{"podcast":{"title":"3 Books With Neil Pasricha","slug":"3-books-with-neil-pasricha-230850","podcast_index_feed_id":230850,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/117111/destinations/671382.xml","website_url":"http://www.3books.co","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/9/e/9/e9e9657d59ec593416c3140a3186d450/3Books_Logo_2022.jpg","author":"Neil Pasricha","episode_count":216,"summary":"3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 22-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of one of the world's most inspiring people. Sample guests include: Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, Roxane Gay, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Shirley The Nurse, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Angie Thomas, David Mitchell, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Mark Manson, Seth Godin, Judy Blume, and Quentin Tarantino. 3 Books is published on the lunar calendar with each of the 333 chapters dropped on the exact minute of every single full moon all the way up to 10:37 PM EST on April 26, 2040. 3 Books is an Apple \"Best Of\" award-winning show and is 100% non-profit with no ads, no sponsors, no commercials, and no interruptions. 3 Books has 3 clubs including the End of the Podcast Club, the Cover to Cover Club, and the Secret Club, which operates entirely through the mail and is only accessible by calling 1-833-READ-A-LOT. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person at the guest's preferred location by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bes…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T04:19:17.860573+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/3-books-with-neil-pasricha-230850"},"episode":{"title":"Chapter 37: Malcolm Gladwell on strangers, spies, and silencing the system","slug":"chapter-37-malcolm-gladwell-on-strangers-spies-and-silencing-the-system","published_at":"2025-12-20T01:43:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/3-books-with-neil-pasricha-230850/chapter-37-malcolm-gladwell-on-strangers-spies-and-silencing-the-system","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/3-books-with-neil-pasricha-230850","url":"https://threebooks.libsyn.com/chapter-37-malcolm-gladwell-on-strangers-spies-and-silencing-the-system","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/clean/secure/threebooks/3Books_Rerelease_MalcolmGladwell_5.mp3?dest-id=671382","summary":"Who we are is a function of where we are. Do you agree with that? Who you are depends on where you are. We're different people in different places, right? You're different in the board room than you are on vacation. You're different with your parents than you are with your kids. I'm different hanging out with Malcolm Gladwell in his West Village apartment than I am sitting in my basement as I type up a little note about it. That theme is one that we get to open up in this chapter of 3 Books with the one and only ​ Malcolm Gladwell ​ . I flew down to New York and joined Malcolm at his place where we settled around a table surrounded by books. Top to bottom! Floor to ceiling! And, no big deal, all hardcovers. \"This is a fraction of my books, I should say,\" he told me as we began the chat. We talk about raising nerds in a world forcing us into being average, how to find tribes where we truly fit in, who Malcolm thinks is the best non-fiction author alive, why thrillers are instructive, what Malcolm's biggest advice is for aspiring authors, and, of course, his 3 most formative books. It was a rare treat to sit down with Malcolm Gladwell in this classic chapter of 3 Books ...","meta_description":"Who we are is a function of where we are. Do you agree with that? Who you are depends on where you are. We're different people in different places, right?…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2482,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/3-books-with-neil-pasricha-230850/episodes/chapter-37-malcolm-gladwell-on-strangers-spies-and-silencing-the-system/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/3-books-with-neil-pasricha-230850/chapter-37-malcolm-gladwell-on-strangers-spies-and-silencing-the-system.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}