“David” by Renaissance artist Michelangelo was fashioned after Greek sculpture. The biblical hero has the diminutive goods to prove it.

Unhung heroes

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“David” by Renaissance artist Michelangelo was fashioned after Greek sculpture. The biblical hero has the diminutive goods to prove it.

'David' by Michelangelo by Jörg Bittner Unna/CC BY 2.0

Why is contemporary culture obsessed with how well-endowed men are, and yet in classical art men are so small? Kurt Andersen unravels the mystery with a classics scholar, Andrew Lear. Stacey Rose is a playwright, but when she’s not working to take audiences’ breath away on stage, she’s doing the opposite in her day job: She’s a respiratory therapist. And finally, a Studio 360 holiday tradition in the making — a Christmas-themed radio drama based on a short story by Kurt Andersen.

In This Episode

A terracotta Panathenaic prize from 530 B.C.
When small was big
Special Coverage
Stacey Rose
Day Jobs: Respiratory therapist
Special Coverage
A small boat heads out into the sea ice in western Greenland.
‘Human Intelligence’: a holiday tale
Special Coverage