The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama runs 8.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gwen Ifill (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.9 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,902 Social Science 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 Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama is an audiobook by Gwen Ifill: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Gwen Ifill, released January 20, 2009, on the Social Science shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gwen Ifill
- Released
- January 20, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science
- ISBN
- 9781598878806
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama as an audiobook?
The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama?
The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama is narrated by Gwen Ifill.