What happens when the biggest movie star in the world directs the smallest Christmas film on basic cable? A holiday miracle. 

Today on the show: The never-before-published, extremely bizarre story of the making of ‘Christmas in Connecticut’... the remake.

 

What happens when the biggest movie star in the world directs the smallest Christmas film on basic cable? A holiday miracle.&nbsp;
Today on the show: The never-before-published, extremely bizarre story of the making of &lsquo;Christmas in Connecticut&rsquo;... the remake.
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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.

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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&mdash;an event, a person, an idea, even a song&mdash;and asks whether we got it right the first time. From Pushkin Industries. Because sometimes the past deserves a second chance.
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Because sometimes the past deserves a second chance

Revisionist History

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A Very Terminator Christmas

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A dispatch from the book tour – Malcolm recently joined WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show for a conversation about his new book, The American Way of Killing. We’re sharing it here today, including listener phone calls about their own experiences and questions about the epidemic of gun violence in America. 

You can pre-order The American Way of Killing at pushkin.fm/audiobooks or buy the book wherever books are sold.

A dispatch from the book tour &ndash; Malcolm recently joined WNYC&rsquo;s The Brian Lehrer Show for a conversation about his new book, The American Way of Killing. We&rsquo;re sharing it here today, including listener phone calls about their own experiences and questions about the epidemic of gun violence in America. You can pre-order The American Way of Killing at <a href="http://pushkin.fm/audiobooks" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://pushkin.fm/audiobooks&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1790991516235000&amp;usg=AOvVaw213ZULZXJksKeDHHbDkd2x">pushkin.fm/audiobooks</a> or buy the book wherever books are sold.

Brian Lehrer and Malcolm Gladwell Talk Policing and Guns

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In Malcolm’s new book, The American Way of Killing, he investigates why gun violence in the United States is so much worse than every other country in the West. Today, we’re sharing a chapter from the audiobook and over the next four weeks we’ll air episodes about the gun violence epidemic in America. Later in the series, Revisionist History looks at how Baltimore turned its homicide problem around, and why it took so long. You can pre-order The American Way of Killing at pushkin.fm/audiobooks or wherever books are sold.

In Malcolm&rsquo;s new book, <a href="https://www.pushkin.fm/audiobooks/the-american-way-of-killing">The American Way of Killing</a>, he investigates why gun violence in the United States is so much worse than every other country in the West. Today, we&rsquo;re sharing a chapter from the audiobook and over the next four weeks we&rsquo;ll air episodes about the gun violence epidemic in America. Later in the series, Revisionist History looks at how Baltimore turned its homicide problem around, and why it took so long. You can pre-order The American Way of Killing at <a href="http://pushkin.fm/audiobooks">pushkin.fm/audiobooks</a> or wherever books are sold.

The Invention of an Epidemic

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Malcolm sat down with President Barack Obama while making Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise for a conversation about history, progress, and why democracy is never a finished project. What makes Reconstruction one of the most misunderstood eras in American history, and why does it still have so much relevance today? Today, we’re sharing an extended version of their conversation. 

You can find the full series, Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise,on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

Malcolm sat down with President Barack Obama while making Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise for a conversation about history, progress, and why democracy is never a finished project. What makes Reconstruction one of the most misunderstood eras in American history, and why does it still have so much relevance today? Today, we&rsquo;re sharing an extended version of their conversation.&nbsp;
You can find the full series,&nbsp;Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise, on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reconstruction-the-unfinished-promise/id1892472472">Apple Podcasts</a> or wherever you listen.

President Barack Obama & Malcolm Gladwell: How Reconstruction Still Defines America

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A Very Terminator Christmas

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