A theory of genius

Malcolm Gladwell is making podcasts. Revisionist Histories is thoughtful and, as ever, the Hallelujah episode covers many bases. It is built around the idea that there are 2 sorts of geniuses he calls Picassos and Cézannes. To illustrate he cites literature and cinema, but the middle section of the podcast is about Hallelujah for which Leonard Cohen wrote 60 verses in the search for perfection. From 18 min 30 sec, Gladwell tells us of the series of unlikely events which have led to this song becoming so popular (apart from it being near-perfect).

http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/07-hallelujah