Staten Island v. New York City | Revisionist History

On the 250th anniversary of the United States, Michael Lewis presents a special episode from Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History, revisiting the largest secession movement in the U.S. since the Civil War. Through the prism of Staten Island, the episode explores the political chaos of early 1990s New York City — the rise of Rudy Giuliani, the peak homicide rate, and the city's first Black mayor, David Dinkins. The secession push is framed as an early example of the politics of resentment that now dominates American politics, raising the question of how democracies cope when they feel like they are coming apart.