I know of a YT channel, but I’d prefer not YouTube since I don’t have premium. My library (on hoopla) only has State and revolution, Capital, the communist manifesto, and some random Eugene V Debs and WEB Dubois stuff.

  • ☭ 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 ☭A
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    2 years ago

    You can listen to YouTube videos without ads by downloading them, or through an Invidious instance (e.g. https://yewtu.be), or, if you’re using an Android device, with something like NewPipe. “Socialism for All” has recorded many audiobooks for essential theory and more niche stuff (just ignore his personal streams; he’s a bit of an ultra-leftist).

    @dessalines’s GitHub repo has many links to audiobooks as well, as does lemmy.ml’s Audiobook Torrents community

    • QueerCommieOP
      3·
      2 years ago

      Thanks, yewtu.be works for me, however the links in the audiobook Lemmy group don’t seem to be working.

      • ☭ 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 ☭A
        3·
        2 years ago

        They’re magnet links, so you’d need to download a torrent client like Transmission. (Downloading torrents also means you’ll be uploading parts of it while doing so, so I’d recommend using a VPN just to be safe)

          • ☭ 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 ☭A
            2·
            2 years ago

            Both torrenting and using a VPN should be possible on iOS, although you should probably be careful when torrenting on a device full of proprietary software. (On the other hand, if it’s just audiobooks, it’s entirely possible that it won’t be a problem even if you’re caught doing it.) You could use something like ProtonVPN (free, and Proton has a reasonably good reputation)

            If there are audiobooks available on YouTube, I’d recommend downloading them (e.g. through another Invidious instance such as https://invidious.kavin.rocks where downloading is enabled) and listening to them locally, rather than using any proprietary YouTube app. Really, I’d recommend using Invidious (or Piped, or some other privacy-friendly alternative) when using YouTube in general