Malcolm Gladwell's career has been all about ideas—but what he really specializes in is their packaging and delivery. On The Gist, Gladwell tells the story behind his earliest obsessions and explains what he's learned trafficking in unconventional theories. He is working on the second season of his hit Panoply podcast, Revisionist History.

For the Spiel, a contrarian take on Donald Trump's comments about former Miss Universe Alicia Machado.

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