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What's the Matter with Kansas? A Lecture
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By: Keith Koffler
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Better Off Without 'Em
- A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession
- By: Chuck Thompson
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 180
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Let’s talk about secession. Not exactly the most suitable cocktail party conversation starter anywhere in the country, but take that notion deep into the heart of Dixie and you might find yourself running from the possum-hunting conservatives, trailer-park lifers, and prayer warriors Chuck Thompson encountered during the two years he spent traveling the American South asking the question: Would we be better off without ’em?
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5 out of 5 stars
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What can I say? I loved it.
- By Blake on 03-02-14
By: Chuck Thompson
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Every Man a King
- A Short, Colorful History of American Populists
- By: Chris Stirewalt
- Narrated by: Chris Stirewalt
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 115
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American populism has always been home to a fascinating assortment of charismatic leaders, characters, kooks, cranks, and sometimes charlatans who have led the charge of ordinary folks who have gotten wise to the ways of the swamp. Every Man a King tells the stories of America's populist leaders, from Andrew Jackson and Teddy Roosevelt to Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, and Donald Trump. It is a rollicking history of an American attitude that has shaped not only our current moment, but also the long struggle over who gets to define the truths we hold to be self evident.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Education delivered in a most entertaining way.
- By Snaps And Snippets on 09-17-18
By: Chris Stirewalt
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Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right
- What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas
- By: Erica Grieder
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 97
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Texas may well be America’s most controversial state. Evangelicals dominate the halls of power, millions of its people live in poverty, and its death row is the busiest in the country. Skeptical outsiders have found much to be offended by in the state’s politics and attitude, and yet, according to journalist and Texan Erica Grieder, the United States has a great deal to learn from Texas. In Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right, Grieder traces the political history of a state that was always larger than life. From its rowdy beginnings, Texas has combined a long-standing suspicion of government intrusion with a passion for business.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved this book!
- By ccarp on 06-04-14
By: Erica Grieder
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After America
- Get Ready for Armageddon
- By: Mark Steyn
- Narrated by: Mark Steyn
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 701
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In his giant New York Times best seller, America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It, Mark Steyn predicted collapse for the rest of the Western World. Now, he adds, America has caught up with Europe on the great rush to self-destruction. What will a world without American leadership look like? It won’t be pretty—not for you and not for your children. America’s decline won’t be gradual, like an aging Europe sipping espresso at a café until extinction. No, America’s decline will be a wrenching affair marked by violence and possibly secession.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Facts
- By Peter on 11-11-11
By: Mark Steyn
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The Big Sort
- Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart
- By: Bill Bishop, Robert G. Cushing
- Narrated by: Paul Brion
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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In 2004, journalist Bill Bishop coined the term "the big sort". Armed with startling new demographic data, he made national news in a series of articles showing how Americans have been sorting themselves into alarmingly homogeneous communities - not by region or by state but by city and even neighborhood. Over the past three decades, we have been choosing the neighborhoods (and churches and news shows) compatible with our lifestyles and beliefs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Build the Wall?
- By Amazon Customer on 01-23-19
By: Bill Bishop, and others
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Liberal Fascism
- The Secret History of the American Left
- By: Jonah Goldberg
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,172
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"Fascists", "Brownshirts", "jackbooted stormtroopers" - such are the insults typically hurled at conservatives by their liberal opponents. Calling someone a fascist is the fastest way to shut them up, defining their views as beyond the political pale. But who are the real fascists in our midst?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- By Mark on 05-10-08
By: Jonah Goldberg
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Idiot America
- How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free
- By: Charles P. Pierce
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The culture wars are over and the idiots have won. This is a veteran journalist’s caustically funny, righteously angry lament about the glorification of ignorance in the United States. The three Great Premises of Idiot America: · Any theory is valid if it sells books, soaks up ratings, or otherwise moves units; anything can be true if someone says it loudly enough; "fact" is that which enough people believe. And "truth" is determined by how fervently they believe it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You Get What You Paid For
- By Vargas on 09-19-11
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Beyond the Messy Truth
- How We Came Apart, How We Come Together
- By: Van Jones
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 330
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In Beyond the Messy Truth, Jones offers a blueprint for transforming our collective anxiety into meaningful change. Tough on Donald Trump but showing respect and empathy for his supporters, Jones takes aim at the failures of both parties before and after Trump's victory. He urges both sides to abandon the politics of accusation and focus on real solutions. Calling us to a deeper patriotism, he shows us how to get down to the vital business of solving, together, some of our toughest problems.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I never hated anyone before
- By Joanna Bugajska on 11-17-17
By: Van Jones
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The Great Revolt
- By: Salena Zito, Brad Todd
- Narrated by: Bob Hess
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 396
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Standout syndicated columnist and CNN contributor Salena Zito, with veteran Republican strategist Brad Todd, reports across five swing states and over 27,000 miles to answer the pressing question: Was Donald Trump's election a fluke or did it represent a fundamental shift in the electorate that will have repercussions - for Republicans and Democrats - for years to come.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Explaining Trump's 2016 presidential victory
- By Wayne on 05-10-18
By: Salena Zito, and others
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Bullies
- How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences Americans
- By: Ben Shapiro
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,643
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Ben Shapiro uncovers the simple strategy used by liberals and their friends in the media: bully the living hell out of conservatives. Play the race card, the class card, the sexism card. Use any and every means at your disposal to demonize your opposition - to shut them up. Then pretend that such bullying is justified because, after all, conservatives are the true bullies and need to be taught a lesson for their intolerance.
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3 out of 5 stars
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i wish shapiro narrated it
- By michelle on 03-25-17
By: Ben Shapiro
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The Corrosion of Conservatism
- Why I Left the Right
- By: Max Boot
- Narrated by: Max Boot
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 251
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Warning that the Trump presidency presages America’s decline, Max Boot, the political commentator, recounts his extraordinary journey from lifelong Republican to vehement Trump opponent. As nativism, xenophobia, vile racism, and assaults on the rule of law threaten the very fabric of our nation, The Corrosion of Conservatism presents an urgent defense of American democracy.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not an intellectual tour de force!
- By Wayne on 07-14-19
By: Max Boot
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Stayin' Alive
- The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class
- By: Jefferson R. Cowie
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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A wide-ranging cultural and political history that will forever redefine a misunderstood decade, Stayin' Alive is prize-winning historian Jefferson Cowie's remarkable account of how working-class America hit the rocks in the political and economic upheavals of the 1970s. In this edgy and incisive book, Cowie, with "an ear for the power and poetry of vernacular speech" (Cleveland Plain Dealer), reveals America's fascinating path from rising incomes and optimism of the New Deal to the widening economic inequalities and dampened expectations of the present.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Couldn’t get past “rank and file”
- By A. Arena on 10-13-21
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Disintegration
- The Splintering of Black America
- By: Eugene Robinson
- Narrated by: Alan Bomar Jones
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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The African American population in the United States has always been seen as a single entity: a "Black America" with unified interests and needs. In his groundbreaking book Disintegration, longtime Washington Post journalist Eugene Robinson argues that, through decades of desegregation, affirmative action, and immigration, the concept of Black America has shattered.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Written for Popular Consumption
- By Catherine S. Read on 06-03-11
By: Eugene Robinson
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The Audacity of Hope
- Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
- By: Barack Obama
- Narrated by: Barack Obama
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,702
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In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics: a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the "endless clash of armies" we see in Congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of "our improbable experiment in democracy".
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5 out of 5 stars
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My Fellow Conservatives, Give This A Listen
- By Dallas D.L. on 02-12-15
By: Barack Obama
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Cowards
- What Politicians, Radicals, and the Media Refuse to Say
- By: Glenn Beck
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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As we approach the most important presidential election in America’s history, something has been lost among all of the debates, attack ads, and super- PACs - something that Americans used to hold in very high regard: THE TRUTH. The truth can no longer be something we hope for; it must be something we live. When courage prevails, cowards do not - and this book was written to ensure that’s exactly what happens.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Guess what... Its by Glenn Beck!!
- By Joseph on 07-17-12
By: Glenn Beck
What listeners say about What's the Matter with Kansas? A Lecture
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Bill
- 11-26-04
Must haver struck a nerve
The people who disagree with this book sound like "Rush-a-oholics". These right wingers can't stand the truth. They probably believe every word of Ann Coulter.
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- JT
- 12-31-18
OK, nothing to compare it too without the book
Would have preferred the book. This lecture didn't get into a lot of data and was lacking on actual facts. A lot of the material seemed somewhat obvious.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- George
- 11-26-04
An insider's insights
Thomas Frank explores the modern conundrum: why do people vote against their own self-interest? Mr. Frank was raised in Mission Hills, Kansas the tony suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. The insights he brings to this work are the product of a lifetime's experience. Beginning with the Populist movement of the 1890's and exploring the mechanism behind the shift in the popular perception of policy. Mr. Frank interviewed Kay O'Connor, the state rep. from Olathe who made the national press by declaring that women's suffrage was a factor in the moral decay of the nation. Mr. Frank makes the state legislator's paradoxical position on women and the universal franchise understandable. He explores how the electorate embraces a female legislator opposed to women voting and why they return O'Connor to the house when she opposes public education, evolution, unions, a progressive income tax and abortion. A fascinating bit of reportage and well worth the time. Mr. Frank should record his whole book!
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- Keith
- 03-23-17
Great book...if you have an open mind.
This book explains why our vicious cycle of political stupidity and ignorance continues. Veryv good!
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- Tiffany B
- 05-05-21
Well reasoned and researched
Outstanding broad view of how we got to this contentious time in our national history ....all through the lens of the curious case of Kansas politics.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- nematollah
- 12-03-11
what's the matter with Audible.com?
It is a abridged version! You only get to listen to the chapter 1!
Don't get me wrong, I like the first chapter but my question is from Audible: why did you bother to put it in your library anyway? it is not a book just one lecture.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- John Walsh
- 02-28-23
Great Read
A real eye opener , a must Read for the working class, I mean "Listen." This author's work stands on it's own You should also listen to "Listen liberal" An excellent book And An excellent explanation of The rose of society today.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Jason F. Goldberg
- 02-07-05
What a waste
I downloaded this lecture based on the media hype. I can't tell if the author is being totally serious, is some kind of satirist, or what, but I couldn't manage to listen to the whole 44 minutes (the portion I heard was interminable). Okay, so I'm only slightly left of center politically- I still like a dash of logic and analysis mixed in with my vitriol.
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- Fay Whittaker
- 05-27-19
Warning!
I thought I was purchasing the book, instead I got a lecture based on the book. While the lecture was informative and well done, it was not what I thought I was getting
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Robert
- 11-28-04
A Lecture is right!
But I don't want to be lectured! I want to experience a wide range of thoughts. The backlash will continue as long as liberals continue to to accuse those of us of the conservative persuation that we are uninformed dupes. These reviews are really something. Steve writes a review that is informative and well thought out. But because his thinking is right, he must be wrong.
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