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The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4', African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian by W. Kamau Bell

The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4', African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4', African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by W. Kamau Bell (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.5listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4', African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian at common listening paces
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30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

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

The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4', African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian is an audiobook by W. Kamau Bell: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by W. Kamau Bell, released May 2, 2017, on the Memoirs and Comedy, Satire & Parody shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.5 hrs
Narrated by
W. Kamau Bell
Released
May 2, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, Comedy, Satire & Parody, Social Science
ISBN
9781524733773

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4', African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian as an audiobook?

The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4', African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.

Is The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4', African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4', African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian?

The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4', African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian is narrated by W. Kamau Bell.

Is The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4', African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.