Malcolm Gladwell

No, no, no, no, no. He's in Fort Worth. What did she do? Got up one morning, drove down the interstate and upgraded her situation, leaving him in a pile of tears in Fort Worth.

No, no, no, no, no. He's in Fort Worth. What did she do? Got up one morning, drove down the interstate and upgraded her situation, leaving him in a pile of tears in Fort Worth.

Where I want to live. No, no. What you're just identifying is that she's made stronger stuff. That's what that's about. And some of this is like, is bathos. Am I pronouncing that right? Is it bathos or bathos? Yeah. Pathos. Pathos or pathos? No, I think bathos is the word I want. Bathos? B-A-T-H. Bathos. Definition. Definition.

Where I want to live. No, no. What you're just identifying is that she's made stronger stuff. That's what that's about. And some of this is like, is bathos. Am I pronouncing that right? Is it bathos or bathos? Yeah. Pathos. Pathos or pathos? No, I think bathos is the word I want. Bathos? B-A-T-H. Bathos. Definition. Definition.

Anti-climax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous. Like that's what – does Fort Worth ever cross your mind is Bethos, right? That's what that is, right? That's the appeal of the song.

Anti-climax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous. Like that's what – does Fort Worth ever cross your mind is Bethos, right? That's what that is, right? That's the appeal of the song.

But that's a song. But think about that song. The way he sings it, he sings it like it's a sad song. I'm going to love you forever and ever.

But that's a song. But think about that song. The way he sings it, he sings it like it's a sad song. I'm going to love you forever and ever.

Forever and ever. It sounds like he's committing to a prison sentence.

Forever and ever. It sounds like he's committing to a prison sentence.

I once had a friend named Mike, and he didn't know me very well, and we decided to go to a ball game together. This is in the 80s. And we drove from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore to see the Orioles. And I played some mixtapes in the car. And at the end, he turned to me and he said, I had no idea how depressed you are.

I once had a friend named Mike, and he didn't know me very well, and we decided to go to a ball game together. This is in the 80s. And we drove from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore to see the Orioles. And I played some mixtapes in the car. And at the end, he turned to me and he said, I had no idea how depressed you are.

Because every single song in the mixtape was a song about some kind of broken heart, suffering, sadness, death. I don't know. That's what I want in a song.

Because every single song in the mixtape was a song about some kind of broken heart, suffering, sadness, death. I don't know. That's what I want in a song.

No, but I don't like upbeat songs. It's my problem with rock and roll. It's just like, just calm down already. Can we wallow in our emotions for a moment here and not just beating our head against the wall in ecstasy? It strikes me as unseemly.

No, but I don't like upbeat songs. It's my problem with rock and roll. It's just like, just calm down already. Can we wallow in our emotions for a moment here and not just beating our head against the wall in ecstasy? It strikes me as unseemly.

Hello, hello, Revisionist History listeners. Happy New Year. 2025 is going to be a great year for this podcast, and I want to give you a little preview of what to expect. The main event of the year is going to be a multi-part series from Alabama, true crime, but with a very Revisionist History twist. So keep that in mind. Then before we drop that, we're going to do two other smaller things.

Hello, hello, Revisionist History listeners. Happy New Year. 2025 is going to be a great year for this podcast, and I want to give you a little preview of what to expect. The main event of the year is going to be a multi-part series from Alabama, true crime, but with a very Revisionist History twist. So keep that in mind. Then before we drop that, we're going to do two other smaller things.

If you remember last season, we did a series of interviews with screenwriters on their favorite ideas that never made it to the screen. We're doing another round of interviews this year, half a dozen or so. And then we're also going to do a smaller batch of old school revisionist history episodes, some weird, some funny, some that will break your heart.

If you remember last season, we did a series of interviews with screenwriters on their favorite ideas that never made it to the screen. We're doing another round of interviews this year, half a dozen or so. And then we're also going to do a smaller batch of old school revisionist history episodes, some weird, some funny, some that will break your heart.