Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives audiobook runs 11.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter Ganim (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 11.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Ganim
Peter Ganim narrates 180 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,967 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,376 Social Science 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
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives is an audiobook by Siddharth Kara: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Ganim, released January 31, 2023, on the Social Science and Africa shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Ganim
- Released
- January 31, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Africa, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9781250882400
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives audiobook?
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is the Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives?
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives is narrated by Peter Ganim.
Is Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.