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Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell audiobook

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

By Malcolm Gladwell
Read by Malcolm Gladwell

Little, Brown & Company, Little, Brown 9780316478526
8.96 Hours • Unabridged
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Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong.  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 one another that isn’t true? Talking to Strangers is a classically Gladwellian intellectual adventure, a challenging and controversial excursion through history, psychology, and scandals taken straight from the news. He revisits the deceptions of Bernie Madoff, the trial of Amanda Knox, the suicide of Sylvia Plath, the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia scandal at Penn State University, and the death of Sandra Bland—throwing our understanding of these and other stories into doubt. 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. In his first book since his #1 bestseller David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell has written a gripping guidebook for troubled times. A Best Book of the Year: The Financial Times, Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, and Detroit Free Press 

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A #1 New York Times bestseller in Audio

A 2020 Audie Award Finalist for Best Narration in Nonfiction

A Parade Magazine Pick of Best Audiobooks for Fall

An Esquire Pick of Best Audiobooks

A #1 iBooks bestseller in Audiobooks

A BuzzFeed Books Pick of Audiobooks Better Than the Print Version

A Booklist Pick of Outstanding Audio Narrations

Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award

A People Pick of the Week

A Midwest Indie Bestseller in Hardcover Nonfiction

Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong. 

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 one another that isn’t true? Talking to Strangers is a classically Gladwellian intellectual adventure, a challenging and controversial excursion through history, psychology, and scandals taken straight from the news. He revisits the deceptions of Bernie Madoff, the trial of Amanda Knox, the suicide of Sylvia Plath, the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia scandal at Penn State University, and the death of Sandra Bland—throwing our understanding of these and other stories into doubt. 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. In his first book since his #1 bestseller David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell has written a gripping guidebook for troubled times.

A Best Book of the Year: The Financial Times, Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, and Detroit Free Press 

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Gladwell brilliantly argues that we should stop assuming, realize no one’s transparent, and understand that behavior is tied to unseen circumstances.” —People
“Offers a provocative take on what close encounters between strangers have to teach us…Reading it will actually change not just how you see strangers, but how you look at yourself, the news—the world.” — O, The Oprah Magazine
“Gives us more food for thought…Read by the engaging author himself.” —Parade (audio review)
“Gladwell’s message that we should all approach strangers ‘with caution and humility’—has fortuitous timing, given a political climate in which we can hardly stand to interact with people who watch a different cable network.” —New York Times
“Malcolm Gladwell is a fabulous narrator…His pleasing tone, phrasing palette, and exceptional skill with dramatic pauses all sound natural, yet add sparkling energy to his writing…Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.” —AudioFile
“This book is kind of like taking a crash college course in communication, except Malcom Gladwell is your professor, and he’s helping you completely rethink the way you go through the world.” —Esquire
“Puts a distinctive and provocative spin on his topic, bringing it to life by populating the book with riveting, headline-grabbing scandals and drawing on psychological research and social science to support his claims.” —Christian Science Monitor
“With a mix of reporting, research, and a deft narrative hand, Gladwell illuminates these examples with the page-turning urgency of a paperback thriller, building a case on the ways these misconceptions lead to disaster…A compelling, conversation-starting read.” —Los Angeles Times
“A sweeping survey tour of miscommunication, through stories ripped from the headlines and history books…Fascinating.” —NPR
Talking to Strangers is a must-read...I love this book... Reading it will actually change not just how you see strangers, but how you look at yourself, the news--the world...Reading this book changed me. —Oprah Winfrey, O, The Oprah Magazine
Powerful advice on truly getting to know others...Gladwell brilliantly argues that we should stop assuming, realize no one's transparent and understand that behavior is tied to unseen circumstances. —People, Book of the Week
Gladwell has again delivered a compelling, conversation-starting read...At a time when the world feels intractably polarized, a book examining the varying ways we misinterpret or fail to communicate with one another could not feel more necessary...With a mix of reporting, research and a deft narrative hand, Gladwell illuminates these examples with the page-turning urgency of a paperback thriller. —Chris Barton, Los Angeles Times
Mr. Gladwell's towering success rests on the moment when the skeptic starts to think that maybe we're wrong about everything and maybe, just maybe, this Gladwell guy is onto something...Talking to Strangers is weightier than his previous titles. —Amy Chozick, New York Times
Gladwell uses compelling real-world examples to show the how and why behind our interactions with folks we're trying to understand. —Rhett Power, Forbes
Gladwell's case studies are thrilling...Chock-full of gripping anecdotes from the recent and forgotten past. He uses these riveting stories to offer up bite-size observations about how we engage with strangers. —Maggie Taft, Booklist
Another Gladwell tour de force...intellectually stimulating...Readers expecting another everything-you-think-you-know-is-wrong page-turner will not be disappointed. —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Both fascinating and topical...A thoughtful treatise...Gladwell writes in his signature colorful, fluid, and accessible prose. —Publishers Weekly
Gladwell interviews brilliant people, generates powerful insights, writes like an angel, and has earned a massive and admiring audience. He has a keen eye and a witty flair and he's one of the best observationalists of a generation. Gladwell is a big-picture thinker who helps us make sense of the human condition. —Bob Brisco, WebMD Magazine
As always, with his narrative gift and eye for the telling detail, Gladwell peppers his work with unforgettable facts... He has immense gifts--a probing, original, questioning mind, an ability to dig up information others haven't considered and tie it to a broader point. He has a narrative skill nonpareil. —Stephen Galloway, Hollywood Reporter
Engaging...Mr. Gladwell [presents] a mountain of quirky anecdotes and interesting research about our blunders with strangers, and why we make them...It's fascinating to peek at these incidents through Mr. Gladwell's psychological lens. —Leigh Anne Focareta, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Inspiring and motivating...Gladwell is a wunderkind and a saint...He takes on racial division, incompatible perspectives, and emotional dissonance without ever sounding preaching or proud. The stories make you think. —John Brandon, Daily Beast
Superb writing. Masterful structure. —Pilita Clark, Financial Times (UK)
Powerful advice on truly getting to know others...Gladwell brilliantly argues that we should stop assuming, realize no one's transparent and understand that behavior is tied to unseen circumstances. —People, Book of the Week
Gladwell has again delivered a compelling, conversation-starting read...At a time when the world feels intractably polarized, a book examining the varying ways we misinterpret or fail to communicate with one another could not feel more necessary...With a mix of reporting, research and a deft narrative hand, Gladwell illuminates these examples with the page-turning urgency of a paperback thriller. —Chris Barton, Los Angeles Times
Gladwell's case studies are thrilling...Chock-full of gripping anecdotes from the recent and forgotten past. He uses these riveting stories to offer up bite-size observations about how we engage with strangers. —Maggie Taft, Booklist
Gladwell interviews brilliant people, generates powerful insights, writes like an angel, and has earned a massive and admiring audience. He has a keen eye and a witty flair and he's one of the best observationalists of a generation. Gladwell is a big-picture thinker who helps us make sense of the human condition. —Bob Brisco, WebMD Magazine
As always, with his narrative gift and eye for the telling detail, Gladwell peppers his work with unforgettable facts... He has immense gifts--a probing, original, questioning mind, an ability to dig up information others haven't considered and tie it to a broader point. He has a narrative skill nonpareil. —Stephen Galloway, Hollywood Reporter
Engaging...Mr. Gladwell [presents] a mountain of quirky anecdotes and interesting research about our blunders with strangers, and why we make them...It's fascinating to peek at these incidents through Mr. Gladwell's psychological lens. —Leigh Anne Focareta, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Inspiring and motivating...Gladwell is a wunderkind and a saint...He takes on racial division, incompatible perspectives, and emotional dissonance without ever sounding preaching or proud. The stories make you think. —John Brandon, Daily Beast

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Author Bio: Malcolm Gladwell

Author Bio: Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell has been a staff writer with the New Yorker since 1996. He is a former writer at the Washington Post and served as the newspaper’s New York City bureau chief. He has won a National Magazine Award, and in 2005 he was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. He is the author of four books: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference, Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking, and Outliers: The Story of Success, all of which were #1 New York Times bestsellers. His book What the Dog Saw is a compilation of stories published in the New Yorker. Gladwell graduated from the University of Toronto, Trinity College, with a degree in history. He was born in England, grew up in rural Ontario, and now lives in New York City.

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Available Formats : MP3 CD
Category: Nonfiction/Social Science
Runtime: 8.96
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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