Episode 79: W.H. Auden, Musée des Beaux Arts

from Poetry For All · host Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen

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. To read Auden's poem, click here. Thanks to Curtis Brown Ltd. for granting us permission to read this poem.

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