Some biographers try to explain why their subjects made the choices that they did. But is biography like that impossible? In fact, can we ever explain why anyone did what they did? (Intro: Traveling in Your Mind (edited) by Loyalty Freak Music, from The Free Music Archive, CC0 1.0 Universal License. Outro: Swan Song (edited) by Paper Navy, from The Free Music Archive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 License.) Subscribe on iTunes or Spotify, download the episode by right-clicking here, or stream it online: