Q&A: Malcolm Gladwell

Author Malcolm Gladwell talks about his new book, "What the Dog Saw," a compilation of his stories appearing in "The New Yorker" magazine.

[@shaktiraj]

It’s mind blowing, takes you in so many directions.. so many insights and ideas .. very interesting conversation.. Loved it

[@shelisegr8love]

He is such a wonderful story teller....He gets SO excited about that which he is speaking of and I believe that is what makes his audience respond to him....I have only come across him today and have watched every video I could find here on KZbin....I see why he is a best selling author! Thanks for posting....

[@SamuelDaram]

This is one of the great things about C-Span and KZbin. What a lengthy and useful interview with one of the most vital writers of the 21st century. I could listen to Gladwell speak all day.

[@Iseeangels1]

Malcom Gladwell makes me want to convey my ideas in a clear and concise way. I love his work. And I agree with matthewlopez7 -- the interviewer is not engaging and too personal regarding Gladwell's finances.

[@rubygadelrab]

loved all of gladwells books so far and cant wait to read what the dog saw. this interview showed a fresh look at gladwell, loved how mild mannered he was and despite numerous very rude attempts by the interviewer to talk about salary and money, he handled it well. Very bad form on the part of the interviewer!

[@wordmakerramirez]

I don't know where I have been, I just started to listen to him, totally resonates, with my thinking. most of us can't go beyond our thinking unless we are really open to new thinking.

[@SamuelDaram]

Hey Aleon! So glad that Malcolm Gladwell has another new admirer. Great thinker and writer. And once again, thank goodness for the existence of C-Span.

[@19007597243]

one of the most thought provoking authors out there, cant wait to get 'what the dog saw'. Marcus Cunningham is another author that I put in the same thought provoking line up. Blink is a saweet read!!! Outliers my second and tipping point quite well researched. Thank you Malcolm

[@SpacemanSpiff9406]

I'm sorry, are we watching the Chris Farley show? Probably couldn't find a more money driven inquisitive substandard listening interviewer. Malcolm, shine on you crazy diamond. Extremely intelligent and humble man.

[@georgesiblesz]

I completely agree with you. No one cares how much money Gladwell gets for public speaking or how much money he spent on research. We only care about listening to him because regardless of what his financial incentives are to speaking, his words speak to a lot of people and his work is so influential among people of all ages and backgrounds. Seriously. Who cares if he gets $80,000 or $8 to give a speech. We'll all listen to the content anyway, not the $ signs.

[@olegeez55]

Agree with all of you about Gladwell, one of the foremost critical thinkers on this planet IMO.

[@pleasuresofgod]

Just read another book by Mr. Glaswell. I met him several years ago. A brilliant, mind bending writer who inspires me greatly.

[@teeahtate]

I like the way Malcolm kept his cool.

[@Emadul]

What a superb writer MG is.

[@teeahtate]

Malcolm is awesome! This guy shot so many bullets at Malcom, but he stayed 'focused' the entire time.

[@quill444]

Always enjoy Brian Lamb, founder of C-SPAN, and his exceptionally unbiased interviewing style.

[@uncletony6210]

Great, ain't he?

[@thattimestampguy]

8:42 Competitive Runner, Malcolm Gladwell. 9:18 Explaining yourself with speaking. 9:51 Forces you to get outside your world. Get different perspectives. 10:27 "Here's an idea for a story." 10:52 "I think everyone is interesting." "If they are not, it is generally your fault." 11:29 "In times of Crisis, we want our leaders to be smart but we want our leaders to be humble." 12:19 The Arrogant Civil War General who lost his battle to Robert E. Lee. 13:23 Humble. Risk of overconfidence and arrogance. 13:54 Leaders who showed Humility. 14:14 _Overconfidence and War_ 15:12 "I've been through this 3 times before." 16:14 Colin Powell. 16:42 Humility. 18:29 The Nature of Influence that a writer has. "We start conversations." 20:56 _Why is Malcolm Gladwell so successful?_ 22:39 "A slickster trickster, a clever idea packagers." 23:22 "I am somewhat reclusive." 24:05 Steven Pinker. 26:08 Teacher Quality explains more of student outcome than almost any other factor you can do with. 27:00 The college game is different than the Pro Game. 28:17 The Tipping Point. Malcolm Gladwell says his tipping point was Getting The Job at The New Yorker. 29:20 "People get comfortable with the way you look at the world." 31:50 35:50 Peers. Trying to understand the influence of the enviornment. 36:35 _Blink_ 37:15 Paul Greenberg's harsh criticism of Malcolm Gladwell. 38:15 "How am I going to deal with criticism?" 39:33 Paul Greenberg quotes Joseph Epstein. 41:03 We cannot predict who is going to be good. 41:50 Canada, a minor player in the world. 42:30 6 O'Clock news is about the other nations: Africa, South America, France, America, England/Britain. 43:30 "In Canada we were forced to look outwards." 44:52 Bi-Racial. Fascinating. Exotic. Princely. Reminded me of Pierre Trudeau, Cosmopolitan yet Regal. Aloof. 45:50 Hopeful. 46:21 _Late Bloomers_ 46:51 Genius comes in 2 different forms 1. The Prodigy 2. The Late Bloomer. 47:56 _Brief Encounters with Che Guevara_ 48:20 Johnathan Saffron Foer, _Eating Animals_ 49:10 Nasim Talib. 50:17 _The Black Swan_ 51:27 Contrary Trading Strategy on The Stock Market. Waiting for a Crash to make millions. 52:32 Banking on Catastrophe. A Rational Hedge of Risk. 53:47 Vivek Ronadiv. 54:29 The Easiest Story Malcolm Gladwell wrote was: An opening piece in the profile of Ron Popeil. 56:08 "My mom was a writer, my dad was a mathematician." Expressing complicated ideas in a simple manner. 57:07 4 New York Times Best Sellers from Malcolm Gladwell. _Tipping Point_ _Blink_ _Outliers_ and _What The Dog Saw._

[@ILM2219]

Great Job!

[@ILM2219]

Steven Pinker is attempting to take some of the light from Mr. Gladwell by creating a focal point on the obscure. In my humble opinion, he is finding issues that are not truly present. Steven Pinker from what Mr. Gladwell has stated about you...he provides you with acknowledgement of your talents. Now go forward and don't be envious of another's time in the sun. Wishing both of you well. I wonder if Mr. Gladwell was not of mixed heritage, would the arrows be so sharp. Best to all!

[@djardine2520]

I am currently listening to this (What the Dog Saw) on audio tape.

[@dove9014]

More than half of the interview was about squeezing Gladwell. It should be two interviews ; one about Gladwell and his book and the second should be about Gladwell defending himself against all these random professors. The reporter sounds like such a DUSH when he is interviewing him.

[@008fox]

Listen to Malcolm Gladwell speak and feel yourself getting smarter.

[@olegeez55]

You have to understand something about Lamb and CSPAN. They're both very conservative and extremely corporate. Shows in all interviews, guest selection and program scheduling. Example: they will show panel discussions that slant left, but not without bracketing it between conservative discussions. The bracket panel shows may be repeated without the left leaning panel but the left leaning panel will never be repeated without the brackets.

[@omaryusufmohamed1242]

A humble literary superstar..

[@SamuelDaram]

@Tnias13 I'll have to disagree. Brian Lamb is one of the few interviewrs who would ask a question to do with an author's financial success. How much money Gladwell makes is interesting. Why? In 21st century, it is hard for any writer to make al iving. A non-fiction writer has the toughest life. So, Gladwell's success is worth exploring. Gladwell's lifestyle is ever more intriguing. He says that he still rents his appartment, drives a cheap car, and lives as a virtual recluse.

[@djardine2520]

dude, he was talking about Canada back when he was a child (early 60s) when we did indeed have a population below 20m

[@donluchitti]

LoL... The interviewer upgraded the amount Malcom gets paid per speech by double since the previous interview, in his question "do you earn up to 80,000 per speech?" just after asking Malcom how it feels when people exagerrate his earnings? Brian is the most artistic interviewer I've ever witnessed.

[@benjaminjohnlong]

actually the payment per speech is a relevant question, as it does relate to process. It is considerably different if you were doing something for $40, or if you were doing it for $80,000. The amount of payment relays amount of importance. I couldn't fathom being paid that much for a speech, where I have done a fair amount of speaking free, or considerably lower paying, so curiosity of approaching such a scenario is interesting, which does greatly involve the pay.

[@thegingercanuck]

Gladwells got some NICE kicks

[@SamuelDaram]

I love Gladwell's work. Does anyone know if he is gay? Unlike other iconic writers, we have never seen Gladwell with a lover, female or male. I know that his sexuality should not be an issue when dealing with his work. Yet, Gladwell himself would be curious about a publishing phenomenon's bedtime preferences. Don't you think so?

[@SamuelDaram]

@Tnias13 I wish interviewers dare to ask authors like J.K.Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, and John Grisham questions like their bank balance after financial success. If you make a lot of money from members of the American public (and the world's public), then your book-buyers have the right to know about your wealth. After all, if most of us hadn't bought Gladwell's books in their millions, he'll still be a writer at the New Yorker, read by just a few middle class readers.

[@SamuelDaram]

@roodolph Glad you also feel passionately about Gladwell :)

[@snoekfishdada]

This is the first time I've ever seen a bad interviewer and been upset by it. Brian Lamb is horrible.

[@SamuelDaram]

How does one deal with criticism? 38:35 Gladwell has the right attitude, almost.

[@wordmakerramirez]

People who go beyond common thinking are at risk of attack, of course- is not our thinking and thinking is challenged.

[@ezekielthemack]

The interviewer is too pre-occupied with how much Malcolm earns from books, speeches etc. That's none of his fucking business.

[@ssibalgeseki]

Good video, and fail advertisement at the end

[@unclemunch]

I agree with others here, way too many questions about money. Also leaned too hard on Steven Pinker's criticism.

[@ThisSentenceIsFalse]

Paul Greenberg's criticism of Gladwell as pompous and piffy is pompous and piffy.

[@EGarrett01]

@angela1894 Yes, and? It's rude to ask someone how much money they make.

[@nevillenyndnyn4147]

That might not be as true in a world where financial IN-equality is so extreme and so pertinent to what an individual's understanding of the world and what they may value.

[@roodolph]

@ZachClooney all day and night :-)

[@craigw6059]

malcolm gladwell interviewed by dick cheney everyone

[@khainaga]

Naseem's strategy where he's waiting for an improbable crash of the market to make money while losing in the meantime is analogous to gambling isn't it? You are hoping that this infinitely improbable situation will arise before you lose more money than you'll make back when you win. It's an extremely high-risk model. But how can he say nobody uses this model?

[@iancmcintyre]

I love how the interviewer on Q&A plays dumb so he can ask hardball questions without 'em seeing it coming

[@ns81]

Gladwell's clearly uncomfortable discussing himself as a subject. He likes to be a journalist, reporting what he sees, bringing other people's work to the forefront and commenting on it. Every journalist faces a line between pure reporting and editorializing and Gladwell's strayed more toward drawing largescale conclusions of late. That, coupled with his bestseller status, makes him a target.

[@websnarf]

Waterloo is famous for a University I attended there. You think its famous because of the Blackberry?? Sheesh! (The students there can spell eigenvalue correctly.) Canada had only 18 million people?? When was this? Gladwell isn't *THAT* much older than me ...

[@MikDonsen]

Guys says hes from a small town, what a joke, he`s from a suburb of the education and research center of canada.

[@shelisegr8love]

@timtimtim1888.... Thanks

[@beritbranch4949]

Comfort me with the New Yorker

[@wordmakerramirez]

... and what are some of those views-

[@ILM2219]

When seeking negativity in a world of duality---you will find exactly that! Hmm!

[@MusicbyWordPlay]

The interviewer seems very stuck up and 'dry' in a way, but that's the kind I expect from C-SPAN...really wish he didn't spend so much time talking about worthless things like how Gladwell feels about being successful and making a lot of money, like ns81 said it is quite evident he is uncomfortable speaking of his own success and popularity. It would've been a lot more interesting to hear him talk of his books and how he came up with them, what he meant by them, etc. etc.

[@beritbranch4949]

Stand up for 90 minutes...……………….there's always a catch, right?

[@KetchupMonger]

The interviewer seems to be doing a bit more prying than interviewing. It's pretty annoying actually.

[@jamestakesflight]

22:28 ===> is he wearing nikes?!

[@GatorBailBonds]

im somewhat reculusive, i havent been to a publishing party in three years. lol hes so sly.

[@chrisdelisle3954]

Why is this guy SO worried about people's money, Gladwell's or otherwise?

[@curtmastor]

I disagree with him only in one regard. Eisenhower exhibited alot of humility both as a general in world war two and later as the president.

[@olegeez55]

BUT! It is the only place where you can catch full, live floor debate, hearings or special sessions WITHOUT disgusting and mindless analysis from clueless pundits and propagandists.

[@olegeez55]

Anything from AEI or Heritage always gets priority and repeated ad nuseaum , while left and progressive think tanks are lucky to get any airing (best time to catch those is 12-5 AM). And although they've improved since Obama's election, 4 out of 5 of the Washington Journal's hosts can't wait to cut off the Dem line but let the most thought impaired teabagger and birther carry on, stupidly, for minutes (egging them on if they have to).

[@imhoteppease]

You speak as if you're indigenous to America. What is your occupation? Where did you attend college? Riddle me this, why did you use the word White and not European?

[@jackieforde]

why is this interviewer only interested in how much money he is making?

[@danremenyi1179]

One seldom see such an unsatisfactory interviewer. Brian Lamb's head is full of rubbish. Hooray for Gladwell. He copes with Lamb like a champion.

[@angela1894]

Why's Gladwell lying about the money he makes ? He's being really evasive and dishonest about his sales.

[@yolo22]

this interviewer seems to be so interested in stats, numbers, facts. what a waste to focus on that nonsense. i can't watch this.

[@KarlDibble]

This interviewer always goes backs to the money question and implies malcom is loaded or has lots all the time - very irritating when he goes back to it multiple time during the interview....strange, suggests a hidden motive by the interviewer perhaps??

[@EvilWhiteColonialist]

Wow, what a horrid interviewer. I guess all shows can't be hot ones.