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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 whether we got it right the first time. From Pushkin Industries. Because sometimes the past deserves a second chance.

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Sweet and bitter like dark chocolate

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klabobble
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2019-03-29
I love dark chocolate

Essential listening

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DavidBurnside
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2019-03-27
I have not just listened to but proselytised about this series to dozens of people, all of whom in turn rave about it - witty and inconoclastic, the very best of thinking, bold, researched but opinionated journalism.

The only thing better than reading Malcolm Gladwell...is listening to him!

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Poppasmurph51
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2019-02-09
This podcast has been an absolute delight. I've unashamedly binged on it. Gladwell orates exactly as he writes, and it's a hoot. UK based but dind't find the US centric nature of it at all boring. But then nothing's boring with Malcolm Gladwell. Not even Toyotas...

Arch-haughtiness the naughtiness

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Malcolm Gladwell II
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2019-01-12
Pompous and with a selective eye for detail. Sounds a bit creepy too. But enough about me - loved the podcast MG. That scrub the tub song made me cry too as I walked in the aisles of Budgens of Tooting.

Brilliant-engaging and thought provoking

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macBNC
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2019-01-10
Gladwell is brilliant- his cadence, timing and engagement is captivating, he’s in a class of his own.

Acorn to oak tree

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pikadili
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2018-12-18
Malcolm Gladwell can spin an elaborate, multilayered, intelligent and controversial tale from the tiniest and most boring facts. The way he states these ordinary kernels with such gravitas, I completely believe that the tree of information he will grow from this statement will be worth my time and make me question from where did I get my opinion. Excellent. Really excellent.
Ah but I must say I am not interested in the music stuff - unfortunately I will not be listening to it or his other music-centric podcast (Broken Record)

Unexpected!

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Nickxvan
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2018-12-03
Malcolm I am now listening to Johnny Cash, considering Elvis' mistakes in his songs (Freudian slips), trying to reflect on why Lindeman was never part of my history learning before now, and pondering many more quandries like why its human nature not to remove a performance error if its not cool (underhand penalty shots) ... thanks for the thought provoking series! Im really looking forward to more ... if you ever run short of material ... look to S.Africa.

Extraordinary

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Gogs8166
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2018-11-28
I come away from every episode thinking about what I have learnt. It has changed my views on a number of issues. It is especially good at finding the grey in what we often take as black and white issues

Just Beautiful

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Bartie68omg
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2018-11-23
Im only a few episodes in, and its fascinating. Please listen to generous orthodoxy, it made me cry, stories so beautifully told, with such passion conveyed.

Anything but a broken record

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AndySteer
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2018-11-15
Another fantastic podcast from Malcolm Gladwell.

Binge Worthy

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Ingo_go
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2018-11-07
I have binge-listened to all of Revisionist History. Fascinating and varied topics, excellent research and narrating. So much to reflect upon after each episode. I wish there were more. Malcolm Gladwell is a star!

Jono, tower crane operator, 37, london

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jonodebshawshaw2
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2018-11-06
I love you

He's...He's...

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Johnnyste
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2018-11-06
He's back!

Just excellent

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Donman Expat
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2018-10-26
Works on all levels - emotional to intellectual.

Thank you!

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Celia Bliss
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2018-10-16
This podcast has opened and challenged my mind and its thought patterns in a truly life-giving way. The ultimately intuitive but initially juxtaposing connections made between concepts is sensational. I feel driven to learn widely, variously, and to persistently divert my perspective. Thank you to the wonderful team behind this essential feat!

Changing how I think

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Jim71
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2018-10-10
I love this podcast. I only discovered it because it was mentioned on a film podcast I listen to. This is not just shining a light on certain historical episodes I was only vaguely aware of, it is changing how I current affairs as well.

Gripping

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MolejaBoy
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2018-10-05
In a trademark style that’s as concise as it is compassionate Malcom Gladwell educates me for free! Thank you Malcom and team.

Fascinating, just fascinating!

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Lego4all
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2018-09-23
Almost incredible, detailed analysis of pockets of history delivered in a clean, understandable style by Malcolm. Should come with an addictive warning!

Life Challenging

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Belgarand
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2018-09-13
It is refreshing to find a well researched and polished podcast as this one. I enjoy every episode and cannot wait for the next installment.
So many social issues, topics and past events which we all "thought" we knew are re-examined and challenged
Thank you Malcolm and your Revisionist History team for a truly enjoyable podcast series.

Satisfies my intellect and moves me emotionally

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Son, brother, father, lover
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2018-09-10
It is hard to express in words how much I have enjoyed, learnt from, and been moved emotionally by many of the Revisionist History episodes across all three series. To Malcolm Gladwell and the team of people who bring many talents together with Malcolm to bring us Revisionist history, I send you a heart-felt thank you.
The music is the most obvious delight apart from Malcolm's words, and I am sure that there is a lot of background work that we don't see, so thank you to the unseen/unheard folks too.
Several of the episodes have given me a much more real sense of what racism was like in the 1950's and 1960's in the USA, and have left me speechless and needing to take a long walk along the river to return to a calm centred place.
This morning I listened to another one of them "The Hug Heard Around The World". Amazingly insightful, pulling together a few seemingly unrelated strings of thought until they meet with the punch in the gut of the appalling "roast" of Sammy Davis Junior led by his "friend" Dean Martin. Time for another long walk.
Revisionist History is not easy listening; it tackles some very difficult subjects in a way that I get to understand them viscerally as well as intellectually. That is very rare.
So I say again, to Malcolm and team, Thank You!

Riveting

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Bleumoth
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2018-09-09
I’m soo glad I found this via an interview Malcolm had via The Breakfast Club.
I have since recommended the Podcast (and Malcolm’s books) to Friends and Family.
Great stuff! 🇯🇲

Ultra-lucid, humane and pragmatic

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Kateh14
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2018-09-07
Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History looks at a range of subjects and events from the point of view of the decision-making of key players and the factors that underpinned that decision making.
The best use I’ve ever made of my commuting time. Thank you!

Utterly compelling!

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TboneCol8
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2018-08-30
Fascinating podcast. 5 stars. ‘Nuff said...

Compulsive listening - if not compulsory

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Al Jamali Crusher
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2018-08-26
An outstanding tour de force, shining light on the shadowy parts of the brain and the world to bring them into clearer, higher and sharper definition. A must listen.

Best ever podcast

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twvd73
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2018-08-23
I listen to a lot of podcasts, particularly fact-based, thoughtful informative stuff. Gladwell’s Revisionist History is excellent, possible the best I have ever found. Not ever episode reaches the dizzying height of his best but all are thought provoking and insightful, and always delivered with his gentle storytelling honesty. I love it.

This podcast must survive apocalypse

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Shakya D Ganguly
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2018-08-20
Cannot emphasize how much I love this show.

A mind opening experience

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Neilus123
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2018-08-14
I have been listening since the first series and highly rate this podcast.
Good production values, excellent presenter and engaging story telling.
But, for me, what makes it invaluable are the ethics and moral code that sit ram rod at its core. Humanist, fair, without political or religious agenda, speaking truth to power, fearless, inquiring. It persuades you to look just a little more closely at issues, events and ask what is really going on.

Anecdote for fake news

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scr0406
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2018-08-08
I recommend this pod esp series 3 Episodes 8&9 sends a shiver down the spine as unfettered bureaucrat politicians can destroy professionals who are experts in their fields. Such Kafkasque situations surely can’t be on going now .........UK CPS take note.

My new favourite podcast.

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DrMNW
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2018-08-07
Just brilliant. I love the way he brings apparently different threads together to tell a compelling story.

Fantastic.

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factoryofsadness
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2018-08-06
Illuminating and captivating stories that open up your mind to what’s happening in the world and explain how we arrived at this point. I even enjoy listening to the adverts as they helped bring this into my life. Plus the music is tremendous. Great stuff.

Brilliant and thought provoking

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MrStBons
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2018-08-04
Came across this series of podcasts by chance and they kept me awake at night.
I have enjoyed every single one, even when the topic seemed initially dull he makes it riveting.
Well done

Every now and then ...

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ShannySands
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2018-08-04
... you come across something that you simply don’t want to end. This is one such thing.

Revising what matters

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Bl3ss3r
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2018-07-27
This is a simply phenomenal podcast. Malcolm Gladwell is, as usual, picking not only extremely interesting but also hugely important societal issues. The podcast makes you think and act!

I can’t believe it’s over!

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bigfannz1
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2018-07-25
Fabulous as ever...one of the best parts of my week.

Just listen, live and learn

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PitchyPorgy
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2018-07-20
“It’s not weird, a lesser person would have sung it perfectly” Malcolm Gladwell 2018
Beautiful... Broken

Untouchable

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martin nash
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2018-07-19
Simply another level above any other podcast in terms of the depth of research and love that goes into each episode.

Exceptional

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MichelleLondonSVK
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2018-07-19
Just when you think Malcolm Gladwell cannot get any better!

Very poor

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Matty_Seats
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2018-07-14
Dangerously stupid. Gladwell ‘revises’ history by ripping specific events out of their context, wilfully ignoring wider circumstances, so that he can make spurious connections with other ignorantly understood pieces of history that work only so long as he takes as little time as possible to consider their connection but, instead, applies his vapid, liberal psychological theory to it.

This podcast is extraordinary...

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JosephPTucker
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2018-07-13
...absolutely fascinating!

One sided ranting

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piccoluter
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2018-07-13
Disappointed to discover that this just seemed to be a platform for sharing Gladwell’s frustration. There’s enough negativity in the world; I don’t need to listen to any more. After listening to two episodes, the few cool facts I got weren’t worth the raised stress level and blood pressure :/

Love This!

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DaLo19
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2018-07-10
MG is fantastic. His choice of subjects are always fascinating. I don’t always agree with him (Vassar’s appalling food for example) but that makes me like him even more. Have ploughed through the first two seasons and onto season three. Desperate for season four and shall be looking out for more from MG.

What happened?

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Annamedic
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2018-07-10
The content this season is less interesting. The arguments are flawed and feel less well thought out than last season.
The adverts are not clever. They are not interesting. They detract from the content.
Unsubscribed mid-episode, mostly because of the advertising gimmick.

Great podcast

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27 EJB
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2018-07-07
I love this podcast and the pockets of history it explores. I do not like, however, the ads. I know you have to be sponsored but the ads are too long.

Best podcast

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SarahPerles
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2018-07-06
Best podcast ever! I’m a huge fan of Malcom Gladwell, I loved all his books and no surprises that his podcasts are amazing! Learning something new every day! Completely addicted to them!! Thank you!!

Revise my history?

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James Tennant
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2018-07-06
Mr Gladwell routinely conflates “England” with “United Kingdom” and, by so doing, denies my existence. There is no English government. There is no English Prime minister. England was not at war with Russia, (“The Lady Vanishes”) and so on. In spite of his decision to erase my past (and that of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders at the battle of Balaclava) Mr Gladwell has won me over. “King of Tears” is magnificent.
C.U. Jimmy

Outer World Thinking

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hellserch
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2018-07-05
I just hope that when I grow up in a 100 years time that I am as insightful and succinct as this great thinker.

Simply brilliant

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Hammersbrooking10
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2018-06-29
You should listen to this. Playback all the episodes. It’s important.

Enlightening

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scottymc44
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2018-06-28
A great storyteller shedding light on society’s curiosities, misjudgments and foibles. All told with wonderful detail, empathy and in a tone of voice that draws you into the story every time.

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Pie Man Dave
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2018-06-21
Love the podcast, HATE the adverts. Swear it wasn’t this bad in the earlier episodes.