A Memorial for the Living

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A Memorial for the Living

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39 minutes

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Aug 20, 2020

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Lessons from the world’s most perfect memorial.
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Aug 20, 2020

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Revisionist History is Malcolm Gladwell's journey through the overlooked and the misunderstood. Every episode re-examines something from the past—an event, a person, an idea, even a song—and asks whether we got it right the first time. From Pushkin Industries. Because sometimes the past deserves a second chance.

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