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Amanpour and Company

Helen Lewis on Shakespeare, Elon Musk, and the Stories We Tell About Genius

Season 2025 Episode 7266 | 18m 20s

What makes a genius? Journalist Helen Lewis, a staff writer for The Atlantic, explores the subject in her latest book, "The Genius Myth." The author joins Walter Isaacson to discuss.

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