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The Emperor’s New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth by Irving Kirsch

The Emperor’s New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Emperor’s New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth runs 7.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Powers (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.3listening hrs
Medicine & Naturopathystore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 7.3 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 10,901 Medicine & Naturopathy 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 Emperor’s New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth is an audiobook by Irving Kirsch: a 7.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Powers, released May 24, 2012, on the Mental Health & Psychology and Medicine & Naturopathy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.3 hrs
Narrated by
Richard Powers
Released
May 24, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mental Health & Psychology, Medicine & Naturopathy
ISBN
9781481555296

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Emperor’s New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth as an audiobook?

The Emperor’s New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth runs 7.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.

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Who narrates The Emperor’s New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth?

The Emperor’s New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth is narrated by Richard Powers.