The Ideas That Make Us: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ideas That Make Us runs 5.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bettany Hughes (about 3.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.8 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 4,248 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Bettany Hughes
Bettany Hughes narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 53 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf
351 Lessons in Philosophy 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 Ideas That Make Us is an audiobook by Bettany Hughes: a 5.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Bettany Hughes, released January 28, 2021, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bettany Hughes
- Released
- January 28, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9781529141238
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ideas That Make Us as an audiobook?
The Ideas That Make Us runs 5.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.9 hours.
Is The Ideas That Make Us free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Ideas That Make Us?
The Ideas That Make Us is narrated by Bettany Hughes.