Malcolm Gladwell has been
one of my favorite authors for a few years now. A couple of years
back he started broadcasting a podcast series called Revisionist
History http://revisionisthistory.com/. Somehow it skipped my radar. Last month I chanced upon it
and was mighty impressed. Hence thought I would share this with you.
As the name hints,
revisionist history is a series of 30-40 minute podcasts on topics
that deserve a second look. Gladwell picks up one seemingly innocuous
or straight forward topic each week and goes in depth brining us
insights into a different side of the same story.
For instance one episode
covers the topic of french fries – and why he is cross with
McDonalds for changing their formula! A slightly more disturbing
episode dealt with the Bengal famine of 1942-43 and how 3 million
lives were sacrificed on the altar of stockpiling for the war effort.
Incidentally the stock of grain and flour diverted elsewhere was
never used/required.
Gladwell presents the
podcasts in an engaging and crisp manner interspersing his editorial
insights with interviews.
I would highly recommend
this podcast. I for one am hooked!
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