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The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad by Mike Birbiglia

The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad runs 5.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by J. Hope Stein and Mike Birbiglia (about 3.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.2listening hrs
Arts & Entertainmentstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 5.2 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf

530 Arts & Entertainment 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 New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad is an audiobook by Mike Birbiglia: a 5.2-hour unabridged recording, read by J. Hope Stein and Mike Birbiglia, released June 16, 2020, on the Arts & Entertainment and Comedy, Satire & Parody shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.2 hrs
Narrated by
J. Hope Stein, Mike Birbiglia
Released
June 16, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment, Comedy, Satire & Parody, Parenting
ISBN
9781549126994

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad as an audiobook?

The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad runs 5.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.4 hours.

Is The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad?

The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad is narrated by J. Hope Stein and Mike Birbiglia.