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Malcolm Gladwell's recent Revisionist History episode on how McDonald's was bullied or tricked into ruining its french fries.
@tcj_phx +7 more
Podcast
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 whether we got it right the first time. From Pushkin Industries. Because sometimes the past deserves a second chance. To get early access to ad-free episodes and extra content, subscribe to Pushkin+ in Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.
80 Hacker News mentions · 33 episodes
Episodes recommended on Hacker News
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Quite the eye-opener on how economic interests blind us to the impact football has on players.
@pseudolus +5 more
Burden of Proof
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Revisionist History's episode on this explains that brakes can easily stop an engine at full throttle.
@kbenson +5 more
Blame Game
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Good podcast about Prop 13 from Malcolm Gladwell, linking to the episode "A Good Walk Spoiled."
@gman83 +3 more
A Good Walk Spoiled
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One episode of Revisionist History covers Cohen's "Hallelujah," which took him five years to get right, plus the Dylan anecdote. Worth it, with fun facts annotated.
@abuiles +3 more
Hallelujah
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The Revisionist History podcast has two great episodes on the subject.
@DasIch +3 more
My Little Hundred Million
with John L. Hennessy
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Gladwell's LSAT podcast episode is pretty good, arguing that what the test measures isn't very useful.
@criddell +2 more
The Tortoise and the Hare
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Listening to Gladwell's Revisionist History episode changed their view of the British colonial record in India.
@DoubleCribble +2 more
The Prime Minister and the Prof
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Gladwell makes a strong argument that failing to integrate teachers caused a large part of the failure, so the episode is worth hearing.
@boomboomsubban +2 more
Miss Buchanan’s Period of Adjustment
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Malcolm Gladwell's 2020 season covers LeMay, napalm, and the Tokyo firebombing: "Fascinating and horrifying."
@cushychicken +1 more
The Bomber Mafia
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Just listened to a great Revisionist History episode that floats the idea of a college admissions lottery.
@jkhdigital +1 more
The Powerball Revolution
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Episode on memory isn't infallible, not a video recording of the past; covers flashbulb memory experiments that are pretty interesting.
@kmano8 +1 more
Free Brian Williams
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A great Revisionist History series on elite colleges and admissions made a lot of this stuff click.
@dayvid
A Dollop Crossover | Ben Naddaff-Hafrey on Staten Island and the Revolutionary War
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The semi-connected episodes 4,5,6 from season 1 about education hooked me.
@heymijo
Hitler’s Olympics, Part 4: Outcast in Olympia
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That episode was so good, it's probably worth a re-listen now if you listened to them as they were released.
@kbenson
Guns Part 4: Moral Hazard
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There's an amazing episode of Revisionist History about this.
@trackofalljades
Way to Go, Ohio
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Gladwell's Revisionist History episode traces "Hallelujah" from a forgotten B-side track to the song commonly known and covered today.
@taxicabjesus
Revisionist History Season 7: The Experiment Experience
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Calls the Revisionist History episode "Lord of the Rankings" a great listen on the US News college rankings and the perverse incentives they create.
@ThinkingGuy
Lord of the Rankings
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There was an episode of Revisionist History that discussed this a bit, worth a listen for how self-driving cars handle people in the road.
@uses
I Love You Waymo
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Gladwell's "Hamlet Was Wrong" episode argues he is an interview nihilist: hire anyone reasonably capable, since interviews are so hard to get right.
@roxolotl
Hamlet Was Wrong
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Malcolm Gladwell touches on this beautifully in the most recent season of Revisionist History
@lumens
Dragon Psychology 101
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Re-listened to this episode on the weekend; its account of Howard Temin's letter to Francis Crick is worth hearing.
@cromulent
The Obscure Virus Club
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If you're curious about the story in more detail, Revisionist History has a good episode on it.
@anpe
Chutzpah vs. Chutzpah
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Revisionist History did a really good episode going in depth about all this.
@TheSoftwareGuy
Puzzle Rush
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Malcolm Gladwell, who I am not a fan of in general, has a good podcast about it
@Gatsky
The Imaginary Crimes of Margit Hamosh
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Two excellent episodes on memory: it's far less accurate than we think, especially about when things happened and their order.
@yashap
A Polite Word for Liar
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Recently listened to an interesting Revisionist History episode on the importance and controversy of a semicolon in a constitutional provision.
@shlant
Divide and Conquer
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Just listened to a Revisionist History episode that called out the harms of over-consumption of linoleic acid.
@tomlagier
The Basement Tapes
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Gladwell's podcast on satire argues SNL's Sarah Palin impression mocked her mannerisms rather than what was really bad about her.
@kjdal2001
The Satire Paradox
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The "Generous Orthodoxy" episode's line "respect the body we're trying to heal" is simple, elegant and slightly profound.
@alexandersingh
Generous Orthodoxy
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Gladwell's three-part series on American education and social mobility starts with a personal story of a child who gives up an advancement opportunity to support family.
@amsilprotag
Carlos Doesn’t Remember
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Recommends the Revisionist History episode "The Big Man Can't Shoot" on why the underhand free throw is superior yet avoided because it looks ridiculous.
@jtwaleson
The Big Man Can't Shoot
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Everybody should listen to this podcast by Malcolm Gladwell, recommending the Saigon 1965 episode.
@mars4rp
Saigon, 1965
Why Hacker News recommends it
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Recommends Revisionist History episodes 4, 5 & 6 for a compelling, thought-provoking look at educational philanthropy and elite universities' inclusivity.
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Divulgation-level non-fiction works best for multitasking: few characters, repeated concepts, and missing 30 seconds barely matters.
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Upvote for Revisionist History. Several episodes have been listened to 3 or 4 times apiece.
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Despite not liking Gladwell's writing, his Revisionist History podcast is one of their favourite things to listen to and is highly recommended.
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Malcolm Gladwell has a great podcast about this focusing on Bowdoin college.
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Malcolm Gladwell's recent podcast chapter on The Troubles addresses the assumption that enough force can impose your will on people, and how it rarely turns out that way.
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Gladwell's episode on hiring nihilism is a very interesting listen, despite the ZipRecruiter ad.
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The Revisionist History audiobook is like a good podcast, so it's worth a listen.
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his episode on Brown v. Board was extremely interesting
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Malcom Gladwell covers institutional racism in schools VERY WELL in his podcast Revisionist History.
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Gladwell did a great segment on this, covering the US military schools of thought on who and what to bomb.
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Revisionist History re-examines something from the past in every episode and asks whether we got it right the first time.
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