Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall--and Those Fighting to Reverse It: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall--and Those Fighting to Reverse It audiobook runs 16.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Dan Woren (about 10.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 16.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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What our data says
- At 16.2 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
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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
Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall--and Those Fighting to Reverse It is an audiobook by Steven Brill: a 16.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Dan Woren, released May 29, 2018, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Economics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dan Woren
- Released
- May 29, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Economics
- ISBN
- 9780525637875
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How long is the Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall--and Those Fighting to Reverse It audiobook?
Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall--and Those Fighting to Reverse It runs 16.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.8 hours.
Is the Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall--and Those Fighting to Reverse It audiobook free?
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Who narrates Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall--and Those Fighting to Reverse It?
Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall--and Those Fighting to Reverse It is narrated by Dan Woren.
Is Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall--and Those Fighting to Reverse It worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.8 hours, saving 5.4 hours.