malcolm gladwell hosts a terrific new podcast called "revisionist history." olm, pleasure to have you on. >> it's good to be back. >> your podcast deals with all kinds of fascinating subjects but they have contemporary significance. so one of them, you know, one thinks of hillary clinton because it's really about what happens to a woman when she enters a man's world and you go back in history to an unusual history. >> yeah. the idea behind the podcast is revisionist history. so in each episode i try to re-examine something that's either been forgotten or misunderstood. i have long been fascinated by this english painter called elizabeth thompson who is briefly the most famous painter in england at a time when there were no women in the world of painting, which was a huge deal. it's an incredibly prestigious profession. she breaks in and has a position in roll call and everyone is convinced that she's the one that breaks down the door for all women to the world of art. so she's thought of being a pioneer and everyone paths their heads on their back and the inst

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please welcome, malcolm gladwell! (band playing) >> stephen: good to see you again. >> good to see you again. >> stephen: haven't seen you for a few years. always fun to talk to you. for a living, you say that other people haven't thought of before. >> you're setting the bar awfully high. >> stephen: no pressure. (laughter) no, but "blink," th th the tippg point, you've sold a lot of books. if it doesn't work, you have fooled a lot of people, including me. you should write about how you do that. i was on the the other show. >> stephen: first time over here. >> repeat guest. >> stephen: you are a rhpeat guest. not here. we'll see. (laughter) well, i've got to ask you a question. you've got a new pod t.s.a. called "revisionist history" which i'm very interested in. why do a podcast? you're one of the last guys that sells books. you and j.k. rowling and then my cookbook charles always says you think with your eyes and you feel with your ears. it's a completely different -- >> stephen: hold on. (laughter) think eyes, feel

. >> yeah, malcolm gladwell. >> rose: malcolm gladwell, right. >> i never thought of making even a dollar from stand-up. i tried it and i liked it and it was a way of performing, and then i didn't know that people had managers or agents. i had no idea about the industry. then a college agent came and saw me at a show and said, you can perform at colleges and you can make, like, $500, $800 an hour. and my head exploded. and then it was, like, i would find out something as an opportunity would present itself, i'm a comedy manager. so it was a never means to any sort of ends to this will help me act. in l.a. i think you see a lot of models or people who are, like, well if i do standup that will be good for me to get hosting work. >> rose: exactly. it was never a plan. i've never had a plan. >> rose: that's part of what's good about it. >> thank you. >> rose: no, it is. oh, okay. >> rose: well, you don't know. it's not like a plan. so it evolved and it finds its own direction. >> right, follows the river. >> rose: and its own speed, too. >> yeah. >> rose: that's what you said in here. now tha

how charming joh john hicken lur is and then hope to god he runs for president one day, sign malcolm gladwell >> very generous person. >> one of the most insightful in the world but not for his political judgment. >> succumb to get in line here. come on. please identify yourself and if it is taller than you are, put it down so we can hear you. >> i lived in colorado and i'm glad to hear about your success. >> i read a great article about the expansion and i'd love for you to talk about that. >> it was fas fast-track and paf it i mess with the suburban mayors who for decades he did -- i can go into all kinds of details. on the whole matrox region we had to get them unanimously to sign onto this increase which we did. it's making it an unbelievable amazing desperation where all the forms of transportation come together and it's one of those things that the millennial's value in that one of the smartest things we ever did any reason they don't want to own two cars they want to get around without always have to getting in the car. so that's something we are proud of and we are looking at the next

tomorrow when my guests will be jamie dornan; the new star of "hamilton," javier munoz; and malcolm gladwellbh.org >> reggie: ♪ are you ready to have some fun ♪ feel the love tonight don't you worry 'bout ♪ your hang-ups and fears 'bout to set you right ♪ it's the late, late show [ cheering and applause ] ♪[ music ] ladies and gentlemen, all the way from

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malcolm gladwell wrote a popular book a few years ago in which we gave bill gates opus credit for succeedingbut he went to school that had computers when nobody else is school had computers. >> host: he'd caught up in the middle of the night and knock off to college. that is exactly right and it highlights two things. what we have been better off if bill gates didn't have access to the computer's? opportunities would have been more equal than everybody would have been a loser. it's what you do with the ones you have. a lot of the success in life is about turning things that don't look like opportunities into opportunities. one quick example. she had a business making these baby moccasins for little kids to wear and she started with this talent but she couldn't turn it into a business because she didn't have any money. she asked her brother who had a window business if she could keep the discarded window frames so she's following him around at the end of the summer term in the aluminum and that's how she started her business. if you asked if she had any opportunities you would say she doesn't

signed, malcolm gladwell. >> guest: very generous. not known for his political judgment. insightful but not known for his political judgment. >> host: so, get in line here. come on. and please identify yourself and if that mic is taller than you are, put it down so we can hear you. >> i lived in california for 24 years, and so i'm really glad to hear about your success. and i read a -- >> host: who are you. >> ow an in riggs. i read about the metro system expansion and i'd like for you to talk about this. >> guest: sure. this what we call fasttrack, and part of when i was going around, i melt with suburban mayors who had for decaded hated the -- denver is big and powerful, there's always feud going on which was crazy. can go into details but for our -- to put a transit initiative together. .4 of a says tax increase for an area the size of connecticut. we had to get all 34 mayors unanimously to sign on to this tax increase, which we did. two-thirds of them were republicans. and to build -- fasttrack, we just rolled out the first train last month to the airport. union stati

. >> host: if malcolm gladwell is wrong. >> guest: i think i never thought -- i thought i would be a -- never thought i would be in the restaurant business. never thought i would go into elected office. spent a year and a half looking at that and thinking about and it then plunged into it. i don't know what is next. i think i might probably go back into the private sector but i might run a foundation. if there was someone had la really interesting challenge as a foundation. something different and really exciting. think i've got at least one, maybe two careers left. you never can tell. and then in terms of fracking, which is probably a -- as thorny an issue as there is. in colorado the people that own the mineral rights are different than the people who own the surface rights and our state constitution protects that private property. that there are gashed to by law the right to go and access those minerals. and in many cases what happens is people are now living out much further from towns. right? they get little 35-acre ranchettes. they scatter all over the eastern plains along the

think of a list by can think of the list but if you go there with dick cavett, the dick cavett, malcolm gladwell right here on this stage. we had share, can't even think. tony fields. hold on. funnyman jack carter. bernsen schreiber, the comedy team. we also george plimpton, the andrew sisters, the lennon sisters, the smothers brothers. -- i think that's about it. vladimir, flip wilson, tell us about, joe namath, abbott and costello are greatly. that was a cameo. mae west and while bill hancock right here on this stage the i reviewed them all. also charles darwin. [laughter] and lafayette the key market yet -- marquis de lafayette. it was really old. socrates in the city gets its name from socrates. did you just? i'm greek so i can pretend i'm someone with greek philosophy and we picked been in socrates because socrates said the unexamined life is not worth living. and then he blew his brains out in an alley. so sad. soccer trees said the unexamined life is not worth living. you are very late. take your seat. if you are my friend angie felt like i will call you out. i have to say we realize in n

think about what malcolm gladwell said in "outliers." 10,000 reps, not 10,000 swings in a cage but game time, fly balls, ground balls, a lot of stuff. >> eduardo, i want to point y back weln, not that fack, ackson, deio sanders, they manageto time. are we living in a different worl now, though? >> we' living in a different world but at the same time, you id the key word. they were doing it at the same time. they were -- they both played -- one played at florida state, one played at auburn. they never stopped playing tim tebow, 12 years removed. 12 years removed? i could tell you cld still shoot and do layups right now. we're talking about ms beinll >> well, we will be watching, minute, katiledeck she's smashing records, tang home michael phelps. even stunning you're that guy who switched to sprint. sprint's network reliability is now within 1% of verizon. and sprint saves you 50% on most national carrier rates. can you hear that? don't let a 1% difference cost you twice as much. switch to sprint today. she spent summer binge-watching. soon, she'll be binge-studying. get back to great. t

maybe kind of david and goliath malcolm gladwell explanation, that the king in this case is a humble king. next one by a sociologist, the triumph of christianity, again not a boastful triumph but a triumph a look at the country who have civil liberties, strong civilize, political rights, women in the workforce, all sorts of christianity, the reformation of the enlightened again. basic things i want to explore more deeply so i'm want the readers in the field. than a whopper, kind of a three-inch biography george washington. i will try to make my way through called sacred fire, was given to me as a gift about a year ago after it entered office and i'm going to do my best on that plan. and washington is just kind of one of those amazing figures when you read about him and what others say about him. all men and women loved him and respected him a so there's something to this guy that is extra particular, extra significant. the more i read about him the more i see that. but can never get enough of seeing what resonates with such an important founder, and some argue the founder, the indisp

think about what malcolm gladwell said in "outliers." 10,000 reps, we're not talking 10,000 swings in a cage but game time, fly balls, ground balls, a lot of stuff. >> eduardo, i want to point out way back when, well, not that far back, bo jackson, deion sanders, they managed to cross over and do both at the same time. are we living in a different world now, though? >> we're living in a different world but at the same time, you said the key word. they were doing it at the same time. they were -- they both played -- one played at florida state, one played at auburn. they never stopped playing. tim tebow, 12 years removed. 12 years removed? i could tell you i could still shoot and do layups right now. we're talking about a hamstring being pulled. >> well, we will be watching, thanks to you all very much. smashing some world records, taking home gold medals and even stunning michael phelps. you'll hear about it. smashing records, taking home gold medals and even stunning you're that guy who switched to sprint. sprint's network reliability is now within 1% of verizon. and sprint saves you

maybe a david and goliath, malcolm gladwell explanation that the king in this case is a humble king. next one by sociologists, "the triumph of christianity" if you look at the countries who look at we have strong civil liberties and civil rights, women in the workforce, protections, all sorts of christianity and reformation. basic things things i want to explore deeply. and then a whopper, a 3-inch biography "george washington, sacred fire by -- it was given to me a gift about a year ago after i entered office. i'm going to do my best on that one. washington is just one of those amazing figures when you read about him and what others say about him and all men and women left him and respected him. there's something to this guy that is extra significant. the more i read about him the more i see that. but i can never get enough of seeing what resonates with such an important founder. some argue that it's in indispensable man who all the others looked up and loved and respected. it's good to take note something like that. . . >> booktv is back live at the state capitol in jackson, missis

maybe a david and goliath and malcolm gladwell situation but in this case is a humble king. the triumph for christianity, it's a triumph of countries who have strong civil liberties and strong civil and political rights, women in the workforce, protections, also christianity and referendum, basic themes i want is explore a little more deeply. then a whopper, george washington, sacred fire, washington is just one of those amazing figures when you read about him and what others say about him, all men and women loved him and respected him. there is something to this guy that is extra particular, extra significant. the more i read about him the more i see that but can never understand what resonates with such an important founder and some argue the founder, the indispensable man to whom all others looked up and loved and respected. it's good to take note on people like that. that is a hefty reading list and i think cspan for allowing me to share some books that i'm going to peek at and constituents know i go around and talk about this stuff at our meetings. thank you cspan for a