Talking to Strangers What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know Malcom Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the number-one New York Times best seller Outliers, reinvents the audiobook in this immersive production of Talking to Strangers, a powerful examination of our interactions with people we don’t know.

How  did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville  Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual  assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the  way we relate to each other that isn't true?

While tackling  these questions, Malcolm Gladwell was not solely writing a book for the  page. He was also producing for the ear. In the audiobook version of Talking to Strangers,  you’ll hear the voices of people he interviewed - scientists,  criminologists, military psychologists. Court transcripts are brought to  life with re-enactments. You actually hear the contentious arrest of  Sandra Bland by the side of the road in Texas. As Gladwell revisits the  deceptions of Bernie Madoff, the trial of Amanda Knox, and the suicide  of Sylvia Plath, you hear directly from many of the players in these  real-life tragedies. There’s even a theme song - Janelle Monae’s “Hell  You Talmbout”.

Something is very wrong, Gladwell argues, with  the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don't know.  And because we don't know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting  conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our  lives and our world.

The audiobook edition of Talking to Strangers was an instant number-one best seller, and was one of the most  pre-ordered audiobooks in history. It seamlessly marries audiobooks and  podcasts, creating a completely new and real listening experience.