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S18 · E12 — Episode 12: Jon Ronson meets Malcolm Gladwell - Beware the Underdog

S18:E12 · Episode 12: Jon Ronson meets Malcolm Gladwell - Beware the Underdog

Episodes

27 episodes in this season

Episode 1: Maxine Peake - Performance, Protest and Peterloo

Episode 2: Who Are You Calling an African Artist?

Episode 3: The Unstoppable Thomas Heatherwick

Episode 4: Venice - A Tale of Two Cities

Episode 5: The Culture Show at Edinburgh: Leonardo da Vinci - The Anatomist

Episode 6: The Culture Show at Edinburgh: Funny Women

Episode 7: The Culture Show at Edinburgh: Happy Birthday Traverse

Episode 8: YouTube - The Future of TV?

Episode 9: The People's Palace

Episode 10: A Portrait of Jonathan Yeo

Episode 11: Northern Soul - Keep the Faith

Episode 12: Jon Ronson meets Malcolm Gladwell - Beware the Underdog

Episode 13: Sylvie Guillem - Force of Nature

Episode 14: A Night at the London Film Festival

Episode 15: The Art of Chinese Painting

Episode 16: Samuel Johnson Prize 2013

Episode 18: Wars of the Heart

Episode 19: Gaga - The Mother Monster

Episode 20: Paul Smith -These Are a Few of My Favourite Things

Episode 21: Vicky Featherstone - All Change at the Royal Court

Episode 22: Derry Londonderry - A New Chapter

Episode 23: Lego - The Building Blocks of Architecture

Episode 24: Damon Albarn - Solo

Episode 25: Forget the Oscars, Here are the Kermodes

Episode 26: Henri Matisse - A Cut Above the Rest

Episode 27: Tony Parsons - The Art of Boxing

Episode 28: Savion Glover - Happy Feet

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Episode 12: Jon Ronson meets Malcolm Gladwell - Beware the Underdog

Season 18 · Episode 12 · Oct 2, 2013

Malcolm Gladwell is about to publish a book. He's done it four times before, and whenever it happens huge things occur: Millions of copies get sold, world leaders take note, catchy phrases infiltrate our language and millions of us are moved by his inspiring stories and big powerful ideas. Jon Ronson goes head to head with The Tipping Point author in his New York home to talk about his latest work. 'David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants' seeks to shake our faith in what it means to have the upper hand. In it Gladwell argues we get advantage and disadvantage the wrong way round. Being dyslexic, losing a parent in childhood, being bombed, shot at, marginalized... can all be turned to good, according to his latest optimistic tome. In this candid and revealing confrontation, one thing comes clear... Giants beware: underdogs can surprise you when they make good the advantages that stem from a traumatic start.

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Episode 12: Jon Ronson meets Malcolm Gladwell - Beware the Underdog

Season 18 · Episode 12 · Oct 2, 2013

Malcolm Gladwell is about to publish a book. He's done it four times before, and whenever it happens huge things occur: Millions of copies get sold, world leaders take note, catchy phrases infiltrate our language and millions of us are moved by his inspiring stories and big powerful ideas. Jon Ronson goes head to head with The Tipping Point author in his New York home to talk about his latest work. 'David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants' seeks to shake our faith in what it means to have the upper hand. In it Gladwell argues we get advantage and disadvantage the wrong way round. Being dyslexic, losing a parent in childhood, being bombed, shot at, marginalized... can all be turned to good, according to his latest optimistic tome. In this candid and revealing confrontation, one thing comes clear... Giants beware: underdogs can surprise you when they make good the advantages that stem from a traumatic start.