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When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines by Graydon Carter

When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines audiobook runs 12.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Graydon Carter (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.5listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.5 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

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

When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines is an audiobook by Graydon Carter: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Graydon Carter, released March 25, 2025, on the Memoirs and Social Science shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.5 hrs
Narrated by
Graydon Carter
Released
March 25, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, Social Science
ISBN
9780593944370

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines audiobook?

When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.

Is the When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines audiobook free?

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

Who narrates When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines?

When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines is narrated by Graydon Carter.

Is When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.