Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus audiobook runs 28.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Kiff VandenHeuvel (about 18.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 28.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 57 days |
| 1 hour / day | 29 days |
| 2 hours / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 19 days |
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What our data says
- At 28.2 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kiff VandenHeuvel
Kiff VandenHeuvel narrates 19 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 205 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
97 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
Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus is an audiobook by Rick Perlstein: a 28.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Kiff VandenHeuvel, released October 10, 2017, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Law & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 28.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kiff VandenHeuvel
- Released
- October 10, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Law & Politics, The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781478989523
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus audiobook?
Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus runs 28.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 18.8 hours.
Is the Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus?
Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus is narrated by Kiff VandenHeuvel.
Is Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 18.8 hours, saving 9.4 hours.