Hey all from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders, it's been a minute.

Today on the show we have got a treat for you, a very special live conversation with Malcolm

Gladwell.

You probably know Malcolm for his five New York Times best selling nonfiction books, the

tipping point, outliers, what the dogs saw, David and Goliath, and Blink.

You may also know Malcolm as the host of the very popular podcast, Revisionist History.

You may also know Malcolm as a New Yorker staff writer or his years writing for The Washington

Post.

He's been doing this stuff for a long time.

But whether you've read him or not or listened to him or not or know him or not, I can guarantee

you someone you know at some point in their lives has bought a Malcolm Gladwell book

in an airport.

I guarantee it.

That's how I found them.

So Malcolm and I caught up on stage recently to talk about his newest book.

It's called Talking to Strangers, what we should know about the people we don't know.

This book is very much in his willhouse, drawing lots of different big ideas and theories

and stories together to craft the capital T thesis.

But this one talking to strangers, it is different.

It's not as light as his earlier stuff.

It's pretty heavy and the book tackles some depressing topics.

In our chat, Malcolm tells me why he wanted to go in that direction.

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