Malcolm Gladwell

Since we're talking about my parents, one of my fondest memories of being a kid is driving with my family somewhere and clearly getting hopelessly lost.

And my father announcing gleefully from the front seat, I'm following my nose.

I felt that my young producers deserved a similar experience.

In fairness to me and Jacob, Eloise had been sitting in the back seat, and she is by nature quiet as a church mouse, so it makes sense that we might assume that she was back there all the time, reading a book or something.

And it did not take that long for us to realize our mistake, maybe 10 miles max.

And in the frantic drive back, both Jacob and I felt really, really guilty.

Anyway, why am I telling you this story?

Because when I meet listeners, I think they have the impression that this show is some big, well-oiled corporate machine.

And clearly, it's not.

All right, speaking of Ben, here's a note from my Twitter call-out from a listener named Rob Gilfillian.

Here's my question.

Malcolm pronounces his colleague's name as Ben-Nadav-Haffrey, while Ben calls himself Ben-Nadav-Haffrey.

It's similar to the difference in pronouncing pecan or pecan or Caribbean or Caribbean.

These two obviously spend a lot of time together.

Seems odd.

This is so true.

It's because I just love a double-barreled last name.

I wish I had one.

My mother's maiden name was Nation.

Can you imagine if I were known as Malcolm Nation Gladwell?