Malcolm Gladwell
Why we need to get better at working out who’s lying.
An episode of the Beyond Today podcast, hosted by BBC Radio 4, titled "Malcolm Gladwell" was published on September 6, 2019 and runs 21 minutes.
September 6, 2019 ·21m · Beyond Today
Summary
Malcolm Gladwell seems to be everyone’s fantasy dinner guest. Also a contender for America’s greatest intellectual, he’s a Canadian with roots in the UK. The writer and host of the Revisionist History podcast is back with a new book: “Talking to Strangers”. In it he explores what we should know about the people we don’t - and how some of the most infamous cases of recent history stem from people misreading each other. He came to the Beyond Today studio to talk about the importance of slowing down and his fear of running out of ideas.Producer: Lucy Hancock Mixed by Nicolas Raufast Editor: John Shields
Episode Description
Malcolm Gladwell seems to be everyone’s fantasy dinner guest. Also a contender for America’s greatest intellectual, he’s a Canadian with roots in the UK. The writer and host of the Revisionist History podcast is back with a new book: “Talking to Strangers”. In it he explores what we should know about the people we don’t - and how some of the most infamous cases of recent history stem from people misreading each other. He came to the Beyond Today studio to talk about the importance of slowing down and his fear of running out of ideas.
Producer: Lucy Hancock Mixed by Nicolas Raufast Editor: John Shields
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