Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Malcolm Gladwell

Dec 23, 2019

54:22

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Episode guests

Malcolm Gladwell

Conan O’Brien

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Episode notes

Introduction

6min

The Importance of Compliments

3min

How to Win a Book

2min

The Unpopular Causes of the Catholic Church

2min

Talking to Strangers: How Humans Are Flawed

2min

How to Be Cautious and Humble in Our Assessments of People

2min

The Ghost of George Harrison

3min

The Importance of Small Gestures

3min

The Importance of Observing a Baseball Player Playing Baseball

3min

10.

The Importance of Hydration

3min

11.

How to Make a Better Job Interview

2min

12.

How to Hire an Assistant

2min

13.

The Importance of a Good Interview

2min

14.

The Troubles of the Trial

3min

15.

The Legend of the Cave

3min

16.

The Importance of Meeting Hitler

2min

17.

The Harvard PR Guy and the College Scandal

2min

18.

The Moral Difference Between Conan and the Rich Guy

2min

19.

The People Pleaser Cult of Personality Guy

2min

20.

The Case for a Woodrow Wilson School

2min

21.

Owen Wilson and the Cult of Personality

2min

22.

The Importance of Having a Network You Can Trust

5min

23.

The Importance of Having the Last Word

2min

24.

The End of the Matrix

7min

Author and journalist Malcolm Gladwell feels pressured into being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

Malcolm and Conan sit down to talk about Malcolm’s new book Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know, conversations about gardening, tabloid inventions, tales from the IRA, and Conan’s own special cult of personality. Plus, Conan and his assistant Sona engage in a struggle for power.

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