Revisionist History
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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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Revisionist Revisited: Analysis, Parapraxis, Elvis
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04/02/20 • 58 min
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Lord of the Rankings
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07/01/21 • 32 min
For 30 years, US News & World Report has been using a secret formula to rank the best colleges and universities in the United States. As a public service to our listeners, we hack the algorithm and discover the dirty little secret of the rankings game.
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Outliers, Revisited
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09/15/22 • 44 min
Did Malcolm Gladwell blow it in his bestselling book Outliers? What if all he did was write a primer for neurotic helicopter parents? To find out, Revisionist History descends on the University of Pennsylvania to run a roomful of eager students through a mysterious experiment, complete with Sharpies, huge white stickers, and a calculator. It does not end well.
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Hitler’s Olympics, Part 1: The Blue-Eyed Tornado
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06/27/24 • 35 min
In the early 1930s, Adolf Hitler granted a rare interview to the American journalist Dorothy Thompson. When Hitler later came to power, and prepared to stage the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Thompson’s warning about the man she’d met would frame the central debate over the games: Should we go?
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A Serious Game
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08/19/21 • 30 min
The best way to prepare for the unexpected may not be to make plans, or predictions, but to play games. Revisionist History explores imaginary worlds and the people who love finding out what they don’t know.
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Hitler’s Olympics, Part 2: Pangloss, Polonius, Prufrock
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07/04/24 • 32 min
Charles Sherrill was everything a gentleman of his generation was supposed to be: rich, handsome, charming, Ivy-Leagued. He was impossibly well connected and extravagantly mustachioed. He was also the person who, as much as anything, decided whether American athletes would participate in the 1936 Olympics. Faced with one of the great moral dilemmas of the day, America needed the wisdom of Solomon. Instead, it got the wisdom of Sherrill.
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I Love You Waymo
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06/24/21 • 33 min
Revisionist History travels to Phoenix, Arizona to learn about the future of the automobile. It’s not what you think. It’s much better.
Warning: Some of the actions depicted in this episode are dangerous. Do not imitate Malcolm!
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The Judgment of Helen Levitt
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07/15/21 • 34 min
Helen Slote Levitt was on her way to the good life in 1950s Hollywood. Then one day, her name appeared on a list. The story of an ordinary woman whose world was upended by extraordinary times.
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Acting Out
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07/06/23 • 36 min
Malcolm talks with Ben Naddaff-Hafrey, host of The Last Archive, about the forgotten origins of a major social science, the missing chapter in Ella Fitzgerald’s life, and what it all has to do with the prison just down the street from Malcolm’s office. Listen, and check out the brand new season from Pushkin’s The Last Archive.
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Guns Part 1: The Sudden Celebrity of Sir John Knight
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08/31/23 • 47 min
In the battles over gun rights, a shadowy English nobleman from the 17th century has unexpectedly taken center stage. Who was he? What did he do that has — 300 years later — endeared him to a generation of legal scholars? Revisionist History explores the cult of personality around the mysterious Sir John Knight.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Revisionist History have?
Revisionist History currently has 200 episodes available.
What topics does Revisionist History cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture, History and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on Revisionist History?
The episode title 'Revisionist Revisited: Analysis, Parapraxis, Elvis' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Revisionist History?
The average episode length on Revisionist History is 34 minutes.
How often are episodes of Revisionist History released?
Episodes of Revisionist History are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Revisionist History?
The first episode of Revisionist History was released on Jun 3, 2016.
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@baltazar
Jan 22
Great show ( Ok, except the
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mafia episodes)
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@moorecha
Jan 29
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