Rationally Speaking #99 - Judith Schlesinger Exposes the Myth of the Mad Genius

Rationally Speaking Podcast

New York City Skeptics

Society & Culture, Skepticism, Science, Philosophy

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🗓️ 22 December 2013

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Creative geniuses are always a little bit cuckoo, right? At least, that's the impression you'd get from TV, movies, and plenty of common wisdom. In this episode of Rationally Speaking, Massimo and Julia are joined by psychologist Judith Schlesinger, author of The Insanity Hoax: Exposing the Myth of the Mad Genius, who explains why she thinks the "mad genius" archetype is simply the result of folklore, misunderstanding, and bad research.

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0:00.0	Rationally speaking is a presentation of New York City skeptics dedicated to promoting critical thinking, skeptical inquiry, and science education.
0:22.6	For more information, please visit us at NYC Skeptics.org.
0:35.2	Welcome to Rationally Speaking, the podcast where we explore the borderlands between reason and nonsense.
0:40.7	I'm your host, Massimo Phil Luchin. With me, as always, is my co-host, Julia Galev.
0:45.1	Julia, what are we going to talk about today?
0:47.1	Well, today I'm pleased to welcome our guest, Dr. Judith Schlesinger, who is a psychologist,
0:53.5	author, educator, jazz critic, musician.
0:56.9	We're going to be focusing mainly...
0:58.6	Oh, we do some jazz today? No.
1:00.7	I'd love to.
1:01.7	You can scat, Massimo.
1:02.7	All right.
1:03.4	We're going to be focusing our discussion mainly on her most recent book,
1:08.0	The Insanity Hoax, Exposing the myth of the Mad Genius. But it's also worth
1:12.6	mentioning that Judith is producing Brazilian guitarist slash singer Paulineo Garcia's solo CD
1:20.0	Beautiful Love, which is scheduled for release on this upcoming Valentine's Day.
1:24.2	Very nice.
1:25.0	It's pretty exciting. Judith, thank you so much for joining us.
1:27.7	Welcome to the show.
1:28.5	It's a pleasure.
1:30.4	So, Judith, my first question is the very, very basic one.
1:33.6	What exactly is the mad genius myth?
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