Revisionist History
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Revisionist History is Malcolm Gladwell's journey through the overlooked and the misunderstood. Every 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. From Pushkin Industries. Because sometimes the past deserves a second chance. To get early access to ad-free episodes and extra content, subscribe to Pushkin+ in Apple Podcasts are pushkin.fm/pus. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.
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A narrative arc shaped like an Olympic ring
10 Oct
RH has produced some truly amazing series over the years, however this one takes the gold medal. Brilliant research, analysis, storytelling and discourse to make you stop and think again about what you thought you knew about the 1936 Olympics
Let the word games begin…
7 Sept
Hello, hello …words truly fail me! This series has been an utter delight, a brilliant brain blast, a sublime retelling of an unfolding pantheon of hitherto little known yet critical past characters playing parts on a stage during a momentous time, a revision revelation revealing new forensic insights to what had always in my experience just been referred to as a ‘Hitler’s Games’ where ‘Jesse Owens wins four gold medals’ trite historical sound bite! Every delicious description by our two intrepid investigative journalists and telling of events which had so much impact in that time period and to this day had to be savoured by me not just once, or twice but … at least three times! Like all great stories I just had to hear it again and again, sometimes with a multitude of reactions - disbelief, shock, pleasure, joy, sadness (particularly Jessie’s story), humour …the whole gamut! Don’t get me started!!! I LOVED THIS - my congratulations to Malcom Gladwell and Ben Nadaf Hafri on telling such a well researched tale, my appreciation and enjoyment in their doing so with such exceptional craft and consummate skill of delivery and eternal gratitude for my educational enlightenment. I was really sad as I neared the end of the last episode but, again … what a serendipitous event on which to finish. Nuts! Joy Toussaint London UK
Fantastic debate!
25 Aug
The addition of a second presenter and voice in this season on the Olympus have been a huge boost to a great podcast. Episode 9 was a highlight, and the debate on the second half was outstanding in its honesty and transparency. But I disagree with the premise- that there are only three options. There IS a fourth option: be more critical towards the games and the purity claim, and change our view towards that. The games are not pure, and the rest of the world is not pure. The question is what are you striving for, and what is treated as a mistake or as a norm. Another mistake is to view boycott as the only alternative to rolling over. You can participate by use the opportunity for diplomacy, persuasion. Challenge norms, soft power and a lot more. The host country is not the only one that gets to do that.accept the world as impure, but rather than selling out get to work to make it better rather than sitting it out because it’s umpire. Anyways, great stuff.
Concise but in depth
02/11/2023
The right balance of brevity and explanation
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