Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity audiobook runs 8.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Marc Cashman (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.9 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 8,456 Mental Health & Psychology audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Marc Cashman
Marc Cashman narrates 122 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 774 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Mental Health & Psychology shelf
1,211 Mental Health & Psychology 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
Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity is an audiobook by Edward Slingerland: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Marc Cashman, released March 4, 2014, on the Mental Health & Psychology and Biology & Chemistry shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Marc Cashman
- Released
- March 4, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mental Health & Psychology, Biology & Chemistry, Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9780804193351
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity audiobook?
Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
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Who narrates Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity?
Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity is narrated by Marc Cashman.