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“I tried listening but the reader was uninspiring and quite frankly boring. It sounded so scripted and monotone that I gave up after 5 minutes.
Malcolm I hope you return soon. The podcast needs your energy and voice.
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PhillyChopper via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/17/24
“I was first turned onto Malcolm when listening to a car podcast. I loved his insights and observations. He’s also got an amazing voice. Talented storyteller and remarkably way of engaging with listeners.
So, when I found out about his own podcast about investigating another side of a story, I...”Read full review »
Jsarv via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/16/24
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“An excellent podcast. Gladwell‘s approach, which includes bringing many (at times unusual) contextually relevant elements into a given situation, is excellent. He sees thing in ways most mere mortals cannot.”
dmike12856 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/14/24
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“I like listening to Gladwell’s hypotheses because they’re compelling with a touch of poetry. Unfortunately when you stop and take a closer look at his arguments, you find gaping flaws. I believe he lands on a concept which has some truth to it, and then confirmation bias kicks in and he loses the...”Read full review »
Codycomposer via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/14/24
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“I have listened to nearly every episode. The early years drew me in because of his unique approach to ideas. While I have never always agreed I appreciated the perspective. Now he has replaced insight with insulting our intelligence with trivial arguments. Seldom does he even engage a...”Read full review »
Brian from Texas2 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/10/24
“I love Malcolm and this show. But after listening to season 6 episode 8 on laundry I need to leave a comment! He makes a good case about lowering carbon footprints while doing laundry but leaves out one of the most important parts - REUSING YOUR WATER!! You can use grey water catchment systems...”Read full review »
kelstreat via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/07/24
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“So enjoy listening to this and the stories that are told. Reminds me of NPR driveway moments where you sit in car just listening despite pulling into your driveway. Check it out.”
Mbhands04 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/30/24
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“I think Malcolm has gone woke. Like all human beings, he sees the things he wants to see. He should maybe update “broken windows theory”, which he’s walked away from, with “tent city/feces theory”. I’m tired of buying toothpaste locked behind plexiglass.”
Update please via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/29/24
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“T mobile t mobile”
RImailman via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/29/24
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“Just wish I would have discovered it sooner. It’s brilliant and easily my favourite podcast. Binge-listening worthy.”
getwellco via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
10/27/24
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“Adverts every couple of minutes. Episodes and even seasons are devoted to selling products. Trash”
Bla-bla lala via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/26/24
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“An outstanding season of Revisionist History- thank you Malcolm Gladwell for your insights, revelations, interpretations and supreme storytelling! Looking forward to the next season!”
TallouS via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/26/24
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“If there is only one thing I ever take from this podcast it is Charles. Hitchcock. Sherrill.
I doubt it will be but I definitely learned so much about someone I never knew I need to know so much about. 😂
Love the podcast!!”
Tronda105 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/24/24
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“Five stars for the main episodes. 2 stars for bonus episodes. Negative 50 stars for the ads!!! 5 minutes of show and 5 minutes of intro, outro and next time one 25 minutes of ads! Wait for a full series to come out, pay for the ad free episodes on the website, listen to the 5 minute long ad free...”Read full review »
Bradjdjsks via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/11/24
“RH has produced some truly amazing series over the years, however this one takes the gold medal. Brilliant research, analysis, storytelling and discourse to make you stop and think again about what you thought you knew about the 1936 Olympics”
Copacabarnsley via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/10/24
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“Had this on my list for a long time and have finally started listening. I’m hooked. Gladwell‘s (hi)story telling is unrivalled.”
JayGr80 via Apple Podcasts ·
Germany ·
10/05/24
“I’m all for advertising to support your podcast and to make a living, but doing multiple FULL-LENGTH sponsorcasts is such an incredible turnoff for me. I could let one slide, but 20 minutes into the second advertorial, I knew that Revisionist History, or perhaps more aptly titled the T-mobile for...”Read full review »
lemons525 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/05/24
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“There is certainly a lot of information in this episode worth knowing. But as has happened in prior episodes, I’m scratching my head a little…the thesis of the podcast feels exaggerated and contrived. Maybe Long didn’t help as Owens described. But we certainly know from videos, photos and his...”Read full review »
Pod Daddy via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/04/24
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“There were some good episodes. But there is also infomercial type episodes that are quite annoying. The narrator is also pretty bothersome”
OkieDonkie via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
10/03/24
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“The debate performance explanation episode is perhaps the most embarrassing thing anyone has ever published. He even brings his mom on to explain that he lost because Malcolm is so great, and also because everyone involved besides him is a racist.”
Dave Arneson via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/01/24
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“Story telling, not truth telling.”
IFYTIT via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/29/24
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“Absolutely brilliant. MG is really on his game with this series. Perfection.”
Kl clark via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
09/28/24
“I cannot remember what life was like before this podcast”
11ejh via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
09/25/24
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“An excellent podcast serving to document and analyze some of the most important events in history. Gladwell is amazing.”
dmike12856 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/24/24
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“Hello, hello …words truly fail me!
This series has been an utter delight, a brilliant brain blast, a sublime retelling of an unfolding pantheon of hitherto little known yet critical past characters playing parts on a stage during a momentous time, a revision revelation revealing new forensic...”Read full review »
Triton2013 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/07/24
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“Edited to say: the sponsored ad episodes are just gross. It's not why I subscribe and makes me want to stop listening altogether. Ads are fine, but sponsored content is too much. It makes me question the rest of Pushkin's content and editorial motivations.
Previous review:
Not only is...”Read full review »
Sarah Jannick via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
08/30/24
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“Mr. Gladwell I’m a big fan, I have all your books and listen to 80% of your podcasts. I believe that your comments in the conclusion of the Olympics series is unjustified. You are and have spoken about the difference between Stan and a bystander. When it comes to good and evil to follow that...”Read full review »
RHBRSA via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/25/24
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“The addition of a second presenter and voice in this season on the Olympus have been a huge boost to a great podcast.
Episode 9 was a highlight, and the debate on the second half was outstanding in its honesty and transparency.
But I disagree with the premise- that there are only three options....”Read full review »
knowledgeseeker2k via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/25/24
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“We cannot hold our nose in 1936 looking back and say let’s go to Berlin because we really want to preserve the Olympics. There’s no excuse to support this level of human atrocity, especially in a revisionist mode. At the time, I’m sure it was not clear to Americans the level of murderous behavior...”Read full review »
strai8up via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/23/24
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“I have enjoyed the series. I was a little disappointed in the episode on Jesse Owens and Luz Long. I was glad you set the record straight on Luz giving advice to Owens. However, you did not admire Long for walking arm in arm with Jesse after the completion in the stadium. That took great courage...”Read full review »
78davis via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/23/24
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“Quite boring, large parts of several of the episodes are dedicated to Jesse Owens and particularly his relationship with Luz Long. Maybe it should just have been a podcast about him and nothing to do with the Olympics. You gain very little information about the olympics from nine episodes.”
hotsrepper via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/22/24
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“Great content but way too many ads!”
abdiwqpxicy via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/16/24
“For hitlers Olympics, maybe you’ll cover it in future episode but with Malcolm being the track fan and historian he is, yearning for story of the great Marty Glickman a sprinter on the 1936 US Olympic team who was supposed to run the 4x100 relay and was told at last minute he could not run. He...”Read full review »
BPD partner via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/15/24
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“Never write reviews for podcasts, but just have to for the final two episodes on the Berlin Olympics. The telling of Jesse Owens’ story was just incredible, I had no idea of the story let alone that it was just that, a story, but the way Ben played it out against and within the context of the...”Read full review »
Charlie D 10 via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
08/13/24
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“It’s difficult to stay engaged with the episodes with so many ads.”
Smutzey via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/13/24
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“Interesting stuff, but it’s hard to listen to when there are 5 minutes of ads to start the episode and every 10 minutes.”
SLP EO via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/12/24
“Facsinating! Typical, brillant Gladwellian storytelling. For the past 40 years, I’ve been watching and reading about and then editing stories and writing newspaper headlines about the Olympics. The parallels and throughlines this series draws are fantastic, along with thoughtful arguments over...”Read full review »
Chuck in Greenville SC via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/12/24
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“I was so excited to listen to episode 3 discussing, among other things, the refusal by most basketball players to shot free throws underhanded despite the statistics supporting them. Then I saw Canyon Barry in the Olympics and recognized him by his dad’s underhanded free throw!! Fingers crossed...”Read full review »
Fille2054 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/04/24
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“Would have been 5 stars until last June when self promotion started to ramp up. Annoying! I only need to hear an ad once in 1/2 an hour - not 4 times! And, yes, those Pushkin podcasts do sound interesting but I get turned off by the over promotion.”
Mic Grapes via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
08/01/24
“Malcolm Gladwell is my favorite writer and now my favorite podcaster! His attention to detail and ability to tell a capitulating story is beyond what I have heard or read before! I am always looking for new material that he produces!”
Abbbbssssssss via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/26/24
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“I pay to listen to Pushkin podcasts ad free. But there are so many ads on some shows. I’m tried of listening to Malcom flogging for t mobile. The Olympic Games episodes are the worst. No reason to have a subscription!”
odonnell14 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/26/24
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“I come here for Malcolm so when he let Ben take over the last few episodes I was disappointed. They did the same thing with Jill Lepore’s podcast. Nothing against Ben, just give him his own show at this point! I hate that they just hand the host reins over to someone else when I come expecting to...”Read full review »
dnide1 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/25/24
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“The ratio of ads to content is many times greater with Pushkin than with any other podcast series. Content is great and I get that ads pay for it. But - out of balance in my opinion. Thanks for listening.”
CaptMike63 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/22/24
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“Oh my god. I just finished the Blue Seattle episode, and I’m shook. That was wildly touching and so beautiful. I don’t have anything else to say.”
Dill1Dom2 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/17/24
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“I binge listened to the vast majority of this podcast and loved so very much of it. One sticking point would have to be the painfully one sided take on the public’s reaction to the handling of covid, in particular around the idea of “vaccine deniers.” I’m looking forward to the revisionist...”Read full review »
TitoooTim via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/13/24
“Malcolm, I’ve been a fan of yours for a while. I’ve excitedly listened to many of your episodes on this podcast. I was disappointed though when you lowered yourself to using the term “white privilege”. Yes, I am white. In spite of that I think that the term “white privilege” is lazy and is...”Read full review »
Kimster61 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/12/24
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