Malcolm Gladwell

Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Neal Brennan

Mental Health, Comedy, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Neal Brennan interviews Malcolm Gladwell (Revisionist History, Broken Record, Blink, Outliers The Tipping Point) about the moral dilemmas of responsible journalism, why he doesn't believe in complaining or introspection, playing Monopoly standing up, money anxiety, his lack of jealousy, the attention Gawker gave him, his interview techniques, dinner party conversations, Elvis Presley's mom's toes, Zootopia 2, Derek Chauvin, Trump, Kevin Hart, Trevor Noah, and much more. Listen to Revisionist History: https://lnk.to/RHBlocks 00:00 Why Malcolm isn't introspective 18:49 Sponsor: BetterHelp 20:46 Sponsor: Superpower 23:58 Fame, money, competitiveness & anxiety 31:37 The Gawker Era 35:57 Trevor Noah, Chris Rock and Kevin Hart 44:32 Interview techniques 57:26 Sponsor: Harry's 59:45 Sponsor: BUBs 1:02:21 Zootopia 2 1:04:26 Irv Gotti 1:06:00 Responsible Journalism 1:11:10 Elvis Presley 1:13:15 Derek Chauvin 1:22:09 Trump Thanks to our sponsors! Sign up and get 10% off at https://www.BetterHelp.com/NEAL Head to Superpower.com and use code NEAL at checkout for $20 off your membership. Unlock your new health intelligence. 100+ biomarkers. Every year. Detect early signs of 1,000+ conditions. #superpowerpod Our listeners get the Harry's Plus Trial Set for only $10 at https://www.Harrys.com/NEAL #Harryspod Live Better Longer with BUBS Naturals. For a limited time get 20% Off your entire order with code NEAL at https://www.Bubsnaturals.com Follow Neal Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/nealbrennan https://twitter.com/nealbrennan https://www.tiktok.com/@mrnealbrennan Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557 Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234 Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased). Edited by Will Hagle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Guys, he wrote blank, he wrote tipping point.
0:02.7	He's got, he does the Broken Record podcast.
0:06.1	He does the revisionist history podcast, which I didn't realize I probably listened to,
0:10.4	I was going through the list last night, 60 of them.
0:13.6	Wow.
0:14.4	The seasons are a little inconsistent.
0:17.2	You jump genres.
0:19.1	Yeah.
0:20.5	He's a genre, jump.
0:23.1	It's Malcolm Gladwell, ladies gentlemen.
0:25.3	The king of the dinner party conversation.
0:27.7	The dinner party starter, would you say?
0:32.7	You were, you were, you're inescapable at a dinner party.
0:35.6	Your notions.
0:37.7	Oh, that's very good. You're not, probably not at the ones you're inescapable at a dinner party. Your notions. Oh, that's very, you're not, probably not,
0:39.8	probably not at the ones you're at as much,
0:41.6	but for, I don't know, 15, 20, I don't know if it's still happening,
0:45.0	I haven't been to a dinner party a long time,
0:46.5	but, but this guy,
0:48.9	guys, you remember the, that's funny,
0:51.9	you heard the term, I did my 10,000 hours?
0:56.1	This fucking guy.
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