Empathy Machines: This American Life, Podcasting, and the Public Radio Structure of Feeling: Audiobook
Part of Bloomsbury Podcast Studies
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Empathy Machines: This American Life, Podcasting, and the Public Radio Structure of Feeling audiobook runs 12.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Kevin Shen (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 12.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 25 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 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kevin Shen
Kevin Shen narrates 54 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 387 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,191 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
Empathy Machines: This American Life, Podcasting, and the Public Radio Structure of Feeling is an audiobook by Jason Loviglio: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Kevin Shen, released January 22, 2026, on the Social Science and Computers & Technology shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kevin Shen
- Released
- January 22, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Computers & Technology
- Series
- Bloomsbury Podcast Studies
- ISBN
- 9798216388357
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Empathy Machines: This American Life, Podcasting, and the Public Radio Structure of Feeling audiobook?
Empathy Machines: This American Life, Podcasting, and the Public Radio Structure of Feeling runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is the Empathy Machines: This American Life, Podcasting, and the Public Radio Structure of Feeling audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Empathy Machines: This American Life, Podcasting, and the Public Radio Structure of Feeling?
Empathy Machines: This American Life, Podcasting, and the Public Radio Structure of Feeling is narrated by Kevin Shen.
Is Empathy Machines: This American Life, Podcasting, and the Public Radio Structure of Feeling worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.