When the World Stopped to Listen: Van Cliburn’s Cold War Triumph and Its Aftermath: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the When the World Stopped to Listen: Van Cliburn’s Cold War Triumph and Its Aftermath audiobook runs 8 hours unabridged, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Stefan Rudnicki
Stefan Rudnicki narrates 744 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,226 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
1,406 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
When the World Stopped to Listen: Van Cliburn’s Cold War Triumph and Its Aftermath is an audiobook by Stuart Isacoff: a 8-hour unabridged recording, read by Stefan Rudnicki, released April 18, 2017, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Arts & Entertainment shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stefan Rudnicki
- Released
- April 18, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781455113101
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How long is the When the World Stopped to Listen: Van Cliburn’s Cold War Triumph and Its Aftermath audiobook?
When the World Stopped to Listen: Van Cliburn’s Cold War Triumph and Its Aftermath runs 8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
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Who narrates When the World Stopped to Listen: Van Cliburn’s Cold War Triumph and Its Aftermath?
When the World Stopped to Listen: Van Cliburn’s Cold War Triumph and Its Aftermath is narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.