Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party audiobook runs 13 hours unabridged, narrated by Robert Petkoff (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 13 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 13 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert Petkoff
Robert Petkoff narrates 385 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,502 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
1,079 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
Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party is an audiobook by Julian E. Zelizer: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Petkoff, released July 7, 2020, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Petkoff
- Released
- July 7, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, The Americas
- ISBN
- 9780593165157
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How long is the Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party audiobook?
Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.
Is the Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party audiobook free?
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Who narrates Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party?
Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party is narrated by Robert Petkoff.
Is Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.3 hours.