Malcolm Gladwell on Forgiveness, The Value of Being Disagreeable, and The Little Mermaid | Ep. 133

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 32.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2021

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Megyn Kelly is joined by Malcolm Gladwell, best-selling author and host of "Revisionist History," to talk about the importance of forgiveness, the value of being disagreeable, Jeffrey Toobin's Zoom incident, the failures of journalists, why "The LIttle Mermaid" teaches terrible lessons, the cost of "cancel culture" in today's society (and historically), how to deal with criticism, and more. Follow The Megyn Kelly Show on all social platforms: Twitter: http://Twitter.com/MegynKellyShow Instagram: http://Instagram.com/MegynKellyShow Facebook: http://Facebook.com/MegynKellyShow Find out more information at: https://www.devilmaycaremedia.com/megynkellyshow

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, your home for open, honest, and provocative conversations.
0:07.0	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly Show and happy Friday.
0:16.2	How do I have a Friday gift for you?
0:18.5	Malcolm, glad well.
0:20.5	I love his books and I love him and so will you when you listen to this interview.
0:25.4	He's the author of many hugely successful influential books, at least five of which have been New
0:31.1	York Times bestsellers, outliers, the tipping point, bling, talking to strangers, all of
0:35.9	which you should read.
0:36.9	They're easy, quick reads that will really enrich you.
0:39.4	They'll leave you feeling enriched.
0:41.3	He also hosts a great podcast called Revisionist History where he goes back and looks at interesting
0:46.5	stories or people and takes a sort of a fresh look at them.
0:50.4	And he co-founded a podcast company called Pushkin, which is doing really well.
0:53.8	He's also been writing for The New Yorkers since 1996.
0:57.4	Once was a Washington Post journalist, which he'll talk about a reporter.
1:01.5	And we get into everything.
1:03.1	He did great work recently, sort of blowing the lid off of US News and World Report and
1:07.6	how we rely on them for the college rankings and what BS it is.
1:11.2	He has also blown the lid off the little mermaid.
1:14.1	And it's probably the best part and maybe most contentious of our interview where he actually
1:19.6	questions my parenting skills and we will get into that.
1:22.7	We get into the importance of being disagreeable in today's day and age, the importance of forgiveness
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