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

Malcolm Gladwell

Sep 2019 · Penguin · Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell

About this audiobook

Brought to you by Penguin.

The highly anticipated new book from Malcom Gladwell, host of the chart-topping podcast Revisionist History.

With original archival interviews and musical scoring, this enhanced audiobook edition of Talking to Strangers brings Gladwell's renowned storytelling to life in his unparalleled narrating style.

The routine traffic stop that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years undetected at the highest levels of the Pentagon. The false conviction of Amanda Knox. Why do we so often get other people wrong? Why is it so hard to detect a lie, read a face or judge a stranger's motives?

Through a series of encounters and misunderstandings - from history, psychology and infamous legal cases - Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual adventure into the darker side of human nature, where strangers are never simple and misreading them can have disastrous consequences.

No one challenges our shared assumptions like Malcolm Gladwell. Here he uses stories of deceit and fatal errors to cast doubt on our strategies for dealing with the unknown, inviting us to rethink our thinking in these troubled times.

(C) 2019 Malcolm Gladwell (P) 2019 Malcolm Gladwell

Ratings and reviews

This is probably the most interesting book I've ever read/listened to, I didn't want it to end and couldn't stop listening. Malcolm is a well respected author but this is by far his best work. The way the stories are told and crafted is perfect and well thought out, all giving a different perspective on judging people and how wrong society can be. Highly recommend this book for anyone, no matter what you are usually reading it's something we so should read.

Malcom does such a fantastic job with this book. The production is flawless! Amazing audiobook!

awesome, it makes you see a different perspective of interacting with strangers. recommend it

About the author

Malcolm Gladwell (Author, Reader)
Malcolm Gladwell is the author of six international bestsellers: The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, David and Goliath and most recently, Talking to Strangers. He is the host of the podcast Revisionist History, a staff writer at The New Yorker, and co-founder of the audio company Pushkin Industries. He graduated from the University of Toronto, Trinity College, with a degree in history. Gladwell was born in England and grew up in rural Ontario. He lives in New York.