The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics runs 14.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Ganim (about 9.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 14.1 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 10,901 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Ganim
Peter Ganim narrates 180 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,967 hours in all.
About as long, on the Medicine & Naturopathy shelf
403 Medicine & Naturopathy 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
The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics is an audiobook by Michael T. Osterholm and Mark Olshaker: a 14.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Ganim, released September 2, 2025, on the Medicine & Naturopathy and Biology & Chemistry shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Ganim
- Released
- September 2, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Medicine & Naturopathy, Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9781668632451
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics as an audiobook?
The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics runs 14.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.4 hours.
Is The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics?
The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics is narrated by Peter Ganim.
Is The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.4 hours, saving 4.7 hours.