what audio books should I listen to?
about history, human nature or science. Examples would be Antony Beevor, Atul Gawande or Carl Sagan.
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If you've never studied socialism, Blackshirts and Reds is a fantastic intro to the USSR. Better yet, just listening to the author's 1986 Lecture is phenomenal.
I have a big list, I'll send it. One would be
Martin Rees - Just Six Numbers
Dan Dennett - kinds of minds
Steven pinker - how the mind works
Aldous Huxley - The doors of perception
Brian Greene - The fabric of the cosmos
Richard Feynman - surely you're joking Mr Feynman
Carl Sagan - pale blue dot
I feel like everyone could read/listen to "Man's Search for Meaning" by Frankl
Pema Chodron's Welcoming the Unwelcomed is good. So is nonviolent communication by Marshall Rosenberg.
Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan and Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
demon haunted world Sagan and sapiens yuval hararri
I'd recommend "Merchants of doubt" by Naomi Oreskes. Scientific and political history of climate and science denial.