In the ‘Varsity Blues’ college admissions scandal, the government indicted more than 50 people. Business leaders. Celebrities. Actors. Rich people accused of paying millions of dollars to get their children into elite universities. The Department of Justice was successful in all but one case: U.S. v. Khoury. What we’re calling: The Georgetown Massacre.

In the ‘Varsity Blues’ college admissions scandal, the government indicted more than 50 people. Business leaders. Celebrities. Actors. Rich people accused of paying millions of dollars to get their children into elite universities. The Department of Justice was successful in all but one case: U.S. v. Khoury. What we’re calling: The Georgetown Massacre.

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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The Tipping Point Revisited: Georgetown Massacre Part 1

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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;
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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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The Tipping Point Revisited: Georgetown Massacre Part 1

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