Malcolm Gladwell, Revisionist History: Special Event - Podcast Rankings and reviews

As an ardent fan and follower of Revisionist History, I was disappointed that Malcolm stated on the RH podcast, The Dog Will See you Now (overall an amazing story), that he would not get a PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) test for prostate screening. This test, although by no means perfect as Malcom pointed out, has resulted in early detection for prostate cancer and thus saved or extended countless lives from this most common type of cancer in men in the U.S. (other than skin cancer). As a physician and cancer survivor whose prostate cancer was initially detected by a routine screening PSA, I recommend Malcom rethink his stand on this simple and useful screening test. It might save your life!

Malcolm has a pleasing delivery, important when you’re committing to listening to someone talk at you, non stop, for an hour. Most importantly, his podcasts, like his books, are impeccably researched. You may not agree with Mr Gladwell but he knows where of he speaks. Regardless of the topic Mr Gladwell maintains a steady, measured cadence. He’ll tell you if something bothers him but until then his delivery makes room for the listener to make their own decision about how they feel about an issue.
You’ll learn a lot, and may find yourself digging deeper into a topic that you previously 1. Had little interest in, or 2. Didn’t know it was a thing.
Always enjoyable, always interesting.

I've listened on and off since this was first launched so I have some history with this podcast. I enjoy the topics presented and appreciate the intended direction, but I feel the commentary is often so slanted as to not give the audience any chance to decide on our own. And by that, I mean the tone of voice and inflection of the presenter. If I wanted a preacher telling me where I went wrong, I would go to church. Malcolm Gladwell is engaging, but he often comes across as an elitist with such a dismissive tone at times, as if HIS opinion is the only one that matters. And if we don't agree, we're ignorant. If you want to widen your audience where some of these topics might really be helpful to people, Malcolm needs to learn how to relate to the "everyman/woman". If that's not the goal, then I was correct in my assessment.

Disclaimer: I have a lot of anger at Malcom! Taking to Strangers made me angry like I’ve almost never been angry. So I can be critical of him...but RH is utterly brilliant. The content makes me smarter and Malcolm is irresistible as a host. He makes me question everything and I am a better person for it.
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