The Origin of Language: How We Learned to Speak and Why: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Origin of Language: How We Learned to Speak and Why runs 9.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Cat Gould (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.7 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 67% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Cat Gould
Cat Gould narrates 164 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,577 hours in all.
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1,850 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Origin of Language: How We Learned to Speak and Why is an audiobook by Madeleine Beekman: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Cat Gould, released August 14, 2025, on the Social Science and Biology & Chemistry shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Cat Gould
- Released
- August 14, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9781398548459
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Origin of Language: How We Learned to Speak and Why as an audiobook?
The Origin of Language: How We Learned to Speak and Why runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.
Is The Origin of Language: How We Learned to Speak and Why free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Origin of Language: How We Learned to Speak and Why?
The Origin of Language: How We Learned to Speak and Why is narrated by Cat Gould.