Introducing: The Unusual Suspects with Kenya Barris & Malcolm Gladwell

Good Life Project

Jonathan Fields / Acast

Education, Self-improvement, Business, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Join Kenya Barris and Malcolm Gladwell as they bypass pleasantries and promotional banter to deliver raw, unfiltered conversations with some of today’s most influential figures. Featuring titans across a spectrum of professions (from Olympic gold medalists to trailblazing Fortune 500 CEOs and everything in between), The Unusual Suspects with Kenya Barris and Malcolm Gladwell pulls back the curtain to offer listeners unprecedented access to the minds of the world’s most extraordinary individuals and their distinct paths to success.

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0:00.0	Hey, Good Life Project listeners, we have got a special treat for you today. We're doing things a little bit differently and sharing a preview of a new podcast we're really excited about, the unusual suspects.
0:11.6	So when I first heard about Kenybaras and Malcolm Gladwell teaming up, I just knew that this would be something special.
0:18.2	They're sitting down with extraordinary people like Jimmy Kimmel, Ursula Burns, and David Chang, creating these incredible living room conversations
0:25.9	that just feel refreshingly real. And what struck me was how different these conversations are
0:30.6	from just typical interviews. There's no promotion, no agenda, just authentic stories about
0:35.5	unexpected paths to greatness. You'll hear Ava DuVernay
0:39.2	and Sue Byrd share moments that they've never talked about before, revealing the true
0:43.8	fabric of their journeys. So let's get to it. Here's a fun and intriguing taste of the unusual
0:49.2	suspects. To find more episodes, go to audible.com slash unusual suspects podcast and listen now.
0:58.9	Yes, the rhythm's a rebel. Without applause, I'm lowering my level.
1:03.8	I was very much trying to figure out the meaning of my life. At the time, when graduate in 99,
1:09.3	like half the people I knew got jobs working in
1:12.0	investment banks. The other half got jobs in 99 at like www.2socks.com. Everyone was working
1:17.6	at like a dot com. I couldn't get a job because I have like a 2.5 GPA in religion.
1:23.4	Who's gonna hire me? So the short answer to your question about why I got in cooking is, like most people
1:29.7	that got in cooking, they couldn't do anything else.
1:35.4	Audible Originals presents
1:37.0	The Unusual Suspects with Kenya Barris and Malcolm Gladwell.
1:41.4	Hosted by Kenya Barris and Malcolm Gladwell.
1:45.0	Yo, Chuck, you getting nervous.
1:46.9	They can't handle this.
1:48.1	They're going to break them.
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