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Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock by Jonathan Gould

Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock audiobook runs 17.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Jason Culp (about 11.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.7listening hrs
Arts & Entertainmentstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day36 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 17.7 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Jason Culp

Jason Culp narrates 245 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,724 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf

297 Arts & Entertainment 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: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock is an audiobook by Jonathan Gould: a 17.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Jason Culp, released June 17, 2025, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.7 hrs
Narrated by
Jason Culp
Released
June 17, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment
ISBN
9780063023017

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock audiobook?

Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock runs 17.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.8 hours.

Is the Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock?

Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock is narrated by Jason Culp.

Is Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.8 hours, saving 5.9 hours.