Revisionist History

Pushkin Industries

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 are pushkin.fm/pus. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.

  • 37 minutes 28 seconds
    The Tipping Point Revisited: Georgetown Massacre Part 1

    In the ‘Varsity Blues’ college admissions scandal, the government indicted more than 50 people. Business leaders. Celebrities. Actors. Rich people accused of paying millions of dollars to get their children into elite universities. The Department of Justice was successful in all but one case: U.S. v. Khoury. What we’re calling: The Georgetown Massacre.

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    3 October 2024, 4:01 am
  • 46 minutes 54 seconds
    The Tipping Point Revisited: An Excerpt

    Today, we’re sharing an exclusive preview of the audiobook of Revenge of the Tipping Point. All about bank robbers and doctors. Find Revenge of the Tipping Point wherever you get audiobooks. 

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    26 September 2024, 4:01 am
  • 45 minutes 7 seconds
    Tim's Tolkien Obsession & Amazon Prime's The Rings of Power

    Tim Harford's life has been building up to this moment. In this Cautionary Conversation, he discusses the works of his favorite author J.R.R. Tolkien and the social science at play in Amazon Prime's series The Rings of Power. What do elves and whistleblowers have in common? How can evil hide in plain sight? And where do orcs come from?

    Season 2 of The Rings of Power is available to watch on Prime Video from August 29th.

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    30 August 2024, 4:01 am
  • 44 minutes 52 seconds
    Hitler’s Olympics, Part 9: A Plague on Both Your Houses.

    In the season finale, we turn back the clock four years, take a side trip to Alabama, meet an extraordinary man named Billy Garland, and ask: What is the right way to reconcile something pure with the messiness of the real world?

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    22 August 2024, 4:01 am
  • 33 minutes 49 seconds
    Hitler’s Olympics, Part 8: “Vater, It is to be Fayetteville”

    In the early 1930s, a young German law student spent a year in Arkansas, studying American “race law.” The fight over the 1936 Games provided Americans with a chance to study Nazi Germany. But it turns out the Nazis were studying us too. 

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    15 August 2024, 4:01 am
  • 44 minutes 15 seconds
    Hitler’s Olympics, Part 7: Long Jump, Tall Tale

    Jesse Owens spent the rest of his life retelling the story of the 1936 games and his encounter with Luz Long. We trace the evolution of a tall tale, discovering the hidden life of one of America’s iconic sports heroes.

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    8 August 2024, 4:01 am
  • 38 minutes 11 seconds
    Hitler’s Olympics, Part 6: The Jiggle & the Giddy Up

    The most famous athlete in Berlin was the American sprinter Jesse Owens, and one of the most famous stories from those Games was the unexpected, heartwarming encounter Owens had with the German long jumper Luz Long. The friendship between the two athletes would serve as a symbol of how sports can overcome national antagonisms. We wonder: What really happened at the long jump pit that day? 

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    1 August 2024, 3:50 am
  • 38 minutes 40 seconds
    Pushkin Goes to the Olympics

    Legends are made at the Olympics and this summer shows across the Pushkin network are bringing their unique takes to Olympic stories. This special episode includes excerpts from a few: a Cautionary Tale about underestimating female marathoners, a Jesse Owens story from Revisionist History’s series on Hitler’s Olympics, and—from What’s Your Problem—the new technology that’s helping Olympic athletes get stronger.

    Check out other show feeds as well, the Happiness Lab and A Slight Change of Plans are also going to the Games.

    Sylvia Blemker of Springbok Analytics on What’s Your Problem

    The Women Who Broke the Marathon Taboo on Cautionary Tales

    Hitler’s Olympics from Revisionist History

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    26 July 2024, 4:01 am
  • 36 minutes 25 seconds
    Hitler’s Olympics, Part 5: The Amateur’s Hour

    A German Jewish high-jumper is determined to get her shot at Olympic greatness. And an idealist faces an existential choice. In the fifth episode of Hilter’s Olympics, Avery Brundage faces the reality for Jewish athletes in Nazi Germany and makes a critical decision.

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    25 July 2024, 4:01 am
  • 42 minutes 45 seconds
    Hitler’s Olympics, Part 4: Outcast in Olympia

    The cheerleader-in-chief for the American Olympic movement was a brilliant, self-made Chicago tycoon named Avery Brundage. Brundage did more to ensure the success of the Berlin Games than anyone except Hitler. But what exactly were his motivations? We meet the man behind the curtain and witness his secret shame.

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    18 July 2024, 4:01 am
  • 35 minutes 44 seconds
    Hitler’s Olympics, Part 3: Mustache to Mustache

    With the fate of the Olympics on the line, Charles Sherrill travels to Germany to take up the question of Jewish athletes directly with the Führer. We dig through a dusty archive to uncover a long-buried account of their meeting. The wolf met with the chicken. Guess who won? 

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    11 July 2024, 4:01 am
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