Malcolm Gladwell

It was really weird. He wasn't climbing on the mic. He was just yanking it right up to his face. Not something you would have predicted if you know about rats and how wary they are. A mystery. I felt like maybe that rat was trying to tell me something. Rats communicate via ultrasonic frequencies. So a few days later, when I got home, I processed the audio, pitch shifted it down, and hit play.

Sorry, buddy. I know you're right, but it's the raccoon's time now. Revisionist History is produced by me, Ben Nadeff-Haffrey, Lucy Sullivan, and Nina Byrd-Lawrence. Our editor is Karen Shikurji. Fact-checking by Annika Robbins. Original scoring by Luis Guerra. Mixing and mastering on this episode by Echo Mountain. Our executive producer is Jacob Smith.

Sorry, buddy. I know you're right, but it's the raccoon's time now. Revisionist History is produced by me, Ben Nadeff-Haffrey, Lucy Sullivan, and Nina Byrd-Lawrence. Our editor is Karen Shikurji. Fact-checking by Annika Robbins. Original scoring by Luis Guerra. Mixing and mastering on this episode by Echo Mountain. Our executive producer is Jacob Smith.

Special thanks to Lizette Barton at the Doctors Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology. And to Sarah Nix and Greta Cohn. I'm Ben Nadeff-Haffrey.

Special thanks to Lizette Barton at the Doctors Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology. And to Sarah Nix and Greta Cohn. I'm Ben Nadeff-Haffrey.

Pushkin. Before we get to this episode, I want to recommend another podcast for you. Fiasco Arancontra is another Pushkin podcast by the co-creator of Slow Burn, Leon Nafok. You'll learn how Ronald Reagan found himself in the middle of a scandal that looked like it just might take down his presidency. Fiasco Arancontra is available wherever you get your podcasts. Don't miss it.

Pushkin. Before we get to this episode, I want to recommend another podcast for you. Fiasco Arancontra is another Pushkin podcast by the co-creator of Slow Burn, Leon Nafok. You'll learn how Ronald Reagan found himself in the middle of a scandal that looked like it just might take down his presidency. Fiasco Arancontra is available wherever you get your podcasts. Don't miss it.

Hello, hello, Malcolm Gladwell here. Today, I'm in the studio with my producer, Lucy Sullivan. Lucy?

Hello, hello, Malcolm Gladwell here. Today, I'm in the studio with my producer, Lucy Sullivan. Lucy?

I understand you have a story for me about a particular misunderstanding.

I understand you have a story for me about a particular misunderstanding.

Of me? Of you. Oh, my God. Okay.

Of me? Of you. Oh, my God. Okay.

Can you tell me what the name of the coffee shop is?

Can you tell me what the name of the coffee shop is?

Oh, it's that good.

Oh, it's that good.

So J.J. and Missy are sitting down together. What happens?

So J.J. and Missy are sitting down together. What happens?

But these two, and there's nothing romantic going on here.