Fareed Zakaria with Malcolm Gladwell: Age of Revolutions

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Fareed Zakaria and Malcolm Gladwell discuss Fareed’s new book, The Age of Revolutions, which investigates three historic eras that have shattered and shaped humanity and hold profound lessons for today. These include the economic revolution in the Netherlands in the 17th century, the political revolution in France in the 18th Century, and the Industrial Revolution in Britain in the 19th Century. Against these paradigm-shifting historical eras, Zakaria describes our current situation, unpacking the four revolutions we are living through now in globalization, technology, identity, and geopolitics.
Recorded March 26, 2024, at The 92nd Street Y, New York.
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@appropriatelyinappropriate13 2 ай бұрын

I love that it takes 40 mins to start talking about Fareed's book:) I could listen to these guys exchange stories and thoughts all day. It's incredible how much can be learned about global hot button issues by listening to 2 guys talking about their experiences growing up and interacting with different cultures--while contextualizing that experience expertly. Both men are voracious consumers of other people's stories with a purpose (seemingly) to find hope, connection and insight that we can all apply in our lives. Their analysis of the outside world carries more weight with me because they appear to have applied that analysis inward first. Big fan.

@ugluduck2 Ай бұрын

A Genuine man . . . very Humble and Wise . I real joy to listen and a LOT to learn from . Thank you so much Fareed !!

@DottieStanley 2 ай бұрын

What a great interview! I love Fareed! He is so knowledgeable of our world. We need more people like him spreading the truth and teaching us about the history of the world.

@allinballsout1 Ай бұрын

😂 So was his wife also brought from India and delivered to him? The one with the PhD?

@lostcat9lives322 Ай бұрын

Except for the plagiarism.

@DottieStanley Ай бұрын

@@allinballsout1 Research what the divorce rate is for those "arranged" marriages compared to the divorce rate in the U.S. or Europe. Both parties consent to the marriages, it's not like women are forced into anything they do not want.

@Sam_Ardern_II Ай бұрын

@@DottieStanleyon the surface the arranged marriages are not forced , but trust me I am an Indian , if you live here and understand the culture , arranged marriage is just a very cute name for socially sanctioned r*pe

@laurascholz1540 Ай бұрын

I could listen to these two all day. So smart and interesting!

@justafewquestions3647 2 ай бұрын

Fareed Zakaria with Malcolm Gladwell excellent!!!!!!! It was great that Malcolm Gladwell did do another basic interview.😎

@carmencortelyou9463 2 ай бұрын

I’ve been an admirer of Fareed Zakaria for several years and have read a couple of his previous books. I’m reading this one now and I think it’s possibly his best yet.

@busa7414 Ай бұрын

My two fav authors. One of the best interviews I’ve seen. Enjoyed it throughly.

@thinktwice-me7ie 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. So lovely to listen to the two of you. I don´t know if anyone on earth equals Malcolm´s ability to listen and ask questions .

@JoseAngelHernandez-PhD Ай бұрын

Amazing interview. I tip my hat to Malcom for his interviewing/conversational chops and to Fareed for writing this book.

@ronalddearman4871 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely fantastic interview. I tip my hat to you, Mr. Gladwell.

@Mary-Mar 2 ай бұрын

This conversation is fascinating on so many levels. I love the question of if history should be written by the immigrants. A very good question!

@jaymacpherson8167 2 ай бұрын

Fareed taught me that my Alma mater was established by William of Orange, as I did not know he was the William of William and Mary. He teaches me many things, though I am embarrassed to have not known the William of Orange connection and thus mention it here.

@majozishow 2 ай бұрын

Great dialogue! Thoroughly enjoyed it.

@patrioticindian57 Ай бұрын

What a treat to see two greatly admired people in such a nice conversation.

@shashanks.k855 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for bringing the 2 together. ❤

@indiacenterofwestchester8944 Ай бұрын

Loved this interview! It would be wonderful to have Farid in Westchester! We need to learn his perspective on a better world to live in and share it with dignity, respect and peace!

@PetrBenesPBE Ай бұрын

I enjoyed every second of this interview, thank you. A combination of knowledge and wisdom delivered with charm and humility. Inspiring!

@chrisc9836 2 ай бұрын

Fareed is one of our great intellectual leaders at this time. Loved the interview

@gutsglory7493 2 ай бұрын

Fareed doesn't mention why this Hindu Nationalism came to be. What happened to Hindus in Kashmir, Pakistan, Bangladesh. Or what is happening to them in West Bangal and Kerela. He will talk endlessly about the danger of Hindus but not not muslims😊

@joneeboi9303 2 ай бұрын

@gutsglory7493 as an Indian Christian, I couldn't agree more. The muslims take tolerance for granted and they try to establish the Sharia law. They kidnap hindu and Christian women, convert them and sometimes even do violence against men of other religion.

@georgekottaram Ай бұрын

@@gutsglory7493what is happening to them in Kerala?

@gutsglory7493 Ай бұрын

@@georgekottaram Muslim population in Kerala is already 20%+. The day it starts reaching 30%, both Hindus and Christians will have to flee. Same happened in Kashmir, parts of UP, Bengal and Bangladesh. Kerala won't be spared by the barbarians

@sachalgidwani2933 2 ай бұрын

Impressive interview, great conversation, model for how interviews should be. Thank you enlightening us.

@cocoatmidnight7611 2 ай бұрын

My first trip overseas was to Italy in 1978. In Rome’s airport there were soldiers with guns & signs to vote communist. Very scary for the first time out of America. Since then I have the wonderful experience of traveling to many countries to learn their culture. Fortunate life.

@Dctosd Ай бұрын

Mr. Gladwell's tangents always makes things interesting - excellent interviewer. He needs a Charlie Rose-like show.

@KathyDennis-fy3bg 2 ай бұрын

Perfect, "a family cult". That says it all. Great interview to both of you.

@onelemonadestand 2 ай бұрын

I was just starting a book called Year 501 by Noam Chomsky that discusses the Dutch East India Company and all the stuff that came after it in terms of horrifying exploitation of colonies. It's just a matter of whether you focus on the losers or the winners...I like Fareed Zakaria, it was just different.

@carolynrobe5957 Ай бұрын

And different is putting it mildly. Glossing over the effects of cultural and (literal) genocides is common but cannot be ignored....

@sanddollar4915 Ай бұрын

Would of been great if he elaborated on how the Dutch East India company attained their wealth propelling the Dutch into the richest country in the world.

@musicbyterence4655 16 күн бұрын

Slavery

@mathrocker Ай бұрын

Lawrence of Arabia is an awesome movie. Random comment, but he brought it up.

@bobsingh7949 2 ай бұрын

Superb questions by Mr Gladwell.

@robaustin3013 2 ай бұрын

A breath of fresh air. Thank you

@MattyV001 Ай бұрын

We need to end the filibuster, so we can amend the constitution. Then it’s Fareed 2028 baby. Center left, brilliant, man of humility and compassion.

@carolynrobe5957 Ай бұрын

The one exception in America is the African American experience. There is a debt to the Dutch who set up the English as an economic colonial power....Well let us not forget another debt, That would have to do with another exception: The debt owed to the Indigenous peoples whose land was taken to enable American prosperity and ability to thrive. There are scholars who see American prosperity as based on slavery and on cultural and literal genocide of the Americans. Empire building does come at a cost. We have two engaging enlightened popularizing writers who are not in tune with a post colonial scholarly perspective. As a Canadian I would think Gladwell would not gloss over or forget the original peoples whose land was taken over.(stolen).

@nipawinoasisgirls Ай бұрын

That was also my thought as well, and I came here to read the comments to see if there was anybody else that agreed. The indigenous people were totally glossed over.

@sirirobinson124 2 ай бұрын

Love the conversation.

@PaulaTerryLancaster Ай бұрын

Britain's always had a disproportionately massive creative and cultural yield or output, in both the arts and the sciences. Excellent interview. Well done!

@jonathanwexler2047 2 ай бұрын

Wow. I thought the book was not as strong as it could have been because I hold Fareed in such high esteeem but listening to this, with some more background, I perhaps judged too quickly. Anyway loved this interview Bravo!

@reggienoble3195 Ай бұрын

Haven't learned so much from one interview in quite some time...Really great questions and insight by Malcolm and Fareed...brilliant!

@Ana84262 Ай бұрын

Breath taking interview ❤

@rekhagarg9073 Ай бұрын

Excellent conversation!! Learned so much 👍

@sumitradas6241 2 ай бұрын

He talks about being glad that his dad didn’t live to see today’s India . He Hopes true Hinduism prevail , many millions here too do🙏

@RR-pc7yv 2 ай бұрын

True Hinduism is prevailing. No matter whatever Zakaria and company keeps ranting about. Irony is that his own father was an Isl...mist who pressurised the then Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi to ban Salman Rushdie's book Satanic Verses in 1980s, without even reading it. This is Zakaria's family's secularism and liberalism for you.

@gutsglory7493 2 ай бұрын

True Hinduism was trying to prevail in Kashmir, Sindh, Bangladesh, and many parts of Kerela, WB and UP. Now 'fake radical' Hindus are trying to save themselves

@gutsglory7493 2 ай бұрын

Fareeds dad should have been a practicing Hindu living in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kashmir or WB or Kerela and he would appreciate whatever Hindu nationalism is

@joneeboi9303 2 ай бұрын

@gutsglory7493 uhh nop, not in kerala

@hulasista1918 Ай бұрын

I'm sitting here, jaw dropped. The Dutch? Now I GOT to buy the book! This was a great interview!

@terriashby1285 Ай бұрын

This conversation was a refreshing oasis.

@debbiedelgado3722 Ай бұрын

Great interview! Thank you!

@5mintify Ай бұрын

Generations from now, when historians write about these times, they might note that, in the early decades of the 21st century, the US succeeded in its great and historic mission--it globalized the world. But along the way, they might write, it forgot to globalize itself. ~Fareed Zakaria

@klarakrok Ай бұрын

Precious,Fareed

@josecornado38 Ай бұрын

The agricultural improvements that Romans spread around Europe were significant. Renaissance started in Italy. Vivaldi. One can not have Europe without Italy. And I am Spanish

@sandykr3380 2 ай бұрын

Outstanding line & tenor of questioning Mr Gladwell (fan of your books in everyway)… You made Mr. Fareed flip-flop on his responses about India, which made the interview very spicy! He belongs to the class of “Brown Sahibs” who are most fond of deriding India’s social fabric. Thanks to your questioning, we at least, heard him, though tell a little reluctantly, India’s story of an ongoing economic miracle.

@dlcs1406 2 ай бұрын

What a fascinating interview!

@Ravi-ot6xj Ай бұрын

Dutch has high agricultural exports because it has ports through which most of the Europes exports go from and the volume is included in netherlands registry

@djdollase Ай бұрын

Love this interview! One of the best, most informative AND entertaining of these I’ve ever seen. Makes me want to get Fareed’s book… which is the whole point, eh? 😊

@okee7 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant conversation; being an Indian immigrant from Bombay; I completely understand his narrative coz for me secular India of Nehru & Gandhi defines India! My story is the same of Fareed Zakaria coz like him I too grew up in Bombay & therefore he to me is smart & brilliant to articulate and express his views through this book and I can and have a tolerance to any criticism

@RR-pc7yv 2 ай бұрын

Then you know nothing of India. That was so-called secular India was neither truly secular nor true India. That is why it is getting exposed and is dying as its logical conclusion. Please try understand and see the reality. Not from the lens of these buffoons sitting in US.

@gutsglory7493 2 ай бұрын

Yeah the secular India of Nehru and Gandhi were so good right. They led to Kerela and West Bengal where not a single Hindu will be found in a few years. Kashmir already happened

@gutsglory7493 2 ай бұрын

This was one sided secularism. If you demand secularism from both sides (i.e, from Muslims), they will shout 'sar tan se juda' (their h3ads be cut 0ff)

@okee7 2 ай бұрын

@@gutsglory7493 I feel your pain brother

@okee7 2 ай бұрын

@@gutsglory7493 they were why do you have any doubts

@SMF314 2 ай бұрын

(52:38 -53:39) Interesting similarity to the city-states of Ancient Greece - which was also subdivided into small pockets by rough terrain.

@brendaghantous-strehler3685 2 ай бұрын

Excellent

@Vera-kh8zj 2 ай бұрын

exciting - I just discovered this

@ravindra7791 Ай бұрын

Great talk. I see Fareeds shows regularly. In the Indian context it's worth noting 2 things 1. The Congress party is a dynastic socialist party. The only time they were liberal economically were when the dynasty was not in charge (90s) 2. Secularism in India is not French style. It is not secular at all. It allows different minority religions to have personal laws that silo them and keep them trapped in medieval laws. Unfortunately most people in the west have nothing to say about this.

@jeenalsawla 23 күн бұрын

Such good questions from Malcom!

@sunburstrose7860 Ай бұрын

Love Zakaria, but I was a little taken aback when he said, "This whole idea of ancient Greece as this paradise was a Victorian invention." What about the Renaissance of the 13th century?

@9bga Ай бұрын

With different dynamics. The renaissance was aspirational in bringing back art and humanities of Greece. Post Enlightenment was historical revisionism, creating connections where there was none.

@shikharsrivastava3558 2 ай бұрын

this was brilliant !

@kleeath Ай бұрын

@Fareed: Among the hymns you had to sing, did you encounter "Once to Every Man and Nation" (from the old Presbyterian hymnal)? I've long thought of it as the defining decision for our times. (Based on the poem "The Present Crisis" by James Russell Lowell, set to a traditional Welsh melody. Wikipedia tells us the lyrics were written in protest to the Mexican-American war. It can, of course, be listened to in several versions on KZfaq.)

@ashokmundhe8526 18 күн бұрын

A unique interview, a genius person is interviewed by a genius one.

@user-pq7jj3vs3e 2 ай бұрын

I’m the first one here. Someone please validate me with a like/comment

@nazvannorel970 Ай бұрын

Love to learn from Fareed

@kshyne 2 ай бұрын

Amazing

@nancya7289 2 ай бұрын

Now I want to join Malcolm and Fareed for a nice Italian dinner. Wine's on me.

@bndnambiar Ай бұрын

What Zakaria said about Hinduism brought tears to my eyes as it brought forth so much acceptance and beauty

@TheRoysman12 2 ай бұрын

Does anyone know the jacket Malcolm is wearing? Thank you!

@wardbell7252 2 ай бұрын

This curiously structured interview, that confines the ostensible object of the interview - the promotion of FZ’s new book - to ten minutes at the end, … compelled me to buy that book. It’s a brilliant 3 rail bank shot into the far corner.

@mssekh1 Ай бұрын

Simply the best . Honest broker

@girishnanoti954 23 күн бұрын

Great interview

@DerekWoolverton Ай бұрын

@57:37 "This is so fascinating to see the book as reflected through Malcom Gladwell's mind, you see how if he wrote it it would sell 10 times as many copies." Malcolm, "That's true."

@raleighrotary6949 Ай бұрын

Is there a podcast of this?

@rajalwa 2 ай бұрын

William of Orange. Wow! And there's the Orange of Mara Lago, Drumph

@CyberspacedLoner 2 ай бұрын

WASP Nationalism ?

@natedogg890 Ай бұрын

I love how Fareed would remove Russia from history, but it was Leo Tolstoy and his writings that inspired Gandhi to embrace non violence. They corresponded heavily while Gandhi was imprisoned in South Africa and Tolstoy neared the end of his life. Tolstoy wrote "Letter to a Hindu" which Gandhi translated into Gujarati himself and is, what I believe to be, one of the most profound examples of moral leadership and solidarity against global imperialism across cultures and nations. India might not even exist in it's modern form if it wasn't for Russia

@extremeraheem Ай бұрын

What do you mean he would remove Russia from history

@extremeraheem Ай бұрын

Never mind! I heard it!

@nathanngumi8467 2 ай бұрын

Word.

@majohns2nc Ай бұрын

The Pilgrims went from England to Leiden (Netherlands) before sailing from Plymouth, UK to Plymouth, MA And the Mayflower was a Fluyt ship. Yes, the Dutch.

@harinisridharan1188 2 ай бұрын

Completely agree with the comments by Fareed at the 8:30 mark 🤣🤣 yeah its a combination of India and that time (as an Indian born in 1993).

@debrasmith4675 25 күн бұрын

It does not surprise me that these two are friends.

@seanwebb605 Ай бұрын

It's weird to think that Malcolm Gladwell ran into so many Indian people in Waterloo, Ontario at that time. I attended college nearby in Kitchener and there were very few Indians in the area. Much different than growing up in Hamilton with my Indian friends.

@manoharnotani 2 ай бұрын

My humble suggestion that being India born American, Fareed should write a history of india

@gutsglory7493 2 ай бұрын

He won't. Because he'll also have to write the causes of the rise of Hindu nationalism which are heavily rooted in the islamic t3rr0r mindset

@skywalker8940 2 ай бұрын

No Thanks !

@joneeboi9303 2 ай бұрын

That would be heavily flawed

@Namuchat 2 ай бұрын

The protestants of the early modern age lived for the future, whereas the catholics lived for the present. (Historically, it may have been the other way round - but who cares.) That's why the communities evolved differently.

@brementmark 2 ай бұрын

“All in the Family “

@rogersimpson6509 2 ай бұрын

Historians are not policemen.. Historians shed light for discussion and not to shut it down..discussions are guided by evidence and not contemporary attitudes

@alexandrakarl2487 2 ай бұрын

Fareed Zakaria is always brilliant however he is wrong about the Greeks being the first to embrace nostalgia. It was the Jews and the authors (scribes) of the Book of Genesis who invented the idea of Eden, some 1400 BCE. That is to my knowledge the West's first piece of Ur-nostalgia.

@cynthiadavis3102 2 ай бұрын

Good point.

@lynnstone6998 2 ай бұрын

❤

@sandykr3380 2 ай бұрын

53:56 - no word on the divisive relationship between flanders and wallonia ! And quoting BBC - “For more than 250 years the Netherlands had extensive colonies in the regions that are now known as Indonesia, South Africa, Curaçao, New Guinea - and beyond - where enslaved men, women and children were treated as barely human.”

@joiedevie3901 Ай бұрын

The "lose five countries game" is weird at so many levels. Wonderful to see two men who are so engaged with their solipsism. Not surprised at Zakaria's amusement in playing, but surprised that Gladwell would even concoct such a ridiculous game.

@irachak391 Ай бұрын

Totally agree.. kinda disappointing

@raziaghani9843 Ай бұрын

Wonderful interview

@korathmathew 2 ай бұрын

You try to fit in.integrate, that's what the world needs... Not birds of the same feather flock together and scheme for subjugating other communities.

@indiacenterofwestchester8944 Ай бұрын

Fareed, sorry for the typo! Sent too soon!

@samuele.marcora Ай бұрын

You eliminate the Roman Empire and the Renaissance?

@lucysweeney8347 Ай бұрын

48.46 !!

@EhsanArbabi-dj8qk Ай бұрын

Wow! What an extremely racist, strange, and simplified world view to end on! What countries would you get rid of first? And Io and behold, it’s the farthest ones from the Anglo sphere! Amazing way to give out your deep, probably unconscious thoughts!

@AntonioGidi 26 күн бұрын

I thought no one would comment on that!

@davkumi Ай бұрын

I don't understand how Israel is included in the list of nations that have a significant intellectual and cultural center of energy outside of their borders? 37:20

@apdanielski 2 ай бұрын

Still haven't forgiven Malcolm for his racist comments at the Munk debate, but I'll give him a second chance for Farhed

@billnickels6667 Ай бұрын

Political parties are going the way of late night TV and magazines. We want reality tv!

@fexcab Ай бұрын

56:25 this game😂

@grahamwinterbottom4933 Ай бұрын

What a delightful and erudite discussion - thank you. BUT you are both wrong about why English food is so awful. It is because since William conquered there have only been two wars on English soil - the 30 yrs war and the very brief Civil War. So meat & veg were generally fresh, so did not need sauces to disguise their rottoness- just boil and eat...... look at the french and every generation had their war or they were being revolting - to this day (the latest being les gilets jaunes). So food was always scarce and never fresh. Pity them as they had to invent palatable sauces and crawled around on all fours searching for snails, frogs or truffles - et les tripes.... degoutant!!

@zuckerinternational7087 13 күн бұрын

George Carlin: People are wonderful. i love individuals. i hate groups of people. i hate a group of people with a 'common purpose'. 'cause pretty soon they have little hats. and armbands. and fight songs. and a list of people they're going to visit at 3am. so, i dislike and despise groups of people but i love individuals. every person you look at; you can see the universe in their eyes, if you're really looking.

@chrisdissanayake6979 Ай бұрын

After much thought, I am sorry that I couldn’t ignore what I heard: “While filming Doc Hollywood in 1991, Michael J. Fox developed a tremor in his pinky finger. A consultation with a neurologist revealed a surprising and devastating diagnosis: he had young-onset Parkinson's disease (PD).”

@randomishrandom Ай бұрын

Fareed Zakaria lookin like a brown Willem Dafoe

@evelynramos445 2 ай бұрын

Ask them for capital

@klarakrok Ай бұрын

Induism Buddism should Preveil

@ginger22ly 2 ай бұрын

Yesterday in DC Zakaria almost condescendingly characterized the populists of today as “these people.” I was waiting for him to say “let them eat cake.” Many already consider him elitist and have been turned off his CNN show. He barely had any original ideas in the new bookand couldn’t speak to income inequality after 2008 or as a factor at all. Many liberal politicians had ignored the affect of income inequality until it was too late. He totally missed the point. He only recently learned about the origin of left and right in politics from the time of the French Revolution. I learned that in high school years ago. Glad Gladwell made him talk about India especially since his book is pretty Eurocentric. Tom Friedman in DC did not elicit as interesting a discussion.