The Idea of America: Reflections on Inequality, Democracy, and the Values We Share: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Idea of America: Reflections on Inequality, Democracy, and the Values We Share runs 17.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross (about 11.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 17.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
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What our data says
- At 17.4 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross
Jonathan Todd Ross narrates 486 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,300 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
287 Social Science 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 Idea of America: Reflections on Inequality, Democracy, and the Values We Share is an audiobook by Darren Walker: a 17.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Todd Ross, released September 9, 2025, on the Social Science and Economics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jonathan Todd Ross
- Released
- September 9, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Economics
- ISBN
- 9781696621038
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Idea of America: Reflections on Inequality, Democracy, and the Values We Share as an audiobook?
The Idea of America: Reflections on Inequality, Democracy, and the Values We Share runs 17.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.6 hours.
Is The Idea of America: Reflections on Inequality, Democracy, and the Values We Share free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Idea of America: Reflections on Inequality, Democracy, and the Values We Share?
The Idea of America: Reflections on Inequality, Democracy, and the Values We Share is narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross.
Is The Idea of America: Reflections on Inequality, Democracy, and the Values We Share worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.6 hours, saving 5.8 hours.