David and Goliath: underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants

Introduction. Goliath : "Am I a dog that you should come to me with sticks?"

Part one. The advantages of disadvantages (and the disadvantages of advantages). Vivek Ranadivae : "It was really random. I mean, my father had never played basketball before." ; Teresa DeBrito : "My largest class was twenty-nine kids. Oh, it was fun." ; Caroline Sacks : "If I'd gone to the University of Maryland, I'd still be in science."

Part two. The theory of desirable difficulty. David Boies : You wouldn't wish dyslexia on your child. Or would you? ; Emil "Jay" Freireich : "How Jay did it, I don't know." ; Wyatt Walker : "De rabbit is de slickest o' all de animals de Lawd ever made."

Part three. The limits of power. Rosemary Lawlor : "I wasn't born this way. This was forced upon me." ; Wilma Derksen : "We have all done something dreadful in our lives, or have felt the urge to." ; Andrae Trocmae : "We feel obliged to tell you that there are among us a certain number of Jew