Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. We humans are fascinated with ourselves, what makes us what makes us behave the way we do . Our universities are full of behavioural scientists, psychologists and sociologists trying to find answers but none of their learning papers captured the popular imagination like the best selling books of my guest today. Malcolm gladwell has been described as americas most famous intellectual. His latest book, talking to strangers, challenges the assumptions we make about trust and truth, but how far can we trust Malcolm Gladwell . Malcolm gladwell, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Can i begin by asking how you would describe yourself . You are a journalist of long standing, you are a writer but would you also in some sense describe yourself as a behavioural psychologist of some sort . No, no, not at all. I am purely a journalist, these are subjects that i approach like a journalist, i do my reporting like
Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. We humans are fascinated with ourselves, what makes us behave the way we do . Our universities are full of behavioural scientists, psychologists and sociologists trying to find answers but none of their learning papers captured the popular imagination like the best selling books of my guest today. Malcolm gladwell has been described as americas most famous intellectual. His latest book, talking to strangers, challenges the assumptions we make about trust and truth, but how far can we trust Malcolm Gladwell . Malcolm gladwell, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Can i begin by asking how you would describe yourself . You are a journalist of long standing, you are a but would you also describe yourself as a behavioural psychologist of some sort . No, no, not at all. I am purely a journalist, these are subjects that i approach like a journalist, i do my reporting like a journalist, i do my reporting like a journalist, i do my reporting like a journalist