''Revisionist History'' is a podcast by

Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Timothy Gladwell (born 3 September 1963) is a Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker. He has been a staff writer for ''The New Yorker'' since 1996. He has published eight books. He is also the host of the podcast ''Revisionist ...

produced by Gladwell's company Pushkin Industries. It first aired on June 3, 2016 and () has aired thirteen seasons. Gladwell, already a successful author and essayist, was convinced to create a podcast by his friend

Jacob Weisberg Jacob Weisberg (born 1964) is an American political journalist, who served as editor-in-chief of The Slate Group, a division of Graham Holdings Company. In September 2018, he left Slate to co-found Pushkin Industries, an audio content company ...

, then editor-in-chief of The Slate Group. At that time Slate also operated the Panoply Media podcast network, who produced the first three seasons of the podcast. After Panoply announced that they would cease making podcasts in September 2018, he announced that he was co-founding a podcast production company with Weisberg named Pushkin Industries, which has produced the series since then. Each episode begins with an inquiry about a person, event, or idea, and proceeds to question the received wisdom about the subject.

Episodes

Season 1 (2016)

Season 2 (2017)

Season 3 (2018)

Season 4 (2019)

Season 5 (2020)

Season 6 (2021)

Season 7 (2022)

Season 8 (2023)

Season 9 (2024)

The season ''Development Hell'' interviewed notable screenwriters and film directors about a passion project which never came to fruition.

Season 10 (2024)

Reception

''Revisionist History'' has received positive reviews from critics. In ''Podcast Review'', Nic Dobija-Nootens called it "perplexing, frustrating, and always worth a second look". ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

''s Amanda Hess praises the show's impact, crediting it for creating a "podcast micro-genre … fhistory-bending show .

References

External links

* {{Malcolm Gladwell 2016 podcast debuts Audio podcasts History podcasts Works by Malcolm Gladwell