Once upon a time I relished the idea of “making it” on my own. I didn’t foresee the hazards.

Mentioned in this episode: Being a lone wolf; acting versus writing; self-reliance; the rat race; grants and fellowships; Malcolm Gladwell; Gladwell's "Outliers"; Thornton Wilder; meritocracy; Alain de Botton; Botton's "Status Anxiety"; Andrew Carnegie; success myths; moral debts; editors

Music: "Killing Time" by Stanley Gurvich; "Drift" by Be Still the Earth

(All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)