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Beat the Band by Don Calame

Beat the Band: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Beat the Band audiobook runs 8.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Nick Podehl (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.2listening hrs
Teen & YAstore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Beat the Band at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 8.2 hours, it runs longer than 51% of the 17,065 Teen & YA audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Nick Podehl

Nick Podehl narrates 268 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,376 hours in all.

All Nick Podehl audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Teen & YA shelf

3,129 Teen & YA audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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

Beat the Band is an audiobook by Don Calame: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Nick Podehl, released September 14, 2010, on the Teen & YA shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.2 hrs
Narrated by
Nick Podehl
Released
September 14, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Teen & YA
ISBN
9781441814975

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Beat the Band audiobook?

Beat the Band runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.

Is the Beat the Band audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Beat the Band?

Beat the Band is narrated by Nick Podehl.