WEBVTT - Introducing Revisionist History Season Two

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<v Speaker 1>Pushkin.

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<v Speaker 2>If you listen to season one of Revisionist History, I

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<v Speaker 2>think you know that I have a weakness for the

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<v Speaker 2>big idea, maybe even a fatal weakness. On my tombstone,

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to say, Malcolm Gladwell rest in peace. His

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<v Speaker 2>one big idea is that there was one big idea

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<v Speaker 2>to explain everything. I began season two of Revisionist History

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<v Speaker 2>with the same obsession. I think I interviewed thirty or

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<v Speaker 2>forty people, read a few dozen books, camped out in

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<v Speaker 2>the NYU library, all in search of that little tingle,

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<v Speaker 2>that moment when you realize that actually this is just

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<v Speaker 2>weird enough. This is totally some history with revising ladies

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<v Speaker 2>and gentlemen. I give you Mark Cohen, philosopher.

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<v Speaker 1>Step in the same river twice, because each time you

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<v Speaker 1>step in the river, you're stepping into different water.

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<v Speaker 2>And then the professor starts talking about Heraclitis rivers and

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<v Speaker 2>the ship of theseus and light bulbs, light bombs go off.

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<v Speaker 3>The question is if you change, If you have a

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<v Speaker 3>ship and you change a sex on ancient grief thinking,

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<v Speaker 3>and you change one board at a time, is at

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<v Speaker 3>the end of the day's ship different. That's what this is.

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<v Speaker 2>In the season coming up, I'm going to take you

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<v Speaker 2>to McDonald's and the French fries they had back in

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<v Speaker 2>the day.

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<v Speaker 1>Texture on six thirty seven is shatteringly crisp, but's amazing,

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<v Speaker 1>perfect French frye texture.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to take you on a little tour of

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<v Speaker 2>the golf courses of Los Angeles and the dark secret

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<v Speaker 2>behind their existence.

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<v Speaker 3>Looks like a couple of layers of barboyre.

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<v Speaker 2>This looks like the Berlin Wall. If they want us

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<v Speaker 2>to get in there and tell you a story, worry

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<v Speaker 2>about a truly dysfunctional friendship.

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<v Speaker 1>It was clearly the only person he ever loved in

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<v Speaker 1>his life. There was no one else.

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<v Speaker 2>It's possible, possible that all of that is about the river, and.

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<v Speaker 1>That leads to the thought that no compound material object

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<v Speaker 1>lasts any time at all. It's constantly being renewed and

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<v Speaker 1>replaced by new objects or not.

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<v Speaker 2>As always with revisionist history, reasonable minds will probably disagree

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<v Speaker 2>Revisionist History, because sometimes the past deserves a second chance.

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<v Speaker 2>Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

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<v Speaker 3>Season two of Revisionist History launches June fifteenth,