A Polite Word for Liar | Revisionist History | Malcolm Gladwell

[@PhoebeFayRuthLouise]

8:49 “The evil of two lessers” cracks me up!

[@nancyroth8022]

Loessers

[@donaldjmccann]

How astonishing....I was at that concert at the Royal Albert Hall in May 2001. I had no idea to whom I was listening. I believe that Cleo Lane was the head-liner. I was on holiday with my wife; it was a fabulous concert!

[@lindagarland5223]

I sure enjoyed this back story. Thank you, Malcolm.

[@chilatelover]

Fascinating characters

[@kevinpoole6122]

This was unexpectedly moving. Thank you so very much. 💖

[@Nigel-McMagmus]

“I checked, he actually died two and a half months later”. Such a brilliant closing 😂

[@CViewer70]

MY FAVORITE OF YOUR PODCASTS….

[@rsavage42]

The polite word for liar is liar.

[@_powerbeard]

I read the title and thought "The 45th President"

[@steveadams1850]

I think you are wrong about memory not being linked to a person's character. I am a story teller as well, but I find fun in the mundane. The name droppers that tell fantastical stories, that aren't true, reveal a lot about their character.

[@maxheadrom3088]

Toots Thielemans liked this podcast!

[@Bino_Means]

History. Subtitle: we still dont know what REALLY happened.

[@maxheadrom3088]

That's true about almost all of History. Also, history is usually built as a narrative and that is usually a construct that is good because makes it easy to understand but bad because we tend to take one narrative as the only one. Here's a narrative about it told by a WWII US army veteran: (it ends on 18:24 - that's the great reveal) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqnSfmljZriKopY We should always remember the words of those WWII veterans when we read news stories or read history books. Oh ... we should include podcasts, radio shows and documentaries, too. No need to include films because in Cinema everything is fake!

[@MeeCee5204]

And as with most things, we never will. Everybody lies, even if they don't know they're lying.

[@rubinklein3403]

One is certainly reminded of the tales of the Baron Munchausen...

[@ruthcole909]

Thanks for the tip, I love the Jew’s harp. If that’s actually racist, it’s not my intention. My mom used to say that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. However, she is the racist. Not that most people would have known that.

[@egx161]

Rudy Vallee was the Jay Z of the 1920’s. 😂 I’m old.

[@ecamp6360]

Raconteur = storyteller. Liar is so subjective. Did Malolm lie when he called Adler "the greatest harmonica player in the world."?

[@EdSuastegui]

No, he was lying, and whether he eventually came to believe his own falsehood does not remove root cause: there was a falsehood.

[@jaihawkins]

Yes, you are right, but to whom are referring?

[@pavanatanaya]

UGH! People who coopt other people's experiences as their own...So boring

[@benhills1340]

Almost as bad as an Oxford meeting

[@plusbonus1165]

I love your programs but not this attempt to justify a person's lies. He could've said why he lied, but lie he did. Sadly , it sullied the genius .