Podcast Episodes

Board Game Season

Season 9 Episode 12

A young family nearly lost everything in the 1970s farm crisis. Then, they invented a board game. Today on the show, producer Ben Naddaff-Hafrey shares a story about how life shows up in games and wh…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

A New Day at the Races

Season 9 Episode 11

Revisionist History heads to Las Vegas for the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix, courtesy of T-Mobile for Business. Malcolm talks with T-Mobile and Las Vegas Grand Prix executives about how 5G techno…

Published on 2 years ago

This Is Your Captain Speaking

Season 9 Episode 10

What does a pilot sound like? Malcolm and Ben Naddaff-Hafrey take off on a long, strange investigation that takes them from Las Vegas to Family Guy to the airspace over the Mojave desert and the cold…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

The Bear Was Poked With Maria Konnikova

Season 9 Episode 9

Maria Konnikova returns as Revisionist History’s ombudsman. Today, she talks with Malcolm about assault rifles, tales of the two Matt Dillons, moral hazard, localized mortgage rates, and possible sol…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Oil and Blood: The Osage Murders from Cautionary Tales

Season 9

Today, we’re bringing you an episode from another Pushkin show, Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford. This episode is based on Killers of the Flower Moon, with permission from its author, David Grann.

M…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Unlocking Hidden Potential with Adam Grant

Season 9 Episode 8

Malcolm Gladwell hosts a rollicking live discussion about Adam Grant’s new book, “Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things,” which is available now. They explore why we overemphasize…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Silicon Valley on the Couch

Season 9 Episode 7

Why is Silicon Valley where it is? How did a narrow valley in California become the epicenter of the computer age? People usually say it’s because of Stanford, or the weather. But the answer may be s…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Guns Part 6: “Sin is the failure to bother to care”

Season 9 Episode 6

Abdullah Pratt grew up in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in America, then returned to be an ER doctor in his neighborhood hospital. At the end of Revisionist History’s series on everything A…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Five Burning Travel Questions with Malcolm Gladwell

Season 9

Revisionist History hits the road, courtesy of Airbnb. Malcolm shares some travel tips, including music for poolside relaxation, how to find your way around the Carolinas, and what to do about inclem…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Guns Part 5: The Footnote

Season 9 Episode 5

At the end of a forgotten study of convicted murderers, the author left a devastating footnote.  We travel to an old plantation house outside Montgomery Alabama to hear his story — and what it tells …

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago