The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State runs 15 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kirby Heyborne (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 15 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kirby Heyborne
Kirby Heyborne narrates 779 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 7,134 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
663 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics 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 Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State is an audiobook by Shane Harris: a 15-hour unabridged recording, read by Kirby Heyborne, released March 16, 2010, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kirby Heyborne
- Released
- March 16, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781400184828
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State as an audiobook?
The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State runs 15 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.
Is The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State?
The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State is narrated by Kirby Heyborne.
Is The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.