How Kenya Barris And Malcolm Gladwell’s Unlikely Partnership Led To The Year’s Most Insightful Podcast

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By Okla Jones ·Updated February 5, 2025

At first glance, Kenya Barris and Malcolm Gladwell may seem like an unlikely pairing. One is a Hollywood heavyweight, responsible for redefining modern Black storytelling with hit series like black-ish and #BlackAF. The other is a cerebral journalist, best known for dissecting the hidden forces that drive human behavior in bestsellers like Outliers and The Tipping Point. They come from different professional worlds, different mediums,

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