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The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War by Louis Menand

The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War runs 34.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Colacci (about 23.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

34.9listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 34.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day70 days
1 hour / day35 days
2 hours / day18 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×24 days

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What our data says

  • At 34.9 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2021 recording read by David Colucci runs about the same length (34.9 hours).

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 Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War is an audiobook by Louis Menand: a 34.9-hour unabridged recording, read by David Colacci, released April 20, 2021, on the Social Science and The Americas shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
34.9 hrs
Narrated by
David Colacci
Released
April 20, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, The Americas, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
ISBN
9781250792365

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War as an audiobook?

The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War runs 34.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 23.3 hours.

Is The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War?

The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War is narrated by David Colacci.

Is The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 23.3 hours, saving 11.6 hours.