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A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind by Harriet A. Washington

A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind runs 10.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ron Butler (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.3listening hrs
Medicine & Naturopathystore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

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Based on 10.3 hours of listening.

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2 hours / day6 days
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What our data says

  • At 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 10,901 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind is an audiobook by Harriet A. Washington: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Ron Butler, released July 23, 2019, on the Medicine & Naturopathy and Social Science shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.3 hrs
Narrated by
Ron Butler
Released
July 23, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Medicine & Naturopathy, Social Science, Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
ISBN
9781478975755

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind as an audiobook?

A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.

Is A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind?

A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind is narrated by Ron Butler.

Is A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.