Revisionist History

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 09:00:00 +0000

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You thought the antics of Will, Grace, Jack and Karen were just harmless fun. Oh please. Revisionist...

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 09:00:00 +0000

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A legendary Hollywood mogul, a famous author, a fatal drunk driving accident, and a brilliant bit of...

Thu, 07 Jul 2022 09:00:00 +0000

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A mystery that begins with the half-baked idea of an obscure California bureaucrat in the 1930’s a...

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 09:15:00 +0000

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A century ago, a mysterious and disfiguring disease was finally cured by an experiment in Akron, Ohi...

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0000

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What if you could design any experiment you wanted? Without worrying about money, ethics, logistics,...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 04:00:00 +0000

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Revisionist History is back! And obsessed with ... experiments. Natural experiments. Thought experim...

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 07:00:00 +0000

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Sharing a new Pushkin show, Legacy of Speed. When two Black sprinters raised their fists in protest ...

Wed, 18 May

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Malcolm confesses to being an absolute car nut. And now his dream has come true — the launch o...

Wed, 04 May

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For the first time ever, Revisionist History is hitting the road! On two nights, Malcolm will be wor...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:01:00 +0000

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Sharing special previews of Pushkin’s show Bad Women: Ripper Retold and this month’s Pushkin+ ep...

Thu, 11 Nov 2021 05:01:00 +0000

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In this month’s subscriber-only episode, the Pushkin staff have something to say about Malcolm’s...

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0000

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In this month’s subscriber-only episode, a look at the complicated and possibly cursed career of H...

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 09:00:00 +0000

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If recent times have shown us anything, it’s that many problems can not be fixed by humans alone. ...

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 09:00:00 +0000

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The best way to prepare for the unexpected may not be to make plans, or predictions, but to play gam...

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 09:00:00 +0000

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Is there a right way to do your laundry? Of course there is. A long look at the science of cleaning ...

Mon, 02 Aug

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Revisionist History presents: The Little Mermaid...our way. The grand finale of our three-part serie...

Thu, 29 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0000

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The quest to revise The Little Mermaid continues. This week, we call in the experts. Part two of thr...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0000

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Revisionist History takes on The Little Mermaid: a deep dive into a world where merpeople present us...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0000

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Helen Slote Levitt was on her way to the good life in 1950s Hollywood. Then one day, her name appear...

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0000

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A historically Black university in New Orleans is beloved by everyone – except the US News best co...

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0000

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For 30 years, US News & World Report has been using a secret formula to rank the best colleges a...

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 09:00:00 +0000

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Revisionist History travels to Phoenix, Arizona to learn about the future of the automobile. It’s ...

Wed, 09 Jun

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Presenting a sneak peek of Pushkin’s newest show, Be Antiracist with Ibram X. Kendi. On Be Antirac...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 09:00:00 +0000

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The sixth season of Revisionist History is underway, and Malcolm’s finally out of the house. We pl...

Fri, 28 May

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Whenever Malcolm and Adam Grant cross paths on the book tour circuit, it's always a good time. Here ...

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0000

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Season 5 of Revisionist History included four episodes on the rise of air power during the Second Wo...

Thu, 17 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +0000

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We're back in Atlanta - this week with jaunts to Jamaica, Kenya, court-side NBA games, and a deep di...

Thu, 10 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +0000

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Revisionist History takes a trip to Malcolm's favorite city and gets a tour of Emory University, mee...

Thu, 20 Aug 2020 09:00:00 +0000

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Lessons from the world’s most perfect memorial.Get Revisionist History updates first by signing up...

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 09:00:00 +0000

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A billionaire turned recluse befriends a minor novelist. Together they seize the public’s imaginat...

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 09:00:00 +0000

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The delicate science of hiring nihilism, examined in five deeply-personal case studies.Get Revisioni...

Thu, 30 Jul 2020 09:00:00 +0000

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How do we remember one of the deadliest nights in human history? We don't. Part four.Get Revisionist...

Thu, 23 Jul 2020 09:00:00 +0000

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The arguments, accidents, cold-blooded logic and sheer serendipity that led to the longest night of ...

Thu, 16 Jul 2020 09:00:00 +0000

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Basement laboratories. Mad scientists. Sticky gels, and a bake-off in the desert. The strange story ...

Thu, 09 Jul 2020 09:00:00 +0000

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On the eve of the Second World War, a band of visionaries at Maxwell Air Force Base tried to reimagi...

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 09:00:00 +0000

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In Bolivia, a political activist radically reforms the voting process for... student council electio...

Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:00:00 +0000

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An escape from war-torn Germany. Lavish dinners with Hollywood royalty. A Swedish baron and a dime-s...

Thu, 18 Jun 2020 09:00:00 +0000

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Dragons hoard treasure, deep in their lairs. They don’t show it off to their neighbors. Revisionis...

Thu, 04 Jun 2020 16:43:00 +0000

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Andy Warhol. War. Smaug the Dragon. And, as always, digressions of great importance.Launching June 1...

Tue, 02 Jun 2020 09:00:00 +0000

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Malcolm has been writing about race and policing for a very long time, going back to the killing of...

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 09:00:00 +0000

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On February 24, 1996, Cuban fighter jets shot down two small planes operated by Brothers to the Resc...

Thu, 22 Aug 2019 09:00:00 +0000

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Throughout the 1960s, a biologist named Howard Temin became convinced that something wasn’t right ...

Thu, 15 Aug 2019 09:00:00 +0000

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You thought that there was only one kind of chutzpah. Wrong. There’s two. Revisionist History tell...

Thu, 08 Aug 2019 09:00:00 +0000

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Two seasons after its investigation of the decline of McDonalds french fries, Revisionist History re...

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 09:00:00 +0000

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An unarmed man is shot to death by police. How does the Jesuitical idea of “disordered attachments...

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 09:00:00 +0000

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John Rock was the co-inventor of the birth control pill — and a committed Catholic. He wanted his ...

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 09:00:00 +0000

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Revisionist History tries to make sense of the conundrum of PED use in baseball, using the 500-year-...

Thu, 11 Jul 2019 09:00:00 +0000

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If you disagree with someone — if you find what they think appalling — is there any value in tal...

Thu, 04 Jul 2019 09:00:00 +0000

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Bohea, the aroma of tire fire, Mob Wives, smugglers, “bro” tea, and what it all means to the bac...

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 09:00:00 +0000

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A weird speech by Antonin Scalia, a visit with some serious legal tortoises, and a testy exchange wi...

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 09:00:00 +0000

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Malcolm challenges his assistant Camille to the Law School Admissions Test. He gets halfway through,...

Thu, 13 Jun 2019 04:00:00 +0000

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Jesuits. Chess masters. Mafiosi. Lawyers. And a little bit of tire fire. Launching June 20th from P...

Tue, 13 Nov 2018 05:00:00 +0000

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Revisionist History presents the first episode of a new podcast, Broken Record. It's a conversation ...

Thu, 19 Jul 2018 04:00:00 +0000

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The one song The King couldn’t sing.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodc...

Thu, 12 Jul 2018 04:00:00 +0000

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“She was Joan of Arc, Madame Curie, and Florence Nightingale—all wrapped up in one.” Learn mo...

Thu, 05 Jul 2018 04:00:00 +0000

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Epidemics of fear repeat themselves. The first time as tragedy. The second time as farce. Margit Ham...

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 04:00:00 +0000

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Crucial life lessons from the end of hockey games, Idris Elba, and some Wall Street guys with a lot ...

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 04:00:00 +0000

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Q: Was there a period where you felt you had something to prove? A: The first 45 years of my life. ...

Thu, 14 Jun 2018 04:00:00 +0000

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Good fences make good neighbors. Or maybe not. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.ihea...

Thu, 07 Jun 2018 04:00:00 +0000

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"Sorry dude, I don't remember you being on my aircraft." Learn more about your ad-choices at https:...

Thu, 31 May 2018 04:00:00 +0000

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An early morning raid, a house-full of Nazis, the world’s greatest harmonica player, and a dashing...

Thu, 24 May 2018 04:00:00 +0000

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“He called to wish me ‘Happy Birthday.’ Then he said, ‘I’m failing everything.’” Lear...

Thu, 17 May 2018 04:00:00 +0000

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The complete, unabridged history of the world’s most controversial semicolon.  Learn more about ...

Thu, 10 May 2018 04:00:00 +0000

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In a special live taping at the 92nd Street Y in New York, Malcolm talks with WorkLife’s Adam Gran...

Thu, 03 May 2018 04:00:00 +0000

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Malcolm Gladwell is back with season three of Revisionist History: harmonica players, mass delusion,...

Thu, 17 Aug 2017 04:00:00 +0000

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What is a son’s obligation to his father? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartp...

Thu, 10 Aug 2017 04:00:00 +0000

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They made the world’s greatest French Fry. Then they threw it away. Learn more about your ad-choi...

Thu, 03 Aug 2017 04:00:00 +0000

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Arrested, arraigned, indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced to die in the electric chair in 24 ho...

Thu, 27 Jul 2017 04:00:00 +0000

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“Nobody was interested in justice.” Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodca...

Thu, 20 Jul 2017 04:00:00 +0000

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Why country music makes you cry, and rock and roll doesn’t: A musical interpretation of divided Am...

Thu, 13 Jul 2017 04:00:00 +0000

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The friendship that changed the course of World War II. Learn more about your ad-choices at https:/...

Thu, 06 Jul 2017 04:00:00 +0000

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“Oh, Mac. What did you do?” Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwor...

Thu, 29 Jun 2017 04:00:00 +0000

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A landmark Supreme Court case. A civil rights revolution. Why has everyone forgotten what happened n...

Thu, 22 Jun 2017 04:00:00 +0000

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What happens when a terrorist has a change of heart? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://ww...

Thu, 15 Jun 2017 04:00:00 +0000

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Rich people and their addiction to golf: a philosophical investigation. Learn more about your ad-ch...

Fri, 26 May

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From bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell, season two of Revisionist History launches June 15th. Lea...

Thu, 18 Aug 2016 02:00:00 +0000

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In the political turmoil of mid-1990s Britain, a brilliant young comic named Harry Enfield set out ...

Thu, 11 Aug 2016 02:00:00 +0000

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A 98-year-old minister takes on his church over the subject of gay marriage—and teaches the rest o...

Thu, 04 Aug 2016 03:14:00 +0000

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In the summer and fall of 2009, hundreds of Toyota owners came forward with an alarming allegation: ...

Thu, 28 Jul 2016 02:00:00 +0000

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How does genius emerge? An exploration of different types of innovation—through the lens of Elvis ...

Thu, 21 Jul 2016 03:00:00 +0000

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In the early ’90s, Hank Rowan gave $100 million to a tiny public university in Glassboro, New Jers...

Thu, 14 Jul 2016 03:00:00 +0000

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Bowdoin College and Vassar College are two elite private schools that compete for the same students....

Thu, 07 Jul 2016 03:00:00 +0000

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Of the tens of thousands of talented, low-income students who graduate from high school every year i...

Thu, 30 Jun 2016 01:09:00 +0000

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Wilt Chamberlain’s brilliant career was marred by one, deeply inexplicable decision: He chose a sh...

Thu, 23 Jun 2016 03:05:00 +0000

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In the early 1960s the Pentagon set up a top-secret research project in an old villa in downtown Sai...

Thu, 16 Jun 2016 20:41:00 +0000

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In the late 19th century, a painting titled The Roll Call, by a virtually unknown artist, took Engla...

Fri, 03 Jun

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Coming soon, a new podcast series from bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell. Learn more about your a...