A full cast of Asian-American narrators take listeners on a vibrant and thought-provoking journey through Asian-American pop cultural history. Journalist Yang, blogger Yu, and producer Wang's fun and poignant history is recounted through multilayered essays, playlists, and interviews. With deftness and conviction, the narrators alternate between playfully celebrating Asian-American accomplishments and thoughtfully reflecting on the challenges that Asian-Americans, including notable actors, writers, and politicians, have encountered. These challenges continue even now, as demonstrated by the continued suspicion of Muslim and Sikh Asian-Americans and the escalation of anti-Asian hate crimes during COVID-19. While some listeners may miss the maps, illustrations, and other visual elements found in the print version, all will be moved by this illuminating and authentically told history.
Pub Date: March 1, 2022
Duration: 19 hrs, 45 mins
DD ISBN: 9780358581888
Publisher: Harper Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
The mysteries of Easter Island point to some familiar culprits.
British archeologist Pitts proves a compelling narrator for his solidly researched history of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island. Conventional wisdom sees the ruin of Rapa Nui as a case of ecological collapse, its limited resources squandered on erecting hundreds of giant stone heads. In a steady, subdued voice, Pitts tracks another history. Rapa Nui was first visited by westerners in 1722, and the inhabitants suffered the fate of many native peoples: slave raids, novel diseases, and cultural erasure by missionaries. One by one, Pitt demolishes the various conjectures Rapa Nui has since inspired while building solid evidence for another, more plausible narrative with a very different message to impart.
The mysteries of Easter Island point to some familiar culprits.Pub Date: Jan. 27, 2026
Duration: 12 hrs, 15 mins
DD ISBN: 9780063344709
Publisher: Harper Audio
Review Posted Online: Feb. 24, 2026
Julian Brave NoiseCat delivers a tribute, a social history, and an insightful series of reports from Indian Country. His knowledge of Northwest Salish languages and folkways informs this finely written and thoughtfully delivered audiobook. NoiseCat's witty and erudite pieces on the mythology of Coyote, his unflinching accounts of the horrors of Canadian boarding schools, and his descriptions of the features of contemporary tribes in North America do the listener a real service. He also tells his own family's story: His father, a noted wood-carver, was found in an incinerator; his grandfather was the progenitor of dozens of offspring, and his own remarkable career as co-director of a Sundance Award-winning film and an accomplished powwow dancer adds to the wide-angle story.
Pub Date: Oct. 14, 2025
Duration: 15 hrs
DD ISBN: 9798217165506
Publisher: Random House Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
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