Optimism Over Despair: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Optimism Over Despair audiobook runs 8.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Ako Mitchell (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 55% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ako Mitchell
Ako Mitchell narrates 29 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 297 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
1,491 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
Optimism Over Despair is an audiobook by C.J. Polychroniou and Noam Chomsky: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Ako Mitchell, released June 4, 2020, on the World and Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ako Mitchell
- Released
- June 4, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9780241990278
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Optimism Over Despair audiobook?
Optimism Over Despair runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is the Optimism Over Despair audiobook free?
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Who narrates Optimism Over Despair?
Optimism Over Despair is narrated by Ako Mitchell.