hundert Jahren wurde er in Deutschland abgeschafft und dennoch scheint auch für uns kaum etwas so spannend wie die glamourösen Geschichten aus den Königshäusern Europas. Vor Popstars und Oscarroben gab es royale Stilikonen, die die Welt in Atem hielten. Und auch heute schauen wir noch immer neugierig auf Schlösser und ihre Bewohner. Mit modernen Cinderellastorys und historischen Königen und Königinnen ist "GALA Royals" nichts weniger als Champagner für die Ohren.

Wenn diese beiden neben einem im Café sitzen, kann man einfach nicht weghören. Die FrauenbeauftragtInnen Kirstin Warnke und Kathrin Thüring sprechen ohne Scheu und Scham über PMS, Sexualität, Gleichberechtigung und all die anderen Themen, die als Frauenthemen gelten, aber eigentlich alle etwas angehen. Zusammen mit Expert*innen bringen die Gastgeberinnen alles auf den Tisch, was sonst gerne in geschlossenen WhatsApp-Gruppen verhandelt wird. Die Moderatorin Kathrin Thüring und die Comedienne Kirstin Warnke besprechen Probleme nicht nur, sie lösen sie auch.

In diesem Original Podcast findet Volker Wieprecht Antworten auf die philosophischen Fragen, die uns das ganze Leben lang begleiten: Was ist Liebe? Wo endet das Universum? Was ist Einsamkeit? Und wie genau funktioniert eigentlich guter Sex? In jeder Folge spricht Volker Wieprecht mit einzigartigen Menschen, die Teile der Antworten selbst erlebt haben oder in diesem Bereich forschen. An seiner Seite ist die kritische und nicht immer ausschließlich wohlmeinende Redakteurin Susanne Wündisch, die Volker oft, gerne und zu Recht an seine Grenzen bringt.

True North Heists tells the tales of some of the most outlandish capers ever committed on Canadian soil.

Doctors are more than doctors. They’re detectives who solve mysteries about the human body. Diagnosing patients is about looking for clues, whether a persistent tickle in the back of the throat or confusion and memory loss. Just like detectives, good doctors sift through information until they arrive at the medical solution that fits best. Think you have what it takes to keep up with medical detective work? Find out with this second installment of Dr. Roy Benaroch’s thrilling look at medical mysteries from across history.

Slay In Your Lane’s Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené present a new podcast designed to help you navigate the world of work and thrive in your career. In each episode, Liz and Yomi take a question from someone struggling with a specific aspect of their career, covering: building and pushing your personal brand; getting valued at work; taking risks; dealing with unexpected changes; and building the relationships that will take you to the next level.

The future of democracy is uncertain. Populist world leaders are dominating headlines and creating a new kind of politics that challenges democratic values and the liberal order. They influence the media, exert economic power, appoint judges, cultivate populism and seek to undermine the very institutions which brought them into power. In this gripping narrative, Misha Glenny, journalist and best-selling author of McMafia, tells the stories of six strongmen’s unexpected rise.

The slap you in your face, stop you in your tracks, colour run from your face moment that changed everything.

For Levi Roots, food isn't just fuel. It's stories, comfort, love, history, culture, identity... everything.

John Safran has fallen in with the wrong crowd, again. He has spent months among sorcerers, satanists, and exorcists and he's spilling the beans in a new podcast.

On New Year's Eve 1999, a young Vladimir Putin appeared on Russian TV screens "” awkward, self-conscious... and the new President. Two decades later, Putin is still in power, standing self-assured and at ease on the world stage. How did a once little known KGB bureaucrat become one of the most dominant figures of twenty first century politics?

Danny Wallace faces the absurdities, trivialities and challenges of being a man every day. It's not for everyone. Half the world don't have to.