Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens.

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Narrator Rachel Fulginiti is the calming voice behind this alarming audiobook about how Big Tech ate the economy and everyone’s privacy along with it. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Jonathan Smith talk about Rana Foroohar’s account of Big Tech—including Google, Amazon, and Facebook—and the industry’s avarice, lust for power and control, and endless appetite for everyone’s personal data. Listen to learn about the consequences of having only a few key players dominating the online universe.

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Behind the Mic

Behind the Mic

Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile Editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. All in 6 minutes or less. It’s short, sweet, and just what your ears need.