#1627: Malcolm Gladwell’s New Book “Talking To Strangers”

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Sep 25 2019 | 00:30:00

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Show Notes

Malcolm Gladwell’s books bestselling books include “The Tipping Point,” “Blink” and “Outliers.” In his first book in six years, “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know,” Gladwell offers an examination of our interactions with strangers and why they often go so terribly wrong.

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