What Did They Read?

The Tipping Point

Malcolm Gladwell

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First heard1 October 2026
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Malcolm Gladwell on What We Get Wrong About Guns

The Next Big Idea, 5 November 2026. The author is the guest. The book comes up at 46 sec in.

During the host introduction, The Tipping Point is cited as an earlier instance of Malcolm Gladwell's signature approach — overturning the assumption that large changes require large pushes by showing that tiny shifts can tip an entire culture.

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Black-ish Creator Kenya Barris On Turning Down A $100 Million Netflix Deal, The Cost of Success & Curiosity As A Superpower With Malcolm Gladwell

The Rich Roll Podcast, 1 October 2026. The book comes up at 15 min 13 sec in.

Kenya Barris describes reading The Tipping Point and finding it applicable to a hustler mentality — it explained how things go from fad to phenomenon and what kinds of people are needed to build something. He credits the book's approach of asking the why behind the why as a direct influence on his storytelling in Black-ish. Malcolm Gladwell, the author, participates as a guest.

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