Malcolm Gladwell on Running, Writing, and Storytelling

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On this episode of the podcast, Ryan talks to Malcolm Gladwell about his new book The Bomber Mafia (which is an exploration of how technology and good intentions collided in the heat of the second world war), their mutual love of endurance sports, the critical infrastructure that surrounds art and culture, and more.
Malcolm Gladwell is the author of five New York Times bestsellers including The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers. He is also the co-founder of Pushkin Industries, an audio content company that produces the podcasts Revisionist History, which reconsiders things both overlooked and misunderstood, and Broken Record, where he, Rick Rubin, and Bruce Headlam interview musicians across a wide range of genres. Gladwell has been included in the TIME 100 Most Influential People list and touted as one of Foreign Policy’s Top Global Thinkers.
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  • @alyssaloo
    @alyssaloo Жыл бұрын

    Not a writer but I'm a 6th grade science teacher who has to create interesting lessons tailored to my students and this was incredibly insightful.

  • @daleshubrook9853
    @daleshubrook98532 жыл бұрын

    Literally my two favourite writers having a chat 😍

  • @jelizabethpetrie6656

    @jelizabethpetrie6656

    2 жыл бұрын

    The addition of robert greene would be the perfect trifecta, imho.

  • @craigg5051

    @craigg5051

    2 жыл бұрын

    Right!?! How did I miss this? Mind you I came across them both at different times in my life but 100% two great writers and a great interview.

  • @bellosanibello4790
    @bellosanibello47902 жыл бұрын

    On note of people not showing appreciation, I'm guilty of that as well. So I'm reversing it now. Mr Malcolm your book outliers change my attitude about mastery, coupled that with mastery by Robert Greene well let's just say my successes in business are attributed to you guys, so THANK YOU SO MUCH. As for you Ryan, I don't even know where to begin, obstacles is the way, ego is the enemy, stillness is the key, daily stoic etc. It's not an exaggeration to say I've memorized every single chapter and lines in your books because of how often I listen, read, review, analyze and apply those wisdom, coupled that with Mr William Irvine's a guide to the good life, my entire philosophy of life is attributed to you guys and for that I'M ETERNALLY GRATEFUL!

  • @backtoemocovers
    @backtoemocovers2 жыл бұрын

    I have learned more from these two humans beings than from the traditional educational system.

  • @erichopham

    @erichopham

    2 жыл бұрын

    These***

  • @backtoemocovers

    @backtoemocovers

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@erichopham thanks

  • @conversationcorner1837

    @conversationcorner1837

    2 жыл бұрын

    Which books of Gladwell would you recommend ?

  • @backtoemocovers

    @backtoemocovers

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@conversationcorner1837 Definitely "Outliers."

  • @GG-li9fy
    @GG-li9fy2 жыл бұрын

    This is great! Please do more of these sessions, two of my favorite authors discussing writing, history, and life!

  • @ufcknockouts07
    @ufcknockouts072 жыл бұрын

    Just saw my man on “Hot Ones” and now with Ryan Holiday. Nice!

  • @STillett81
    @STillett812 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the condensed wisdom Ryan. You made me into a stoic and helped me grow.

  • @TheDaaazer
    @TheDaaazer2 жыл бұрын

    Wow - such a great episode! I do think that the "thinking time" and when you are "sharpest during the day" varies from person to person. Or even the locations, etc. Gladwell can write in coffee shops, while Ryan needs his space to be clear. It underlined for me not necessarily that these are rules and best possible configurations are very personal, and each one of us needs to home in and identify when we feel sharpest and most focused and really leverage this to our advantage. Love all the insight provided in this channel and in this interview. Thanks again.

  • @tahermostafa9965
    @tahermostafa9965 Жыл бұрын

    Very informative ❤

  • @ARTISTiD
    @ARTISTiD2 жыл бұрын

    Having a good listen to this … in the morning.

  • @andydufresne299
    @andydufresne2992 жыл бұрын

    I'm loving these podcasts! Thanks for sharing. Peace.

  • @selfhelpchampion9664
    @selfhelpchampion96642 жыл бұрын

    Good morning from London. I can't believe you have interviewed my favourite author. I am yet to read his last book, good reminder to download the audio book. . Looking forward to learn from the legends🙏🙏.

  • @aaronwimberleymbamsf5776
    @aaronwimberleymbamsf57762 жыл бұрын

    great way to start the day. Two great minds coming together.

  • @serenamcmillon3252
    @serenamcmillon32528 ай бұрын

    Having read and loved books and podcasts by Holiday and Gadwell, this episode is a true gem. Kicking myself for not going to Holiday's bookstore when I was an Austinite from 1996 to 2023. Next trip home it will be a must.

  • @HippieP629
    @HippieP6292 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful conversation

  • @adamgonzalez8668
    @adamgonzalez8668 Жыл бұрын

    I’m lifting weights and listing to your conversation and also all the daily stoic

  • @Himanshu.Sachdeva
    @Himanshu.Sachdeva2 жыл бұрын

    If this is something I'm interrupting my creative flow with in the morning today. It was worth it!! I'm glad I could see both young wisdom and old wisdom and in the same frame today! A lot of insights from their experiences.

  • @Magicguy13
    @Magicguy13 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you both

  • @DavidRamosAuthor
    @DavidRamosAuthor2 ай бұрын

    Minute 33 😅, yes - millions of more nerds would actually be awesome. So many more fun convos

  • @lyndao7356
    @lyndao73562 жыл бұрын

    Great talk. Thanks, guys

  • @SF_Native
    @SF_Native2 жыл бұрын

    Outliers is still my favorite noon-fiction book.

  • @javanlovesbooks5009
    @javanlovesbooks50092 жыл бұрын

    Loved this

  • @gerriewretham-roos
    @gerriewretham-roos Жыл бұрын

    Just about to get into this podcast. I like Gladwell’s books and indeed, his voice!👍🏻What I am feeling right now though is how the interviewer is very keen to speak, I mean it’s Malcolm Gladwell for goodness sake…🙏🏻

  • @amandas1977
    @amandas19772 жыл бұрын

    Ryan, this interview was fantastic! So many great nuggets of info. Thank you!

  • @stevecook2405
    @stevecook2405 Жыл бұрын

    Two people that are so open minded when it comes to learning are so close minded in learning about the covid vaccine. Keep learning. You are both awesome.

  • @CheshireKat44
    @CheshireKat442 жыл бұрын

    We read Gladwell's book 'Outliers' in highschool, really good book. Cool you talked with him!

  • @Wingedmagician
    @Wingedmagician2 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorites

  • @mercedesperalta2995
    @mercedesperalta29952 жыл бұрын

    Great minds connecting :)

  • @vikingbeardbrand
    @vikingbeardbrand2 жыл бұрын

    I love this

  • @rolfjacobson833
    @rolfjacobson8332 жыл бұрын

    love you both!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Micoolaw
    @Micoolaw2 жыл бұрын

    Incredibly ironic. One of my college professors gave me the book Outliers at the end of the semester one year. We had a class at an arboretum and have students the choice to do tree identification or run this loop. Well I really admired this professor and wasn’t the brightest pupil when it came to coding (the class was systems design/development) but I admired my professor because he taught us how to think rather than just the material. So I trained for this day so I could impress him. Leading up to the day he kept saying how his daughter held the record time for running the loop. I’ll never forget his reaction when I crossed the finish line and he looked at the stop watch. He had to do a double take and said “wow that was uh, actually pretty fast…” I think he was disappointed that I had surpassed his daughter lol

  • @Micoolaw

    @Micoolaw

    2 жыл бұрын

    But then he gave me the book Outliers, because there are always other ways to find success

  • @conversationcorner1837

    @conversationcorner1837

    2 жыл бұрын

    How has the book "outliers" helped you ?

  • @Micoolaw

    @Micoolaw

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@conversationcorner1837 I would say that it has made me more open-minded and willing to find other ways to accomplish things. Like there isn't necessarily one best way to do anything. It's also given me insight into how and why people become successful. It wasn't the best book but I did find some value in it

  • @seanmichaelhurley
    @seanmichaelhurley2 жыл бұрын

    I think the distinction Ryan is trying to draw at 44:25 is the difference between simplification and distillation. This is a fucking great conversation.

  • @Francisco_Manos
    @Francisco_Manos2 жыл бұрын

    Going to click that like button then tune in.

  • @danieljones3490
    @danieljones34902 жыл бұрын

    Holiday, I love you, man. Love your books. All you've done. But sometimes just be a reporter like Gladwell and just listen to the answers to your questions without trying to make a point.

  • @raginald7mars408
    @raginald7mars4082 жыл бұрын

    This hypnotizing Music - when YOU do not talk - so enjoyable- real Stoic. When you talk - without Music - is that any intersting... make a Music DJ Stoic...

  • @lancy981

    @lancy981

    2 жыл бұрын

    The background music is really nice. Do you know the name of the background music?

  • @designtechnology2083
    @designtechnology20832 жыл бұрын

    38:50 😆😆 Soo much on point

  • @nicolaspalacios7083
    @nicolaspalacios70832 жыл бұрын

    I just heard this on audio today without knowing it would be on video, shiiiit

  • @louisfmattajr6158
    @louisfmattajr61582 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the candid expose'.

  • @lancy981
    @lancy9812 жыл бұрын

    Can someone tell me the name of the background music at the start?

  • @oarabileseoke4121
    @oarabileseoke41212 жыл бұрын

    Goats 🐐👑🐐

  • @MichaelLoweAttorney
    @MichaelLoweAttorney2 жыл бұрын

    Don’t forget MG just ran a 5:15 mile. I don’t think he’s slowing down.

  • @natbrownizzle1387
    @natbrownizzle13872 жыл бұрын

    53:00 historical context is never mentioned in todays debates concerning actions in the past. I study philosophy in Vienna, Austria and here studebts are amazed when they read the statements written by thinkers from in a time, when people died from drinking water.

  • @DJSTOEK
    @DJSTOEK2 жыл бұрын

    🖤

  • @PiyushKumar-yu2vu
    @PiyushKumar-yu2vu2 жыл бұрын

    ❤️

  • @hteur1
    @hteur12 жыл бұрын

    "Seven of the United States’ eight five-star Army and Navy officers in 1945 agreed with the Navy’s vitriolic assessment. Generals Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur and Henry “Hap” Arnold and Admirals William Leahy, Chester Nimitz, Ernest King, and William Halsey are on record stating that the atomic bombs were either militarily unnecessary, morally reprehensible, or both."

  • @mahibbalde1433
    @mahibbalde14332 жыл бұрын

    Wow I have 90 percent of my ideas come to me on a run this is interesting to its not the same for Malcolm

  • @conversationcorner1837

    @conversationcorner1837

    2 жыл бұрын

    Funny how ideas come to us when we don't actively think about having them.

  • @expeditioner9322
    @expeditioner93222 жыл бұрын

    Please break down this video into chapters.

  • @jeremyrice645
    @jeremyrice6452 жыл бұрын

    What are some books that best explain "the art of storytelling"?. I would google it but I think it would be best to ask in a space like this, especially with this worldwide connection that you all enjoy

  • @Browny84

    @Browny84

    2 жыл бұрын

    I would also like an answer to this one. The closest I can think of are The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp and The Artists Way by Julia Cameron, neither really address storytelling specifically though and focus more on general creativity. Steven Pressfield is another author along such lines, but also doesn’t fit the question so perfectly.

  • @lisalai8586

    @lisalai8586

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’d recommend the podcast You Are a Storyteller by Jesse Bryan and Brian McDonald! It’s not only about storytelling but also about the function of stories in society and in the lense of how it applies to all areas of life, as well goes into more technical parts in structures and the art of it. Bryan McDonald has also written the book “Invisible Ink” which is about writing stories too!

  • @tomkutter3592
    @tomkutter35922 жыл бұрын

    Ryan Holiday looks and sounds like he could be related to Jerry Seinfeld

  • @michaeln2044

    @michaeln2044

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow I didn’t realize that until now. The resemblance is overwhelming.

  • @journofay
    @journofay2 жыл бұрын

    Excessive talking by the interviewer spoils great interviews. Mixing it up with conversational talking points and no nonsense questions would be a better balance.

  • @fhowland
    @fhowland2 жыл бұрын

    I feel the way about cycling that they do about running

  • @scottmacphail7042
    @scottmacphail70422 жыл бұрын

    I am a fan of both authors and listen to most of their podcasts too, but I think Ryan should have spoken a little less and let Mr. Gladwell speak a little more.

  • @bizmogrowth9081
    @bizmogrowth9081 Жыл бұрын

    Two writers I very much respect, but the conversation got very weird towards the end … Ryan lamenting the government doesn’t have absolute control over people? 1:10:50 Malcolm speaking dismissively of the concept of getting parental permission before giving kids shots? 1:10:10 What the heck?!

  • @skybaby444
    @skybaby4442 жыл бұрын

    Okay, that nail biting kinda scared me.

  • @ND-hg6ui
    @ND-hg6ui2 жыл бұрын

    I hate haters

  • @rODIUMuk
    @rODIUMuk2 жыл бұрын

    Like both of these guys and have all of their books- don’t like their elitism and snobby attitude - Ryan tbf-but decent books

  • @hteur1
    @hteur12 жыл бұрын

    "Before the bombings, Eisenhower had urged at Potsdam, “the Japanese were ready to surrender and it wasn’t necessary to hit them with that awful thing.”

  • @aohare
    @aohare2 жыл бұрын

    Lots of talk about running.

  • @davidwalker9594
    @davidwalker95942 жыл бұрын

    Ryan, I’d really love to see you interview more people with opposing viewpoints. I think it’ll make your content shine a bit more and we’d get to see your stoic mantras in play against people who disagree with you to just about the same passionate values that you stand on. Otherwise it just feels like an echo chamber. A very dangerous place to be.

  • @waynewhitworth4932
    @waynewhitworth49322 жыл бұрын

    Ryan Holiday...one of the most egotistical men I've ever listened to. Didn't listen to this podcast but I've heard him many times.

  • @ehrenthompson7891

    @ehrenthompson7891

    Жыл бұрын

    If you did not listen, why did you post here or search it out?

  • @hteur1
    @hteur12 жыл бұрын

    "No one was more impassioned in his condemnation than Leahy, Truman’s chief of staff. He wrote in his memoir “that the use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender …. In being the first to use it we had adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages.”

  • @marleneg7794
    @marleneg7794 Жыл бұрын

    Now let's talk about those of us that cannot run.

  • @KingMinosxxvi
    @KingMinosxxvi2 жыл бұрын

    You know who I see winning a nobel prize in literature..........?....... Malcolm Gladwell............NOT

  • @mercurygirl6897
    @mercurygirl6897 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent show, except the VAXX comments didn’t age well since Buffalo Bills just had a Monday Night Football player go down in front of the Nation, 24 years old, healthy, heart attack!! They mandated vaccine for their team! 🙌🤷🏻‍♀️😳😳

  • @vaibhavshejul9300
    @vaibhavshejul93002 жыл бұрын

    2 nd

  • @andneomatmj23
    @andneomatmj23 Жыл бұрын

    How is that: Stoic look so weak? Tell me Ryan?

  • @jeanne553
    @jeanne5532 жыл бұрын

    You really think the subject matter of Talking with Strangers shouldn't have been interesting?!!! Wow

  • @conversationcorner1837

    @conversationcorner1837

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is interesting.

  • @Jordan-bd1bx
    @Jordan-bd1bx11 ай бұрын

    This was such an insightful conversation until you started talking about covid.

  • @Nenad-ICXC-Shuput-GFAMMA
    @Nenad-ICXC-Shuput-GFAMMA2 жыл бұрын

    Damn, he needs to eat some food first.

  • @NightWLKR1
    @NightWLKR18 ай бұрын

    Wait is this like the Malcom gladwell?

  • @philiparmand3534
    @philiparmand3534 Жыл бұрын

    Too much ranting. Between the two of you there is so much wisdom. So much time was spent talking about haters and detractors. Why?

  • @carlotapuig
    @carlotapuig2 жыл бұрын

    It's difficult to believe that these two haven't heard at all of the measured concentrations of spike protein in the bone marrow and ovaries. What's going on here?

  • @sophiafake-virus2456
    @sophiafake-virus24562 жыл бұрын

    When they say goat, it means they are freemasons.

  • @ZGADOW
    @ZGADOW9 ай бұрын

    The mandatory vaccination conversation really didn’t age well. Makes me question every opinion held by these two , despite respecting their work.

  • @user-rc6hl4yu9g
    @user-rc6hl4yu9g10 ай бұрын

    Difficult choices

  • @rickl4159
    @rickl41592 жыл бұрын

    I'm proof of the I disagree with one aspect so the rest bothers me. When Gladwell mentioned the problem with the Minneapolis police I immediately was on the defensive since the victim they were referring to was drugged out and in the middle of a crime.

  • @ehrenthompson7891

    @ehrenthompson7891

    Жыл бұрын

    He also also handcuffed on his stomach while the officer kneeled on his neck killing him. The man begged for his life and we saw home killed on camera. This was counter to the training that he received according to the police department. He violated protocol and killed a man.

  • @hendersonstevec
    @hendersonstevec2 жыл бұрын

    Nobody asks Gladwell about Epstein

  • @wernerbuitendag9023
    @wernerbuitendag9023 Жыл бұрын

    So sorry, but the last part of this video is very boring. Thanks for the rest of the video.

  • @nuqwestr
    @nuqwestr2 жыл бұрын

    Buddy, Malcom is placating you, because he knows HE is the poison pill in non-fiction today, which has the power to disease the educational waters for years to come.

  • @majorgunn
    @majorgunnАй бұрын

    "civic duty as a human being". Ryan do some more research. Or write another book!, I know this is later, but nothing has changed! Ryan I have your books, but I cannot believe how gullible you are for such a smart guy???

  • @stevecook2405
    @stevecook2405 Жыл бұрын

    Love your conversation but I think you should look a little deeper into how the vaccines were developed. Denying the vaccine is not a macho thing but an intellectual commitment. Study deeper.

  • @ArtrichStudio
    @ArtrichStudio Жыл бұрын

    "Akin to the moon landing"?! I think it's safe to say your apart of a cult.

  • @nuqwestr
    @nuqwestr2 жыл бұрын

    Malcolm, you willfully ignore, not just the "dumb criticism", but ANY and ALL dialectical discussion of your views and assertions. Although you attempt to fool others, ultimately, you are only fooling yourself.

  • @Moremango1
    @Moremango12 жыл бұрын

    Conveniently ignoring all side effects ("few sideeffects..." are you kidding Ryan). You've both lost me, puppets of the mainstream.

  • @ND-hg6ui

    @ND-hg6ui

    2 жыл бұрын

    Be brave, millennials are so weak, get the vaccine!

  • @ehrenthompson7891

    @ehrenthompson7891

    Жыл бұрын

    More people die eating peanuts than the COVID vaccine

  • @philiparmand3534

    @philiparmand3534

    Жыл бұрын

    Thinking the same. I pray there is an update or retraction soon. Or perhaps it is his opinion purely based on political ideology. Which is so sad. By now we all know somone who either has regret or is managing a bad side effect or worse. To flatly advocate such a complex, nuanced medical intervention is exceedingly shortsighted.