A Podcast Recommendation

Carlos Doesn’t Remember, Malcolm Gladwell

 

This is the third time I’ve listened to Season 1 of Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History Podcast. It is every bit as moving as I remember and every bit as important.

 

Episodes 4-6 are a stand alone set addressing education in America and the jaded American belief that their state is a meritocracy.

 

Here is the first/fourth episode. Key takeaways:

Capitalisation

“talent is fragile”

Caroline Hoxby & Christopher Avery, ‘The Missing “One-Offs”: The Hidden Supply of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students’