Malcolm Gladwell

The slippers are proof of identity, not escapism.

If they vanished, the story loses its logic and its justice.

which is beautiful, right?

And I didn't come up with that.

I put the question to all of you out there, to the listeners of Revisionist History, people who are as interested as we are in solving life's enduring and consequential, and sometimes not so consequential, mysteries.

One of you, who I've never met, gave me a little gift, which I can in turn share with all of you.

Forgive me, I'm going to violate all my principles here and get sentimental.

But the great revelation of the last 10 years has been how much all of us here at Revisionist History have enjoyed telling stories for all of you.

Stories about the unexpected, captured in real time, with real voices and real emotion and a real sense of awe about the endless surprises the world has in store for us.

I run into you as I'm walking down the street or going through an airport, and from emails in my inbox, let me just say, it's been one of the great joys of my life to meet all of you.

Happy 10th anniversary, Revisionist History!

Revisionist History is produced by Lucy Sullivan, Ben Dadaf-Haffrey, and Nina Byrd-Lawrence.

Our editor is Karen Shikurji.

Fact-checking by Annika Robbins.

Our executive producer is Jacob Smith.

Engineering by Nina Byrd-Lawrence.

Original music by Luis Guerra.

Sound design and mastering by Jake Gorski.

Special thanks to my mom.

And to Jim Sullivan, my producer Lucy's father, for recording his very own rendition of You Never Even Called Me By My Name, which Lucy tells me her dad sang to her all the time when she was growing up.