Banned Books: Censored & Forbidden Audiobooks
This podcast presents full audiobook recordings of books that have been banned, censored, or suppressed throughout history. It covers a wide range of controversial and forbidden literature, from politically suppressed texts to novels once considered obscene or immoral. Each episode features a complete audiobook, allowing listeners to experience these powerful works in their entirety. The goal is to keep these classic and often-challenged works freely accessible to everyone.
Episodes
🟡 Experiments in Plant Hybridisation (Full Audiobook) | Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel was an Augustinian monk in the St. Thomas monastery in Brno.Author: Gregor MendelLength: 2 hours 13 minutesGenre: Life SciencesChapters:00:00 - Chapter 103:41 - Chapter 207:22 - Chapter 312:53 - Chapter 418:23 - Chapter 527:21 - Chapter 636:18 - Chapter 741:12 - Chapter 846:06 - Chapter 955:53 - Chapter 1001:05:40 - Chapter 1101:11:17 - Chapter 1201:16:54 - Chapter 1301:21:44 - Chapt
🟡 Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War (Full Audiobook) | Eugenia Dunlap Potts
While claiming to be historical papers on the causes of the United States Civil War, the author indulges in some Slavery Apologetics. An interesting view from a Southern lady on what caused the war and why the South was the underdog.Author: Eugenia Dunlap PottsLength: 1 hours 26 minutesGenre: Political Science, Modern (19th C)Chapters:00:00 - Chapter 115:20 - Chapter 234:34 - Chapter 358:44 - Chap
🟡 Vices are not Crimes (Full Audiobook) | Lysander Spooner
Lysander Spooner (1808 - 1887) was an American individualist anarchist, entrepreneur, political philosopher, abolitionist, supporter of the labour movement, and legal theorist of the nineteenth century. Here he gives his views on the role of Governments in the private lives of their citizens (Summary by Annise).Author: Lysander SpoonerLength: 1 hours 16 minutesGenre: *Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poli
🟡 Sabotage (Full Audiobook) | Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was a leading American socialist and feminist. Her book "Sabotage, the conscious withdrawal of the workers' industrial efficiency" was written to explain the utility and legality of sabotage.Author: Elizabeth Gurley FlynnLength: 53 minutesGenre: Education, Political ScienceChapters:00:00 - Chapter 101:05 - Chapter 205:11 - Chapter 307:28 - Chapter 411:54 - Chapter
🟡 Servile State (Full Audiobook) | Hilaire Belloc
A clear boundary exists between the servile and the non-servile condition of labour, and the conditions upon either side of that boundary utterly differ one from another, Where there is compulsion applicable by positive law to men of a certain status, such compulsion enforced in the last resort by the powers at the disposal of the State, there is the institution of Slavery ; and if that institutio
🟡 Autobiography (Full Audiobook) | John Stuart Mill
Autobiography\nJohn Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 - 8 May 1873), British philosopher, political economist, civil servant and Member of Parliament, was an influential liberal thinker of the 19th century. He was an exponent of utilitarianism, an ethical theory developed by Jeremy Bentham, although his conception of it was very different from Bentham's. He was a forceful proponent in the fight for governm
🟡 Wealth of Nations, Book 4 (Full Audiobook) | Adam Smith (Part 2 of 2)
Part 2 of 2 of this complete audiobook.Wealth of Nations, Book 4\nAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9, 1776 during the Scottish Enlightenment. It is a clearly written account of political economy at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, and is widely considered to be the first modern work in t
🟡 Wealth of Nations, Book 4 (Full Audiobook) | Adam Smith (Part 1 of 2)
Part 1 of 2 of this complete audiobook.Wealth of Nations, Book 4\nAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9, 1776 during the Scottish Enlightenment. It is a clearly written account of political economy at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, and is widely considered to be the first modern work in t
🟡 Nostromo (Full Audiobook) | Joseph Conrad (Part 2 of 2)
Part 2 of 2 of this complete audiobook.Nostromo\nSeor Gould is a native Costaguanan of English descent who owns the silver-mining concession in Sulaco. He is tired of the political instability in Costaguana and its concomitant corruption, and puts his weight behind the Ribierist project, which he believes will finally bring stability to the country after years of misrule and tyranny by self-servin
🟡 Nostromo (Full Audiobook) | Joseph Conrad (Part 1 of 2)
Part 1 of 2 of this complete audiobook.Nostromo\nSeor Gould is a native Costaguanan of English descent who owns the silver-mining concession in Sulaco. He is tired of the political instability in Costaguana and its concomitant corruption, and puts his weight behind the Ribierist project, which he believes will finally bring stability to the country after years of misrule and tyranny by self-servin
🟡 Plunkitt of Tammany Hall (Full Audiobook) | George Washington Plunkitt
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall\n"I seen my opportunities and I took 'em. ", George Washington Plunkitt of Tamminy Hall. There's good graft and bad graft according to Plunkitt.\nAuthor: George Washington PlunkittLength: 3 hours 0 minutesGenre: Political Science, Memoirs\nChapters:00:00 - Chapter 105:27 - Chapter 212:56 - Chapter 321:14 - Chapter 432:20 - Chapter 539:46 - Chapter 647:07 - Chapte
🟡 Conquest of Bread (Full Audiobook) | Peter Kropotkin
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com In this work, Kropotkin points out what he considers to be the fallacies of the economic systems of feudalism and capitalism, and how he believes they create poverty and scarcity while promoting privilege. He goes on to propose a more decentralised economic system based on mutual aid and voluntary cooperation, asserting that the tendencies for this kind
🟡 Two Treatises of Civil Government (Full Audiobook) | John Locke
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The <em>Two Treatises of Civil Government</em> is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke. The <em>First Treatise</em> is an extended attack on Sir Robert Filmer's <em>Patriarcha</em>, which argued for a divinely-ordained, hereditary, absolute monarchy. Author: John Locke Length: 11
🟡 What Prohibition Has Done to America (Full Audiobook) | Fabian Franklin
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com In <i>What Prohibition Has Done to America</i>, Fabian Franklin presents a concise but forceful argument against the Eighteenth Amendment of the U. S. Author: Fabian Franklin Length: 2 hours 21 minutes Genre: Law, Political Science, Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 10:22 - Chapter 2 21:12 - Chapter 3 33
🟡 Wealth of Nations, Book 2 and 3 (Full Audiobook) | Adam Smith
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9, 1776 during the Scottish Enlightenment. It is a clearly written account of political economy at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, and is widely considered to be the first modern work in the field of economics
🟡 Jailed For Freedom (Full Audiobook) | Doris Stevens
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A first-hand account of the 1913-1919 campaign of American suffragettes, detailing their treatment at the hands of the courts, and the true conditions of their incarceration. (Summary by Sarah Jennings). Author: Doris Stevens Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Genre: *Non-fiction, History, Political Science Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 29:48 - Chapter 2 54:51 -
🟡 Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War: Some Perspectives (Full Audiobook) | United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com This is a concise yet thorough explanation of what might happen to our world in the aftermath of a nuclear war. The myriad of potential effects will be global and wide-spread. Author: United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Length: 55 minutes Genre: Political Science, Science Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 15:26 - Chapter 2 39:47 - Chapter 3 #Ful
🟡 Reflections on War and Death (Full Audiobook) | Sigmund Freud
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Anyone, as Freud tells us in <i>Reflections on War and Death</i>, forced to react against his own impulses may be described as a hypocrite, whether he is conscious of it or not. One might even venture to assert-it is still Freud's argument-that our contemporary civilisation favours this sort of hypocrisy and that there are more civilised hyp
🟡 Wealth of Nations, Book 1 (Full Audiobook) | Adam Smith
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9, 1776 during the Scottish Enlightenment. It is a clearly written account of political economy at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, and is widely considered to be the first modern work in the field of economics
🟡 Philippics (Full Audiobook) | Marcus Tullius Cicero
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A philippic is a fiery, damning speech delivered to condemn a particular political actor. The term originates with Demosthenes, who delivered an attack on Philip II of Macedon in the 4th century BCE. Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), Political Science, Antiquity Chapters: 00:00 - Chap
🟡 Zadig or the Book of Fate (Full Audiobook) | Voltaire
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Zadig, ou La Destine, ("Zadig, or The Book of Fate") (1747) is a famous novel written by the French Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. It tells the story of Zadig, a philosopher in ancient Babylonia. Author: Voltaire Length: 3 hours 47 minutes Genre: General Fiction, Satire Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 05:19 - Chapter 2 14:52 - Chapter 3 20:59 - Chapter
🟡 Dead (Remastered) (Full Audiobook) | James Joyce
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com This novella is the final story in Joyce's collection Dubliners. It describes a Christmas party given by Kate and Julia Morkan, two elderly Dublin ladies, that is attended by their nephew, Gabriel Conroy, and his wife. Author: James Joyce Length: 1 hours 36 minutes Genre: Short Stories Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 23:40 - Chapter 2 41:26 - Chapter 3 01:0
🟡 Bill of Rights (Full Audiobook) | United States Government
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, and were ratified on December 15, 1791. Author: United States Government Length: 1 hours 31 minutes Genre: *Non-fiction, Law, Political Science Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 03:56 - Chapter 2 07:28 - Chapter 3 11:14 - Chapter 4 15:00 - Chapter 5 18:57 - Chapter 6 23:11 - Ch
🟡 Insurrection in Dublin (Full Audiobook) | James Stephens
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The Easter Rising was a rebellion staged in Ireland in Easter Week, 1916. The Rising was an attempt by militant Irish republicans to win independence from Britain by force of arms. Author: James Stephens Length: 2 hours 10 minutes Genre: Political Science Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 32:10 - Chapter 2 01:00:43 - Chapter 3 01:34:06 - Chapter 4 #FullAudiob
🟡 Eleven Theses on Feuerbach (Full Audiobook) | Karl Marx
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The "Theses on Feuerbach" are eleven short philosophical notes written by Karl Marx in 1845. They outline a critique of the ideas of Marx's fellow Young Hegelian philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach. Author: Karl Marx Length: 6 minutes Genre: Philosophy, Political Science #FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #FreeAudiobook #PublicDomain This aud
🟡 Apology of Socrates (Alternate Reading) (Full Audiobook) | Plato ()
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Plato's account of Socrates' defense at his trial for "corrupting the youth" is a classic summation of his teacher's life and mission, centered in Socrates' most famous line, "The unexamined life is not worth living. " - Written by FrZeile. Author: Plato () Length: 1 hours 15 minutes Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), Ancient Chapters: 00:00
🟡 Common Sense (Full Audiobook) | Thomas Paine
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Common Sense, Paine's pro-independence monograph published anonymously on 10 January 1776, spread quickly among literate colonists. Within three months, 120,000 copies are alleged to have been distributed throughout the colonies, which themselves totaled only four million free inhabitants, making it the best-selling work in 18th-century America. Author:
🟡 Candide (Alternate Reading) (Full Audiobook) | Voltaire
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com <em>Candide</em> is a relentless, brutal assault on government, society, religion, education, and, above all, optimism. Dr. Author: Voltaire Length: 4 hours 4 minutes Genre: General Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 08:04 - Chapter 2 14:14 - Chapter 3 20:04 - Chapter 4 25:43 - Chapter 5 34:05 - Chapter 6 40:39 - Chapter 7 44:07 - Chapter 8
🟡 Leviathan (Books I and II) (Full Audiobook) | Thomas Hobbes
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly called Leviathan, is a book written in 1651 by Thomas Hobbes. It is titled after the biblical Leviathan. Author: Thomas Hobbes Length: 11 hours 33 minutes Genre: Political Science, Early Modern Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 08:28 - Chapter 2 13:14 - Chapter 3
🟡 Prince (Full Audiobook) | Niccol Machiavelli
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com <i>ll Principe</i> (The Prince) is a political treatise by the Florentine writer Niccol Machiavelli, originally called "De Principatibus" (About Principalities). It was written around 1513, but not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death. Author: Niccol Machiavelli Length: 5 hours 54 minutes Genre: *Non-fiction, Philosophy
🟡 Communist Manifesto (Full Audiobook) | Friedrich Engels
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote their <i>Manifesto</i> in December 1847, as a guide to the fundamental principles and practices of Communists. The <i>Manifesto</i> also predicted the ultimate downfall of the capitalist system. Author: Friedrich Engels Length: 1 hours 36 minutes Genre: *Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology Cha
🟡 On Liberty (Full Audiobook) | John Stuart Mill
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Published in 1859, On Liberty details Mill's view that individuals should be left wholly free to engage in any activity, thought or belief that does not harm others. Simple though it sounds, it is a position that challenges our ideas on the very nature of government and society, and sheds light on some of the key issues we face today. Author: John Stuar
🟡 Picture of Dorian Gray (Full Audiobook) | Oscar Wilde
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Dorian Gray, a young man of wealth and stature in late 1800's London, meets Lord Henry Wotton while posing for a portrait by his friend Basil Hallward. Once the painting is complete, Dorian realizes that it will always be young and attractive, while he will be forced to age and wither with the years. Author: Oscar Wilde Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Genre:
🟡 Art of War (Full Audiobook) | Sun Tzu
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com "The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise written during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been praised as the definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time. Author: Sun Tzu Length: 1 hours 12 minutes Genre: Classic Strategy Classic Chapters: 00:0
🟡 Sister Carrie (Full Audiobook) | Theodore Dreiser
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) was an American author of the naturalist school, known for dealing with the gritty reality of life. Sister Carrie (1900) is his first novel and tells the story of a young country girl who moves to the big city (Chicago) where she starts realizing her own American Dream by first becoming a mistress to powerful men and later a
🟡 Madame Bovary (Full Audiobook) | Gustave Flaubert
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Published in book form in April 1857, the novel focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Though the basic plot is rather simple, even archetypal, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden patterns. This is Madame Bovary by
🟡 Rights Of Man (Full Audiobook) - Challenged American Classic | Thomas Paine
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A book in 2 Parts, published in 1791 and 1792. Part First denounces Edmund Burke's defense of monarchy and his attacks against the French Revolution, and in plain layman's language traces the birth and fallacy of monarchy, and the source of man's inalienable rights. This is Rights Of Man by Thomas Paine - a suppressed political classic. Featured on Bann
🟡 Common Sense (Full Audiobook) – A Revolutionary Political Classic | Thomas Paine
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Common Sense, Paine's pro-independence monograph published anonymously on 10 January 1776, spread quickly among literate colonists. Within three months, 120,000 copies are alleged to have been distributed throughout the colonies, which themselves totaled only four million free inhabitants, making it the best-selling work in 18th-century America. This is
🟡 White Fang (Full Audiobook) | Jack London
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com White Fang (1906) was written as a companion to Jack London's successful Call of the Wild (1903). It is the tale of a wild dog born in the wild and eventually brought to civilization. This is White Fang by Jack London Featured on Banned Books: Censored & Forbidden Audiobooks, this release highlights why certain books have been challenged, restricted
🟡 Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (Remastered) (Full Audiobook) | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Mary Shelley's 1818 novel presents the Faustian story of a man who aspires to create life out of death, with disastrous results. The novel is constructed as a series of first-person narratives, delivered by Captain Robert Walton, Victor Frankenstein, and his Creature, which makes it perfect for a dramatic reading. This is Frankenstein, or The Modern Pro
🟡 Lysistrata (Full Audiobook) – The Banned Anti-War Classic That Shocked Society | Aristophanes
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The women of Athens are sick of the Peloponnesian war that has dragged on for year after year after year, causing great hardship to everyone. They decide to deny the men sex until they agree to make peace, using the one thing that perhaps men enjoy more than killing each other. This is Lysistrata (Remastered) by Aristophanes - a suppressed political cla
🟡 Ulysses S. Grant (Full Audiobook) — A Challenged Classic of Violence and Power | Owen Wister
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Ulysses S. Grant was the great hero (for the North) in the Civil War and the 18th President of the United States. This is Ulysses S. Grant by Owen Wister — a challenged classic of violence and power. Featured on Banned Books: Censored & Forbidden Audiobooks, this release highlights why certain books have been challenged, restricted, condemned, or tr
🟡 Lysistrata (Alternate Reading) (Full Audiobook) — A Censored Classic of Scandal and Obscenity | Aristophanes
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Lysistrata has had enough. She is tired of the constant war that is ravaging Greece and has come up with a solution: Together with female friends from other Greek cities, she persuades all women of Greece to pledge an oath and refrain from all sexual contact with their husbands and lovers. This is Lysistrata (Remastered) by Aristophanes — a censored cla
🟡 Dracula’s Guest & Other Weird Tales (Full Audiobook) — A Dark Classic of Fear and Moral Panic | Bram Stoker
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Nine Gothic Horror Tales by the author of Dracula. This is Dracula's Guest & Other Weird Tales by Bram Stoker — a dark classic of fear and moral panic. Featured on Banned Books: Censored & Forbidden Audiobooks, this release highlights why certain books have been challenged, restricted, condemned, or treated as dangerous because of the ideas they
🟡 Frankenstein (Full Audiobook) (Alternate Reading) |Mary Shelley
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Frankenstein begins in epistolary form, documenting the correspondence between Captain Robert Walton and his sister, Margaret Walton Saville. Walton sets out to explore the North Pole and expand his scientific knowledge in hopes of achieving fame and friendship. This is Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus (version 3) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley —
🟡 Dubliners (Alternate Reading) (Full Audiobook) Suppressed Political Classic | James Joyce
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. This is Dubliners (Version 2) by James Joyce — a suppressed political classic. Featured on Banned Books: Censored & Forbidden Audiobooks, thi
🟡 Lysistrata (Full Audiobook) — The Ancient Play Banned for Obscenity | Aristophanes
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Lysistrata read by a group of college students. First performed in classical Athens c. This is Lysistrata by Aristophanes — a censored classic of scandal and obscenity. Featured on Banned Books: Censored & Forbidden Audiobooks, this release highlights why certain books have been challenged, restricted, condemned, or treated as dangerous because of t
🟡 Frankenstein (Full Audiobook) — Mary Shelley
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley. Shelley wrote the novel when she was 18 years old. This is Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus (1818) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley — a suppressed political classic. Featured on Banned Books: Censored & Forbidden Audiobooks, this release highlights why
🟡 Candide (Full Audiobook) — The Controversial Classic That Mocked Authority | Voltaire
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Candide, ou l’Optimisme, (“Candide, or Optimism”) (1759) is a picaresque novel by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. Voltaire never openly admitted to having written the controversial Candide; the work is signed with a pseudonym: “Monsieur le docteur Ralph”, literally “Mister Doctor Ralph. This is Candide by Voltaire — a dark classic of fear and mo
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