The Back Channel: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Back Channel runs 17.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by William J. Burns and Mark Bramhall (about 11.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 17.1 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mark Bramhall
Mark Bramhall narrates 334 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,754 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
213 Memoirs 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
The Back Channel is an audiobook by William J. Burns: a 17.1-hour unabridged recording, read by William J. Burns and Mark Bramhall, released March 12, 2019, on the Memoirs and World shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- William J. Burns, Mark Bramhall
- Released
- March 12, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, World, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9781984840950
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Back Channel as an audiobook?
The Back Channel runs 17.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.4 hours.
Is The Back Channel free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Back Channel?
The Back Channel is narrated by William J. Burns and Mark Bramhall.
Is The Back Channel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.4 hours, saving 5.7 hours.