In this episode, Shankar Vendantam joins us to read and discuss "Musee des Beaux Arts," a poem that explores the ways in which humans become indifferent to the suffering of others.
To learn more about Shankar Vendantam and the Hidden Brain podcast, visit his website (https://www.npr.org/people/137765146/shankar-vedantam).
To read Auden's poem, click here (https://english.emory.edu/classes/paintings&poems/auden.html).
Thanks to Curtis Brown Ltd. for granting us permission to read this poem.
