The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency runs 18.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Annie Jacobsen (about 12.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 days |
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What our data says
- At 18.4 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 2,461 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Annie Jacobsen
Annie Jacobsen narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 174 hours in all.
- Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins
- Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
- Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
- Biological War: A Scenario
- First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance
About as long, on the Military (History) shelf
157 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
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- Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins
- Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency is an audiobook by Annie Jacobsen: a 18.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Annie Jacobsen, released September 22, 2015, on the Military (History) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Annie Jacobsen
- Released
- September 22, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History)
- ISBN
- 9781478900313
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency as an audiobook?
The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency runs 18.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.2 hours.
Is The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency?
The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency is narrated by Annie Jacobsen.
Is The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.2 hours, saving 6.1 hours.