Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back audiobook runs 6.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Kristin James (about 4.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 6.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.1 hours, it is shorter than 71% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kristin James
Kristin James narrates 116 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,022 hours in all.
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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
Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back is an audiobook by Miranda S. Spivack: a 6.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Kristin James, released May 6, 2025, on the Social Science and Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kristin James
- Released
- May 6, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9798331966546
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How long is the Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back audiobook?
Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back runs 6.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.1 hours.
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Who narrates Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back?
Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back is narrated by Kristin James.