Revisionist Gun History (with Malcolm Gladwell)

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4.8 • 32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Malcolm Gladwell is a bestselling author and longtime New Yorker staff writer. He’s also the co-founder and president of the audio-production company Pushkin Industries, where he hosts Revisionist History, a podcast about things “overlooked and misunderstood.” He joins me to talk about gun culture, and what we get wrong about firearms in America. He also reflects on some of his older writing on policing, epidemics, and first impressions. Plus, former Trump aide Peter Navarro’s sentencing is set for January 2024, and Fulton County DA Fani Willis decides against charging Senator Lindsey Graham, former Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, and others in the Georgia election interference case. Don’t miss the Insider bonus, where Preet and Gladwell discuss life as a lawyer, and what it means to be “theory-rich.” To listen, become a member of CAFE Insider for $1 for the first month. Head to cafe.com/insider. For show notes and a transcript of the episode head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/revisionist-gun-history-with-malcolm-gladwell/ Have a question for Preet? Ask @PreetBharara on Threads, or Twitter with the hashtag #AskPreet. Email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to Stay Tuned.
0:06.0	I'm Pete Barara.
0:08.0	The defense of the Second Amendment has gotten so hilariously and absurdly arcane.
0:15.0	They have reached into the 17th, 17th Century Bristol
0:20.0	to try and find someone to justify the increasingly elaborate and ridiculous arguments
0:26.0	that they're making on behalf of gun ownership.
0:30.0	That's Malcolm Gladwell.
0:34.0	You've likely heard of him.
0:36.0	He's the best-selling author of a number of popular books including The Tipping Point,
0:40.0	Blink, and Outliers.
0:42.0	He's also been a staff writer at The New Yorker for almost 30 years.
0:46.0	After decades of success with the written word, Gladwell launched the audio company
0:50.0	Pushkin Industries in 2018.
0:53.0	There he hosts the podcast Revisionist History, a show about things overlooked and misunderstood.
0:59.0	The newest season is all about guns, how Americans think about them and protect them,
1:05.0	and ultimately what we get wrong about them.
1:08.0	Gladwell and I get into some stories from his show in this episode.
1:12.0	We also discuss some other Gladwellian topics.
1:15.0	He reflects on broken windows policing, first impressions,
1:18.0	and the quiet severity of the opioid crisis.
1:22.0	That's coming up.
1:24.0	Stay tuned.
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