The Audacity Of Hope explains the personal, political, and spiritual beliefs behind Barack Obama's 2008 presidential election campaign, which made him the first Black president of the United States.

Mary Ann Sieghart offers a research-packed exploration of how modern-day patriarchy convinces us that women's expertise and authority are less valuable than men's, and shows us what we can do to combat misogyny.

This 1990 feminist classic explores unrealistic beauty standards and the pressures of societal expectation that women experience — from their relationship to food and work to their sexual relations and religion.

Much-loved American humorist, comedian, and author David Sedaris picks his favorite short pieces from his 25-year career.

In this classic work, German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche lays out his influential dramatic and aesthetic theory.

In The Bitcoin Standard, Professor of Economics Saifedean Ammous analyzes the historical context that enabled the rise of bitcoin, and the age-old economic and political problems it purports to solve.

This book reveals why the schooling system is so broken, how it doesn't fulfill its intended purposes and instead creates multiple problems for society, and what we can do to fix it.

In this November 2021 episode of The Ezra Klein Show, guest host Rogé Karma sits down with journalist Sarah Jaffe to discuss the new labor movement gaining traction in the United States.

In The Climate Book, activist Greta Thunberg details the science and history of climate change and rallies us to take individual and collective action.

The Courage To Be Disliked is a Japanese analysis of 19th century psychologist Alfred Adler's work, who established that happiness lies in the hands of each human individual, no matter their past traumas.

The Dark Net dives into the wildest and most dangerous corners of the digital world: self-harmers, cryptocurrency programmers, computer scientists, hackers, extremists, pornographers, vigilantes, and more.

The Daughters of Kobani is the remarkable true story of how an all-female militia fought against ISIS in the Kurdish-majority town of Kobani.

In this March 2023 episode of Today in Focus, the Guardian reporter Michael Safi sheds light on the growing global initiatives to shorten the standard workweek.

A brilliant exploration of modern monetary theory and how we may be able to use it to build a fairer and more prosperous society.

The Turner Prize-winning English artist Grayson Perry critiques and offers alternatives to the prevailing characteristics of masculinity.

In the Drama of the Gifted Child, learn how to confront childhood trauma, avoid passing it on to your own children, release yourself from the pains of the past, and be free to live your life to the full.

Clothes historian Lucy Adlington tells the powerful story of women who used their sewing skills to survive imprisonment in Auschwitz, the Nazis' most infamous death camp.

The Emergence of the Modern Middle East is a course from Tel Aviv University covering the historical, political, and social factors that led to the demise of the Ottoman Empire and shaped the contours of the modern Middle East.

This 1962 book from journalist Louis Fischer presents selections from Mahatma Gandhi's political and spiritual life, which can still inspire bold resistance to injustices many years later.

This book examines the dynamics of power within the United Kingdom, exposing the network of elite politicians, media barons, businesses, and bankers who organize British democracy in a way that keeps themselves at the top.

The Eureka Factor lays out the history of 'aha moments' and lets you in on what causes them and how you can train yourself to experience them more often.