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He is also the cofounder of pushkin industries, an audio content company that produces the podcasts revisionist history, which reconsiders things both overlooked and misunderstood, and broken record, where he, rick rubin, and bruce headlam. Nov 21, 2016 david and goliath is the third malcolm gladwell book that ive read. Listen all the harry potter full audiobook 1 7 and best audio books in this link. Explore the power of the underdog in malcolm gladwell s dazzling examination of success, motivation, and the role of adv. He was born in england, grew up in rural ontario, and now lives in new york city.
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