David Remnick speaks with Malcolm Gladwell about how he arrived at his particular approach to storytelling.
I appreciate how Gladwell makes the attempt to reach out to his readers between books and has thought about how podcasting is a useful way to do that. Some of this is the idea behind the why and how of what a good author platform is and how it should work. Podcasting is just a tool for doing a piece of that better.
There are some interesting references in here that I’ll have to read up on as well as taking a look at Gladwell’s podcast. I’m curious how he translates his storytelling approach in the audio medium compared to how he writes.
h/t Aaron Davis
That is an interesting question Chris, the difference between his books and podcasts.
From my listening, he starts with a core idea and then makes it personal. (See my post on generous orthodoxy.) I think that this is something he does in his books, but they are often interlinked. Although the series relates to reviewing history, I feel each episode is pretty much standalone.