Revisionist History
Hosted by Malcolm Gladwell and Malcolm · Pushkin Industries
4.7from 62,766 ratings
- 250
- Episodes
- 121
- Transcribed
- 62,766
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
- 812K
- YouTube views
About Revisionist History
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 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/revisionist-history/id1119389968) or at pushkin.fm/plus (https://www.pushkin.fm/join-pushkin). iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Industries
- Category
- history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 Jun 2016
- Latest episode
- 29 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
121 of 250 episodes have a transcript.
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The $5 Billion Effort to help Secure the World’s Shared Software | Smart Talks with IBM
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Pals, Allies, and Companions | Malcolm Gladwell and Adam Grant Live
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Wolfgang's Law - Part Two
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The $5 Billion Effort to help Secure the World’s Shared Software | Smart Talks with IBM
Published 29 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And The way I just described it makes it sound like that's like 5% of the problem, but across all of IT, it's about 60 to 70% of the software that we're running falls in that chasm between it's not actually commercially supported and it's not software that the company has written itself. […]
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- Jen Easterly
- Munish Sharma
- Gunnar Hellekson
- Adam Grant
- Barack Obama
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- YouTube views
- 812,267
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 58,380 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 4,386 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 91 / 100
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- Quality
- 88
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 96
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Who hosts Revisionist History?
Malcolm Gladwell and Malcolm host the show. Published by Pushkin Industries.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Revisionist History take guests?
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