Machine Politics

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    • How Right-Wing Extremism Created a Post-Truth America
    • By: David Pakman
    • Narrated by: David Pakman
    • Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 03-25-25
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 338 ratings
    • Popular radio and podcast host David Pakman examines how right-wing extremism has led to the fall of critical thinking and rise of reactionary politics—and what we can do about it to save our democracy.

    Regular price: $21.84

    • Inside the Hit Factory
    • By: John Seabrook
    • Narrated by: Dion Graham
    • Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 10-05-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 837 ratings
    • Traveling from New York to Los Angeles, Stockholm to Korea, John Seabrook visits specialized teams composing songs in digital labs with novel techniques....

    Regular price: $25.79

    • The Road to Hell is Paved with Intervention
    • By: Ryan McBeth
    • Narrated by: Garan Patrick
    • Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 12-19-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 149 ratings
    • In The Win Machine, Ryan McBeth delivers a gripping techno-thriller that explores the terrifying power of technology, the dangers of unchecked ambition, and the razor-thin line between profit and catastrophe.

    Regular price: $19.95

    • Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
    • By: Kate Crawford
    • Narrated by: Larissa Gallagher
    • Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 12-21-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 87 ratings
    • The hidden costs of artificial intelligence - from natural resources and labor to privacy, equality, and freedom....

    Regular price: $17.19

    • Standing Up to Federal Prosecutorial Abuse
    • By: Sidney Powell, Harvey A. Silverglate, Adriana Hunter - translator
    • Narrated by: Tanya Eby
    • Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 10-27-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 83 ratings
    • Powell and Silverglate shine a light on the defects of the system: overzealous prosecutors, perjury traps, negligent judges, perverse limits on self-defense, vague and overabundant criminal statutes, insufficient requirements for criminal intent, and no accountability for prosecutors....

    Regular price: $13.75

    • By: Daniel Ellsberg
    • Narrated by: Steven Cooper
    • Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 12-05-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,041 ratings
    • The Doomsday Machine is Ellsberg's hair-raising insider's account of the most dangerous arms buildup in the history of civilization....

    Regular price: $24.30

    • The True Story of How Houston's Deadliest Murderer Turned a Kid into a Killing Machine
    • By: Katherine Ramsland, Tracy Ullman
    • Narrated by: Christina Delaine
    • Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 04-16-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 69 ratings
    • The Serial Killer's Apprentice tells the story of Corll and his accomplices in its fullest form to date. It also explores the concept of "mur-dar" (the predator's instinct for exploitable kids) and how tales like Henley's can aid with early intervention.

    Regular price: $17.49

    • Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War
    • By: Paul Scharre
    • Narrated by: Roger Wayne
    • Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 05-08-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 542 ratings
    • Paul Scharre, a Pentagon defense expert and former U.S. Army Ranger, explores what it would mean to give machines authority over the ultimate decision of life or death....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • AI, Power, and Our Future
    • By: Mustafa Suleyman, Michael Bhaskar - contributor
    • Narrated by: Mustafa Suleyman
    • Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 09-05-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,093 ratings
    • We are approaching a critical threshold in the history of our species. Everything is about to change. Soon you will live surrounded by AIs. They will organize your life, operate your business, and run core government services.

    Regular price: $20.25

    • A Cybernetic History
    • By: Thomas Rid
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 06-28-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 89 ratings
    • As lives offline and online merge, it's easy to forget how we got here. Rise of the Machines reclaims the story of cybernetics, a control theory of man and machine....

    Regular price: $25.79

    • Living and Working with AI
    • By: Ethan Mollick
    • Narrated by: Ethan Mollick
    • Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 04-02-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 711 ratings
    • From Wharton professor and author of the popular One Useful Thing Substack newsletter Ethan Mollick comes the definitive playbook for working, learning, and living in the new age of AI....

    Regular price: $15.75

    • When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence
    • By: Ray Kurzweil
    • Narrated by: Alan Sklar
    • Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 12-16-99
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 547 ratings
    • Imagine a world where the difference between man and machine blurs, where the line between humanity and technology fades, and where the soul and the silicon chip unite. This is not science fiction. This is the twenty-first century according to Ray Kurzweil.

    Regular price: $10.50

    • How Irrationality Created Modern Science
    • By: Michael Strevens
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 11-03-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 132 ratings
    • A paradigm-shifting work that revolutionizes our understanding of the origins and structure of science....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
    • By: Steven Johnson
    • Narrated by: Steven Johnson
    • Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 05-14-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 66 ratings
    • A sweeping account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York and the detective duo who transformed policing to meet the threat—a tale of fanaticism, forensic science, and dynamite from the bestselling author of The Ghost Map.

    Regular price: $20.25

    • How the Science of Acupuncture Explains the Mysteries of Western Medicine
    • By: Daniel Keown
    • Narrated by: Gavin Osborn
    • Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 07-04-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 147 ratings
    • A groundbreaking book showing how the theories of Western and Chinese medicine support each other. Full of good stories and surprising details....

    Regular price: $24.19

    • The Truth About AI from the People Building It
    • By: Martin Ford
    • Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
    • Length: 20 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 11-19-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 76 ratings
    • How will AI evolve and what major innovations are on the horizon? What will its impact be on the job market, economy, and society? What is the path toward human-level machine intelligence? What should we be concerned about as artificial intelligence advances? Find out....

    Regular price: $25.79

    • The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
    • By: Max Fisher
    • Narrated by: Peter Ganim
    • Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 09-06-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 553 ratings
    • A gripping narrative that fuses research, exclusive interviews, and on-the-ground reporting to capture the full inside story of Big Tech’s monomaniacal race to drive engagement—and profits—at all costs....

    Regular price: $28.79

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    • Paths, Dangers, Strategies
    • By: Nick Bostrom
    • Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
    • Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 09-03-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4,367 ratings
    • Nick Bostrom lays the foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life....

    Regular price: $24.95

    • Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics
    • By: Terry Golway
    • Narrated by: Adam Grupper
    • Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 01-07-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 74 ratings
    • A major, surprising new history of New York's most famous political machine - Tammany Hall - revealing, beyond the vice and corruption, a birthplace of progressive urban politics....

    Regular price: $29.95