Revisionist History
By Pushkin Industries
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Jul 7, 2020
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Jun 17, 2020
May 17, 2020
nick
May 13, 2020
not history, just feminism
not honest, just propaganda
example:
he claims that Germany only one had a female leader and then felt legitimised to be sexist again
fact: Angela Merkel got reelected 4 times and at the time of the podcast is still the chancellor of Germany.
May 6, 2020
Description
Revisionist History is Malcolm Gladwell's journey through the overlooked and the misunderstood. Every episode re-examines something from the past—an event, a person, an idea, even a song—and asks whether we got it right the first time. From Pushkin Industries. Because sometimes the past deserves a second chance.
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Hamlet Was Wrong
2622
The delicate science of hiring nihilism, examined in five deeply-personal case studies.
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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Goodbye, Farewell and Amen
2699
How do we remember one of the deadliest nights in human history? We don't. Part four.
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Revisionist History Presents: Deep Cover
2650
Revisionist History Presents: Deep Cover, the true story of an FBI agent in Detroit who goes undercover in an outlaw motorcycle gang and makes a series of bizarre discoveries that inadvertently lead to the US invasion of a foreign country.
In the first episode, Detroit FBI agent Ned Timmons busts Toby Anderson, a violent criminal who also fancies himself a budding country music star. Ned flips Toby and goes undercover as a biker, but Toby quickly goes out of control. He uses the newfound protection of the FBI to commit robberies and perhaps far worse. Most agents would give up, and send Toby to jail, but Ned has a feeling Toby might be his key to the criminal underworld.
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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Bombs-Away LeMay
2709
The arguments, accidents, cold-blooded logic and sheer serendipity that led to the longest night of the Second World War. Part three.
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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May the Best Firebomb Win
2537
Basement laboratories. Mad scientists. Sticky gels, and a bake-off in the desert. The strange story behind Curtis LeMay’s weapon of choice. Part two.
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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The Bomber Mafia
2257
On the eve of the Second World War, a band of visionaries at Maxwell Air Force Base tried to reimagine modern warfare. They failed. Part one on the extraordinary life of the Air Force General Curtis LeMay.
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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The Powerball Revolution
2798
In Bolivia, a political activist radically reforms the voting process for... student council elections. Who else does he convince? Revisionist History. And maybe a fancy private school in New Jersey. Get Revisionist History updates first by signing up for our newsletter at pushkin.fm.
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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Hedwig’s Lost Van Gogh
2708
An escape from war-torn Germany. Lavish dinners with Hollywood royalty. A Swedish baron and a dime-store heiress: we explore the long journey of a Van Gogh still life — and what it says about the real value of the things we treasure.
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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Revisionist History Presents: Axios Today
701
Pushkin Industries and Axios are joining forces to produce a daily news podcast that gets audiences smarter, faster on the most pressing topics of the day. Start your morning with news that matters in just 10 minutes. Host Niala Boodhoo and a team of award-winning journalists will bring you the latest scoops from the White House and Congress, analysis on the economy and insight into the trends shaping your world—from China to AI, and all the forces shaping the next five years. And it’s all delivered in Smart Brevity—a clinical, concise coverage style that respects your time.
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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Dragon Psychology 101
2794
Dragons hoard treasure, deep in their lairs. They don’t show it off to their neighbors. Revisionist History applies dragon psychology to the strange world of art museums, with help from Andy Warhol, J.R.R. Tolkien, a handful of accountants and the world’s leading hoarding expert.
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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Revisionist Revisited: The King of Tears
3541
In our last listener favorite, we revisit The King of Tears from Season 2 where Revisionist History goes to Nashville to talk with Bobby Braddock, who has written more sad songs than almost anyone else. What is it about music that makes us cry? And what sets country music apart?
The wait for new episodes is almost over. Season 5 launches June 18. For updates on the coming season, sign up for our emails at pushkin.fm.
Plus, we hear a sneak peak of the new Cautionary Tales mini-season, hosted by Tim Harford.
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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Introducing Revisionist History Season 5
155
Andy Warhol. War. Smaug the Dragon. And, as always, digressions of great importance.
Launching June 18 from Pushkin Industries.
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Revisionist History Presents: The Limits of Power
2663
Malcolm has been writing about race and policing for a very long time, going back to the killing of Amadou Diallo in 1999. Sometimes, it is useful to take a step back and consider policing in a broader context. Here we present a chapter from Malcolm's book David and Goliath, which includes an analysis of a riot in Northern Ireland in 1970. Many miles and many years away. About divisions of religion and class and not divisions of race. But the core questions to be asked in 1970 and 1999 and today are the same: if you have power, what does it mean to use it, and use it wisely? And what are the consequences if you don't?
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants was published in 2013 by Little, Brown and Company. Audiobook production by Hachette Audio.
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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Revisionist History Presents: The Last Archive
3049
This week we're featuring the second episode of The Last Archive, a new podcast hosted by Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore.
When a young black man is charged with murder under unusual circumstances in 1922, he trusts his fate to a strange new machine: A lie detector. It was invented by the man who went on to create Wonder Woman, and whose whole life was a strange blur of fact and fiction.
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May 21, 2020 |
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Revisionist Revisited: Free Brian Williams
2757
Brian Williams made a mistake and Malcolm vouched for him. So why hasn't Brian Williams reached out to Malcolm in response? "Free Brian Williams" came in second place from our "Revisionist Revisited" survey. Stay tuned in the coming weeks to hear our last listener favorite.
The wait for new episodes is almost over. Season 5 launches June 18. For updates on the coming season, sign up for our emails at pushkin.fm.
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May 14, 2020 |
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Revisionist Revisited: A Good Walk Spoiled
2442
Golfers everywhere love to hate this episode. Since its debut in Season 2, the subject of golf ignites Malcolm's Twitter feed like no other. A Good Walk Spoiled came in third in our "Revisionist Revisited" survey. Stay tuned in the coming weeks to hear new introductions to the two episodes that bested it.
The wait for new episodes is almost over. Season 5 launches June 18. For updates on the coming season, sign up for our emails at pushkin.fm.
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May 07, 2020 |
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Revisionist Revisited: Analysis, Parapraxis, Elvis
3502
We're gearing up to launch Season 5 of Revisionist History soon. In celebration, we are revisiting some of our favorite episodes from past seasons. Malcolm is kicking this off with his favorite Revisionist History episode: Analysis, Parapraxis, Elvis from Season 3.
Help us choose your favorite episodes! Visit www.pushkin.fm and follow the link at the top of the page to vote. We'll be rolling out the top three episodes with extra commentary and behind-the-scenes material in the coming weeks.
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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Revisionist History Presents: Go and See
1308
Malcolm, a serious car nut, is invited to Toyota City in Japan to meet test-track drivers and obsessive engineers. The result is a six-part series called "Go and See." The first episode explores the Japanese concept of hospitality called "omotenashi" as it applies to car design.
Brought to you by Lexus and Pushkin Industries, "Go and See" is available wherever you like to listen.
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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Revisionist History Presents: Deep Background with Noah Feldman
1784
Could we really fix gridlock in the Senate by creating new states? Malcolm revisits the "Divide and Conquer" episode from Season 3 in an interview on Deep Background with Noah Feldman, the newest podcast from Pushkin Industries.
"Divide and Conquer" covered Texas's right to divide into 5 separate states. What if Washington, D.C. -- a non-state territory -- tried to divide their city into 127 separate states? A recent anonymous note in the Harvard Law Review proposes just that. It's just the kind of bananas idea Malcolm loves to dissect, and Noah Feldman, a Harvard Law Professor and Constitutional law expert is the perfect foil. Noah's podcast, Deep Background with Noah Feldman, is available wherever you get your podcasts.
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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Revisionist History Presents: The Pushkin Industries Holiday Variety Show
2262
Malcolm Gladwell debuts his first fireside chat, answering burning questions from Revisionist History listeners in this bonus episode. He lets us listen in on a conversation with Conan O’Brien and supplies tasty tidbits of new shows on the Pushkin Industries roster. Plus, hear what’s in the works with Michael Lewis, Laurie Santos and other Pushkin hosts. Join MC Malcolm for this new holiday tradition.
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Dec 02, 2019 |
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Revisionist History Presents: The Happiness Lab
2464
Malcolm Gladwell presents the newest podcast from Pushkin Industries: The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos.
To listen to all episodes of The Happiness Lab, visit https://megaphone.link/CAD5602975937 or www.happinesslab.fm/. |
Oct 01, 2019 |
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Bonus: Malcolm Gladwell on Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations
2398
Malcolm Gladwell speaks with Oprah Winfrey about his new book Talking to Strangers, the one mystery he hopes might be resolved in our lifetimes, and the ways we could all benefit from a little more patience and humility when judging people we don’t know.
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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The Queen of Cuba
3816
On February 24, 1996, Cuban fighter jets shot down two small planes operated by Brothers to the Rescue, an organization in Florida that tried to spot refugees fleeing Cuba in boats. A strange chain of events preceded the shoot-down, and people in the intelligence business turned to a rising star in the Defense Intelligence Agency, Ana Montes. Montes was known around Washington as the “Queen of Cuba” for her insights into the Castro regime. But what Montes’ colleagues eventually found out about her shook their sense of trust to the core. (In this excerpt from Malcolm Gladwell’s forthcoming audiobook Talking to Strangers, we hear why spy mysteries do not unfold in real life like they do in the movies.)
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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The Obscure Virus Club
2378
Throughout the 1970s, a biologist named Howard Temin became convinced that something wasn’t right in science’s understanding of viruses. His colleagues dismissed him as a heretic. He turned out to be right — and you're alive today as a result. Season Four ends with a bedtime story about how we should be freed by our doubts, not imprisoned by them.
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Aug 22, 2019 |
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Chutzpah vs. Chutzpah
2461
You thought that there was only one kind of chutzpah. Wrong. There’s two. Revisionist History tells the story of the Mafia’s showdown with a legendary Hollywood producer, in a battle of competing chutzpahs.
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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In a Metal Mood
2536
Two seasons after its investigation of the decline of McDonalds french fries, Revisionist History returns to fast-food’s high-tech test kitchens. This time the subject is cultural appropriation. The case study is Taco Bell. Oh, and Pat Boone is involved.
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Aug 08, 2019 |
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Descend into the Particular
2688
An unarmed man is shot to death by police. How does the Jesuitical idea of “disordered attachments” help us make sense of what happened? Part three of three.
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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Dr. Rock’s Taxonomy
2456
John Rock was the co-inventor of the birth control pill — and a committed Catholic. He wanted his church to approve of his invention. What happens when a layman takes on the Vatican? Part two of three.
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Jul 25, 2019 |
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The Standard Case
2415
Revisionist History tries to make sense of the conundrum of PED use in baseball, using the 500-year-old philosophical techniques of St. Ignatius. Part one of a three-part series on the moral reasoning of the Jesuit order.
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Jul 18, 2019 |
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Good Old Boys
2549
If you disagree with someone — if you find what they think appalling — is there any value in talking to them? In the early 1970s, the talk show host Dick Cavett, the governor of Georgia Lester Maddox, and the singer Randy Newman tried to answer this question.
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Jul 11, 2019 |
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Tempest in a Teacup
2325
Bohea, the aroma of tire fire, Mob Wives, smugglers, “bro” tea, and what it all means to the backstory of the American Revolution. Malcolm tells the real story on what happened in Boston on the night of December 16, 1773.
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Jul 04, 2019 |
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The Tortoise and the Hare
2534
A weird speech by Antonin Scalia, a visit with some serious legal tortoises, and a testy exchange with the experts at the Law School Admissions Council prompts Malcolm to formulate his Grand Unified Theory for fixing higher education.
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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Puzzle Rush
2304
Malcolm challenges his assistant Camille to the Law School Admissions Test. He gets halfway through, panics, runs out of time, and wonders: why does the legal world want him to rush?
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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Introducing Revisionist History Season Four
151
Jesuits. Chess masters. Mafiosi. Lawyers. And a little bit of tire fire.
Launching June 20th from Pushkin Industries. |
Jun 13, 2019 |
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Revisionist History Presents: Solvable
1842
Revisionist History presents Solvable, a new show from Pushkin Industries and the Rockefeller Foundation that showcases the world’s most innovative thinkers and their ideas about how to solve the world’s most daunting problems. The interviews, conducted by journalists like Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob Weisberg, dive into the complexity of issues like maternal mortality, food waste, and viral disinformation, while inspiring hope that such immense problems are, in fact, solvable.
In episode one, Malcolm Gladwell talks to Rosanne Haggerty about ending homelessness for everyone. Forever. |
Jun 05, 2019 |
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Revisionist History Presents: Against the Rules with Michael Lewis
2516
Malcolm Gladwell presents Ref, You Suck!, the first episode of the newest podcast from Pushkin Industries: Against the Rules with Michael Lewis.
Rage at referees is all the rage in professional sports. Michael Lewis visits a replay center that’s trying to do the impossible: adjudicate fairness. If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to Against the Rules wherever you get your podcasts. |
Apr 09, 2019 |
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Revisionist History Presents: Rick Rubin
2938
Revisionist History presents the first episode of a new podcast, Broken Record. It's a conversation between Rick Rubin and Revisionist History host Malcolm Gladwell, covering everything from Rick’s role in the very beginning of hip-hop to his role in introducing Johnny Cash to a new generation of writers, performers and music lovers. Rick and Malcolm delve deep into Rick’s back catalogue – which is really a history of contemporary music – to reveal more about the artists that defined a new era, and why they are still vital listening today.
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Nov 13, 2018 |
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Revisionist History Presents: Broken Record
214
From Revisionist History host Malcolm Gladwell, Rick Rubin, and Bruce Headlam: Conversations. Arguments. Stories. Remembering old music. Discovering new music. Broken Record: Liner notes for the digital age.
Revisionist History will be airing the first episode of Broken Record on November 13th. Listen here or in the Broken Record feed. |
Nov 06, 2018 |
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Analysis, Parapraxis, Elvis
3327
The one song The King couldn’t sing.
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Jul 19, 2018 |
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Strong Verbs, Short Sentences
2616
“She was Joan of Arc, Madame Curie, and Florence Nightingale—all wrapped up in one.”
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Jul 12, 2018 |
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The Imaginary Crimes of Margit Hamosh
2224
Epidemics of fear repeat themselves. The first time as tragedy. The second time as farce. Margit Hamosh? Definitely farce.
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Jul 05, 2018 |
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Malcolm Gladwell's 12 Rules for Life
2805
Crucial life lessons from the end of hockey games, Idris Elba, and some Wall Street guys with a lot of time on their hands.
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Jun 28, 2018 |
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The Hug Heard Round the World
2512
Q: Was there a period where you felt you had something to prove? A: The first 45 years of my life.
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Jun 21, 2018 |
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General Chapman’s Last Stand
2229
Good fences make good neighbors. Or maybe not.
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Jun 14, 2018 |
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Free Brian Williams
2369
"Sorry dude, I don't remember you being on my aircraft."
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Jun 07, 2018 |
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A Polite Word for Liar
2380
An early morning raid, a house-full of Nazis, the world’s greatest harmonica player, and a dashingly handsome undercover spy. What could possibly go wrong?
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May 31, 2018 |
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Burden of Proof
2224
“He called to wish me ‘Happy Birthday.’ Then he said, ‘I’m failing everything.’”
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May 24, 2018 |
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Divide and Conquer
2541
The complete, unabridged history of the world’s most controversial semicolon.
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May 17, 2018 |
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Bonus: Malcolm Gladwell debates Adam Grant
3272
In a special live taping at the 92nd Street Y in New York, Malcolm talks with WorkLife’s Adam Grant about how to avoid doing highly undesirable tasks, what makes an idea interesting, and why Malcolm thinks we shouldn't root for the underdog.
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May 10, 2018 |
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Introducing Revisionist History Season Three
145
Malcolm Gladwell is back with season three of Revisionist History: harmonica players, mass delusion, semicolons, and a constitutional crisis. Launching May 17th on Panoply.
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May 03, 2018 |
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The Basement Tapes
2039
What is a son’s obligation to his father?
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Aug 17, 2017 |
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McDonald’s Broke My Heart
2287
They made the world’s greatest French Fry. Then they threw it away.
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Aug 10, 2017 |
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Mr. Hollowell Didn’t Like That
2368
Arrested, arraigned, indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced to die in the electric chair in 24 hours.
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Aug 03, 2017 |
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State v Johnson
2130
“Nobody was interested in justice.”
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Jul 27, 2017 |
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The King of Tears
2748
Why country music makes you cry, and rock and roll doesn’t: A musical interpretation of divided America.
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Jul 20, 2017 |
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The Prime Minister and the Prof
2297
The friendship that changed the course of World War II.
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Jul 13, 2017 |
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The Foot Soldier of Birmingham
2316
“Oh, Mac. What did you do?”
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Jul 06, 2017 |
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Miss Buchanan’s Period of Adjustment
2085
A landmark Supreme Court case. A civil rights revolution. Why has everyone forgotten what happened next?
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Jun 29, 2017 |
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The Road to Damascus
2645
What happens when a terrorist has a change of heart?
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Jun 22, 2017 |
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A Good Walk Spoiled
2289
Rich people and their addiction to golf: a philosophical investigation.
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Jun 15, 2017 |
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Introducing Revisionist History Season Two
169
From bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell, season two of Revisionist History launches June 15th.
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May 26, 2017 |
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The Satire Paradox
2501
In the political turmoil of mid-1990s Britain, a brilliant
young comic named Harry Enfield set out to satirize the ideology and politics of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. His parodies became famous. He wrote and performed a vicious sendup of the typical Thatcherite nouveau riche buffoon. People loved it. And what happened? Exactly the opposite of what Enfield hoped would happen. In an age dominated by political comedy, “The Satire Paradox”asks whether laughter and social protest are friends or foes. To learn more about the topics covered in this episode, visit www.RevisionistHistory.com |
Aug 18, 2016 |
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Generous Orthodoxy
2221
A 98-year-old minister takes on his church over the subject of gay marriage—and teaches the rest of us what it means to stand up in protest.
To learn more about the topics covered in this episode, visit www.RevisionistHistory.com |
Aug 11, 2016 |
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Blame Game
2512
In the summer and fall of 2009, hundreds of Toyota owners came forward with an alarming allegation: Their cars were suddenly and uncontrollably accelerating. Toyota was forced to recall 10 million vehicles, pay a fine of more than $1 billion, and settle countless lawsuits. The consensus was that there was something badly wrong with the world’s most popular cars. Except that there wasn’t. What happens when hysteria overtakes common sense?
To learn more about the topics covered in this episode, visit www.RevisionistHistory.com |
Aug 04, 2016 |
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Hallelujah
2437
How does genius emerge? An exploration of different types of innovation—through the lens of Elvis Costello’s extraordinary song “Deportee,” once utterly forgettable and then, through time and iteration, a work of beauty and genius.
If you're looking to go deeper into the subjects on Revisionist History, visit Malcolm's collection on iBooks at http://www.apple.co/MalcolmGladwell -- iBooks will update the page every week with new recommendations. To learn more about the topics covered in this episode, visit www.RevisionistHistory.com |
Jul 28, 2016 |
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My Little Hundred Million
2590
In the early ’90s, Hank Rowan gave $100 million to a tiny public university in Glassboro, New Jersey: not Harvard, not Yale, not even to his alma mater, MIT. What was Rowan thinking? And why has it proven so difficult for other philanthropists to follow his lead?
To learn more about the topics covered in this episode, visit www.RevisionistHistory.com |
Jul 21, 2016 |
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Food Fight
2052
Bowdoin College and Vassar College are two elite private schools that compete for the same students. But one of those schools is trying hard to address the problem of rich and poor in American society—and paying a high price. The other is making that problem worse—and reaping rewards as a result.
To learn more about the topics covered in this episode, visit www.RevisionistHistory.com |
Jul 14, 2016 |
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Carlos Doesn’t Remember
2261
Of the tens of thousands of talented, low-income students who graduate from high school every year in the United States, most never make it to universities appropriate to their gifts. America leaves an enormous amount of talent on the table every year. “Carlos Doesn’t Remember” explains why.
To learn more about the topics covered in this episode, visit www.RevisionistHistory.com |
Jul 07, 2016 |
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The Big Man Can't Shoot
2351
Wilt Chamberlain’s brilliant career was marred by one, deeply inexplicable decision: He chose a shooting technique that made him one of the worst foul shooters in basketball—even though he had tried a better alternative. Why do smart people do dumb things?
To learn more about the topics covered in this episode, visit www.RevisionistHistory.com |
Jun 30, 2016 |
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Saigon, 1965
2711
In the early 1960s the Pentagon set up a top-secret research project in an old villa in downtown Saigon. The task? To interview captured North Vietnamese soldiers and guerrillas in order to measure the effect of relentless U.S. bombing on their morale. Yet despite a wealth of great data, even the leaders of the study couldn’t agree on what it meant.
To learn more about the topics covered in this episode, visit www.RevisionistHistory.com |
Jun 23, 2016 |
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The Lady Vanishes
2274
In the late 19th century, a painting titled The Roll Call, by a virtually unknown artist, took England by storm. But after that brilliant first effort, the artist all but disappeared. Why? And what does The Roll Call tell us about the fate of those first through the door?
To learn more about the topics covered in this episode, visit www.RevisionistHistory.com |
Jun 16, 2016 |
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Introducing Revisionist History
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Coming soon, a new podcast series from bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell.
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Jun 03, 2016 |