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We’re excited to share with you the new season of Revisionist History, Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast that re-examines something from the past and asks whether we got it right the first time. We’ve got to warn you, the new season is completely unbound. Malcolm Gladwell is finally out of the house, and taking you into the streets, and even under the sea. All in the name of continuing his journey through the overlooked and misunderstood. He plays chicken with cars. An Oscar winner helps him remake fairy tale history. He dives into your dirty laundry. I haven’t quite decided who he riles up most.…
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Speaker 1:Pushkin. Hello, Hello, Malcolm Gladwell here, co founder of Pushkin Industries and a host of Revision's History, a podcast about things forgotten and misunderstood. We just kicked off our new season and I wanted to share a preview of it with you. Excuse me if it sounds a little unbound. Once I get out of the house, I went a little bananas. I played chicken with cars. I enlisted two Golden Globe winners to help remake a fairy tale. I did a deep dive into dirty laundry. I haven't decided who we will rile up most in our new episodes.
Speaker 1:College presidents to Disney executives, lawyers for Disney. Come on, come at me. We're dropping ten new episodes over the course of the summer. Perfect list for those summer vacations where you finally get out of the house too. You can listen to your Revisionist History wherever you get your podcasts. Why am I running? Because this season in Provisionist History begins with me running. I finally get out of the house, mask up, get on a plane to Arizona, find myself in the parking lot of an Alamo drafthouse. Somewhere on the outskirts of Phoenix. He thinks he's gotten away from me.
Speaker 1:Not so fast, my friend. Stop. I've done serious seasons of Revisionist History, thoughtful seasons, considered seasons, but I'm not sure I've ever quite lost it like I've done this year. What did I do when I came af from Arizona? I know you're part of the Disney Empire. Jimmy, how you are? I went on the Jimmy Kimmel Show to go after Disney the Magic Kingdom. They're upstairs watching this right now. They're probably trying to cut me off. You'll be your fingers on the button. I'll be lucky to be alive by morning. My name is Malcolm Gladwell. Season six of my podcast Revisionist History is imminent, and this time I'm running for my life. Have you ever been hit that car? Look? We are getting hit? Once is too many? Probably right around five. That's Lancer. I'm strong, even Lance is scared. Then I get mixed up with communists.
Speaker 1:Have I mentioned communists? I haven't serious communists. Yes, he was what you'd call a parla pink. He and his friend Harry Silver would fight the revolution in our living room Revision's History, Unbound, out of the House into the world, and three episodes three under the Sea. We're trying to give the feeling of what is possible, of what is possible, and then I'd like to see whether we can create a public ground swell among nine year old girls in this country for are we telling Yes, Yes, Yes Yes.
Speaker 1:Season six from Pushkin Industries, starts June twenty fourth,
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