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Life and Art from FT Weekend

Financial Times

Life and Art from FT Weekend is the twice-weekly culture podcast of the Financial Times. On Monday, we talk about life, and how to live a good one in one-on-one conversations. On Friday, we talk about ‘art’ – in a chatshow. Three FT journalists come together to discuss a new cultural release across film, TV, music and books. Hosted by Lilah Raptopoulos, together with the FT’s award-winning writers and editors, and special guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Life and Art from FT Weekend ·

2021/08/25

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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56:09

Shantell Martin on how to draw a line. Plus: Gris...

Life and Art from FT Weekend ·

2020/12/18

Welcome to our Season 3 finale! To wrap up the year, Lilah is joined by the artist Shantell Martin. Shantell draws big, bold lines. Everywhere. She makes a strong case for taking out a pen. We discuss how to teach art to the next generation, what it means to 'sell out' in the art world, British versus American racism, and an urgent question for this time: who are you? Afterwards, co-host Griselda Murray Brown stops in during maternity leave to talk about motherhood and this season's themes.Thank you

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48:43

Maaza Mengiste on telling lost stories: 'Archives are...

Life and Art from FT Weekend ·

2020/12/04

Maaza Mengiste is one of the FT's Women of the Year, and author of the epic historical novel The Shadow King. Her book, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, is about the Italian invasion of Ethiopia at the start of WWII. It asks massive questions abouthow history is remembered, recorded and retold. Maaza and Lilah talk about collective memory, women warriors, decolonising the archives and who will tell the stories of 2020. It's full of wisdom.You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll take notes. Plus:

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43:48

Simon Schama on what history can teach us

Life and Art from FT Weekend ·

2020/11/20

Simon is one of the world’s premier historians and art historians, and also a colleague! After atumultuouselection, we've invited him on to help connect the dots and give us much-needed historical context. Plus: Neil Munshi,ourwestAfricacorrespondent joins us from Lagos to reflect on our conversation and discuss his recent piece on how companies are facing their brutal colonial histories. Two people with globalandhistorical lenses through which to see 2020.What do you think is possible now, that

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45:21

iO Tillett Wright on the American experiment

Life and Art from FT Weekend ·

2020/11/06

“I feel like America was an experiment that right now is yielding really hideous, ugly results". In the days after the US election,Lilahexplores how divided the US is with artist and activist iO Tillett Wright. iO created the hit true-crime podcast The Ballad of Billy Balls. He just finished a ten-year project travelling to all 50 states to photograph 10,000 queer Americans and has a unique lens on America. They discuss the election, how Americans were taught to hate, the dangers of groupthink, the

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43:18

Who's afraid of Ai Weiwei? The Chinese dissident...

Life and Art from FT Weekend ·

2020/10/23

After a summer defined by protest, we invite on Ai Weiwei, one of the most influential artists and activists of our time, to discuss whether we've changed. Weiwei describes how to protest creatively and powerfully ("you only see your power from your enemy's eye"), the symbolic meaning of this pandemic, and his view on the state of humanity. Plus: FT arts editor Jan Dalley joins Lilah to unpack the conversation and consider where art is going.Links from the episode:—Circa 2020 on Instagram. They're

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35:05

Bonus: Poet Natasha Trethewey on memory, grief and...

Life and Art from FT Weekend ·

2020/10/16

In this bonus episode, we bring you a conversation between Lilah and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey. In her recent memoir, Memorial Drive, Natasha shares the painful story of her mother's murder at the hands of her stepfather when Natasha was 19. Natasha was born to a black mother and white father in the Deep South during the civil rights movement. When she was an infant, the KKK burned a cross in her family's front yard. In this interview she speaks to the

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52:35

Miranda July on releasing a feature film in a pandemic

Life and Art from FT Weekend ·

2020/10/09

Miranda July is an artist ahead of her time: a prolific filmmaker, writer, musician, actor and more. Her work deliberately leads us into discomfort – and then hugs us from behind. Her third feature film, Kajillionaire, now on US and UK general release, is an exploration of loneliness and love that feels especially prescient now. Miranda and Lilah discuss what it’s like to release a film during a pandemic, how to make art when we don’t know what we’ll want in the future, and how a weirder world has

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We're back for Season 3!

Life and Art from FT Weekend ·

2020/10/02

The season kicks off on Friday, October 9! With co-host Griselda Murray Brown on maternity leave, Lilah Raptopoulos presents a new series of conversations with creators and thinkers about our radically transformed cultural landscape.We are living through history. The pandemic has exposed deep cracks in our systems, giving us an unprecedented chance to reexamine and upend. This six-episode season is based around the following question: what’s possible now?Join Lilah, star guests and the team behind

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Photographer Tyler Mitchell on black freedom

Life and Art from FT Weekend ·

2020/06/16

The world has changed. In the midst of the Black Lives Matter movement, Gris speaks to Tyler Mitchell, a 25-year-old photographer, filmmaker and political artist who shot to fame when he photographed Beyonce for the September issue of American Vogue in 2018. In his work, Tyler explores what freedom means for black Americans, and all the ways in which it is denied. Gris first spoke to Tyler in early May - three weeks before police killed George Floyd - and they talked again just before this episode

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47:36

Liana Finck, New Yorker cartoonist, on finding...

Life and Art from FT Weekend ·

2020/05/29

This week, Lilah talks to Liana Finck, a graphic novelist and New Yorker cartoonist with a fan base on Instagram that’s half a million strong. Liana is known for her funny and astute explorations of what it means to be human. She talks about how to free yourself up to be creative in quarantine, where confidence comes from, the most interesting human expressions to draw and what it’s like to have Ariana Grande slide into your DMs.We also share some of your Netflix recommendations, which we are still

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59:23

Slave Play author Jeremy O Harris on the future of...

Life and Art from FT Weekend ·

2020/05/15

This week, Gris talks to the brilliant 30-year-old playwright Jeremy O Harris about his Broadway sensationSlave Playandhis autobiographical"Daddy". This is an interview that will stick with you for a long time. They discuss how black art is re-packaged by white institutions, how black and white audiences respond differently to his work, and how to make theatre more accessible — both for quarantine and for younger audiences (Harris is also an executiveproducer onEuphoria). Plus: a special appearance

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Bonus: Normal People author Sally Rooney

Life and Art from FT Weekend ·

2020/05/06

This week, we've dusted off a little gem from our archives. Gris spoke to the writer Sally Rooney in 2018, just before her bestselling novelNormal Peoplewas published in the UK. It went on to win tremendous acclaim, prizes and the hearts of many readers. Fast-forward eighteen months, and Rooney's tale ofpassionate young love has been turned into a gripping 12-part TV series on the BBC and Hulu. It's all we can talk about: Marianne, Connell — and Connell'sneck chain. But what were the origins of the

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48:11

How is culture adapting to quarantine? Plus: our film...

Life and Art from FT Weekend ·

2020/05/01

This week, we discuss the future of movies with FT film critic Danny Leigh. Will we see a wave of apocalypse dramas once this is over? Are mid-budget films under threat? And what little-known films should we be watching? In the second half of the show, Gris and Lilah take stock of how culture has been adapting to a new virtual reality, from online exhibitions to gigs on Instagram Live. What's working in URL vs IRL culture — and what isn't? Willthe lockdown democratize the arts?We’d love to hear

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Bonus: Esther Perel's advice for coping in a pandemic

Life and Art from FT Weekend ·

2020/04/22

This week, we turn to Esther Perel, psychotherapist and host of the hit podcastWhere Should We Begin?,to help put our fears and emotions around coronavirus in context. She also gives us useful strategies for living in lockdown.There are insights in this episode that we think will help listeners in any circumstance, so we've decided to drop it early.We hope you enjoy the episode, and would love to hear your thoughts. Email us atculturecall@ft.comor tweet us at @FTCultureCall. We're also still

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58:01

Chef Samin Nosrat on home cooking in trying times

Life and Art from FT Weekend ·

2020/04/16

We can't stop thinking about food: how to cook it, where to buy it, how many meals are too many meals and why everyone's makingbread. This week, Lilah talks to Samin Nosrat, of bestselling cookbook and Netflix hitSalt Fat Acid Heat, about tips for cooking in a pandemic, the meaning of comfort food, her next cookbook — and the long-term effectsof coronaviruson the restaurant industry.We’d love to hear what you're turning to these days. What are you watching, reading, listening to...or cooking? Let us

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This American Life host Ira Glass on storytelling...

Life and Art from FT Weekend ·

2020/04/02

Lilah chats with Ira Glass, the host of This American Life, the long running, seminal and wildly popular radio show that launched a genre of podcasting. But what does its name really mean? And what does American life look like today? They discuss reporting during a pandemic, whether the show has spurred or stifled creativity in audio, how having a more diverse staff has changed their stories — and why Ira is so often name-checked on online dating sites.We’d love to hear what's keeping you centered

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We want to hear from you

Life and Art from FT Weekend ·

2020/03/27

Gris and Lilah here, coming to you between episodes to find out how you're holding up. As we live through this surreal pandemic together (and apart), we want to know what's going through your mind. What are you noticing around you? How have you seen culture already begin to adapt to this new reality? And what have you been watching, reading, listening to, crafting, cooking, etc to get through? This is our Culture Call Out. We want to hear from you.Let's put our observations, epiphanies and cultural

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52:24

On culture in the time of coronavirus. Plus: novelist...

Life and Art from FT Weekend ·

2020/03/17

This week has been dominated by the spread of coronavirus. The situation is changing so fast that we decided to publish a couple of days early. In the first half of this episode, Gris and Lilah discuss how coronavirus is already changing daily life — and how it might impact culture in the longer term. Will we lose our fear of missing out? What will the 'experience economy' look like? And can the thrill of a live performance be replicated online? The second half of the episode is an escape from all

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57:07

Feminism after Weinstein, with Laura Bates, Emma...

Life and Art from FT Weekend ·

2020/03/05

To mark International Women's Day on March 8, and following Harvey Weinstein's recent conviction in New York, we're doing something a bit different. In this episode, Gris speaks to three of today's most compelling writers and campaigners about feminism now. They touch on everything from changing beauty standards to teens and social media to modern motherhood. Prepare to be surprised. Or as Lilah put it: "whatever I thought I was going to hear, that is not what I heard." (A warning if you're

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