Before Charles Randolph won an Oscar for writing “The Big Short,” he adapted a memoir called “The Birthday Party”: the true story of a white man kidnapped by three young Black men. Is there a way to bring a story like that to screen, in a way that's honest and authentic? Randolph gives us a masterclass on a screenwriter's many minefields.

Before Charles Randolph won an Oscar for writing “The Big Short,” he adapted a memoir called “The Birthday Party”: the true story of a white man kidnapped by three young Black men. Is there a way to bring a story like that to screen, in a way that's honest and authentic? Randolph gives us a masterclass on a screenwriter's many minefields.

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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Revisionist History

The Birthday Party with Charles Randolph | Development Hell

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Over the last few years homicide rates in Baltimore have plummeted. A city once labeled America’s murder capital is seeing a reprieve that seems nothing short of miraculous. What happened? This week, Malcolm takes a look at what Baltimore is doing to save lives. 

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Over the last few years homicide rates in Baltimore have plummeted. A city once labeled America&rsquo;s murder capital is seeing a reprieve that seems nothing short of miraculous. What happened? This week, Malcolm takes a look at what Baltimore is doing to save lives.&nbsp;
To learn more about the organization Termite founded, visit:&nbsp;<a href="https://switchinglanesadultandyouth.org/" data-airgap-id="11">https://switchinglanesadultandyouth.org/</a>

Wolfgang's Law - Part One

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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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