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Brought to you by Penguin. Is this how democracy dies? The Coming Storm is Gabriel Gatehouse’s brilliant exploration of how conspiracy theories are tearing America apart. It’s a story that takes you down a rabbit hole - one that both the US as a nation and he as a journalist fell through -...

The Torture Machine takes listeners from the 1969 murders of Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton and Panther Mark Clark - and the historic 13-years of litigation that followed - through the dogged pursuit of commander Jon Burge, the leader of a torture ring within the CPD that used barbaric methods, including electric shock, to elicit false confessions from suspects.

For decades, history has considered Tammany Hall, New York's famous political machine, shorthand for the worst of urban politics: graft, crime, and patronage personified by notoriously corrupt characters. Infamous crooks like William "Boss" Tweed dominate traditional histories of Tammany, distorting our understanding of a critical chapter of American political history. In Machine Made, historian and New York City journalist Terry Golway convincingly dismantles these stereotypes.

Weekly Standard editor Daniel Halper provides a meticulously researched account of the brilliant calculations, secret deals, and occasionally treacherous maneuverings that led to the Clintons’ return to political prominence. In the twelve years since the Clintons left the White House, they...

In his blockbuster new book, To Save America, former Speaker of the House and best-selling author Newt Gingrich issues a dire warning for America. Gingrich argues that the big-spending, big-government programs and bureaucracies of the secular socialist Left are the greatest threat to our nation’s survival since the Civil War.

"Britain's Financial Machine Mostly Leery of an EU Exit" is from the Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Stephen Castle and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Whether Shaved by Hand or Machine, This Roman Treat Is Just as Frosty" is from the September 8, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Elisabetta Povoledo and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Scary Dogs! Rigged Machines! Votes From the Grave! This Election, Paranoia Reigns" is from the November 1, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Rappeport and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Pistols at the Pool, Machine Guns on Parade and Nothing We Can Do" is from the July 21, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by John Hamilton and narrated by Sam Scholl.