--- description: Find out why "Revisionist History" is on TIME's list of the 100 best podcasts of all time. title: 'Revisionist History' Is on The 100 Best Podcasts of All Time image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04857bd692a55413/6998c872d32e93ca37cd7313/Best-Podcasts-2025-Revisionist-History-062.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 23, 2025 # Revisionist History Trademark Malcolm Gladwell by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/) ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent  **_History_** Malcolm Gladwell made his name arguing persuasive cases for counterintuitive narratives. He applies that same curiosity along with his magazine-style ethos to his Pushkin podcast, which for nearly a decade has reexamined “overlooked” moments, like why a famed basketball player made the illogical decision to favor a less effective [free-throw form](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWExY6qGxvU "undefined"). Gladwell comes alive when tackling societal injustices that are particularly irksome to him: One of his best episodes begins as a [diatribe against golf](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNhIAcTaVFE "undefined") but evolves into a gripping investigation into how the wealthy evade tax law. Across 14 seasons, the show has changed as Gladwell has experimented with different concepts. In one miniseries for the show. Gladwell [examines the problematic Disney movie _The Little Mermaid_](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/little-mermaid-part-1-the-golden-contract/id1119389968?i=1000529603897 "undefined"), and invites some surprising (and famous) guest stars to help fix the story. Another, called ["Development Hell,"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sws%5F-7dCsz0&list=PLwa5nQCz20BQNeNRvy45QsN7ZmNsB3KMI "undefined") highlights promising movies that died in production—including one based on one of Gladwell's books. A third, called ["Hitler's Olympics," ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVuTkUQfVVg "undefined")about the 1936 Berlin Games is particularly engrossing. If you like Gladwell's books, you'll love the podcast. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/7303113/revisionist-history/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/7303113/revisionist-history/"},"headline":"Revisionist History","datePublished":"2025-07-23T11:15:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:52:17.119Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/7303113/revisionist-history/","keywords":["podcasts","list","Podcast","Special Project"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04857bd692a55413/6998c872d32e93ca37cd7313/Best-Podcasts-2025-Revisionist-History-062.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"creator":"Eliana Dockterman","articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04857bd692a55413/6998c872d32e93ca37cd7313/Best-Podcasts-2025-Revisionist-History-062.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/podcasts/","name":"podcasts"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/7303113/revisionist-history/","name":"Revisionist History"}}]}] ```