Malcolm Gladwell on Why 'Friends' is Misleading

Malcolm talks about his new book 'Talking to Strangers,' understanding human behavior, explains why 'Friends' is misleading, and reveals that human beings are terrible at sniffing out liars.




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Malcolm Gladwell on Why 'Friends' is Misleading

[Samwalton]

Now here’s a good idea for a talk show, have guests who actually know a thing or two and have something interesting to say!

[leveraged]

Cool stuff, you need more guests like this Jimmy. Much more interesting than learning what a celebrity’s favorite color is.

[deifor]

To all the dumb comments about his looks, please read one book at least in your life. Malcolm Gladwell is a good place to start by the way.

[lamblife]

The guy is an amazing thinker and most of the comments are on the way he looks. Just sad.

[kimtaylor]

Holy dude this is the guy who wrote Outliers.... that’s awesome that Jimmy got him on his show

[ApoMelon]

his podcast, Revitionist History, is one of my favorites

[abundantlyhealthyforever]

He looks real. He looks comfortable in his skin, his clothes. He looks fit. He's fkn intelligent and he's an intellectual. He's not sitting there worrying when his next appointment with the plastic surgeon is. Bravo!

[adamtak]

I just dug myself a Malcom Gladwell shaped hole and have been watching interview after interview. Interesting dude....

[jojomakes]

How is it possible for one person to look Black, White, Asian, Latino, Native American, young, old, male and female at the same exact time?

[michaellee]

when's the last time an author was on a talk show?

[Tonia_tips]

He’s one of my favorite humans. He has really offered humanity a different perspective.

[ikhlaqkhaliq]

"Talking to strangers" is a book which depicts the complexities we face in understanding the nature of strangers. The author goes from stories and case studies of world best spies to the increasing suicides and crime rates.
He infers that it is almost impossible to comprehend a stranger.
This is a vast book covering vast levels of social and psychological topics which are missunderstood most of the time. I think everyone should read it.
There's alot to learn in this book.

[zehreelamachar]

This chap is so good that even when you give him a blank piece of paper, he'll write a book on it. Amazing how he finds such rare topics and go about exploring them!

[cindymartha]

I must be completely mismatched. People ask me if I’m alright when I’m perfectly fine.

[caseydouglas]

I really like Gladwell, he's a great thinker but is great at making things easy to understand.

[ytyt]

He’s so good at explaining things to those of us with merely average intelligence

[Hollins]

This was great - informative, entertaining, and thought-provoking! Please give us more segments like these. Promoting books/ reading is a wonderful mission.

[fandy]

I'm currently reading Outliers and that book has changed in many ways how I perceive life itself.

[cotedazure]

I love Malcolm Gladwell's audiobooks, his are some of the few that I actually listen to from beginning to end.

[Figs]

This might be one of my new favorite interviews of Jimmy. I find this absolutely fascinating.