Talking to Strangers：What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

MalcolmGladwell,hostofthepodcastRevisionistHistoryand#1bestsellingauthorofTheTippingPoint,Blink,Outliers,DavidandGoliath,andWhattheDogSaw,offersapowerfulexaminationofourinteractionswithstrangers---andwhytheyoftengowrong.HowdidFidelCastrofooltheCIAforageneration?WhydidNevilleChamberlainthinkhecouldtrustAdolfHitler?Whyarecampussexualassaultsontherise?Dotelevisionsitcomsteachussomethingaboutthewaywerelatetoeachotherthatisn'ttrue?TalkingtoStrangersisaclassicallyGladwellianintellectualadventure,achallengingandcontroversialexcursionthroughhistory,psychology,andscandalstakenstraightfromthenews.HerevisitsthedeceptionsofBernieMadoff,thetrialofAmandaKnox,thesuicideofSylviaPlath,theJerrySanduskypedophiliascandalatPennStateUniversity,andthedeathofSandraBland---throwingourunderstandingoftheseandotherstoriesintodoubt.Somethingisverywrong,Gladwellargues,withthetoolsandstrategiesweusetomakesenseofpeoplewedon'tknow.Andbecausewedon'tknowhowtotalktostrangers,weareinvitingconflictandmisunderstandinginwaysthathaveaprofoundeffectonourlivesandourworld.Inhisfirstbooksincehis#1bestseller,DavidandGoliath,MalcolmGladwellhaswrittenagrippingguidebookfortroubledtimes.