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The Art of Small Talk

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17 minutes | Monday, 1 September 2025
Malcolm Gladwell and Bruce Headlam sit down with Paul Simon for an extended conversation about Paul’s career. Together they listen to music, discuss songwriting, tell stories, and Simon performs a live version of “Slip Slidin’ Away.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 minute | Monday, 1 September 2025
From Malcolm Gladwell & Bruce Headlam, Pushkin Industries presents an intimate audio biography of one of America's greatest songwriters. Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon is part memoir, part investigation, and unlike any creative portrait you’ve ever heard before. Recorded over a series of 30 hours of conversation between Simon, Gladwell, and Gladwell’s oldest friend and co-writer, journalist and Broken Record podcast co-host Bruce Headlam, the conversation flows from Simon’s music, to his childhood in Queens, NY, to his frequent collaborators including Art Garfunkel and th...
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The Art of Small Talk

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