Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by Mikel Mwalimu-Banks and Hanif Abdurraqib and others (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 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 12 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Hanif Abdurraqib
Hanif Abdurraqib narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 31 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,194 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
Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America is an audiobook by Greg Tate: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Mikel Mwalimu-Banks, Hanif Abdurraqib and Questlove and others, released September 8, 2026, on the Social Science and Arts & Entertainment shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mikel Mwalimu-Banks, Hanif Abdurraqib, Questlove, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Dion Graham
- Released
- September 8, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781250418623
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America audiobook?
Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is the Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America?
Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America is narrated by Mikel Mwalimu-Banks, Hanif Abdurraqib, Questlove and Henry Louis Gates Jr. and others.
Is Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.