Those kinds of books? To a prisoner, they’re “not so entertaining.”ĥ) “Food is such an intersection of culture, of politics, of inequality. That’s Kevin Sawyer, who’s read 371 books during his 22 years in prison.Listen: Ear Hustle: Catch a Kite 2 (8:04) More takes on his SNL/”This is America” achievements: The Brilliant Idiots, Keep It, Damage Control.Ĥ) “I’m not really interested in books about who shot John, because everybody in prison has shot John.”.It’s also…a comment on who he feels he is in the world.” He adds: “The video is not just commenting on America’s obsession with entertainment and obsession with guns, and our ability to block out one constantly in the service of the other.That’s Andy Greenwald’s take on Glover’s/Childish Gambino’s powerful video for “This is America.”.Listen: The Watch: This is Donald Glover’s Moment (16:01) She adds: “Every human alive needs to think good and hard and long about ourselves as oil, and how we’re being mined and refined in exchange for what?”ģ) “It’s the most exciting video probably since Beyoncé’s Formation.”.What to look for in 10 years, according to Webb: More voice interactions with machines, image and object recognition, and biometric tools.It’s what she’s reading in the data about shifts and changes in mobile. It’s not a prediction, Amy Webb stresses.Listen: WSJ The Future of Everything: What’s Next for AI? (14:43) Can’t wait for Season 3 of Gladwell’s pod.Ģ) “This is the beginning of the end of all smartphones.” My take: The most entertaining pod I listened to this week.The worst thing that can happen if you’re in a bureaucracy is that the bureaucracy gets really, really good.” On bureaucracy (22:29): “You don’t want bureaucracies run by Marine Corps guys.On specificity (7:45): “All the interesting people I know are people whose speech and thinking has a great deal of specificity to it.”.stand-up comedy (5:24): “If you’re asking me would I rather teach a class of first graders or do a stand-up performance, the answer is: I would do a stand-up performance a million times before I would teach.”
On parents (3:57): “Parents are never more crazy than when they are interacting with the teachers of their children.”.The Revisionist History host delivers hot pod takes galore in this crossover with Grant, host of WorkLife. Listen: Revisionist History: Malcolm Gladwell debates Adam Grant (33:58) 8 Pod Takes: Provocative Thoughts From This Week’s Podcasts 1) “Rooting for the underdog is a form of moral weakness.” All that and more in this week’s deep dive into the podcast universe. Gladwell’s back and Glover’s artistic breakthroughs blew away podcasters.