>> guest: the kkk. >> host: when did your father stop being malcolm little and become malcolm x? >> guest: my father became malcolm x once he went to jail at 20. he was in jail at 20. and he was -- before he came out of jail, 1952, -- guess he was -- over old he was -- he went to 26th, 27 years old -- he became malcolm x. ...

what is the myth of malcolm gladwell? >> i am just about as boring and pedestrian in my private life that i am in public. >> you said you had no idea how big your book would become. looking back, do you understand why it did? >> we caught a very specific wave over the last 20 years. there was this emerging class of business person who is demanding a higher level of sophistication and thinking about business in the world. i haven't read it in 20 years. >> so many of your ideas have been widely debated. have you evolved your conclusion about anything you've written? >> all the time. you still believe the same thing you believed 15 years ago then you are a joke, a fossil. as all kinds of stuff that i was once crazy about them now think it's kind of incomplete or juvenile or immature. >> like what? >> there are many cases where i think you have a responsibility as a thinking person to constantly revisit and revise what you believe. the minute you are unwilling to contradict things you believed in the past, you cease to be a t

joining me now, novelist and thought provocateur malcolm

malcolm died at 39, malcolm got at 39, ellen baker was going to get to that. will was on fire her whole life. it is hard to be on fire your whole life and leno's that because we live in the age of the sellout. and 20 and 30, now you look at them and their well adjusted and even discerning what is going on with the fire in ferguson. and discern what they're going on, the get freedom fighters like ashley yates or alexis templeton and tory russell and brother of wiley, right now in the belly of the beast in mississippi, ferguson. >> let's jump to lighten up wells in fact. she was an extraordinary woman and i discovered so much about her. don't think the lot of people know much about. >> i wish her name was well-known. and to the degree to which she was and a red hair telling the truth about american terrorism. we have a lot of talk about terrorism since 9/11. all americans feel unsafe, he does for who they are whether it is blackened and erica for 400 years. to be hated for who you are. we have an 9/11 flight initiative. it happens every week. happens every month

what are some myths of malcolm gladwell? >> i am just about as boring and pedestrian in my life as i appear to be in my public life. >> the tipping point was your first best-selling book. you said you had no idea how big it would become. the thing that, do you understand? >> i don't. my books and books of many other people caught a specific wave, i think, of the last 20 years. which is there was this emerging class of businesspersons demanding a higher level of sophistication thinking about this new world. but why my book was chosen above a set of others -- i haven't read it in 20 years. i have no idea how it stands up. >> you went on to write for more books, all bestsellers. outliers, what the dog saw it, david and goliath. have you involved your -- evolved your conclusions? >> if you still believe the same thing you believe 15 years ago, you are a joke. a fossil. there was stuff i was once crazy about and now think is kind of incomplete or juvenile or immature. >> like what? >> there are many cases where you have a respons

what is the myth of malcolm gladwell, and what is the reality? >> i don't think i have arrived at the level of myth. i am just about as boring and pedestrian in my private life as i appear to be in my public life. >> the tipping point, was your first best-selling book, you said you had no idea how big it would become. looking back, do you understand why it did? >> i don't. my books and books of many other people caught a specific wave, i think, over the last 20 years. which is, there was this emerging class of businessperson demanding a higher level of sophistication in thinking about business in the world. i was part of that wave. but why my book was chosen above, instead of others, i have no -- the whole thing is as mysterious to me today as it was when the book came out.i haven't read it in 20 years. i have no idea how it stands up. >> you went on to write four more books, all bestsellers. blink, outliers, what the dog saw, david and goliath. so many of your ideas have been widely implemented, widely debated, have you evolved your conclusions?

what is the myth of malcolm gladwell, and what is the reality? >> i don't think i have arrived at the level of myth. i am just about as boring and pedestrian in my private life as i appear to be in my public life. >> the tipping point, was your first best-selling book, you said you had no idea how big it would become. looking back, do you understand why it did? >> i don't. my books and books of many other people caught a specific wave, i think, over the last 20 years. which is, there was this emerging class of businessperson demanding a higher level of sophistication in thinking about business in the world. i was part of that wave. but why my book was chosen above, instead of others, i have no -- the whole thing is as mysterious to me today as it was when the book came out.i haven't read it in 20 years. i have no idea how it stands up. >> you went on to write four more books, all bestsellers. "blink," "outliers," "what the dog saw," "david and goliath." so many of your ideas have been widely implemented, widely debated, have you evolved your conc

what is the myth of malcolm gladwell, and what is the reality? >> i don't think i have arrived at the level of myth. i am just about as boring and pedestrian in my private life as i appear to be in my public life. >> the tipping point, was your first best-selling book, you said you had no idea how big it would become. looking back, do you understand why it did? >> no, i don't. my books and books of many other people caught a specific wave, i think, over the last 20 years. which is, there was this emerging class of businessperson -- not exclusively wasnessperson -- who demanding a higher level of sophistication in thinking about business in the world. i was part of that wave. but why my book was chosen above, instead of others, i have no -- the whole thing is as mysterious to me today as it was when that book came out. i have not readied in 20 years. it in 20 not reread years. i have no idea how it stands up. >> you went on to write four more books, all bestsellers. blink, outliers, what the dog saw, david and goliath. so many of your ideas have b

what is the myth of malcolm gladwell, and what is the reality? >> i don't think i have arrived at the level of myth. i am just about as boring and pedestrian in my private life as i appear to be in my public life. >> the tipping point, was your first best-selling book, you said you had no idea how big it would become. looking back, do you understand why it did? >> i don't. my books and books of many other people caught a specific wave, i think, over the last 20 years. which is, there was this emerging class of businessperson demanding a higher level of sophistication in thinking about business in the world. i was part of that wave. but why my book was chosen above, instead of others, i have no -- the whole thing is as mysterious to me today as it was when the book came out. i haven't read it in 20 years. i have no idea how it stands up. >> you went on to write four more books, all bestsellers. "blink," "outliers," "what the dog saw," "david and goliath." so many of your ideas have been widely implemented, widely debated, have you evolved your con

what is the myth of malcolm gladwell, and what is the reality? >> i don't think i have arrived at the level of myth. i am just about as boring and pedestrian in my private life as i appear to be in my public life. >> the tipping point, was your first best-selling book, you said you had no idea how big it would become. looking back, do you understand why it did? >> i don't. my books and books of many other people caught a specific wave, i think, over the last 20 years. which is, there was this emerging class of businessperson demanding a higher level of sophistication in thinking about business in the world. i was part of that wave. but why my book was chosen above, instead of others, i have no -- the whole thing is as mysterious to me today as it was when the book came out. i haven't read it in 20 years. i have no idea how it stands up. >> you went on to write four more books, all bestsellers. blink, outliers, what the dog saw, david and goliath. so many of your ideas have been widely implemented, widely debated. have you evolved your conclusions

>> my father is now the max -- malcolm x. >> host: what do you remember about your father? i remember my father coming home he was very tall. six ft. four and very tall presence's always smiling. and sharing cookies together. i had a doll and a rocking chair. fortunately it don't remember but i was writing i realized it did have the impact because i was four or five years old by remember when might all coal was leaving it was traumatizing. i would cry and control the blaze though somehow the must have been indicative of the missing my father malcolm's father he was the president of the branch of the movement and he helped markets get up to the jail for alleged did mail fraud he was an activist of preacher all these great things. >> host: how did he die? >> guest: they say he was killed by the black collegian like the kkk and during the great depression. it was not the greatest situation. >> host: did your father remember that? >> guest: he did talk about it in his autobiography. they foresee have as this great protector and provider and then to take speeches and then

you can catch more of my interview with malcolm gladwell. don't miss the full edition of "studio 1.0" tonight only on bloomberg television. up next, the pilot that survived that virgin galactic crash is telling his amazing story. find out how he lived after the spacecraft broke up midair. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. virginrvivor of the galactic crash is recovering and is sharing his story of survival he says his parachute opened by itself after he was thrown into the air nine miles above earth. joining me from washington is our bloomberg news reporter. how did he survive when this spacecraft disintegrated midair? >> it's an amazing story. we still only have sketchy details but his story is starting to emerge. the spacecraft disintegrated around him. he was not wearing a pressure suit, which astronauts and fighter pilots normally wear at these altitudes, which are 50,000 feet or there about, where the air is 70 degrees essentially no oxygen, not enough to sustain life. so he is thrust into this environment. your

football's narrative is falling apart. >> author malcolm gladwell there. up next, when will robots take our jobs and when will private space shuttles take off? i asked a venture capitalist -- next. ♪ >> welcome back to the best of "bloomberg west," where we focus on technology and the future of business. i'm emily chang. companies like virgin galactic and spacex are leading the private sector's turns into space. two rocket disasters in the last month are getting -- giving some investors some pause. i sat down with steve jurvetson and we talked about space. satellites and taking the internet to remote areas where it >> something that didn't make business sense 20 years ago makes sense now. saying justlites is staying in one place. the latency is shorter. you can provide bread -- broadband for the entire planet. every oil platform, every developing village. broadband would be in most homes in america and would be dirt cheap. >> who wins? >> they all went if it's not neutral. --summary can provide a hype pipe to the home and village that is independent of t

what are some myths of malcolm gladwell? i am just about as boring and pedestrian in my life as i appear to be in my public life. >> the tipping point was your first best-selling book. you said you had no idea how big it would become. the thing that, do you understand? >> i don't. otherks and books of many people caught a specific wave, i think, of the last 20 years. which is there was this emerging businesspersons demanding a higher level of sophistication thinking about this new world. but why my book was chosen above -- i haven'trs read it in 20 years. i have no idea how it stands up. moreu went on to write for books, all bestsellers. outliers, what the dog saw it, david and goliath. involved your -- evolve d your conclusions? same you still believe the thing you believe 15 years ago, you are a joke. a fossil. was once crazy i about and now think is kind of incomplete or juvenile or immature. >> like white? >> there are many cases where you have a responsibility as a thinking person to constantly revisit and revise what y

what is the myth of malcolm gladwell? i am just about as boring and pedestrian in my private life that i am in public. you said you had no idea how big your book would become. looking back, do you understand why it didn't? >> we caught a very specific wave over the last 20 years. ofre was this emerging class business person who is demanding a higher level of sophistication and thinking about business in the world. i haven't read it in 20 years. >> so many of your ideas have been widely debated. have you evolved your conclusion about anything you've written? >> all the time. you still believe the same thing you believed 15 years ago then you are a joke, a fossil. wasll kinds of stuff that i once crazy about them now think it's kind of incomplete or juvenile or immature. >> like what? >> there are many cases where i think you have a responsibility as a thinking person to constantly revisit and revise what you believe. the minute you are unwilling to contradict things you believed in the past, you cease to be a thinking pers

football's narrative is falling apart. >> author malcolm gladwell there. up next, when will robots take our jobs and when will private space shuttles take off? i asked a venture capitalist -- next. ♪ >> welcome back to the best of "bloomberg west," where we focus on technology and the future of business. i'm emily chang. companies like virgin galactic and spacex are leading the private sector's turns into space. two rocket disasters in the last month are getting -- giving some investors some pause. i sat down with steve jurvetson and we talked about space. we talked about satellites and taking the internet to remote areas where it >> something that didn't make business sense 20 years ago makes sense now. no one satellites is saying just staying in one place. the latency is shorter. you can provide broadband for the entire planet. every oil platform, every developing village. broadband would be in most homes in america and would be dirt cheap. >> who wins? >> they all went if it's not neutral. if summary can provide a pipe to the home and village that is

football's narrative is falling apart. >> author malcolm gladwell there. up next, when will robots take our jobs and when will private space shuttles take off? ♪ >> welcome back to the best of "bloomberg west," where we focus on technology and the future of business. i'm emily chang. companies like virgin galactic and spacex are leading the private sector's turns into space. two rocket disasters in the last month are giving some investors some pause. i sat down with steve jurvetson and we talked about space. we talked about satellites and taking the internet to remote areas. >> something that didn't make business sense 20 years ago makes sense now. no one satellites is saying just staying in one place. the latency is shorter. you can provide broadband for the entire planet. every oil platform, every developing village. broadband would be in most homes in america and would be dirt cheap. >> who wins? >> they all win if it's net neutral. if summary can provide a hype -- pipe to the home and village that is independent of the cable companies, that will be w

football's narrative is falling apart. >> author malcolm gladwell there. up next, when will robots take our jobs and when will private space shuttles take off? i asked a venture capitalist -- next. ♪ >> welcome back to the best of "bloomberg west," where we focus on technology and the future of business. i'm emily chang. companies like virgin galactic and spacex are leading the private sector's turns into space. two rocket disasters in the last month are giving some investors some pause. i sat down with steve jurvetson and we talked about space. we talked about satellites and taking the internet to remote areas. >> something that didn't make business sense 20 years ago makes sense now. no one satellite is saying just staying in one place. the latency is shorter. you can provide broadband for the entire planet. every oil platform, every developing village. broadband would be in most homes in america and would be dirt cheap. >> who wins? >> they all win if it's net neutral. if someone can provide a pipe to the home and village that is independent of the ca

. >> emily chang spoke with the speaker of the conference and best-selling author, malcolm glock -- malcolm gladwell. argument is that disadvantages can become .dvantages you speak with civil rights leaders and teachers. what can a tech ceo take from the message? interestinghat is adversity is not a new thought that adversity is the best teacher. more efficient, overcoming disadvantages can be a more crucial way of learning crucial skills than applying advantages. >> who do you see as david and goliath? startups versus apple? amazon, google and facebook? what is so fascinating about silicon valley is how quickly they transition from being underdogs to being goliaths. are used to that trajectory of microsoft starts and takes them 15 years to go from the upstart to the monoliths. today i feel like it was a matter of years from when facebook went from nowhere to being a dominant player. this kind of trajectory where people go from being at a perceived disadvantage to suddenly saddled with the attributes of the goliath has been sped up. >> does someone like steve jobs or jeff bezos, two of the

>> malcolm gladwell has inspired inflamed, and perplexed the most critical of readers. joining me today on studio 1.0, author journalist and thought-provoking or malcolm gladwell. in your idisk book your argument is that disadvantages can become advantages and create opportunities. you speak with cancer researchers, civil rights leaders. what can a tech ceo take from this message? >> adversity is the best teacher. it is a more efficient way of learning crucial skills than applying advantages. for those were willing to face up to the challenge, adversity is extraordinarily powerful. it is a faster way to get from a to b then coming to the table with all kinds of advantages. >> who do you see as the david's and goliaths? is its heart up's versus amazon, google, and facebook? >> companies transition from being underdogs to goliaths. where used to the trajectory of microsoft starts and it takes them 15 years to go from the upstart to the monolith. today i feel like it was a matter of years a couple of years facebook had gone from nowhere to being a dominant player. this kin

you can catch more of my interview with malcolm gladwell. don't miss the full edition of studio 1.0 tonight only on bloomberg television. up next, the pilot who survived the virgin galactic crash telling his amazing story. find out how he lived after the spacecraft broke up in midair. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. the sole survivor of the virgin galactic crash is sharing his remarkable story of survival. he said his parachute opened by it tells after he was thrown into the air nine miles above earth will stop joining me now from washington is bloomberg news reporter alan levin. how did he survive when his spacecraft is integrated midair? >> it is a really amazing and remarkable story. still only have sketchy details but his story is starting to emerge will stop he says the spacecraft disintegrated around him. he was not wearing a pressure suit which astronauts and fighter pilots normally wear at at about 50,000 feet or there about. essentially no oxygen, not enough to sustain life, so he is thrust into this enviro

everything. >> oh, okay. >> jimmy: so, malcolm? >> i don't -- i don't think you have what it takes. >> jimmy: ali? >> i just don't know that you're here for the right reason, so -- i have to say no. >> jimmy: chilli? >> hell no. >> jimmy: sorry. >> thank you. thank you. >> gregory's elimination rattled the remaining hopefuls. >> i'm a little nervous. >> wondering that i have what it takes. >> i don't know what's happening. >> the former twa employee didn't have what it takes, who would? >> hey. >> hi. >> jimmy: tell us about yourself. >> um -- i don't know, i'm glad at talking to people and listening to people and -- yeah, i think that's about it. >> jimmy: do you have what it takes? ali? >> um -- there's something about you. i think you might have it. i say yes. >> jimmy: chilli. >> yeah, i agree. >> jimmy: malcolm? >> i would love to see you back. >> jimmy: i'm going to send you through. congratulations, taylor. >> so do i just go this way? >> jimmy: yeah, just over that way. >> thank you. >> jimmy: thank you. >> i did make it to

we thought then that was the end. >> as the men in the news chopper watch helplessly, malcolm, who is tied to a lifeline, manages to cramable back on board. the situation looks dire. but then the coast guard appears. >> we thought thank god, they've arrived. now we'll be able to get this guy out of this predicament. but it became very obvious very quickly that they had their own problems. >> once we were out there, the waves were bigger than the boats. >> collin ward is one of the two-man coast guard rescue crew. they also have a hard time pinpointing the yacht's location. >> in those days there was no radar, there was no gps. we located the vessel mainly by the helicopter flying above it. it was complete white water everywhere. so we never physically saw the boat until the last moment. >> as they try to ride over the crest of the waves, one of their engines fails. >> the fact we lost power made us dead in the water. it was basically hang on and hope she'd ride out the third wave. unfortunately the wave closed in. >> got halfway around and the swells hit them and then it was just chao

ilyasah shabazz, daughter of malcolm and eddie shabazz is the author. up next on booktv "after words" with guest host professor and commentator marc lamont hill. this week's jeff chang and his latest book "who we be" the colorization of america. in the book the author of can't stop won't stop examines the idea of racial progress and discusses how racist you today in an increasingly diverse america. the program is about an hour. >> host: jeff chang its eyes good to see you. talk to me about this book, "who we be." why this book in my now? >> guest: the white? >> guest: the white now isn't up to me actually. we were looking at trying to get this book out in 2009 to 2010 but ended up taking longer to pray. i can go into why a little bit later but the book is about the colorization of america which is my term for looking at the demographic changes we have seen in the last half century century and a cultural sisters their accounting that. >> host: when you say colorization this is a term that i found baffling. what does that mean exactly? >> guest: it's mean

a monster wave smashes into the boat destroying the mast and throwing malcolm overboat into churning white water. >> it just enveloped the whole craft. we thought then that was the end. >> as the men in the news chopper watch helplessly, malcolm manages to scramble back on board. the situation looks dire. but then the coast guard appears. >> we thought thank god, they've arrived. now we'll be able to get this guy out of this predicament. but it became obvious quickly they had their own problems. >> once western out there, the waves were bigger than the boats. >> collin ward is one of the two-man coast guard rescue crew. they also have a hard time pinpointing the yacht's location. >> in those days there was no radar, there was no gps. we located the vessel mainly by the helicopter above it. it was complete white water everywhere. so we never physically saw the boat until the last moment. >> as they try to ride over the crest of the waves, one of their engines fails. >> the fact we lost power made us dead in the water. it was basically hang on and ride out the third wave. unfortunately

we recognize the suffering of >> malcolm young sent this report. >> reporter: when the women here heard that the doctor received the award, hundreds came out in the courtyard and were singing and dancing. he has given these women a new chance in life. and he and his colleagues have treated over 30,000 women here. even to this day they are still receiving a steady stream of new victims of sexual violence. we spoke to some survivors. she was going to collect crops from her farm when rebels gang raped her. she was injured so badly she couldn't walk. >> translator: after they were done with me, they raped my mother-in-law with sticks. she bled heavily until she died. >> reporter: she's three month's pregnant. one of her attackers is the father, but now she can walk again. we spoke to her here in the ground. it's founded and run by a gynecologist. through his work here he has become one of the world's leading experts on treating women injured by gang rape. the women in this ward are recovering from surgery. many have suffered severe or permanent injuries. and the people here say it gets much

joining me on "studio 1.0," author, journalist, and thought-provoker, malcolm gladwell. thank you so much for being here, it's really great to have you. in your latest book, "david and goliath," your argument is

which is where al jazeera's malcolm webb joins us. dennis is a hero to many of the people in the east, in the democratic republic of congo. tell us where you are, and what this award means for the people there. >> that's right. this is panz. >> hospital, a unique place for congo and the world. there's nowhere else where so many women who are victims of sexual violence, injured during rape have been treated. they treated 30,000 since the 1990s. it was in '96 when neighbouring ugan uganda, instability and rape was widespread. we spoke to the women who recently arrived here. let's look at the story now. >> this woman was going to collect crops from her farm when rebels gang raped her. her hip was injured so greatly that she couldn't walk. >> translation: after they were done with me, they raped my mother-in-law with sticks. she bled heavily, she died. i fought hard until my leg collapsed. >> translation: these three months pregnant. one of the attackers is the father. she can walk. we spoke to her in the grounds of the hospital in democr

joining me on "studio 1.0," author, journalist, and thought-provoker, malcolm gladwell. thank you so much for being here, it's really great to have you.

x academy started out at an emergency room and now at malcolm so i'm here i guess to thrill any story in a sense i am a parent and to tell you guys to get this contract together i have two children i have a 35-year-old who is also following in my footprints she's running an after-school program program at charles elementary and have a 33-year-old and he is one of his first loves he's been coaching since he was 17 years old for the san francisco seahawks we're in the business of children so but in order to give my child to a college she went to florida southern in florida and there for about 5 years i had to work two jobs i was the special ed par a in the daylight by worked for charities at night it wasn't an easy task and the job that i do i love oh, my god i love, love love what i do i'm a little bit of everything people say what does that mean student advisor i'm a little bit of everything i'm momma and council and lawyer you know out there on the yard and a lot of my parents when i talk to talk to the parents they say oh, ms. hardy i can't do it i said, yes you can i educated two c

joining me on "studio 1.0," author, journalist, and thought-provoker, malcolm gladwell. thank you so much for being here, it's really great to have you. in your latest book, "david and goliath," yourum

joining me on "studio 1.0," author, journalist, and thought-provoker, malcolm gladwell. thank you so much for being here, it's really great to ha

joining me on "studio 1.0," author, journalist, and thought-provoker, malcolm gladwell. thank you so much for being here, it's really great to have you. in your latest book, "david and goliath," your argument is disadvantages can become

joining me on "studio 1.0," author, journalist, and thought-provoker, malcolm

joining me on "studio 1.0," author, journalist, and thought-provoker, malcolm gladwell. thank you so much for being here, it's really great to have you. in your latest book, "david and goliath," your argument is disadvantages can become advantag