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Talking to Strangers
- What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 71,135
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 61,600
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 61,235
How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each other that isn't true? While tackling these questions, Malcolm Gladwell was not solely writing a book for the page. He was also producing for the ear. In the audiobook version of Talking to Strangers, you’ll hear the voices of people he interviewed - scientists, criminologists, military psychologists.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable listen with some facts incorrect
- By Jim on 09-11-19
- Talking to Strangers
- What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
Story time with Malcolm
Reviewed: 01-14-24
True to form, Gladwell fills this book full of fascinating stories. The performance of this audiobook was better than the book itself. Sets the new standard for audiobooks should function.
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Stony the Road
- Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
- By: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 395
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 345
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 342
A profound new rendering of the struggle by African Americans for equality after the Civil War and the violent counterrevolution that resubjugated them, as seen through the prism of the war of images and ideas that have left an enduring racist stain on the American mind.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Valuable examination of Jim Crow and Rise of White Supremacy in America
- By William J Brown on 05-14-19
- Stony the Road
- Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
- By: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Between Emancipation and Civil Rights
Reviewed: 12-29-23
It was over 100 years prior to the Civil Rights Era that Emancipation occurred the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were passed. Gates makes it clear what was going on in that century - the whys and hows racism continued to get woven into the fabric of American society - our laws, our economy, commercial images, private discourse, and "science." A necessary read if you want to understand why - other than a vague reference to the Jim Crow south - the Civil Rights Movement was needed and why equality still evades us.
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The Upswing
- How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
- By: Robert D. Putnam, Shaylyn Romney Garrett - contributor
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 120
Deep and accelerating inequality; unprecedented political polarization; vitriolic public discourse; a fraying social fabric; public and private narcissism — Americans today seem to agree on only one thing: This is the worst of times. But we’ve been here before. During the Gilded Age of the late 1800s, America was highly individualistic, starkly unequal, fiercely polarized, and deeply fragmented, just as it is today.
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2 out of 5 stars
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For Progressives only. Won't make sense otherwise
- By Dennis G. on 12-19-20
- The Upswing
- How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
- By: Robert D. Putnam, Shaylyn Romney Garrett - contributor
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
The Past is Prologue
Reviewed: 12-27-23
This book does what few do - refuses to make bold conclusions based on limited evidence. No blueprints or definitive answers here. Just a rich conversation of varied and dynamic movements that shaped the nature of American culture.
In charting 125 years of American history where we have gone from an “I” society to a “We” society and then back to “I”, the authors examine how in economics, politics, culture, and society we have abandoned a more communitarian impulse for hyper individualism. But getting to WE again means not just looking ahead but looking back to how we’ve turned that curve before.
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Weathering
- The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society
- By: Dr. Arline T. Geronimus
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story5 out of 5 stars 30
Dr. Arline T. Geronimus coined the term “weathering” to describe the effects of systemic oppression—including racism and classism—on the body. In Weathering, based on more than 30 years of research, she argues that health and aging have more to do with how society treats us than how well we take care of ourselves. She explains what happens to human bodies as they attempt to withstand and overcome the challenges and insults that society leverages at them, and details how this process ravages their health. And she proposes solutions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So glad I listened to this
- By Danielle on 02-06-24
- Weathering
- The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society
- By: Dr. Arline T. Geronimus
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo
Racism - interpersonal and systemic - has profound health impacts
Reviewed: 12-23-23
This work explores how racism impacts people at a molecular level - increasing disease and shortening lives. Outlawing segregation and discrimination did not heal us. We have much work to do to ensure everyone has access to a healthy and free life. Read and learn more about what can be done
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Built from the Fire
- The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street; One Hundred Years in the Neighborhood That Refused to Be Erased
- By: Victor Luckerson
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
When Ed Goodwin moved with his parents to the Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, his family joined a community soon to become the center of black life in the West. But just a few years later, on May 31, 1921, the teenaged Ed hid in a bathtub as a white mob descended on his neighborhood, laying waste to thirty-five blocks and murdering as many as three hundred people in one of the worst acts of racist violence in U.S. history. The Goodwins and their neighbors soon rebuilt the district into “a Mecca,” in Ed’s words, where nightlife thrived and small businesses flourished. E
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant and Moving
- By Peter Riley on 07-24-23
- Built from the Fire
- The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street; One Hundred Years in the Neighborhood That Refused to Be Erased
- By: Victor Luckerson
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
Profound. Thorough. Compelling. Salient.
Reviewed: 09-19-23
This story is a microcosm of the reason why our cities are still defined by such drastic spatial inequities. Greenwood, and other historically Black neighborhoods, weren’t just the victims of one tragic event but generations of harm and disinvestment. We need this story.
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Arbitrary Lines
- How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It
- By: M. Nolan Gray
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
The arbitrary lines of zoning maps across the country have come to dictate where Americans may live and work, forcing cities into a pattern of growth that is segregated and sprawling. The good news is that reform is in the air, with states across the country critically reevaluating zoning. In cities as diverse as Minneapolis, Fayetteville, and Hartford, the key pillars of zoning are under fire, with apartment bans being scrapped, minimum lot sizes dropping, and off-street parking requirements disappearing altogether.
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5 out of 5 stars
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End Zoning
- By Vance V. Ginn on 04-03-24
- Arbitrary Lines
- How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It
- By: M. Nolan Gray
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
A compelling case to abolish zoning
Reviewed: 08-06-23
The author argues that the 100 yr old experiment with zoning has not only created vast inequities and perpetuated racial and classist segregation, but it has failed to fulfill the promises it makes. This book makes a strong case that our cities will be more profitable, productive, livable, and equitable if we abolish - not just reform - zoning.
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Race for Profit
- How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership
- By: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 112
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 90
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Story5 out of 5 stars 89
Race for Profit uncovers how exploitative real estate practices continued well after housing discrimination was banned. The same racist structures and individuals remained intact after redlining's end, and close relationships between regulators and the industry created incentives to ignore improprieties. Meanwhile, new policies meant to encourage low-income homeownership created new methods to exploit Black homeowners.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Race for Profit
- By Hewti on 12-03-20
- Race for Profit
- How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership
- By: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
Powerful. Thoroughly researched. Necessary.
Reviewed: 07-30-23
Taylor makes undeniable that historic and President residential segregation as well as vast inequality is not the result of personal choice but the concentrated efforts of federal and local government along with the banking and real estate industries to extract and exploit Black life, property, and neighborhoods. The rule: profit and/or power over people.
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The Sum of Us
- What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
- By: Heather McGhee
- Narrated by: Heather McGhee
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3,778
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,316
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,287
Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. From the financial crisis of 2008 to rising student debt to collapsing public infrastructure, she found a root problem: racism in our politics and policymaking. But not just in the most obvious indignities for people of color. Racism has costs for white people, too. It is the common denominator of our most vexing public problems, the core dysfunction of our democracy and constitutive of the spiritual and moral crises that grip us all.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book but Recording tech is poor. Glitches
- By Jeannepup on 02-25-21
- The Sum of Us
- What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
- By: Heather McGhee
- Narrated by: Heather McGhee
Should be required reading
Reviewed: 07-02-23
Salient. Researched. Accessible. Transformative. Necessary. The author proves that we are not in a zero sum game where one group’s advancement harms another. This is about “solidarity dividends” - being better together. We must reckon honestly and collectively about our racial hierarchy and collectively and courageously build a future where we belong to one another.
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