Book · 2020 · History
Talking to Strangers
What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
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A big argument of Talking to Strangers is that in the end what we perceive is a failing our inability to read other people.
Malcolm Gladwell · The Jordan Harbinger Show · Jul 2022 Listen at 5:55 What they say about it
- Analyzes specific criminal cases“analyzes the case”4
The best things said about it
Like well so malcolm gladwell makes a really strong case in his like new book talking to strangers for how i'm obviously innocent but he puts the explanatory burden of my wrongful conviction on me.
Amanda Knox The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 2021 I like that you narrate your books, it's very frustrating when someone who's a great speaker does not narrate their books so thanks for doing that.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Nov 2019 How would you take what you've written and talking to strangers and apply it in those instances well so I spend the most time on this with obviously with law enforcement.
Discovery of of you know when I delved into the research were talking to strangers that we you abandon your position your default position that someone's telling you the truth.
Malcolm Gladwell The Jordan Harbinger Show · Jul 2022 Malcolm Gladwell's book, Talking to Strangers, where he analyzes the case, and he, you know, from the very get-go is like, we know who did this crime.
Amanda Knox The Megyn Kelly Show · Jun 2026 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Talking to Strangers is a nonfiction book by Malcolm Gladwell that explores how people misjudge interactions with unfamiliar individuals. Amanda Knox discussed the book on The Megyn Kelly Show and The Joe Rogan Experience, noting that Gladwell analyzed her case and argued for her innocence while placing the explanatory burden of her wrongful conviction on her own behavior. Jennifer Szalai reviewed the book on The Book Review, and Andrew Gold mentioned it on The Jordan Harbinger Show to introduce a discussion on matched and mismatched people. Theo Von told Malcolm Gladwell on This Past Weekend that he recently read and enjoyed the book. Megyn Kelly brought up the book on her show to discuss Gladwell's coverage of the Jerry Sandusky case at Penn State. Finally, Malcolm Gladwell and Jordan Harbinger discussed the book's core argument on The Jordan Harbinger Show regarding human perception, truth default theory, and the inability to read other people.
Every mention
Malcolm Gladwell but also a big argument of talking to strangers is that in the end what we perceive is a failing our inabil… 5
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“but also a big argument of talking to strangers is that in the end what we perceive is a failing our inability to read other people”
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“discovery of of you know when I delved into the research were talking to strangers that we you abandon your position your default position that someone's telling you the truth”
Discussed
“Tim Levine who's the psychologist whose work I relied on um for that part of of talking to strangers”
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“one of the coolest things it's in a footnote and talking to strangers because I couldn't figure out how to put it in the text”
Discussed
“So as simple as, in my book "Talking to Strangers," it was like a podcast.”
Amanda Knox even as recently as U Malcolm Gladwell's book, Talking to Strangers, where he analyzes the case, and he, yo… 3
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“even as recently as U Malcolm Gladwell's book, Talking to Strangers, where he analyzes the case, and he, you know, from the very get-go is like, we know who did this crime.”
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“even as recently as malcolm gladwell's book talking to strangers where he analyzes the case and he you know from the very get-go is like we know who did this crime it's rudy gaday”
Discussed
“like well so malcolm gladwell makes a really strong case in his like new book talking to strangers for how i'm obviously innocent but he puts the explanatory burden of my wrongful conviction on me”
Joe Rogan it's very interesting because I've been listening to talking to strangers uh-huh I like that you narrate yo… 2
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“it's very interesting because I've been listening to talking to strangers uh-huh I like that you narrate your books it's very frustrating when someone who's a great speaker does not narrate their books so thanks for doing that”
Discussed
“what is this talking to strangers I'm into about I'm in the second chapter right now oh I see”
Jordan Harbinger I think before when I read about truth default Theory and when I read talking to strangers it was like the… 2
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“I think before when I read about truth default Theory and when I read talking to strangers it was like the abstract person that maybe doesn't default by default trust others”
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“how would you take what you've written and talking to strangers and apply it in those instances well so I spend the most time on this with obviously with law enforcement”
Andrew Gold well in Malcolm Gladwell as I mentioned his book talking to strangers 1
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“well in Malcolm Gladwell as I mentioned his book talking to strangers”
Jennifer Szalai so this week I reviewed Malcolm gladwell's new book talking to straight ERS 1
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“so this week I reviewed Malcolm gladwell's new book talking to straight ERS”
Megyn Kelly um in in i think it was talking to strangers you took on the jerry sandusky case at penn state 1
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“um in in i think it was talking to strangers you took on the jerry sandusky case at penn state”
Ryan Holiday but then when i read talking with strangers last year i read it actually before last year i read it when i… 1
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“but then when i read talking with strangers last year i read it actually before last year i read it when i was on my book tour for stillness is the key”
Theo Von a lot of your book I read your book I read your or one of the uh talking with strangers oh yeah yeah talkin… 1
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“a lot of your book I read your book I read your or one of the uh talking with strangers oh yeah yeah talking with strangers that's the one that I read”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“i mean this is a big theme in my book talking to strangers yeah a whole chapter on alcohol and how a lot of what we talk about is that you know when we talk about a section the culture of the problem of sexual assault”
Plugged
“Perhaps you've listened to his sensational podcast, "Revisionist History," or read one of his many "New York Times" bestselling books like "Tipping Point," "Blank," "Outliers," "David and Goliath," and "Talking to Strangers."”
Passing
“so today my guest is the one and only malcolm gladwell the tipping point blink outliers david and goliath talking with strangers and now his new book the bomber mafia”
Plugged
“I was still adding to this manuscript of talking to strangers really really late and uh if you'd compare my first drafts is might like I did five drafts with my fifth draft huge differences”
Passing
“malcol gladwell's talking to strangers”