Khodaee Audio Book Summaries on History and Politics

On China, by Henry Kissinger, in 32 minutes

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:57:42 +0000

On China
✍ By: Henry Kissinger
🎧 Narrated by: Esfandiar Khodaee
⏰ Duration: 32 minutes

How did China rise from a century of humiliation to become one of the world's leading powers? And why does its rivalry with the United States increasingly shape the future of the international order?

Henry Kissinger — the architect of the historic U.S.–China opening — draws on fifty years of diplomacy and conversations with four generations of Chinese leaders to answer these questions. His central argument: China cannot be understood through Western assumptions alone.

A essential listen for anyone trying to make sense of the most important geopolitical rivalry of our time.

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Book Summary: The Narrow Corridor by Acemoglu and Robinson

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 09:50:50 +0000

📙 The Narrow Corridor
(Audio Summary)

✍️ Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
🎤 Dr. Esfandiar Khodaee
⏰ 39 minutes

If we had to summarize this 640-page book in a single sentence, it would be this: lasting liberty depends on a balance of power between the state and society. Society must be strong enough to hold despotism in check, and the state must be strong enough to prevent chaos.

The authors, winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics, argue that liberty is not a gift from a benevolent ruler. It is the result of a constructive rivalry between the state and society...

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