By: Marilyn Yalom, Irvin D. Yalom / Narrated By: Jim Frangione, Pam Ward
Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
Sooo going against the reviews but: This is what happens when an Existentialist faces death, and it ain’t pretty…
A Matter of Death and Life
Snowden's Box
Trust in the Age of Surveillance
By: Jessica Bruder, Dale Maharidge / Narrated By: Chloe Cannon, Jonathan Todd Ross
Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
Good enough that I might tackle other Snowden accounts…?
A Very Expensive Poison
The Assassination of Alexander Litvinenko and Putin's War with the West
By: Luke Harding / Narrated By: Nicholas Guy Smith
Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
Enlightened the first Listen morphs into, well, stunned for the second… Do give this a Listen
This Much Country
Bloodlands
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
By: Timothy Snyder / Narrated By: Ralph Cosham
Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
Overwhelming… Familiar…
No Man’s Land
I Am, I Am, I Am
Seventeen Brushes with Death
By: Maggie O'Farrell / Narrated By: Daisy Donovan
Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
Beautifully written, hauntingly touching; just absolutely stunning…
Dogs Who Serve
The Taliban Shuffle
Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan
By: Kim Barker / Narrated By: Kirsten Potter
Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
Looking for darkly comedic? Comedic darkness? Looking for good writing? Uhm…?
Atlas of the Heart
Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Written and Narrated By: Brené Brown
Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
Apparently ‘tis either a Yea or Nay… for me a Yea… -BUT-
The Disappearing Spoon
And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
By: Sam Kean / Narrated By: Sean Runnette
Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
SUCH True Science, I mean, like, reeeeally! has me Wanting ‘bout, ooooh I dunno, TWELVE of My Hours Back…?!
Fritz Pollard
Pioneer in Racial Advancement
By: John M. Carroll / Narrated By: JD Jackson
Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
The man’s story is sooo good, sooo inspiring…!
Bird Brother
You Never Forget Your First
Grace Will Lead Us Home
The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness
By: Jennifer Berry Hawes / Introduction: Jennifer Berry Hawes / Narrated By: Karen Chilton
Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
ExTENsive and even-handed reporting on a tragedy made this a MUST Listen
The Wisdom of No Escape
And the Path of Loving-Kindness
By: Pema Chödrön / Narrated By: Joanna Rotte
Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
Probably difficult for Western intellectuals to hear; but oh is it necessary!
The Buddhist on Death Row
How One Man Found Light in the Darkest Place
By: David Sheff / Narrated By: Michael Boatman
Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
Listened to it twice cuz once, quite simply, was NOT enough.
Civil Rights Queen
Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality
By: Tomiko Brown-Nagin / Narrated By: Karen Chilton
Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
Okay, this jumps around ALL OVER THE PLACE, but boy is it awesome!!!
Winter of Frozen Dreams
The Longest Winter
The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon
By: Alex Kershaw / Narrated By: Grover Gardner
Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
Kiiiiinda misleading secondary title. That noted, however? 9+ hours fly by when you’re actually there with the men