Kurt Andersen and New Yorker writer Hilton Als look at the work of unknown and the famous artists whose work drives others to create. We also hear from Branford Marsalis, poet Sharon Olds, choreographer Bill T. Jones, and country music legend Willie Nelson about the people they consider their “artist’s artist.”
Plus, Disney goes all-computer, closing down its last hand-drawn animation studio.
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