[inaudible conversations] good evening and welcome those newcomers and repeat offenders. If you look around you notice in impenetrable books are out there in the world. That being the case it is always refreshing to find one whose impact with the proportion to the length and have to and the Tipping Point is one of those books with from time to time a work appears that acts as a decongestant for the brain , one strong spray and the intellectual passages clear up even if they were blocked in the first place. Now we can grasp the things around us were always looking at and the effect on the reader can be rather intoxicating. Once again it is that kind of book to ask the kinds of questions a child might ask on the tip of the tongue the name on the brain and we find it hard to focus on not despite the obviousness why didnt anybody think of this before . And then what makes things catch on and take off and ideas and products fads and trends in fashion cultural phenomenon and you may find the
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Democracy is at stake where leadership role in the world is at stake were the lives of tens of thousands of americans are on the line. Incompetent and callous leadership could care less. We have got to change that. Im Jonathan Capehart a Senior Writer for the Washington Post and welcome to Washington Post life. This is a special live recording of my post opinion podcast. In former president Barack Obamas first term susan rice with United States ambassador to the united nations. In her second term she was Obamas National Security adviser are you today rice as a private citizen. She is the author of tough love, my story of the things worth fighting for and under serious consideration to be joe bidens Vice President ial running mate. Welcome back for the third time susan rice. Welcome. Thank you its great to be with you. About one minute before we came on air there was breaking news that the Trump Administration dropped a plan to Deport International Students in on line classes and your r
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Despite having written a book called blink the power of thinking without thinking i think one of the beauties of Malcolm Gladwells works is that he makes you think. His work uncovers truths hidden in strange data and as a marketer and a philosophy major, things that are strange and uncovering hidden truths are really something dear to my heart and what another reason why i like malcolmgladwell. His Academic Research and critical analysis and fascinating style provides astonishing and useful insights about our world and our place in it. His bestselling books travel avenues of science, reason and anecdote and include the Tipping Point, outliers, blink and how many people have read a Malcolm Gladwell book . Thats a lot of you. That explains why Malcolm Gladwell is the number one bestselling author in amazon on the business section and i think he ranks 19th overall in history on amazon. Com. [applause] so his new book which he is here to talk about is called david and goliath underdogs, mi