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Alex Ross has been a music critic at The New Yorker since 1996. His beat is classical music, but his work spans literature, history, the visual arts, film, and ecology. The MacArthur Genius Grant recipient was cited by the foundation for his ability to offer \\u201cnew ways of thinking about the music of the past and its place in our future.\\u201d\\xa0 He is also the author of three books, \\u201cListen to This,\\u201d \\u201cThe Rest is Noise\\u201d and his most recent, \\u201cWagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music,\\u201d which dives into the influential composer\\u2019s complicated legacy. Alex Ross and Alec discuss the changing field of criticism, Wagner\\u2019s place in history and how to separate art from artist.\\xa0

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