🎙️ Orson Welles vs. Himself
Most people know Orson Welles as a genius.
Far fewer have heard him quietly dismantle that genius… on air.
In this Chesterton Radio deep dive, we uncover Life with Adam, a little-known broadcast from the Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air—a sharp, disarming satire of a young prodigy who is brilliant, exhausting… and impossible to live with.
It sounds like comedy.
Until you realize who it’s really about.
This episode goes beyond a simple review. It’s an exploration of:
* the cost of brilliance
* the danger of unchecked talent
* and the strange moment when a man turns himself into a…
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