Malcolm Gladwell

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.8 • 57.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Author and journalist Malcolm Gladwell feels pressured into being Conan O’Brien’s friend. Malcolm and Conan sit down to talk about Malcolm’s new book Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know, conversations about gardening, tabloid inventions, tales from the IRA, and Conan’s own special cult of personality. Plus, Conan and his assistant Sona engage in a struggle for power. Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 451-2821.

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0:00.0	My name is Malcolm and I feel pressured and I've crossed out about, I don't know why
0:11.5	you guys are about there, I feel pressured into being Conan O'Brien's friend.
0:38.0	Hey there, welcome to Conan O'Brien's friends.
0:44.8	I don't know how identifiable my voice is.
0:49.0	Very identifiable.
0:50.2	Yes, I suppose.
0:51.5	Reach to a certain level of fame.
0:53.4	Oh god.
0:54.4	Anyway, well I'm a one name celebrity, Beyonce.
0:57.5	Wow.
0:58.5	Manson.
0:59.5	Nope.
1:01.5	You say Conan and people think, right?
1:03.5	I don't think Conan O'Brien anymore.
1:05.0	I mean, I hate saying this, but I think you're right.
1:08.0	Yes, I don't want to.
1:09.0	Thank you.
1:10.0	And by the way, let me introduce that sonum of Sessian, my assistant, who hates giving me
1:16.3	my props, just hates it.
1:18.0	You hate giving me my props.
1:19.5	And there are no very few props to give.
1:22.1	Oh, no, I open the box of props.
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