Malcolm and the Mermaid

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Host Dylan Thuras chats with author and podcaster Malcolm Gladwell about a beloved Disney movie, and the deeper questions it raised about the stories we tell ourselves -- and our children -- about places real and imaginary. Hear more: You can listen to Malcolm Gladwell’s series on The LIttle Mermaid, and other stories in the latest season of Revisionist History here

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0:00.0	Children in my personal experience are slightly psychopathic.
0:09.2	Like I have a six year old who is a good kind kid, but he loves villains.
0:16.6	He always wants to be the bad guy.
0:18.1	He could make Disney films.
0:20.1	They would just be an unstoppable robot that crushes anyone who stands in his way the
0:25.6	end.
0:26.6	That's the whole movie.
0:27.6	A lot of, uh, mania in children and what they actually want from their story.
0:34.1	So one question I had is it's not clear to me.
0:37.7	Don't, don't.
0:38.7	Yeah.
0:39.7	Are you going further?
0:40.7	I love the thing that you just did, which was to identify a less than flattering trade
0:46.0	in your own son and quickly generalize it to all children with a yes, of course.
0:53.9	Nice try.
0:54.9	Nice try.
0:55.9	Nice try.
0:57.9	I'm Dylan Thores and this is Atlas Obscura, a celebration of the world's strange, incredible
1:04.1	and wondrous places.
1:06.1	And that voice you just heard belongs to Malcolm Gladwell, author, podcaster, and host
1:11.6	of revisionist history.
1:12.9	Today, Malcolm is joining me for a discussion about the way children's stories can impact
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