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Revisionist History (podcast)

Revisionist History is a podcast by Canadian journalist Malcolm Gladwell, produced by Gladwell's company Pushkin Industries. It first aired on June 3, 2016 and (as of May 2025) has aired thirteen seasons.

Gladwell, already a successful author and essayist, was convinced to create a podcast by his friend Jacob Weisberg, then editor-in-chief of The Slate Group.[1] At that time Slate also operated the Panoply Media podcast network, who produced the first three seasons of the podcast.[2] After Panoply announced that they would cease making podcasts in September 2018, he announced that he was co-founding a podcast production company with Weisberg named Pushkin Industries, which has produced the series since then.[3][4]

Each episode begins with an inquiry about a person, event, or idea, and proceeds to question the received wisdom about the subject.

Episodes

Season 1 (2016)

Season 2 (2017)

Season 3 (2018)

Season 4 (2019)

Season 5 (2020)

Season 6 (2021)

Season 7 (2022)

Season 8 (2023)

Season 9 (2024)

The season Development Hell interviewed notable screenwriters and film directors about a passion project which never came to fruition.

Season 10 (2024)

This season was titled Hitler's Olympics and talked about the antecedents to and controversies regarding the 1936 Summer Olympics, particularly focusing on how Hitler used the games as a mouthpiece for Nazi ideology.

Season 11 (2024)

The first part of this season was a miniseries titled The Tipping Point Revisited, in which Gladwell revisits his 2000 book The Tipping Point and looks at it from a new stance.

Reception

Revisionist History has received positive reviews from critics. In Podcast Review, Nic Dobija-Nootens called it "perplexing, frustrating, and always worth a second look".[12] The New York Times's Amanda Hess praises the show's impact, crediting it for creating a "podcast micro-genre … [of] history-bending show[s]".[13]

See also

  • List of history podcasts

External links

References

  1. Erin Geiger Smith. Malcolm Gladwell Polishes His Podcast in a Brooklyn Studio The New York Times, 2017-06-10, retrieved 2017-06-17^
  2. Eric Johnson. Malcolm Gladwell wants his new podcast to make you cry Vox, 2016-06-16, retrieved 2025-01-17^
  3. Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg. Malcolm Gladwell's New Word Order: Audiobook First The Wall Street Journal, 2021-04-23, retrieved 2025-01-17^
  4. Introducing Revisionist History Season Six Pushkin Industries, 2021-06-03, retrieved 2025-01-17^
  5. Marta Bausells. Malcolm Gladwell launches a podcast – to 'finally make people cry' The Guardian, 2016-06-20, retrieved 2025-01-17^
  6. Charley Locke. Smarten Up and Get Right With the 5 Best Podcast Episodes of the Week Wired, 2016-06-27, retrieved 2025-01-17^
  7. Miranda Sawyer. The week in radio: Revisionist History; Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People The Guardian, 2016-08-21, retrieved 2017-06-17^
  8. Charley Locke. 5 Great Podcasts to Listen to While Watching the Olympics Wired, 2016-08-15, retrieved 2025-01-17^
  9. Eliana Dockterman. The 50 Best Podcasts Right Now Time, 2017-03-30, retrieved 2017-06-17^
  10. Charley Locke. Stephen King's Batman Story and 4 More Podcasts You Must Hear Wired, retrieved 2025-01-17^
  11. Erin Geiger Smith. Welcome to the Podcast. First, a Word From Our Celebrity. The New York Times, 2017-03-24, retrieved 2017-06-17^
  12. Nic Dobija-Nootens. The World Through Malcolm Gladwell's Eyes Podcast Review, 2018-07-31, retrieved 2025-01-17^
  13. Amanda Hess. You Know Your History? These Podcasts Aren't So Sure The New York Times, 2017-12-15, retrieved 2025-01-17^