Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: The Art of Manliness
Episode: The Hidden Qualities of Genius
Description: We tend to throw the word "genius" around pretty casually, saying so-and-so has a genius for a particular skill, or sarcastically pointing out someone's failure by saying, "Nice work, genius!"
But what makes an actual genius, a genius?
My guest today has spent over two decades exploring that question by studying the world's most iconic and original thinkers and creators, both past and present. His name is Craig Wright, he's a professor emeritus of music at Yale who continues to teach a course there called "Exploring the Nature of Genius," and he's the author of...