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Revisionist History
Revisionist History
Pushkin Industries

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,... more

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Episodes

Why We Need Small Talk from The Art of Small Talk

Here’s a clip from a Pushkin Industries audiobook that you may enjoy: The Art of Small Talk. Hilarious and practical advice... more

13 May 2024 · 11 minutes
The Rumor from Deep Cover: The Nameless Man

Here’s an episode from another Pushkin Industries podcast that you may enjoy. Introducing Deep Cover: The Nameless Man. This season, host... more

29 Apr 2024 · 40 minutes
Malcolm on No Small Endeavor

Malcolm recently sat down with friend and award-winning theologian Lee C. Camp to discuss his journey on the acclaimed podcast... more

18 Apr 2024 · 50 minutes
Blue Seattle with Cameron Crowe | Development Hell

In 1986, Cameron Crowe, the film director, and Nancy Wilson, of the rock group Heart, got married. They honeymooned in... more

11 Apr 2024 · 49 minutes
Labor of Love with M. Night Shyamalan | Development Hell

Before M. Night Shyamalan became a household name for his mind bending thrillers like “The Sixth Sense” and “Signs”, he... more

28 Mar 2024 · 35 minutes
I Am Superman with Patty Jenkins | Development Hell

Between her big hits, “Monster” and “Wonder Woman”, Patty Jenkins wrote an R-rated fairy tale, starring a dog. She hoped... more

21 Mar 2024 · 40 minutes
Pushkin Hosts Celebrate World Happiness Day

The Happiness Lab’s Dr. Laurie Santos brings together other Pushkin hosts to mark the International Day of Happiness. Revisionist History’s... more

20 Mar 2024 · 48 minutes
The Birthday Party with Charles Randolph | Development Hell

Before Charles Randolph won an Oscar for writing “The Big Short,” he adapted a memoir called “The Birthday Party”: the... more

14 Mar 2024 · 43 minutes
Bubbles with Isaac Adamson | Development Hell

This is the story behind a biopic about a chimpanzee named Bubbles, sidekick to the King of Pop. Malcolm talks... more

07 Mar 2024 · 41 minutes
Oscar Season with Talk Easy

Development Hell will return on Thursday with an all-new episode about a chimpanzee. In the meantime, here's a Hollywood-related episode... more

05 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 17 minutes
The Variable Man with Gary Goldman and Angus Fletcher | Development Hell

Gary Goldman was a writer on “Total Recall”, a Philip K. Dick adaptation directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Arnold... more

29 Feb 2024 · 40 minutes
Blink with Stephen Gaghan | Development Hell

It’s the mid-2000s, Malcolm and writer/producer Stephen Gaghan (“Traffic”, “Syriana”) are running around Hollywood pitching their scripted adaptation of Blink.... more

29 Feb 2024 · 42 minutes
Welcome to Development Hell

Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. On February 29th, Revisionist History is returning with Development Hell, a series of... more

23 Feb 2024 · 3 minutes
Revisionist History LIVE with Nate Berkus

Malcolm Gladwell sits with interior design legend Nate Berkus in a live conversation covering everything from travel, to their moms,... more

15 Feb 2024 · 35 minutes
The IT Revolution

The digital revolution has been happening for a while now, but with 5G, it’s about to reach a whole new level.... more

01 Feb 2024 · 28 minutes
Board Game Season

A young family nearly lost everything in the 1970s farm crisis. Then, they invented a board game. Today on the... more

21 Dec 2023 · 48 minutes
A New Day at the Races

Revisionist History heads to Las Vegas for the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix, courtesy of T-Mobile for Business. Malcolm... more

04 Dec 2023 · 33 minutes
This Is Your Captain Speaking

What does a pilot sound like? Malcolm and Ben Naddaff-Hafrey take off on a long, strange investigation that takes them... more

16 Nov 2023 · 43 minutes
The Bear Was Poked With Maria Konnikova

Maria Konnikova returns as Revisionist History’s ombudsman. Today, she talks with Malcolm about assault rifles, tales of the two Matt... more

02 Nov 2023 · 32 minutes
Oil and Blood: The Osage Murders from Cautionary Tales

Today, we’re bringing you an episode from another Pushkin show, Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford. This episode is based on... more

31 Oct 2023 · 42 minutes
Unlocking Hidden Potential with Adam Grant

Malcolm Gladwell hosts a rollicking live discussion about Adam Grant’s new book, “Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things,”... more

26 Oct 2023 · 43 minutes
Silicon Valley on the Couch

Why is Silicon Valley where it is? How did a narrow valley in California become the epicenter of the computer... more

19 Oct 2023 · 46 minutes
Guns Part 6: “Sin is the failure to bother to care”

Abdullah Pratt grew up in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in America, then returned to be an ER doctor... more

05 Oct 2023 · 29 minutes
Five Burning Travel Questions with Malcolm Gladwell

Revisionist History hits the road, courtesy of Airbnb. Malcolm shares some travel tips, including music for poolside relaxation, how to... more

03 Oct 2023 · 23 minutes
Guns Part 5: The Footnote

At the end of a forgotten study of convicted murderers, the author left a devastating footnote.  We travel to an... more

28 Sep 2023 · 38 minutes
Guns Part 4: Moral Hazard

Robert Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullet in 1968, ending his presidential run. Had he been shot today, would... more

21 Sep 2023 · 43 minutes
Guns Part 3: A Shooting Lesson

Malcolm goes to a shooting range in the woods of North Carolina to get a tutorial on the AR-15. It’s... more

14 Sep 2023 · 39 minutes
Guns Part 2: Getting out of Dodge

The longest running television series of the 20th century was Gunsmoke, a western set in the notorious Dodge City, Kansas.... more

07 Sep 2023 · 43 minutes
Guns Part 1: The Sudden Celebrity of Sir John Knight

In the battles over gun rights, a shadowy English nobleman from the 17th century has unexpectedly taken center stage. Who... more

31 Aug 2023 · 47 minutes
Doctors, Guns, and Money

Coming soon – a six-part series from Revisionist History about everything Americans get wrong about guns.  The series will air weekly,... more

17 Aug 2023 · 11 minutes
Taxonomy of the Modern Mystery Story

Today, another episode from the Revisionist History Live universe. It's an old fashioned lecture, recorded at the New Orleans Book... more

27 Jul 2023 · 46 minutes
Acting Out

Malcolm talks with Ben Naddaff-Hafrey, host of The Last Archive, about the forgotten origins of a major social science, the... more

06 Jul 2023 · 36 minutes
A Good Circle

This season, Malcolm's covered a lot of the problems in higher education. Today on the show: A solution. A big... more

29 Jun 2023 · 37 minutes
Feeling A Bit Attacked with Maria Konnikova

Maria Konnikova, Revisionist History’s ombudsman—who's also an author, psychologist and professional poker player—is back for another round. This time she... more

22 Jun 2023 · 42 minutes
The Pushkin Prize for Egregiously Deceptive Self-Promotion

Consider this your invitation to the greatest award show no one’s ever heard of: the Pushkin Prizes, created to honor... more

08 Jun 2023 · 41 minutes
The Crisis in Girls’ Sports with Lauren Fleshman and Linda Flanagan

In a live conversation taped at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, Malcolm and his Martian friend consult... more

25 May 2023 · 55 minutes
The Mystery of Mastery with Adam Gopnik

In a live conversation taped at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, Malcolm chats with his old friend... more

18 May 2023 · 37 minutes
Introducing: So Many Steves, A New Audiobook from Steve Martin and Pushkin

Today, we’re bringing you a preview of Pushkin's new audiobook, “So Many Steves.” Steve Martin is more candid than he’s... more

03 May 2023 · 10 minutes
Malcolm Goes to Debate School

What do you do after you've been humiliated at the Munk Debates? You call in the A-Team. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy... more

13 Apr 2023 · 44 minutes
Higher Animals with Michael Specter

Malcolm talks with his old friend, the brilliant science writer Michael Specter, about the future of life on Earth. Michael's... more

06 Apr 2023 · 34 minutes
Started From The Bottom with Justin Richmond

Today, we dig into the fascinating life of someone Malcolm knows very well: fellow Pushkin host Justin Richmond. Malcolm and... more

16 Mar 2023 · 43 minutes
Rodents and Red Wine with Maria Konnikova

Author, psychologist and professional poker player Maria Konnikova joins the show as Revisionist History’s first ombudsman. Maria advocates for the... more

09 Mar 2023 · 42 minutes
A Treat for the Die-Hards

Every writer, podcaster and storyteller obsesses about how they begin a story. But they rarely pay enough attention to endings.... more

16 Feb 2023 · 30 minutes
From Broken Record: Rick Rubin in Conversation with Malcolm Gladwell

In which Malcolm reunites with his colleague, friend and fellow host of Broken Record (not to mention a music icon... more

26 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
The Cadillac LYRIQ: Malcolm Gladwell meets an Electric Icon - Part Two

In part two of our special series with Cadillac, we test whether the all-electric Cadillac LYRIQ can keep up with... more

20 Dec 2022 · 10 minutes
The Cadillac LYRIQ: Malcolm Gladwell meets an Electric Icon – Part One

Not long ago, we got a call at Pushkin Headquarters from Cadillac. They knew that Malcolm takes cars very seriously…... more

22 Nov 2022 · 10 minutes
From Inside Voice: Lake Bell and the Sexy Baby Voice Phenomenon

Malcolm's friend, actress/writer/director/producer Lake Bell, is obsessed with voice. Malcolm is a little obsessed with Lake. This excerpt from Lake's... more

01 Nov 2022 · 26 minutes
The Creative Power of Misfits

Sharing something from our friends at the TED Audio Collective—an episode of WorkLife with Adam Grant. Adam talks about harnessing... more

20 Oct 2022 · 40 minutes
The Mennonite National Anthem

Lester Glick’s year in the Minnesota Starvation Experiment cost him his hoped-for career and also left him with an eating... more

06 Oct 2022 · 31 minutes
The Rise of the Guinea Pigs

The Minnesota Starvation Experiment could never be done today. No scientist could get permission to starve 36 healthy people for... more

29 Sep 2022 · 42 minutes
The Department of Physiological Hygiene

In the final year of the Second World War, 36 men spent a year in a dingy set of rooms... more

22 Sep 2022 · 31 minutes
Outliers, Revisited

Did Malcolm Gladwell blow it in his bestselling book Outliers? What if all he did was write a primer for... more

15 Sep 2022 · 44 minutes
We’re Back … With More Experiments!

Revisionist History returns on September 15th with a saga about self-sacrifice. Plus, Malcolm offers a mea culpa for an unintended... more

12 Sep 2022 · 1 minute
Tim Harford Cools Us Down This Summer

We’ll be back in September with new episodes of Revisionist History. In the meantime, I got to sit down with... more

19 Aug 2022 · 21 minutes
“I Was A Stranger and You Welcomed Me”

Malcolm tells the story of how his parents and their friends sponsored three Vietnamese refugees, in the aftermath of the... more

28 Jul 2022 · 33 minutes
When Will Met Grace

You thought the antics of Will, Grace, Jack and Karen were just harmless fun. Oh please. Revisionist History dives deep... more

21 Jul 2022 · 35 minutes
Star Struck

A legendary Hollywood mogul, a famous author, a fatal drunk driving accident, and a brilliant bit of screenwriting, left on... more

14 Jul 2022 · 47 minutes
In Triplicate

A mystery that begins with the half-baked idea of an obscure California bureaucrat in the 1930’s and ends with one... more

07 Jul 2022 · 34 minutes
Way to Go, Ohio

A century ago, a mysterious and disfiguring disease was finally cured by an experiment in Akron, Ohio . . .... more

30 Jun 2022 · 38 minutes
The Magic Wand Experiment

What if you could design any experiment you wanted? Without worrying about money, ethics, logistics, or even the laws of... more

30 Jun 2022 · 35 minutes
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Malcolm tells the story of how his parents and their friends sponsored three Vietnamese refugees, in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.... more