A New York magazine profile labelled him: "Geek pop star!" In a delightfully wide-ranging conversation, Eleanor Wachtel and Malcolm Gladwell speak about Gladwell's Jamaican heritage, about his work, and about why you never want to be first in anything.

Gladwell's four books - The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers and What The Dog Saw - are all New York Times bestsellers.

Watch the CBC Live interview with Eleanor Wachtel about this conversation!

Music to close the show:

CD: L'Ile de Sept Villes: Hylozoists

Cut 9:  "Acadia Acadia"

Performer:  Hylozoists

Composer:  Paul Aucoin

Label: Outside 23339-9043-2