Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress—and How to Bring It Back: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress—and How to Bring It Back audiobook runs 13.5 hours unabridged, narrated by David de Vries (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David de Vries
David de Vries narrates 47 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 402 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
943 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
Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress—and How to Bring It Back is an audiobook by Marc J. Dunkelman: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by David de Vries, released February 18, 2025, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- David de Vries
- Released
- February 18, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781668651223
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How long is the Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress—and How to Bring It Back audiobook?
Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress—and How to Bring It Back runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is the Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress—and How to Bring It Back audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress—and How to Bring It Back?
Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress—and How to Bring It Back is narrated by David de Vries.
Is Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress—and How to Bring It Back worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.