Malcolm Gladwell

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?

I would be unstoppable.

So I'm deeply appreciative of that Nadaf in the middle of Ben's name.

I want to give it the kind of relish I believe it deserves.

Nadaf is like pickles on a sandwich.

It's transformative.

The other reason, while I'm on this subject, is that this is the price I pay for being the child of a Jamaican and an Englishman who was raised in Canada and then moved to the United States.

I have four different pronunciation and accent models bouncing around my head at all times.