Malcolm Gladwell

You guys, you're the last. We're the last. We can sort of open season. No, it's fine.

You guys, you're the last. We're the last. We can sort of open season. No, it's fine.

Yeah. No, no. It's great. No, I asked only because you must have seen The Little Mermaid when you have a daughter. And I had read this Law Review article by this professor who was watching The Little Mermaid. She was a contract law professor with her kids. And she got outraged at the way The Little Mermaid story portrays contract law. Yeah.

Yeah. No, no. It's great. No, I asked only because you must have seen The Little Mermaid when you have a daughter. And I had read this Law Review article by this professor who was watching The Little Mermaid. She was a contract law professor with her kids. And she got outraged at the way The Little Mermaid story portrays contract law. Yeah.

Yeah. No, no. It's great. No, I asked only because you must have seen The Little Mermaid when you have a daughter. And I had read this Law Review article by this professor who was watching The Little Mermaid. She was a contract law professor with her kids. And she got outraged at the way The Little Mermaid story portrays contract law. Yeah.

Because, of course, the plot twist in The Little Mermaid is that The Little Mermaid enters into a contract with Ursula that she will give up her soul unless she gets the hand. There's no way that contract would be upheld by a court of law. And this law professor got very angry that... Disney was deliberately perpetrating this kind of injustice on contract law.

Because, of course, the plot twist in The Little Mermaid is that The Little Mermaid enters into a contract with Ursula that she will give up her soul unless she gets the hand. There's no way that contract would be upheld by a court of law. And this law professor got very angry that... Disney was deliberately perpetrating this kind of injustice on contract law.

Because, of course, the plot twist in The Little Mermaid is that The Little Mermaid enters into a contract with Ursula that she will give up her soul unless she gets the hand. There's no way that contract would be upheld by a court of law. And this law professor got very angry that... Disney was deliberately perpetrating this kind of injustice on contract law.

And so she wrote... She has no issue with there being no such thing as mermaids, though? No, no, no. Also, she points out, the mermaid is underage. You cannot... An underage person can't... So there were so many red flags. So many red flags. So she writes this very angry law review. And I remember I was reading it... You remind me never to watch a movie with this person. I know.

And so she wrote... She has no issue with there being no such thing as mermaids, though? No, no, no. Also, she points out, the mermaid is underage. You cannot... An underage person can't... So there were so many red flags. So many red flags. So she writes this very angry law review. And I remember I was reading it... You remind me never to watch a movie with this person. I know.

And so she wrote... She has no issue with there being no such thing as mermaids, though? No, no, no. Also, she points out, the mermaid is underage. You cannot... An underage person can't... So there were so many red flags. So many red flags. So she writes this very angry law review. And I remember I was reading it... You remind me never to watch a movie with this person. I know.

And I was like... I had one thought and only one thought on me, and that was, this woman is the greatest genius. I basically ran back to the office and called her up, and it turns out she was hilarious. And she inspired me. So then it turns out there's multiple problems with The Little Mermaid. I'm not going to get into it.

And I was like... I had one thought and only one thought on me, and that was, this woman is the greatest genius. I basically ran back to the office and called her up, and it turns out she was hilarious. And she inspired me. So then it turns out there's multiple problems with The Little Mermaid. I'm not going to get into it.

And I was like... I had one thought and only one thought on me, and that was, this woman is the greatest genius. I basically ran back to the office and called her up, and it turns out she was hilarious. And she inspired me. So then it turns out there's multiple problems with The Little Mermaid. I'm not going to get into it.

And so the screenwriter actress, Britt Marling, a friend of mine, I said, Britt, I have this problem with The Little Mermaid. She said, so do I. And so she rewrote. I got her on the case. And then we performed it. I got Jodie Foster and Glenn Close to play key roles. And what I really wanted, the final piece was, I wanted Disney to sue us. Because I've heard they're famously litigious.

And so the screenwriter actress, Britt Marling, a friend of mine, I said, Britt, I have this problem with The Little Mermaid. She said, so do I. And so she rewrote. I got her on the case. And then we performed it. I got Jodie Foster and Glenn Close to play key roles. And what I really wanted, the final piece was, I wanted Disney to sue us. Because I've heard they're famously litigious.

And so the screenwriter actress, Britt Marling, a friend of mine, I said, Britt, I have this problem with The Little Mermaid. She said, so do I. And so she rewrote. I got her on the case. And then we performed it. I got Jodie Foster and Glenn Close to play key roles. And what I really wanted, the final piece was, I wanted Disney to sue us. Because I've heard they're famously litigious.

And I thought, this is the greatest marketing opportunity in the history of my podcast. My podcast is not as big as yours. I need to have these kinds of Yes. And so I did everything in my power to bring this to the attention of the attorneys at Disney. Nothing. To this day. Basically, I accused them of everything under the sun. I ripped off their content.

And I thought, this is the greatest marketing opportunity in the history of my podcast. My podcast is not as big as yours. I need to have these kinds of Yes. And so I did everything in my power to bring this to the attention of the attorneys at Disney. Nothing. To this day. Basically, I accused them of everything under the sun. I ripped off their content.

And I thought, this is the greatest marketing opportunity in the history of my podcast. My podcast is not as big as yours. I need to have these kinds of Yes. And so I did everything in my power to bring this to the attention of the attorneys at Disney. Nothing. To this day. Basically, I accused them of everything under the sun. I ripped off their content.