Hitler’s Olympics Part 1: The Blue-Eyed Tornado | Revisionist History | Malcolm Gladwell

In the early 1930s, Adolf Hitler granted a rare interview to the American journalist Dorothy Thompson. When Hitler later came to power, and prepared to stage the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Thompson’s warning about the man she’d met would frame the central debate over the games: Should we go?
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ABOUT HITLER'S OLYMPICS SERIES
Adolf Hitler swept to power in Germany in the early 1930s and soon set out to stage the most extravagant and spectacular summer Olympics yet: the 1936 Berlin Games. And countries around the world dutifully put together their teams and made the trip to Germany. Why?
In this new nine-part series Hitler’s Olympics, Malcolm Gladwell and Ben Naddaff-Hafrey explore the games behind the Games, the most consequential Olympics in history. Along the way, they meet a collection of the world’s daffiest aristocrats. A couple of American construction moguls. A legendary triple-jumper. And one discerning journalist.
Heroes and villains. The clear-eyed and the deluded. All of them going to Hitler’s Olympics.
Hitler’s Olympics launches June 27th. Subscribe to Pushkin Plus now to hear the first five episodes on launch day, or listen for new episodes every Thursday for the next nine weeks.
ABOUT REVISIONIST HISTORY
Revisionist History is Malcolm Gladwell’s journey through the overlooked and the misunderstood. Every podcast episode re-examines something from the past - an event, a person, an idea, even a song - and asks whether we got it right the first time. Because sometimes the past deserves a second chance.
ABOUT MALCOLM GLADWELL
Malcolm Gladwell is president and co-founder of Pushkin Industries. He is a journalist, a speaker, and the author of six New York Times bestsellers including The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, David and Goliath, and Talking to Strangers. He has been a staff writer for the New Yorker since 1996. He is a trustee of the Surgo Foundation and currently serves on the board of the RAND Corporation.
ABOUT PUSHKIN INDUSTRIES
Pushkin Industries is an audio production company dedicated to creating premium content in a collaborative environment. Co-founded by Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob Weisberg in 2018, Pushkin has launched seven new shows into the top 10 on Apple Podcasts (Against the Rules, The Happiness Lab, Solvable, Cautionary Tales, Deep Cover, The Last Archive, and Lost Hills), in addition to producing the hugely successful Revisionist History. Pushkin’s growing audiobook catalogue includes includes the bestselling biography “Fauci,” by Michael Specter, “Hasta La Vista, America,” Kurt Andersen’s parody Trump farewell speech performed by Alec Baldwin, "Takeover" by Noah Feldman, and “Talking to Strangers,” from Pushkin co-founder Malcolm Gladwell. Pushkin is dedicated to producing audio in any format that challenges listeners and inspires curiosity and joy.
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[@UsualYaddaYadda]

Yeah, also looking forward to the series. There is a magical quality to your voice that sings along a story. Thanks!

[@rideausheep]

I must say that he sounds like a Canadian.

[@spankduncan1114]

My father sold vacuum cleaners for a living. After watching him a couple of times making the sale, I learned how NOT to be manipulated. Best lesson I ever learned.

[@Busterb00]

Looking forward to the series

[@mariacosta4463]

Thank you Malcolm from Ottawa Canada 🇨🇦💞

[@AH-wr1ir]

compelling, fascinating and entertaining. thank you MG and team.

[@gsilcoful]

Thank you.

[@WNH3]

How could you reel off Montreal Olympics stars w/out mentioning Bruce Jenner?

[@dweller6065]

Because Jenner's achievements, which are impressive, matter most to Americans, not so much to others. But relative to the giants of these Games - Nadia C, Juantarina, and Viren, none matched the sponsorship $ Jenner attracted, a metric Americans appreciate.

[@KitagumaIgen]

@@dweller6065 to put things into context: both Viren and Walker had a lot of help from the All Blacks.

[@zeromathematics]

this is a rad story