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Revisionist History

Revisionist History is Malcolm Gladwell's journey through the overlooked and the misunderstood. Every episode re-examines something from the past—an event, a person, an idea, even a song—and asks whet... Read more

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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McDonald’s Broke My Heart

McDonald’s Broke My Heart

They made the world’s greatest French Fry. Then they threw it away. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.ihe... Read more

10 Aug 2017

33mins

Ranked #2

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Mr. Hollowell Didn’t Like That

Mr. Hollowell Didn’t Like That

Arrested, arraigned, indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced to die in the electric chair in 24 hours. Learn more abo... Read more

3 Aug 2017

35mins

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Bombs-Away LeMay

Bombs-Away LeMay

The arguments, accidents, cold-blooded logic and sheer serendipity that led to the longest night of the Second World War... Read more

23 Jul 2020

39mins

Ranked #4

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Puzzle Rush

Puzzle Rush

Malcolm challenges his assistant Camille to the Law School Admissions Test. He gets halfway through, panics, runs out of... Read more

20 Jun 2019

34mins

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May the Best Firebomb Win

May the Best Firebomb Win

Basement laboratories. Mad scientists. Sticky gels, and a bake-off in the desert. The strange story behind Curtis LeMay’... Read more

16 Jul 2020

36mins

Ranked #6

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The Tortoise and the Hare

The Tortoise and the Hare

A weird speech by Antonin Scalia, a visit with some serious legal tortoises, and a testy exchange with the experts at th... Read more

27 Jun 2019

38mins

Ranked #7

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The Bomber Mafia

The Bomber Mafia

On the eve of the Second World War, a band of visionaries at Maxwell Air Force Base tried to reimagine modern warfare. T... Read more

9 Jul 2020

32mins

Ranked #8

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Divide and Conquer

Divide and Conquer

The complete, unabridged history of the world’s most controversial semicolon.  Learn more about your ad-choices at http... Read more

17 May 2018

38mins

Ranked #9

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Goodbye, Farewell and Amen

Goodbye, Farewell and Amen

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

30 Jul 2020

39mins

Ranked #10

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Malcolm Gladwell debates Adam Grant

Malcolm Gladwell debates Adam Grant

In a special live taping at the 92nd Street Y in New York, Malcolm talks with WorkLife’s Adam Grant about how to avoid d... Read more

10 May 2018

50mins

Ranked #11

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The Basement Tapes

The Basement Tapes

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

17 Aug 2017

30mins

Ranked #12

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"Oh Howard, You Idiot!”

"Oh Howard, You Idiot!”

A billionaire turned recluse befriends a minor novelist. Together they seize the public’s imagination. Kind of. The true... Read more

13 Aug 2020

45mins

Ranked #13

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Hamlet Was Wrong

Hamlet Was Wrong

The delicate science of hiring nihilism, examined in five deeply-personal case studies.Get Revisionist History updates f... Read more

6 Aug 2020

38mins

Ranked #14

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State v Johnson

State v Johnson

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

27 Jul 2017

31mins

Ranked #15

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The King of Tears

The King of Tears

Why country music makes you cry, and rock and roll doesn’t: A musical interpretation of divided America. Learn more abo... Read more

20 Jul 2017

41mins

Ranked #16

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A Memorial for the Living

A Memorial for the Living

Lessons from the world’s most perfect memorial.Get Revisionist History updates first by signing up for our newsletter at... Read more

20 Aug 2020

39mins

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