Podcast Response

Malcolm Gladwell's podcast, Revisionist History, explores overlooked aspects of history. In the episode "Carlos Doesn't Remember," Malcolm examines the term capitalization and its connection to how people make the best of their circumstances. He focuses on the educational challenges of poverty and introduces a few remarkable individuals who have overcome these obstacles. The episode begins with an interview with Carlos, a bright student who faced poverty and limited educational opportunities. Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History is a podcast about the overlooked aspects of history, and the episode being covered today is called Carlos Doesn't Remember. This episode is about Malcolm's exploration into the term capitalization, a term that represents how many people make the best out of what they have. Malcolm and his friend Eric take a close look at the educational aspect of poverty, meet a few geniuses along the way, and provide invaluable educational resources that lead these young people to fulfill their true potential. Firstly, instead of introducing the podcast to the audience, the episode starts off with Malcolm Gladwell asking Carlos about his school life before the audio clip cuts in the actual introduction of the podcast starts. The questions and responses that were exchanged between the two sounded much like a fairly normal interview at first, and since similar questions and answers are common for interviews between an older person and a kid who's in school, the listener assumes nothing of it. As the episode goes on, though, the listener quickly realizes that, although Carlos was an incredibly smart kid, he had to face poverty, family problems, and the low chance of him getting a quality education.