Because We Say So: Audiobook
Book 1 of the City Lights Open Media series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Because We Say So audiobook runs 5.4 hours unabridged, narrated by James Patrick Cronin (about 3.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 5.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.4 hours, it is shorter than 80% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by James Patrick Cronin
James Patrick Cronin narrates 207 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,104 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
576 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics 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
Because We Say So is book 1 of Noam Chomsky's City Lights Open Media series: a 5.4-hour unabridged recording, read by James Patrick Cronin, released May 3, 2016, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- James Patrick Cronin
- Released
- May 3, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- Series
- City Lights Open Media #1
- ISBN
- 9781515976387
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Because We Say So audiobook?
Because We Say So runs 5.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.6 hours.
Is the Because We Say So audiobook free?
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Who narrates Because We Say So?
Because We Say So is narrated by James Patrick Cronin.