Malcolm Gladwell Doesn't Mind Being Wrong | From Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know

Malcolm Gladwell Doesn't Mind Being Wrong | From Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know

Author: Pushkin Industries December 30, 2025 Duration: 1:02:56

Malcolm recently went on the podcast of one of his favorite comedians, Hasan Minhaj. He enjoyed the experience so much, he wanted to share the conversation with you! Enjoy.

On Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know, the two-time Peabody Award-winning comedian sits down with the biggest names in politics, culture, and tech with questions that are as thought-provoking as they are absurd. It’s a dumb show for curious people who are looking for answers but can’t find them, not even from their host. Because, ultimately, Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know!

Find more episodes of Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know wherever you get podcasts.

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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. 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.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 100

Revisionist History
Podcast Episodes
Hitler’s Olympics, Part 2: Pangloss, Polonius, Prufrock [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:12
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…
Hitler’s Olympics, Part 1: The Blue-Eyed Tornado [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:39
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…
Hitler’s Olympics [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:29
Adolf Hitler swept to power in Germany in the early 1930s and soon set out to stage the most extravagant and spectacular summer Olympics yet: the 1936 Berlin Games. And countries around the world dutifully put together t…
Malcolm on No Small Endeavor [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:37
Malcolm recently sat down with friend and award-winning theologian Lee C. Camp to discuss his journey on the acclaimed podcast No Small Endeavor. In this episode, they explore a host of Malcolm's stories – from receiving…
Blue Seattle with Cameron Crowe | Development Hell [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:26
In 1986, Cameron Crowe, the film director, and Nancy Wilson, of the rock group Heart, got married. They honeymooned in a little cabin in the Pacific Northwest, and while they were there decided to write a musical, about…
Labor of Love with M. Night Shyamalan | Development Hell [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:03
Before M. Night Shyamalan became a household name for his mind bending thrillers like “The Sixth Sense” and “Signs”, he was just a young screenwriter in love. And during those blissful early years of marriage he wrote a…
I Am Superman with Patty Jenkins | Development Hell [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:08
Between her big hits, “Monster” and “Wonder Woman”, Patty Jenkins wrote an R-rated fairy tale, starring a dog. She hoped that the dog would deliver such a great performance that the Academy would — for the first time — g…
The Birthday Party with Charles Randolph | Development Hell [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:20
Before Charles Randolph won an Oscar for writing “The Big Short,” he adapted a memoir called “The Birthday Party”: the true story of a white man kidnapped by three young Black men. Is there a way to bring a story like th…
Bubbles with Isaac Adamson | Development Hell [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:46
This is the story behind a biopic about a chimpanzee named Bubbles, sidekick to the King of Pop. Malcolm talks with the writer, Isaac Adamson, about the project’s rise and fall. Netflix optioned the script, a director wa…