A Book with Legs

Toby Stuart - Anointed

Sep 15, 2025 · 1 hr 38 min · Season 4 · Episode 421 · 235.2 MB
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In this episode, author and professor Toby Stuart sits down with Cole Smead to discuss his book “Anointed: The Extraordinary Effects of Social Status in a Winner-Take-Most World.” Together, they explore how social status shapes perception, drawing on examples from the art world to show how value has shifted from the object itself to the identity of its creator, various forms of uncertainty, and more.