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

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

Part one: The advantages of disadvantages (and the disadvantages of advantages. Vivek Ranadive : "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 II. 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 : "Dis rabbit is de slickest o' all de animals de Lawd ever made."

Part III. 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." ; Andre Trocme : "We feel obligated to tell you that there are among us a certain number of Jews."