
Revisionist History
Malcolm Gladwell / Pushkin
Malcolm Gladwell's contrarian reexaminations of the past, often focusing on overlooked social and cultural narratives.
Why we picked this
We picked Revisionist History because Malcolm Gladwell treats the past as an argument, not a record. Each installment takes a misunderstood event, person, or institution and reframes it through meticulous reporting and Gladwell’s own moral lens. The show’s posture is prosecutorial: it names what went wrong and who paid the price. That willingness to argue, rather than merely explain, is what separates it from standard history fare. Subscribe for the back catalog—a warehouse of stubborn, carefully built cases against the way we remember things.
Recent episodes

Introducing The News from Scene on Radio
Jun 4, 202642 min

The Great American Elevator Tragedy | The Mistakes Series
May 28, 202626 min

James Fleming’s Impossible Vietnam War Rescue | From Medal of Honor
May 22, 202631 min

The Trust Diagnosis
May 21, 202639 min

The BlackBerry Problem | The Mistakes Series
May 14, 202632 min

The Worst Poet in the World | From Cautionary Tales
May 7, 202641 min

Why Would I Do That to Jennifer Lopez? | The Mistakes Series
Apr 30, 202631 min

A Tragedy in Texas | The Mistakes Series
Apr 23, 202629 min

The Sony Hack | The Mistakes Series
Apr 16, 202630 min

Behind the Scenes with Andrew Jarecki
Mar 26, 20261h

Zootopia Exposed! (Part Two)
Mar 12, 202631 min

Zootopia Exposed! (Part One)
Mar 5, 202631 min
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