Author, reporter and now podcaster Malcolm Gladwell’s latest project is an incredible piece of work – trust me.

Gladwell has been a reporter/contributor for the world renowned publication New Yorker since 1996.

He has authored several books, including Blink, What the Dog Saw, Outliers (one of my favourite books of all time), and David & Goliath.

Gladwell’s latest work involves a 10-episode podcast titled Revisionist History.

I came across Revisionist History through one of Gladwell’s tweets and have been hooked since. In fact, I have re-listened the first episode tens of times.

The series looks back at certain events in history, and investigates what “really” happened, or whether something has been misunderstood or searches for some aspect that may have been missed. Gladwell makes the case that as a people we have been terrible in recording our past.

“I think we are bad historians. Something happens, we see it, watch it, remember it – file it away. But then if you look back at what you filed away closely you discover it’s all wrong”.

Gladwell’s first season – of 10 episodes – covers a range of events. Each with a central theme or idea that we have missed and ultimately changes the way we look at history.

As part of the series, he explores the (lack of) funding for education in universities. He looks at the role of satire in political discourse. He re-opens the “scandal” of Toyotas that had to be recalled for “faulty accelerators”. And he revisits what really happened in the Vietnam War.

Gladwell hosts the series in a way that makes you want to relive or at least be present, if you weren’t, during some of the events in our history.

He takes you on an emotional journey, especially in Episode 9, ­Generous Orthodoxy, where you feel as if you played a part in the failure or success of whatever is being discussed.

I highly recommend you listen to all 10 episodes.

You can access all of them at revisionisthistory.com.

I also like the fact that you can listen “on the go”.

I understand that not everyone has the opportunity or the time to sit and read a book for however long it takes. The beauty of this is that you can listen to the series and it feels like you’ve actually read a series of insightful works in a few moments. Each episode is an average of 40 minutes.

Give it a go – you won’t be disappointed!