Jenny Lewis

This week, musician Jenny Lewis joins Lilah to break down how she writes a song. Lewis’s music has paved the way for many famous pop stars and singer-songwriters today. She brings us through her trajectory: from child actor supporting her family, to lead singer of the beloved indie band Rilo Kiley, to solo artist who just, at 47, came out with her fifth solo album, Joy’All. Lilah asks her what she had for breakfast, she says “one weed gummy”, and they’re off.– Read Lilah’s profile of Lewis at https://on.ft.com/45jih08-------We love hearing from you! You can email us at ftweekendpodcast@ft.com. We’re on Twitter @ftweekendpod, and Lilah is on Instagram and Twitter @lilahrap.-------Our FTWeekend Festival is back on Saturday, September 2 at Kenwood House in London! It’ll be a day of debates, tastings, Q&amp;As and more. For £20 off your festival pass, use promo code FTWeekendPod here: http://ft.com/festivalSpecial FT subscription offers for Weekend listeners, from 50% off a digital subscription to a $1/£1/€1 trial, are here: http://ft.com/weekendpodcast.--------------Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner and Sam GiovincoClips used: Psychos and Giddy Up from the album Joy’all (2023), Blue Note RecordsRabbit Fur Coat from the album Rabbit Fur Coat (2006), Team Love RecordsRead a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, musician Jenny Lewis joins Lilah to break down how she writes a song. Lewis’s music has paved the way for many famous pop stars and singer-songwriters today. She brings us through her trajectory: from child actor supporting her family, to lead singer of the beloved indie band Rilo Kiley, to solo artist who just, at 47, came out with her fifth solo album, Joy’All. Lilah asks her what she had for breakfast, she says “one weed gummy”, and they’re off.– Read Lilah’s profile of Lewis at <a href="https://on.ft.com/45jih08 " rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://on.ft.com/45jih08</a>-------We love hearing from you! You can email us at ftweekendpodcast@ft.com. We’re on Twitter<a href="https://twitter.com/ftweekendpod" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> @ftweekendpod</a>, and Lilah is on Instagram and Twitter <a href="https://instagram.com/lilahrap" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@lilahrap</a>.-------Our FTWeekend Festival is back on Saturday, September 2 at Kenwood House in London! It’ll be a day of debates, tastings, Q&amp;As and more. For £20 off your festival pass, use promo code FTWeekendPod here: <a href="http://ft.com/festival" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://ft.com/festival</a>Special FT subscription offers for Weekend listeners, from 50% off a digital subscription to a $1/£1/€1 trial, are here: <a href="http://ft.com/weekendpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://ft.com/weekendpodcast</a>.--------------Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner and Sam GiovincoClips used: Psychos and Giddy Up from the album Joy’all (2023), Blue Note RecordsRabbit Fur Coat from the album Rabbit Fur Coat (2006), Team Love Records<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/6c8f3557-224a-4fdf-acfb-592af9721918" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Jenny Lewis walks us through her new album

Shanna Swan is a scientist who has spent decades chasing a mystery: why global sperm counts have seemingly dropped significantly since the 1930s. At its heart, this story is simply a brilliant yarn. It has got all the elements of a Hollywood movie: this heroic dog-with-a-bone scientist, recalcitrant big business in the role of the baddie, and the looming threat of a global fertility crisis caused by harmful chemicals in everyday plastics such as baby bottles, garden hoses, andthat Tupperware you use to heat up your lunch.You can also find this story in FT Edit, an iPhone app that gives you a taste of the very best of FT journalism. After a month’s free trial, it is 99p or 99 cents a month for the next six months. Try it out if you want the best global politics, analysis and opinion pieces.Learn more about FT Edit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shanna Swan is a scientist who has spent decades chasing a mystery: why global sperm counts have seemingly dropped significantly since the 1930s. At its heart, this story is simply a brilliant yarn. It has got all the elements of a Hollywood movie: this heroic dog-with-a-bone scientist, recalcitrant big business in the role of the baddie, and the looming threat of a global fertility crisis caused by harmful chemicals in everyday plastics such as baby bottles, garden hoses, andthat Tupperware you use to heat up your lunch.You can also find this story in FT Edit, an iPhone app that gives you a taste of the very best of FT journalism. After a month’s free trial, it is 99p or 99 cents a month for the next six months. Try it out if you want the best global politics, analysis and opinion pieces.Learn more about <a href="https://apps.apple.com/GB/app/id1574510369?mt=8" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">FT Edit</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

FT Edit presents: Global sperm counts are falling. This scientist believes she knows why

David Byrne

This week, musician David Byrne joins Lilah in the FT’s New York newsroom to talk about how he makes creative choices. Byrne has been an enduring cultural figure for more than four decades, known for always doing something new. His current project is Here Lies Love, a disco musical on Broadway about Imelda Marcos, a former politician and first lady in the Philippines. He’s also revisiting his days with Talking Heads, as a remastered version of their seminal concert documentary Stop Making Sense will be rereleased this month by the indie studio A24. Byrne rewatched it recently, about 40 years after its release. “I’m looking at my younger self … and he seems like a stranger,” he tells Lilah. “And I go, ‘Who is this strange guy?’” – Read Lilah’s profile of Byrne at https://on.ft.com/44SpQLK-------We love hearing from you! You can email us at ftweekendpodcast@ft.com. We’re on Twitter @ftweekendpod, and Lilah is on Instagram and Twitter @lilahrap.-------Our FTWeekend Festival is back on Saturday, September 2 at Kenwood House in London! It’ll be a day of debates, tastings, Q&amp;As and more. For £20 off your festival pass, use promo code FTWeekendPod here: http://ft.com/festivalSpecial FT subscription offers for Weekend listeners, from 50% off a digital subscription to a $1/£1/€1 trial, are here: http://ft.com/weekendpodcast.--------------Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner and Sam GiovincoClip of Burning Down The House is from Stop Making Sense (1984)Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, musician David Byrne joins Lilah in the FT’s New York newsroom to talk about how he makes creative choices. Byrne has been an enduring cultural figure for more than four decades, known for always doing something new. His current project is Here Lies Love, a disco musical on Broadway about Imelda Marcos, a former politician and first lady in the Philippines. He’s also revisiting his days with Talking Heads, as a remastered version of their seminal concert documentary Stop Making Sense will be rereleased this month by the indie studio A24. Byrne rewatched it recently, about 40 years after its release. “I’m looking at my younger self … and he seems like a stranger,” he tells Lilah. “And I go, ‘Who is this strange guy?’” – Read Lilah’s profile of Byrne at <a href="https://on.ft.com/44SpQLK" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://on.ft.com/44SpQLK</a>-------We love hearing from you! You can email us at ftweekendpodcast@ft.com. We’re on Twitter<a href="https://twitter.com/ftweekendpod" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> @ftweekendpod</a>, and Lilah is on Instagram and Twitter <a href="https://instagram.com/lilahrap" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@lilahrap</a>.-------Our FTWeekend Festival is back on Saturday, September 2 at Kenwood House in London! It’ll be a day of debates, tastings, Q&amp;As and more. For £20 off your festival pass, use promo code FTWeekendPod here: <a href="http://ft.com/festival" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://ft.com/festival</a>Special FT subscription offers for Weekend listeners, from 50% off a digital subscription to a $1/£1/€1 trial, are here: <a href="http://ft.com/weekendpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://ft.com/weekendpodcast</a>.--------------Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner and Sam GiovincoClip of Burning Down The House is from Stop Making Sense (1984)<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/03122b64-bdee-4af9-8198-cccf7e2a6897" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

David Byrne on Talking Heads and ‘Here Lies Love’

For the next few weeks, we will be bringing you some of our most popular articles from the FT Edit app.Elemental, the new movie from Pixar studios, recently disappointed at the box office.On this episode, Chris Grimes, the FT’s Los Angeles correspondent, takes us inside Disney, the owner of Pixar, and asks whether it can regain its creative crown after a few years of concentrating on lucrative sequels to its existing franchises and on its streaming business, Disney+. It has been a long time since Toy Story, and critics are fretting that Pixar has lost its touch. Even Marvel, which was reliably turning out annual blockbusters, has stumbled recently with the likes of Ant-Man. Chris wrote this article shortly after the release of Elemental.You can also find this story in FT Edit, an iPhone app that gives you a taste of the very best of FT journalism. After a month’s free trial, it is 99p or 99 cents a month for the next six months. Try it out if you want the best global politics, analysis and opinion pieces.Learn more about FT Edit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the next few weeks, we will be bringing you some of our most popular articles from the FT Edit app.Elemental, the new movie from Pixar studios, recently disappointed at the box office.On this episode, Chris Grimes, the FT’s Los Angeles correspondent, takes us inside Disney, the owner of Pixar, and asks whether it can regain its creative crown after a few years of concentrating on lucrative sequels to its existing franchises and on its streaming business, Disney+. It has been a long time since Toy Story, and critics are fretting that Pixar has lost its touch. Even Marvel, which was reliably turning out annual blockbusters, has stumbled recently with the likes of Ant-Man. Chris wrote this article shortly after the release of Elemental.You can also find this story in FT Edit, an iPhone app that gives you a taste of the very best of FT journalism. After a month’s free trial, it is 99p or 99 cents a month for the next six months. Try it out if you want the best global politics, analysis and opinion pieces.Learn more about <a href="https://apps.apple.com/GB/app/id1574510369?mt=8" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">FT Edit</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

FT Edit presents: Disney struggles to revive the magic

This week, as wildfires rage across Greece, Italy and Algeria, we talk about why fires have become so much bigger, wilder and more dangerous. The FT's chief features writer Henry Mance takes us to a wildfire training camp in Poland, where experts from around the world are struggling with how to handle these new megafires. Because of climate change, they behave differently than old fires: they burn quicker and longer, they leap across trees and rivers, and they defy most traditional rules of firefighting. Henry tells us what it's like to confront them, and whether it's possible to prevent them.-------We love hearing from you! You can email us at ftweekendpodcast@ft.com. We’re on Twitter @ftweekendpod, and Lilah is on Instagram and Twitter @lilahrap.-------Links: – Henry’s article, https://on.ft.com/3DvKtRF – The FT’s coverage of wildfires in Rhodes: https://on.ft.com/3Oxpbte– The FT”s coverage of wildfires in Algeria: https://on.ft.com/3KgCFqISpecial offers for Weekend listeners, from 50% off a digital subscription to a $1/£1/€1 trial are here: http://ft.com/weekendpodcast.--------------Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco.  Archival clip in this episode from the BBC. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, as wildfires rage across Greece, Italy and Algeria, we talk about why fires have become so much bigger, wilder and more dangerous. The FT's chief features writer Henry Mance takes us to a wildfire training camp in Poland, where experts from around the world are struggling with how to handle these new megafires. Because of climate change, they behave differently than old fires: they burn quicker and longer, they leap across trees and rivers, and they defy most traditional rules of firefighting. Henry tells us what it's like to confront them, and whether it's possible to prevent them.-------We love hearing from you! You can email us at ftweekendpodcast@ft.com. We’re on Twitter<a href="https://twitter.com/ftweekendpod" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> @ftweekendpod</a>, and Lilah is on Instagram and Twitter <a href="https://instagram.com/lilahrap" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@lilahrap</a>.-------Links: – Henry’s article, <a href="https://on.ft.com/3DvKtRF" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://on.ft.com/3DvKtRF</a> – The FT’s coverage of wildfires in Rhodes: <a href="https://on.ft.com/3Oxpbte" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://on.ft.com/3Oxpbte</a>– The FT”s coverage of wildfires in Algeria: <a href="https://on.ft.com/3KgCFqI" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://on.ft.com/3KgCFqI</a>Special offers for Weekend listeners, from 50% off a digital subscription to a $1/£1/€1 trial are here: <a href="http://ft.com/weekendpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://ft.com/weekendpodcast</a>.--------------Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco.  Archival clip in this episode from the BBC. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/44a16e5d-9a4e-44cb-8506-eeed45118ee0" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Wildfires are getting worse. Here's how we fight them now

For the next few weeks, we will be bringing you some of our most popular articles from the FT Edit app.This week, it’s a story about one of the world’s most loved foods: pizza. Every year, the top 700 or so pizza chefs gather in Parma, in the north of Italy, for the Pizza World Championship. And this year, an English chef from Norfolk named Danny Child is hoping to win. But can a self-trained chef beat Italy's finest pizza masters?You can also find this story in FT Edit, an iPhone app that gives you a taste of the very best of FT journalism. After a month’s free trial, it is 99p or 99 cents a month for the next six months. Try it out if you want the best global politics, analysis and opinion pieces.Learn more about FT Edit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the next few weeks, we will be bringing you some of our most popular articles from the FT Edit app.This week, it’s a story about one of the world’s most loved foods: pizza. Every year, the top 700 or so pizza chefs gather in Parma, in the north of Italy, for the Pizza World Championship. And this year, an English chef from Norfolk named Danny Child is hoping to win. But can a self-trained chef beat Italy's finest pizza masters?You can also find this story in FT Edit, an iPhone app that gives you a taste of the very best of FT journalism. After a month’s free trial, it is 99p or 99 cents a month for the next six months. Try it out if you want the best global politics, analysis and opinion pieces.Learn more about <a href="https://apps.apple.com/GB/app/id1574510369?mt=8" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">FT Edit</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

FT Edit Presents: Can an English Chef become a pizza master?

Lorrie Moore

This week, author Lorrie Moore is on the show. Lorrie is one of the most celebrated living writers in the United States, drawing comparisons with Chekhov and Alice Munro. And she just released her novel, I Am Homeless if This is Not My Home. It's her first in 14 years, and it is hard to describe. Let's call it a magical realist love story, in which a man takes a road trip with the corpse of his dead ex-lover. Lorrie talks to Lilah about her writing process, and how she treads the line between hilarious and devastating.-------We love hearing from you! You can email us at ftweekendpodcast@ft.com. We’re on Twitter @ftweekendpod, and Lilah is on Instagram and Twitter @lilahrap.-------Links: – Lorrie Moore’s novel is called I Am Homeless if This is Not My Home– FT review: https://on.ft.com/44puMaB – Lorrie’s best-known books include A Gate at the Stairs (2009), Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (1994), and Self-Help (1989).Special offers for Weekend listeners, from 50% off a digital subscription to a $1/£1/€1 trial are here: http://ft.com/weekendpodcast.--------------Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco.  Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, author Lorrie Moore is on the show. Lorrie is one of the most celebrated living writers in the United States, drawing comparisons with Chekhov and Alice Munro. And she just released her novel, I Am Homeless if This is Not My Home. It's her first in 14 years, and it is hard to describe. Let's call it a magical realist love story, in which a man takes a road trip with the corpse of his dead ex-lover. Lorrie talks to Lilah about her writing process, and how she treads the line between hilarious and devastating.-------We love hearing from you! You can email us at ftweekendpodcast@ft.com. We’re on Twitter<a href="https://twitter.com/ftweekendpod" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> @ftweekendpod</a>, and Lilah is on Instagram and Twitter <a href="https://instagram.com/lilahrap" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@lilahrap</a>.-------Links: – Lorrie Moore’s novel is called I Am Homeless if This is Not My Home– FT review: <a href="https://on.ft.com/44puMaB" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://on.ft.com/44puMaB</a> – Lorrie’s best-known books include A Gate at the Stairs (2009), Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (1994), and Self-Help (1989).Special offers for Weekend listeners, from 50% off a digital subscription to a $1/£1/€1 trial are here: <a href="http://ft.com/weekendpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://ft.com/weekendpodcast</a>.--------------Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco.  <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/e4502ee9-6aea-4cbf-aee0-40121d1664ce" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Author Lorrie Moore on her first novel in 14 years

This week, we explore the question of what it means to privatise justice. The FT's Kadhim Shubber explains how, in the UK, private companies are hired to file and prosecute legal cases — even when the police think those same cases shouldn't be tried. Kadhim and Lilah discuss how private prosecutions work, why they exist, and what it could mean for the future of the justice system.Correction: This episode has been updated to remove suggestions that private prosecution does not exist in the United States. Private prosecutions exist in a more limited form in the United States.--------------We love hearing from you! You can email us at ftweekendpodcast@ft.com, we’re on Twitter @ftweekendpod, and Lilah is on Instagram and Twitter @lilahrap. --------------Links: – Kadhim’s magazine piece: https://on.ft.com/3qxsKGj – Follow Kadhim on Twitter @kadhim--------------Special offers for Weekend listeners, from 50% off a digital subscription to a $1/£1/€1 trial are here: http://ft.com/weekendpodcast.--------------Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we explore the question of what it means to privatise justice. The FT's Kadhim Shubber explains how, in the UK, private companies are hired to file and prosecute legal cases — even when the police think those same cases shouldn't be tried. Kadhim and Lilah discuss how private prosecutions work, why they exist, and what it could mean for the future of the justice system.Correction: This episode has been updated to remove suggestions that private prosecution does not exist in the United States. Private prosecutions exist in a more limited form in the United States.--------------We love hearing from you! You can email us at <a href="mailto:ftweekendpodcast@ft.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">ftweekendpodcast@ft.com</a>, we’re on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ftweekendpod" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@ftweekendpod</a>, and Lilah is on Instagram and Twitter <a href="https://instagram.com/lilahrap" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@lilahrap</a>. --------------Links: – Kadhim’s magazine piece: <a href="https://on.ft.com/3qxsKGj" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://on.ft.com/3qxsKGj</a> – Follow Kadhim on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/kadhim" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@kadhim</a>--------------Special offers for Weekend listeners, from 50% off a digital subscription to a $1/£1/€1 trial are here: <a href="http://ft.com/weekendpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://ft.com/weekendpodcast</a>.--------------Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco.<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/c3ae03e9-1746-467a-a15b-5a007e9be07d" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The UK companies acting like the police

Note: We want to be clear that this episode does include material that has been generated by Financial Times journalists using AI tools...we've done it to illustrate just how much AI is influencing the music industry.-------AI has arrived in the music world, and the industry is being forced to wrangle with it. The technology is now sophisticated enough to create entirely new deepfake songs. This year, millions of fake covers, and songs that clone the voices of musical artists, have appeared online. The FT’s pop critic Ludo Hunter-Tilney has fallen down a wormhole to make sense of how these programs work. He actually made a song of his own, an original fake song in the style of Tom Waits. He plays it for us, and it’s pretty bad.-------We love hearing from you! You can email us at ftweekendpodcast@ft.com. We’re on Twitter @ftweekendpod, and Lilah is on Instagram and Twitter @lilahrap.-------Links: – Ludo’s piece for FT Life and Arts: Can AI make me a musical star? https://on.ft.com/3XRMnoZ – Ludo is on Twitter @ludohunter – Anna Nicolaou on why Spotify has ejected thousands of AI-made songs: https://on.ft.com/3rvSqnq – One of Ludo’s recent stories – a review of Glastonbury festival: https://on.ft.com/3rvSq6U -------Special offers for Weekend listeners, from 50% off a digital subscription to a $1/£1/€1 trial are here: http://ft.com/weekendpodcast.--------------Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco.  Songs played: “Downtown Train” written by Tom Waits, published by Island Records. “Gritty Troubador’s Backstreet”, written by chatGPT, Ludo Hunter-Tilney, Voicify.ai and Boomy.Songs referenced: “Dancing Queen” written by Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson, published by Stockholm Records and MCA/Universal. “Ni**as in Paris” written by Kanye West, Shawn Carter, John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky, Jeff Cox and Dave Cox, published by Roc-A-Fella, Roc Nation and Def Jam. “A Thousand Miles” written by Vanessa Carlton, produced by Ron Fair and Curtis Schweizer, published by A&amp;M.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Note: We want to be clear that this episode does include material that has been generated by Financial Times journalists using AI tools...we've done it to illustrate just how much AI is influencing the music industry.-------AI has arrived in the music world, and the industry is being forced to wrangle with it. The technology is now sophisticated enough to create entirely new deepfake songs. This year, millions of fake covers, and songs that clone the voices of musical artists, have appeared online. The FT’s pop critic Ludo Hunter-Tilney has fallen down a wormhole to make sense of how these programs work. He actually made a song of his own, an original fake song in the style of Tom Waits. He plays it for us, and it’s pretty bad.-------We love hearing from you! You can email us at <a href="mailto:ftweekendpodcast@ft.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">ftweekendpodcast@ft.com</a>. We’re on Twitter<a href="https://twitter.com/ftweekendpod" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> @ftweekendpod</a>, and Lilah is on Instagram and Twitter <a href="https://instagram.com/lilahrap" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@lilahrap</a>.-------Links: – Ludo’s piece for FT Life and Arts: Can AI make me a musical star? <a href="https://on.ft.com/3XRMnoZ" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://on.ft.com/3XRMnoZ</a> – Ludo is on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ludohunter?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@ludohunter</a> – Anna Nicolaou on why Spotify has ejected thousands of AI-made songs: <a href="https://on.ft.com/3rvSqnq" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://on.ft.com/3rvSqnq</a> – One of Ludo’s recent stories – a review of Glastonbury festival: <a href="https://on.ft.com/3rvSq6U" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://on.ft.com/3rvSq6U</a> -------Special offers for Weekend listeners, from 50% off a digital subscription to a $1/£1/€1 trial are here: <a href="http://ft.com/weekendpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://ft.com/weekendpodcast</a>.--------------Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco.  Songs played: “Downtown Train” written by Tom Waits, published by Island Records. “Gritty Troubador’s Backstreet”, written by chatGPT, Ludo Hunter-Tilney, <a href="http://Voicify.ai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Voicify.ai</a> and Boomy.Songs referenced: “Dancing Queen” written by Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson, published by Stockholm Records and MCA/Universal. “Ni**as in Paris” written by Kanye West, Shawn Carter, John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky, Jeff Cox and Dave Cox, published by Roc-A-Fella, Roc Nation and Def Jam. “A Thousand Miles” written by Vanessa Carlton, produced by Ron Fair and Curtis Schweizer, published by A&amp;M.<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/0b5ee5ad-c7a9-4cd8-be6c-c292a0430338" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

AI hits the music industry

The US economy remains confusing. Markets continue to predict a slowdown but unemployment remains low. Today on the show, we try to figure out what job numbers, manufacturing and credit can tell us about a possible recession and an end to rate rises. Also, we are long the bros at Three Arrows Capital (sort of), and the US stock market. Subscribe to the Unhedged newsletterFollow Ethan Wu (@ethanywu) and Katie Martin (@katie_martin_fx) on Twitter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The US economy remains confusing. Markets continue to predict a slowdown but unemployment remains low. Today on the show, we try to figure out what job numbers, manufacturing and credit can tell us about a possible recession and an end to rate rises. Also, we are long the bros at Three Arrows Capital (sort of), and the US stock market. Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.ft.com/unhedgedoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Unhedged</a> newsletterFollow Ethan Wu (<a href="https://twitter.com/ethanywu" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@ethanywu</a>) and Katie Martin (<a href="https://twitter.com/katie_martin_fx" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@katie_martin_fx</a>) on Twitter Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Unhedged podcast: Where’s the recession?

Turn off your email alerts and settle into the weekend. We explore today's culture, big ideas, nuanced questions and what it means to live a good life. Join our host Lilah Raptopoulos every Saturday for inspiring conversations, in-depth storytelling, a bit of escapism and a lot of fun. Brought to you by the award-winning Life &amp; Arts journalists at the Financial Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thank you for the link to Cyprus Avenue, a powerful and dark ending. I remember watching Stephen on Channel Four when they showed Angel. Of course to me he was a cult hero from his appearances as Carter in I Didn’t Know You Cared. Gris can explain this pre-feminist working class comedy to Lilah. Keep up the great show!

Stephen Rea

I love it. But I make it. So I’m biased.

It’s a good one

Turn off your email alerts and settle into the weekend. We explore today's culture, big ideas, nuanced questions and what it means to live a good life. Join our host Lilah Raptopoulos every Saturday for inspiring conversations, in-depth storytelling, a bit of escapism and a lot of fun. Brought to you by the award-winning Life &amp; Arts journalists at the Financial Times. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

FT Weekend

Liana Finck

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 collecting to publish! Let us know what we should be watching that the streaming algorithms are hiding from us. Fill out our short form at ft.com/culturecallout, or email us at culturecall@ft.com. If you want to get social, we're on Twitter @FTCultureCall and Instagram at @griseldamurraybrown and @lilahrap.Links and notes from the episode:–A special gift from us to you: sign up to the FT's Coronavirus Business Update newsletter and get free access to our journalism for 30 days https://www.ft.com/newsletter-signup/coronavirus?segmentId=0d92d58c-2c7d-178e-6aa8-81529dd53b1b About Liana Finck:–Liana's Instagram: https://instagram.com/lianafinck/–Her graphic memoir is called Passing for Human–Some of Liana’s New Yorker cartoons about quarantine: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/some-drawings-from-week-three-at-home–Unpopular likes and unpopular dislikes: https://www.instagram.com/p/B8pSyMMlHcG/–Me/you/us, plotted: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Yy65xlYQB/–Liana’s recommendations for which graphic novels to start with:Everything is Flammable, by Gabrielle BellCan't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz ChastWendy, by Walter Scott –Lilah and listener Martha O’Neill’s film recommendation, Three Identical Strangers, is on Netflix–Martin Wolf video: How might the world be different after the pandemic? https://www.ft.com/video/dafc3578-5c76-412a-8ba3-016495031bd1–Martin Wolf column: Maintaining the lockdown and saving the economy are mutually compatible (paywall) https://www.ft.com/content/e486590e-8539-11ea-b872-8db45d5f6714–Apps about trees: Tree Talk (London) and Leafsnap (US and UK)–Gris' film recommendation, 120 BPM, is on Hulu and available to rent–Listener Victoria Amico's Netflix recommendations are 13th (Ava DuVernay's documentary on racialised mass incarceration in the US) and The Great Hack (on the Cambridge Analytica scandal)–Listener Kana Kamagae's Netflix recommendations are Never Have I Ever (Mindy Kaling’s TV series) and Tigertail Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 collecting to publish! Let us know what we should be watching that the streaming algorithms are hiding from us. Fill out our short form at <a href="http://ft.com/culturecallout" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">ft.com/culturecallout</a>, or email us at culturecall@ft.com. If you want to get social, we're on Twitter @<a href="https://twitter.com/FTCultureCall" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">FTCultureCall</a> and Instagram at @<a href="https://instagram.com/griseldamurraybrown" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">griseldamurraybrown</a> and @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/lilahrap/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">lilahrap</a>.Links and notes from the episode:–A special gift from us to you: sign up to the FT's Coronavirus Business Update newsletter and get free access to our journalism for 30 days <a href="https://www.ft.com/newsletter-signup/coronavirus?segmentId=0d92d58c-2c7d-178e-6aa8-81529dd53b1b" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/newsletter-signup/coronavirus?segmentId=0d92d58c-2c7d-178e-6aa8-81529dd53b1b</a> About Liana Finck:–Liana's Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lianafinck/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/lianafinck/</a>–Her graphic memoir is called Passing for Human–Some of Liana’s New Yorker cartoons about quarantine:<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/some-drawings-from-week-three-at-home" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/some-drawings-from-week-three-at-home</a>–Unpopular likes and unpopular dislikes:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B8pSyMMlHcG/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.instagram.com/p/B8pSyMMlHcG/</a>–Me/you/us, plotted:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Yy65xlYQB/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Yy65xlYQB/</a>–Liana’s recommendations for which graphic novels to start with:<ol><li>Everything is Flammable, by Gabrielle Bell</li><li>Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast</li><li>Wendy, by Walter Scott</li></ol> –Lilah and listener Martha O’Neill’s film recommendation, Three Identical Strangers, is on Netflix–Martin Wolf video: How might the world be different after the pandemic? <a href="https://www.ft.com/video/dafc3578-5c76-412a-8ba3-016495031bd1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/video/dafc3578-5c76-412a-8ba3-016495031bd1</a>–Martin Wolf column: Maintaining the lockdown and saving the economy are mutually compatible (paywall) <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/e486590e-8539-11ea-b872-8db45d5f6714" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/e486590e-8539-11ea-b872-8db45d5f6714</a>–Apps about trees: Tree Talk (London) and Leafsnap (US and UK)–Gris' film recommendation, 120 BPM, is on Hulu and available to rent–Listener Victoria Amico's Netflix recommendations are 13th (Ava DuVernay's documentary on racialised mass incarceration in the US) and The Great Hack (on the Cambridge Analytica scandal)–Listener Kana Kamagae's Netflix recommendations are Never Have I Ever (Mindy Kaling’s TV series) and Tigertail Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Liana Finck, New Yorker cartoonist, on finding confidence and creativity in quarantine

Noah Baumbach

We're back with a brand new season! In our pre-Oscars special, Gris talks to Noah Baumbach, director of the nominated film Marriage Story, about love, divorce — and how Netflix is changing film. Plus: the FT's film critic Danny Leigh drops into the studio ahead of the Academy Awards. Who's going to win? Who really should win? And do the Oscars — for which no female directors and just one actor of colour were nominated — still matter in 2020?As always, we'd love to hear from you. Say hi on Twitter @FTCultureCall, or by email at culturecall@ft.com to tell us what you're reading, watching, listening to or otherwise obsessed with. And if you enjoy the show, why not leave us a review on Apple Podcasts?-------Recommended links: Kaitlin Prest's podcast The Heart - specifically the mini-series ‘No’ (she's our next guest): https://www.theheartradio.org/all-episodesThe FT's Academy Awards package: https://www.ft.com/Oscars2020The Spotify soundtrack of Jagged Little Pill (the Alanis Morissette musical): https://open.spotify.com/album/3JUvh3Ch6QFxguLABtTOE3FT review of Anna Wiener's book Uncanny Valley (paywall): https://www.ft.com/content/77a8d150-33a8-11ea-a329-0bcf87a328f2Danny Leigh's review of Uncut Gems (paywall): https://www.ft.com/content/b717ed0e-322b-11ea-a329-0bcf87a328f2FT review of Charlotte Salomon at the Jewish Museum, London: https://www.ft.com/content/97e00f90-0484-11ea-9afa-d9e2401fa7caFT review of Uncle Vanya, London (paywall): https://www.ft.com/content/adf70afe-4359-11ea-abea-0c7a29cd66feEkow Eshun on Masculinities at the Barbican, London (paywall): https://www.ft.com/content/eaaeeff4-422b-11ea-bdb5-169ba7be433d Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back with a brand new season! In our pre-Oscars special, Gris talks to Noah Baumbach, director of the nominated film Marriage Story, about love, divorce — and how Netflix is changing film. Plus: the FT's film critic Danny Leigh drops into the studio ahead of the Academy Awards. Who's going to win? Who really should win? And do the Oscars — for which no female directors and just one actor of colour were nominated — still matter in 2020?As always, we'd love to hear from you. Say hi on Twitter @FTCultureCall, or by email at <a href="mailto:culturecall@ft.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">culturecall@ft.com</a> to tell us what you're reading, watching, listening to or otherwise obsessed with. And if you enjoy the show, why not leave us a review on Apple Podcasts?-------Recommended links: Kaitlin Prest's podcast The Heart - specifically the mini-series ‘No’ (she's our next guest): <a href="https://www.theheartradio.org/all-episodes" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theheartradio.org/all-episodes</a>The FT's Academy Awards package: <a href="https://www.ft.com/Oscars2020" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/Oscars2020</a>The Spotify soundtrack of Jagged Little Pill (the Alanis Morissette musical): <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3JUvh3Ch6QFxguLABtTOE3" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/album/3JUvh3Ch6QFxguLABtTOE3</a>FT review of Anna Wiener's book Uncanny Valley (paywall): <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/77a8d150-33a8-11ea-a329-0bcf87a328f2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/77a8d150-33a8-11ea-a329-0bcf87a328f2</a>Danny Leigh's review of Uncut Gems (paywall): <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b717ed0e-322b-11ea-a329-0bcf87a328f2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/b717ed0e-322b-11ea-a329-0bcf87a328f2</a>FT review of Charlotte Salomon at the Jewish Museum, London: <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/97e00f90-0484-11ea-9afa-d9e2401fa7ca" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/97e00f90-0484-11ea-9afa-d9e2401fa7ca</a>FT review of Uncle Vanya, London (paywall): <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/adf70afe-4359-11ea-abea-0c7a29cd66fe" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/adf70afe-4359-11ea-abea-0c7a29cd66fe</a>Ekow Eshun on Masculinities at the Barbican, London (paywall): <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/eaaeeff4-422b-11ea-bdb5-169ba7be433d" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/eaaeeff4-422b-11ea-bdb5-169ba7be433d</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Noah Baumbach on his film Marriage Story. Plus: everything you need to know before the Oscars

Ben Lerner

Ben Lerner is one of the most acclaimed American writers working today. Gris meets him to discuss good parenting, male rage and why "autofiction" (fiction infused with autobiography) isn't narcissistic, despite what people think. One of the biggest books of 2019, Lerner's new novel The Topeka School is arguably his most ambitious to date. Set partly in Kansas in the 1990s, it tells the story of one family -- and of the US at large. Can it help us understand how we got here?Get in touch! We’re putting together an episode of our cultural highlights from 2019, and we’d love to know what yours have been. Which books, films, TV shows and other trends have you enjoyed this year? Let us know on Twitter @FTCultureCall or by emailing us at culturecall@ft.com. And if you like the show, you can help us out by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or recommending it to your friends!Links from the episode:  - FT review of Ben Lerner's novel The Topeka School  (paywall) : https://www.ft.com/content/5147ef78-fa37-11e9-a354-36acbbb0d9b6- Gris' podcast interview with Sheila Heti, another great writer of autofiction: https://www.ft.com/content/8dd9fc2d-9172-47ea-bbd7-0256d4ee4c4d- Lilah's piece on the rebirth of astrology for the FT (paywall): https://www.ft.com/content/2816a0ec-000c-11ea-be59-e49b2a136b8d- India Ross's piece on the "OK boomer" meme for the FT (paywall): https://www.ft.com/content/52d858a0-06da-11ea-9afa-d9e2401fa7ca- FT's NextGen package, featuring pieces about the post-millennial generation: https://www.ft.com/nextgen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Lerner is one of the most acclaimed American writers working today. Gris meets him to discuss good parenting, male rage and why "autofiction" (fiction infused with autobiography) isn't narcissistic, despite what people think. One of the biggest books of 2019, Lerner's new novel The Topeka School is arguably his most ambitious to date. Set partly in Kansas in the 1990s, it tells the story of one family -- and of the US at large. Can it help us understand how we got here?Get in touch! We’re putting together an episode of our cultural highlights from 2019, and we’d love to know what yours have been. Which books, films, TV shows and other trends have you enjoyed this year? Let us know on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/FTCultureCall" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@FTCultureCall</a> or by emailing us at <a href="mailto:culturecall@ft.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">culturecall@ft.com</a>. And if you like the show, you can help us out by leaving a review on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ft-culture-call/id1179847741" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a> or recommending it to your friends!Links from the episode:  - FT review of Ben Lerner's novel The Topeka School  (paywall) : <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/5147ef78-fa37-11e9-a354-36acbbb0d9b6" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/5147ef78-fa37-11e9-a354-36acbbb0d9b6</a>- Gris' podcast interview with Sheila Heti, another great writer of autofiction: <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/8dd9fc2d-9172-47ea-bbd7-0256d4ee4c4d" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/8dd9fc2d-9172-47ea-bbd7-0256d4ee4c4d</a>- Lilah's piece on the rebirth of astrology for the FT (paywall): <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2816a0ec-000c-11ea-be59-e49b2a136b8d" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/2816a0ec-000c-11ea-be59-e49b2a136b8d</a>- India Ross's piece on the "OK boomer" meme for the FT (paywall): <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/52d858a0-06da-11ea-9afa-d9e2401fa7ca" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/52d858a0-06da-11ea-9afa-d9e2401fa7ca</a>- FT's NextGen package, featuring pieces about the post-millennial generation: <a href="https://www.ft.com/nextgen" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/nextgen</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Novelist Ben Lerner on angry white men and the origins of Trump

Jia Tolentino

As The New Yorker magazine's go-to millennial, Jia Tolentino writes cultural criticism about the internet and how it affects us. She recently published Trick Mirror, a wildly popular collection of essays that explores contemporary culture. On this episode, Jia speaks with Gris about how the internet is moulding us in its image ("and it's important to remember that we are very mouldable!"). She also considers how it feels to find professional success on Twitter, a platform that can be ultimately harmful. Trick Mirror doesn't attempt to solve these problems; it just exposes and untangles them. Later in the episode, Lilah and Gris discuss whether that's enough.Want to discuss the episode? Come chat with us @FTCultureCall on Twitter. You can also tell us about the cultural trends you can’t get out of your head at culturecall@ft.com.Relevant links:Jia's New Yorker piece on vaping: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/14/the-promise-of-vaping-and-the-rise-of-juulThe FT book review of Trick Mirror (paywall): https://www.ft.com/content/c5454c2e-a70b-11e9-90e9-fc4b9d9528b4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As The New Yorker magazine's go-to millennial, Jia Tolentino writes cultural criticism about the internet and how it affects us. She recently published Trick Mirror, a wildly popular collection of essays that explores contemporary culture. On this episode, Jia speaks with Gris about how the internet is moulding us in its image ("and it's important to remember that we are very mouldable!"). She also considers how it feels to find professional success on Twitter, a platform that can be ultimately harmful. Trick Mirror doesn't attempt to solve these problems; it just exposes and untangles them. Later in the episode, Lilah and Gris discuss whether that's enough.Want to discuss the episode? Come chat with us <a href="http://twitter.com/FTCultureCall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@FTCultureCall</a> on Twitter. You can also tell us about the cultural trends you can’t get out of your head at <a href="mailto:culturecall@ft.com">culturecall@ft.com</a>. Relevant links:Jia's New Yorker piece on vaping: <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/14/the-promise-of-vaping-and-the-rise-of-juul" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/14/the-promise-of-vaping-and-the-rise-of-juul</a>The FT book review of Trick Mirror (paywall): <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/c5454c2e-a70b-11e9-90e9-fc4b9d9528b4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/c5454c2e-a70b-11e9-90e9-fc4b9d9528b4</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Unpacking the internet with Jia Tolentino

Hayley Atwell

In our season finale we reveal our favourite films of the year, from The Florida Project to Call Me By Your Name. And as Hollywood's sex scandals dominate headlines - can we separate the art from the artist? Later, we catch up with actor Hayley Atwell, star of a new adaptation of Howards End. We'll be back next year. Until then, happy holidays! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our season finale we reveal our favourite films of the year, from The Florida Project to Call Me By Your Name. And as Hollywood's sex scandals dominate headlines - can we separate the art from the artist? Later, we catch up with actor Hayley Atwell, star of a new adaptation of Howards End. We'll be back next year. Until then, happy holidays! Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Best films of 2017. Plus: Hayley Atwell on Weinstein culture

This week, Gris talks to the brilliant 30-year-old playwright Jeremy O Harris about his Broadway sensation Slave Play and his 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 executive producer on Euphoria). Plus: a special appearance from Phoebe Waller-Bridge!As always, we want to hear from you. This week, we'd love to know what gems the Netflix algorithm is hiding from us. What are you streaming that we should be watching? We'll publish your list! Fill out our short form at ft.com/culturecallout, or email us at culturecall@ft.com. f you want to get social, we're on Twitter @FTCultureCall and Instagram at @griseldamurraybrown and @lilahrap.Links and notes from the episode:–A special gift from us to you: sign up to the FT's Coronavirus Business Update newsletter and get free access to our journalism for 30 days! https://www.ft.com/newsletter-signup/coronavirus?segmentId=0d92d58c-2c7d-178e-6aa8-81529dd53b1b–The recipe for kuku sabzi, a delicious Persian frittata: https://youtu.be/OJFoIfzY7eI–A great piece about Jenny Odell's How To Do Nothing: https://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-jenny-odell-interview-how-nothing-20190509-story.html–Wesley Morris on ESPN's The Last Dance https://www.nytimes.com/article/the-last-dance-jordan.html–(More Wesley Morris content) Still Processing dissects Tiger King: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/podcasts/still-processing-tiger-king.html–FT review of Becoming on Netflix (paywall): https://www.ft.com/content/e46b7582-8df7-11ea-a8ec-961a33ba80aa–Aisha Harris' review of Slave Play: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/opinion/slave-play-broadway.html–Slave Play's set designer on the choice behind the onstage mirror: https://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/rihanna-mirrors-and-america-processing-slave-plays-set-design–Genre defying women that Jeremy mentioned: Aphra Behn, Caryl Churchill, Suzan-Lori Parks–Jeremy's recommendation of Perfect Blue by Satochi Kon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Blue–Jeremy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyoharris Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Gris talks to the brilliant 30-year-old playwright Jeremy O Harris about his Broadway sensation Slave Play and his 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 executive producer on Euphoria). Plus: a special appearance from Phoebe Waller-Bridge!As always, we want to hear from you. This week, we'd love to know what gems the Netflix algorithm is hiding from us. What are you streaming that we should be watching? We'll publish your list! Fill out our short form at <a href="http://ft.com/culturecallout" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">ft.com/culturecallout</a>, or email us at culturecall@ft.com. f you want to get social, we're on Twitter @FTCultureCall and Instagram at @griseldamurraybrown and @lilahrap.Links and notes from the episode:–A special gift from us to you: sign up to the FT's Coronavirus Business Update newsletter and get free access to our journalism for 30 days! <a href="https://www.ft.com/newsletter-signup/coronavirus?segmentId=0d92d58c-2c7d-178e-6aa8-81529dd53b1b" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/newsletter-signup/coronavirus?segmentId=0d92d58c-2c7d-178e-6aa8-81529dd53b1b</a>–The recipe for kuku sabzi, a delicious Persian frittata: <a href="https://youtu.be/OJFoIfzY7eI" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/OJFoIfzY7eI</a>–A great piece about Jenny Odell's How To Do Nothing: <a href="https://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-jenny-odell-interview-how-nothing-20190509-story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-jenny-odell-interview-how-nothing-20190509-story.html</a>–Wesley Morris on ESPN's The Last Dance <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/the-last-dance-jordan.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/article/the-last-dance-jordan.html</a>–(More Wesley Morris content) Still Processing dissects Tiger King: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/podcasts/still-processing-tiger-king.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/podcasts/still-processing-tiger-king.html</a>–FT review of Becoming on Netflix (paywall): <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/e46b7582-8df7-11ea-a8ec-961a33ba80aa" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/e46b7582-8df7-11ea-a8ec-961a33ba80aa</a>–Aisha Harris' review of Slave Play: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/opinion/slave-play-broadway.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/opinion/slave-play-broadway.html</a>–Slave Play's set designer on the choice behind the onstage mirror: <a href="https://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/rihanna-mirrors-and-america-processing-slave-plays-set-design" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/rihanna-mirrors-and-america-processing-slave-plays-set-design</a>–Genre defying women that Jeremy mentioned: Aphra Behn, Caryl Churchill, Suzan-Lori Parks–Jeremy's recommendation of Perfect Blue by Satochi Kon: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Blue" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Blue</a>–Jeremy on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jeremyoharris/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/jeremyoharris</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Slave Play author Jeremy O Harris on the future of theatre

Eddie Peake

Simon Schama

Art historian Simon Schama on why he's updating Kenneth Clark's landmark TV series from 1969 and what 'civilisation' means today. Plus: we visit provocative artist Eddie Peake's new exhibition at White Cube and chat to him about nudity, desperation and the changing face of London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Art historian Simon Schama on why he's updating Kenneth Clark's landmark TV series from 1969 and what 'civilisation' means today. Plus: we visit provocative artist Eddie Peake's new exhibition at White Cube and chat to him about nudity, desperation and the changing face of London. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Simon Schama on Civilisations. Plus: artist Eddie Peake

Esther Perel

This week, we turn to Esther Perel, psychotherapist and host of the hit podcast Where 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 at culturecall@ft.com or tweet us at @FTCultureCall. We're also still collecting your cultural recommendations under quarantine: what are you watching, reading and doing at home? Fill out our short form at ft.com/culturecallout, or record a short voice note on your phone and email it to us. We'll use a selection in upcoming episodes.Links:–Our last episode with Esther, on surviving (and thriving) at work: https://www.ft.com/content/e271eac4-e41a-4577-b6e3-6c24e4e01c75 –Esther Perel's podcast, Where Should We Begin? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/where-should-we-begin-with-esther-perel/id1237931798 –Roxane Gay on the value of giving people money to help them get through Covid-19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8XQpOrAgWs –A great article on ways to help during this pandemic (US focus): https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/4/14/21212199/donate-masks-blood-coronavirus-stimulus-checks –Another resource with ways to help (UK focus): https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/27/coronavirus-and-volunteering-how-can-i-help-in-the-uk –Lucy Kellaway's piece, "Is it okay to be happy in lockdown?" (paywall) https://www.ft.com/content/2203813e-797e-11ea-9840-1b8019d9a987 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we turn to Esther Perel, psychotherapist and host of the hit podcast Where 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 at culturecall@ft.com or tweet us at @FTCultureCall. We're also still collecting your cultural recommendations under quarantine: what are you watching, reading and doing at home? Fill out our short form at <a href="http://ft.com/culturecallout" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ft.com/culturecallout</a>, or record a short voice note on your phone and email it to us. We'll use a selection in upcoming episodes.Links:–Our last episode with Esther, on surviving (and thriving) at work: <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/e271eac4-e41a-4577-b6e3-6c24e4e01c75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/e271eac4-e41a-4577-b6e3-6c24e4e01c75</a> –Esther Perel's podcast, Where Should We Begin? <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/where-should-we-begin-with-esther-perel/id1237931798" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/where-should-we-begin-with-esther-perel/id1237931798</a> –Roxane Gay on the value of giving people money to help them get through Covid-19 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8XQpOrAgWs" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8XQpOrAgWs</a> –A great article on ways to help during this pandemic (US focus): <a href="https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/4/14/21212199/donate-masks-blood-coronavirus-stimulus-checks" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/4/14/21212199/donate-masks-blood-coronavirus-stimulus-checks</a> –Another resource with ways to help (UK focus): <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/27/coronavirus-and-volunteering-how-can-i-help-in-the-uk" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/27/coronavirus-and-volunteering-how-can-i-help-in-the-uk</a> –Lucy Kellaway's piece, "Is it okay to be happy in lockdown?" (paywall) <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2203813e-797e-11ea-9840-1b8019d9a987" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/2203813e-797e-11ea-9840-1b8019d9a987</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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

Danny Bowien

Award-winning chef Danny Bowien has never fully fit in. Adopted from Korea, Bowien was raised by a white, Christian family in Oklahoma, in "the buckle of the Bible Belt." In 2010, as a young chef in San Francisco, he started the first pop up restaurant ever as an experiment – it became wildly popular for turning Szechuan Chinese food upside down. He now runs two successful Mission Chinese restaurants in New York.Bowien is known in the food world for subverting not just Chinese cuisine, but also what chefs should look like and the rules they should follow. He speaks with Lilah about why authenticity is no longer the benchmark for good food, what it has been like to publicly fail, and how a restaurant becomes an institution.Also: we want to hear your stories about astrology! Do you have a memorable experience to share with us? When do you turn to it? And if you're a skeptic, what doesn't sit right? Record an audio message with your thoughts, and email it to culturecall@ft.com. You can also chat with us on Twitter @FTCultureCall.––––Links from the episode:–Patricia Lockwood's hilarious essay on John Updike in the London Review of Books https://www.lrb.co.uk/v41/n19/patricia-lockwood/malfunctioning-sex-robot–Tickets to the FT's NextGen festival, in London on November 16 (where you can hang out with Gris!): https://www.ftnextgen.com/–Danny Bowien's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dannybowienchinesefood Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Award-winning chef Danny Bowien has never fully fit in. Adopted from Korea, Bowien was raised by a white, Christian family in Oklahoma, in "the buckle of the Bible Belt." In 2010, as a young chef in San Francisco, he started the first pop up restaurant ever as an experiment – it became wildly popular for turning Szechuan Chinese food upside down. He now runs two successful Mission Chinese restaurants in New York.Bowien is known in the food world for subverting not just Chinese cuisine, but also what chefs should look like and the rules they should follow. He speaks with Lilah about why authenticity is no longer the benchmark for good food, what it has been like to publicly fail, and how a restaurant becomes an institution.Also: we want to hear your stories about astrology! Do you have a memorable experience to share with us? When do you turn to it? And if you're a skeptic, what doesn't sit right? Record an audio message with your thoughts, and email it to <a href="mailto:culturecall@ft.com">culturecall@ft.com</a>. You can also chat with us on Twitter @FTCultureCall.––––Links from the episode:–Patricia Lockwood's hilarious essay on John Updike in the London Review of Books <a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/v41/n19/patricia-lockwood/malfunctioning-sex-robot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.lrb.co.uk/v41/n19/patricia-lockwood/malfunctioning-sex-robot</a>–Tickets to the FT's NextGen festival, in London on November 16 (where you can hang out with Gris!): <a href="https://www.ftnextgen.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ftnextgen.com/</a>–Danny Bowien's Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dannybowienchinesefood" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/dannybowienchinesefood</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Chef Danny Bowien of Mission Chinese: "we're living in a post-authentic world"

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? Will the lockdown democratize the arts?We’d love to hear your thoughts. Which cultural experiences have you been enjoying from your sofa? What are you watching, reading or listening to right now? Let us know at ft.com/culturecallout, or record a short voice note on your phone and send it to culturecall@ft.com. You can tweet us at @FTCultureCall, and you can find us on Instagram @lilahrap and @griseldamurraybrown. Links from the episode: –Sign up for the FT's Coronavirus Business Update newsletter and get free access to our journalism for 30 days: www.ft.com/culturecallcovid–The TV adaptation of Normal People: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p089g8rs/normal-people, https://www.hulu.com/series/normal-people-57048262-2ca5-41ee-9b57-53bb9b9e1596–Gris's podcast interview with Sally Rooney, author of Normal People, from 2018: https://www.ft.com/content/03af4b54-01a0-4220-8f52-168355b36024–Danny Leigh's review of The Perfect Candidate (paywall), which you can stream online: https://www.ft.com/content/ae5d4364-741e-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca–Danny Leigh's review of And Then We Danced (paywall), which you can stream online: https://www.ft.com/content/61c4f594-7016-11ea-9bca-bf503995cd6f–Fiona Apple's album Fetch The Bolt Cutters on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0fO1KemWL2uCCQmM22iKlj–BBC Museums in Quarantine - Warhol: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000hqml/museums-in-quarantine-series-1-1-warhol–Cyprus Avenue at the Royal Court Theatre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptCyZYzUx4M&amp;feature=emb_logo&amp;has_verified=1–Dance Church on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dance_church/?hl=en–Gris's FT piece on having a ballet lesson with Adam Cooper:  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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? Will the lockdown democratize the arts?We’d love to hear your thoughts. Which cultural experiences have you been enjoying from your sofa? What are you watching, reading or listening to right now? Let us know at <a href="https://survey.ft.com/jfe/form/SV_bq4pzpmaKilDukZ" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">ft.com/culturecallout</a>, or record a short voice note on your phone and send it to culturecall@ft.com. You can tweet us at <a href="https://twitter.com/FTCultureCall" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@FTCultureCall</a>, and you can find us on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lilahrap/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@lilahrap</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/griseldamurraybrown/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@griseldamurraybrown</a>. Links from the episode: –Sign up for the FT's Coronavirus Business Update newsletter and get free access to our journalism for 30 days: <a href="https://create.acast.com/episodes/8bcf7770-a673-4091-a7d4-4c145437ca2a/www.ft.com/culturecallcovid" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">www.ft.com/culturecallcovid</a>–The TV adaptation of Normal People: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p089g8rs/normal-people" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p089g8rs/normal-people</a>, <a href="https://www.hulu.com/series/normal-people-57048262-2ca5-41ee-9b57-53bb9b9e1596" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.hulu.com/series/normal-people-57048262-2ca5-41ee-9b57-53bb9b9e1596</a>–Gris's podcast interview with Sally Rooney, author of Normal People, from 2018: <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/03af4b54-01a0-4220-8f52-168355b36024" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/03af4b54-01a0-4220-8f52-168355b36024</a>–Danny Leigh's review of The Perfect Candidate (paywall), which you can stream online: <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/ae5d4364-741e-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/ae5d4364-741e-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca</a>–Danny Leigh's review of And Then We Danced (paywall), which you can stream online: <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/61c4f594-7016-11ea-9bca-bf503995cd6f" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/61c4f594-7016-11ea-9bca-bf503995cd6f</a>–Fiona Apple's album Fetch The Bolt Cutters on Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0fO1KemWL2uCCQmM22iKlj" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/album/0fO1KemWL2uCCQmM22iKlj</a>–BBC Museums in Quarantine - Warhol: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000hqml/museums-in-quarantine-series-1-1-warhol" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000hqml/museums-in-quarantine-series-1-1-warhol</a>–Cyprus Avenue at the Royal Court Theatre: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptCyZYzUx4M&amp;feature=emb_logo&amp;has_verified=1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptCyZYzUx4M&amp;feature=emb_logo&amp;has_verified=1</a>–Dance Church on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dance_church/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/dance_church/?hl=en</a>–Gris's FT piece on having a ballet lesson with Adam Cooper: <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/ffe1a50c-a084-11e6-891e-abe238dee8e2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/ffe1a50c-a084-11e6-891e-abe238dee8e2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Hosted on Acast. See </a><a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

How is culture adapting to quarantine? Plus: our film critic on what to watch now

Clarke Peters

We're back! First up: we talk to Lucian Msamati, star of the National Theatre's Amadeus, and journalist Peter Aspden about the nature of genius. Is Kanye West today's Mozart? And in an age obsessed with self-improvement, is mediocrity underrated? Later, we catch up with actor Clarke Peters about life after The Wire — and his new movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back! First up: we talk to Lucian Msamati, star of the National Theatre's Amadeus, and journalist Peter Aspden about the nature of genius. Is Kanye West today's Mozart? And in an age obsessed with self-improvement, is mediocrity underrated? Later, we catch up with actor Clarke Peters about life after The Wire — and his new movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Genius versus mediocrity. Plus: The Wire's Clarke Peters

Kristen Roupenian

When Kristen Roupenian's short story 'Cat Person' was published in December 2017, it became a viral sensation — and a focal point for conversations in the early days of #MeToo. How does she look back on it now? And what does her new collection You Know You Want This have to say about relationships, horror and awkward sex? Later, Gris and Al head to the pub for a frank discussion about consent.Listen, subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Kristen Roupenian's short story 'Cat Person' was published in December 2017, it became a viral sensation — and a focal point for conversations in the early days of #MeToo. How does she look back on it now? And what does her new collection You Know You Want This have to say about relationships, horror and awkward sex? Later, Gris and Al head to the pub for a frank discussion about consent.Listen, subscribe, rate and review on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ft-everything-else/id1179847741?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Kristen Roupenian on 'Cat Person', dating and overnight success. Plus: we discuss consent

Lisa Taddeo

Three Women is one of the most talked-about books of the summer: a true story of female desire that took eight years to write. Lilah talks to its author, Lisa Taddeo, about what it was like to report on real women's sex lives — and why Woody Allen was wrong: there is such a thing as a bad orgasm. Plus: Lilah and James Fontanella-Khan, FT corporate deals editor, discuss their investigation into workplace stress and burnout. Why is it getting worse? And what can we do? Read it for free at ft.com/mentalhealth.Listen, subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Three Women is one of the most talked-about books of the summer: a true story of female desire that took eight years to write. Lilah talks to its author, Lisa Taddeo, about what it was like to report on real women's sex lives — and why Woody Allen was wrong: there is such a thing as a bad orgasm. Plus: Lilah and James Fontanella-Khan, FT corporate deals editor, discuss their investigation into workplace stress and burnout. Why is it getting worse? And what can we do? Read it for free at <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/1e8293f4-a1db-11e9-974c-ad1c6ab5efd1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ft.com/mentalhealth</a>.Listen, subscribe, rate and review on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ft-everything-else/id1179847741?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Love, lust and workplace burnout: Three Women’s Lisa Taddeo

Jon Ronson

Gris meets the author and podcaster Jon Ronson (The Butterfly Effect, The Psychopath Test, So You've Been Publicly Shamed) to ask him why he’s drawn to secretive subcultures — from sites like 4chan to the Ku Klux Klan — and to discuss his latest podcast, The Last Days of August, and the ethics of reporting on the death of a young porn performer.Listen, subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gris meets the author and podcaster Jon Ronson (The Butterfly Effect, The Psychopath Test, So You've Been Publicly Shamed) to ask him why he’s drawn to secretive subcultures — from sites like 4chan to the Ku Klux Klan — and to discuss his latest podcast, The Last Days of August, and the ethics of reporting on the death of a young porn performer.Listen, subscribe, rate and review on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ft-everything-else/id1179847741?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Jon Ronson on free porn, anxiety and empathy

Sheila Heti

Pierre Bonnard

This week, Gris meets the Canadian writer Sheila Heti at Tate Modern's Pierre Bonnard retrospective to discuss the unlikely parallels between their work, from the depiction of everyday life to the role of memory.Listen, subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Gris meets the Canadian writer Sheila Heti at Tate Modern's Pierre Bonnard retrospective to discuss the unlikely parallels between their work, from the depiction of everyday life to the role of memory.Listen, subscribe, rate and review on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ft-everything-else/id1179847741?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ways of Seeing: Sheila Heti on Pierre Bonnard

Samin Nosrat

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 making bread. This week, Lilah talks to Samin Nosrat, of bestselling cookbook and Netflix hit Salt Fat Acid Heat, about tips for cooking in a pandemic, the meaning of comfort food, her next cookbook — and the long-term effects of coronavirus on 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 know at ft.com/culturecallout, or record a short voice note on your phone and send it to culturecall@ft.com. You can also tweet us at @FTCultureCall. Stay safe, and stay in touch.Links from the episode–It's your last chance to tell us what you think of the podcast (and be entered to win a pair of Bose wireless headphones!): ft.com/culturecallsurvey–Christine and the Queens EP La Vita Nuova: https://youtu.be/EIdSORj_dd0–Samin's new podcast, Home Cooking https://homecooking.show/ –Samin's foccacia recipe: https://www.saltfatacidheat.com/fat/ligurian-focaccia–Kenji Lopez's guide on food safety and coronavirus, recommended by Samin: https://www.seriouseats.com/2020/03/food-safety-and-coronavirus-a-comprehensive-guide.html –Sarah O'Connor's FT column on essential workers: "The people we need the most are often the ones we value the least." (free to read): https://www.ft.com/content/2b34269a-73f8-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca–FT piece on China retailers facing a hard truth: if you reopen, they won't come (paywall): https://www.ft.com/content/07bd5ad6-6979-400f-a26e-bb0eefac1e6d–The FT Bunker Food series (paywall): https://www.ft.com/content/c84f3fdc-73b2-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca –Every day, the FT makes a selection of our coronavirus coverage free to read. You can find it all here: ft.com/coronavirusfree –Lilah's interview with Mission Chinese chef Danny Bowien: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/culture-call/id1179847741–Pedro Almodóvar’s lockdown diary: https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/features/pedro-almodovar-coronavirus-lockdown-diary-part-1 (in English) and https://www.eldiario.es/autores/pedro_almodovar/ (in Spanish)–The two guides Lilah depends on for making sourdough bread:  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 making bread. This week, Lilah talks to Samin Nosrat, of bestselling cookbook and Netflix hit Salt Fat Acid Heat, about tips for cooking in a pandemic, the meaning of comfort food, her next cookbook — and the long-term effects of coronavirus on 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 know at <a href="http://ft.com/culturecallout" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">ft.com/culturecallout</a>, or record a short voice note on your phone and send it to <a href="mailto:culturecall@ft.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">culturecall@ft.com</a>. You can also tweet us at @FTCultureCall. Stay safe, and stay in touch.Links from the episode–It's your last chance to tell us what you think of the podcast (and be entered to win a pair of Bose wireless headphones!): <a href="http://ft.com/culturecallsurvey" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">ft.com/culturecallsurvey</a>–Christine and the Queens EP La Vita Nuova: <a href="https://youtu.be/EIdSORj_dd0" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/EIdSORj_dd0</a>–Samin's new podcast, Home Cooking <a href="https://homecooking.show/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://homecooking.show/</a> –Samin's foccacia recipe: <a href="https://www.saltfatacidheat.com/fat/ligurian-focaccia" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.saltfatacidheat.com/fat/ligurian-focaccia</a>–Kenji Lopez's guide on food safety and coronavirus, recommended by Samin: <a href="https://www.seriouseats.com/2020/03/food-safety-and-coronavirus-a-comprehensive-guide.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seriouseats.com/2020/03/food-safety-and-coronavirus-a-comprehensive-guide.html</a> –Sarah O'Connor's FT column on essential workers: "The people we need the most are often the ones we value the least." (free to read): <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2b34269a-73f8-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/2b34269a-73f8-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca</a>–FT piece on China retailers facing a hard truth: if you reopen, they won't come (paywall): <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/07bd5ad6-6979-400f-a26e-bb0eefac1e6d" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/07bd5ad6-6979-400f-a26e-bb0eefac1e6d</a>–The FT Bunker Food series (paywall): <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/c84f3fdc-73b2-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/c84f3fdc-73b2-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca</a> –Every day, the FT makes a selection of our coronavirus coverage free to read. You can find it all here: <a href="http://ft.com/coronavirusfree" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">ft.com/coronavirusfree</a> –Lilah's interview with Mission Chinese chef Danny Bowien: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/culture-call/id1179847741" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/culture-call/id1179847741</a>–Pedro Almodóvar’s lockdown diary: <a href="https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/features/pedro-almodovar-coronavirus-lockdown-diary-part-1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/features/pedro-almodovar-coronavirus-lockdown-diary-part-1</a> (in English) and <a href="https://www.eldiario.es/autores/pedro_almodovar/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.eldiario.es/autores/pedro_almodovar/</a> (in Spanish)–The two guides Lilah depends on for making sourdough bread: Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Chef Samin Nosrat on home cooking in trying times

Peter Carey

This week: two titans of literature with four Booker Prizes between them. First up, Peter Carey on tackling the relationship between Australia's white and Aboriginal populations in his new novel, A Long Way from Home. Later, JM Coetzee reads 'The Dog', a story from his forthcoming collection, Seven Moral Tales. It was recorded at the Hay Literary Festival in Cartagena, Colombia; for more highlights from the festival, listen to our episode "JM Coetzee on the problem with English. Plus: Ghanaian-American novelist Yaa Gyasi". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: two titans of literature with four Booker Prizes between them. First up, Peter Carey on tackling the relationship between Australia's white and Aboriginal populations in his new novel, A Long Way from Home. Later, JM Coetzee reads 'The Dog', a story from his forthcoming collection, Seven Moral Tales. It was recorded at the Hay Literary Festival in Cartagena, Colombia; for more highlights from the festival, listen to our episode "JM Coetzee on the problem with English. Plus: Ghanaian-American novelist Yaa Gyasi". Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Peter Carey on Australia's original sin. Plus: a new short story by JM Coetzee

Ali Smith

Olivia Williams

In a festive special episode, the actor Olivia Williams reads 'I Heard it on Classic FN', a new short story by Ali Smith, author of the novels How To Be Both, Autumn and Winter. The story was commissioned by FT Weekend; you can read it at ft.com/books. Everything Else returns in January."Maybe because they could hear the Beach Boys greatest hits playlist. We were playing it because Bel had insisted. It's not winter. It's summer.It was winter, obviously. But all through Christmas she'd been playing the new game she'd invented, which she called Classic FN. (The F and the N stood for the words fake and news.) You played this game simply by claiming that something that was true wasn't true. You said the false thing as if it was true, then you added the words I heard it on Classic FN, or just said Classic FN at the end of whatever your statement was, like that fashion that people had of adding the word not after something they'd said. I'm so looking forward to spending all of Christmas with you. Not." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a festive special episode, the actor Olivia Williams reads 'I Heard it on Classic FN', a new short story by Ali Smith, author of the novels How To Be Both, Autumn and Winter. The story was commissioned by FT Weekend; you can read it at <a href="https://www.ft.com/books" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ft.com/books</a>. Everything Else returns in January."Maybe because they could hear the Beach Boys greatest hits playlist. We were playing it because Bel had insisted. It's not winter. It's summer.It was winter, obviously. But all through Christmas she'd been playing the new game she'd invented, which she called Classic FN. (The F and the N stood for the words fake and news.) You played this game simply by claiming that something that was true wasn't true. You said the false thing as if it was true, then you added the words I heard it on Classic FN, or just said Classic FN at the end of whatever your statement was, like that fashion that people had of adding the word not after something they'd said. I'm so looking forward to spending all of Christmas with you. Not." Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

A new short story by Ali Smith, read by Olivia Williams

Gris and Lilah return with a revamped show: welcome to Culture Call! Lilah visits New York Times feature writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner at home in suburban New Jersey to talk about how she constructs her viral celebrity profiles (think Gwyneth Paltrow and Nicki Minaj). We also discuss her first novel, Fleishman is in Trouble. Good news: you can now find us on Twitter! It’s @FTculturecall. As always, feel free to email us with the cultural trends you can’t get out of your head at culturecall@ft.com.Relevant links:Gris’s piece on how women essayists are shifting the rules in the literary world (paywall): https://www.ft.com/content/e8126aec-b1e3-11e9-bec9-fdcab53d6959Taffy’s GQ cover story on Tom Hiddleston and his bolognese: https://www.gq.com/story/tom-hiddleston-cover-profileThe Financial Times’ book review of Fleishman is in Trouble: https://www.ft.com/content/52277526-96a0-11e9-98b9-e38c177b152f Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gris and Lilah return with a revamped show: welcome to Culture Call! Lilah visits New York Times feature writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner at home in suburban New Jersey to talk about how she constructs her viral celebrity profiles (think Gwyneth Paltrow and Nicki Minaj). We also discuss her first novel, Fleishman is in Trouble. Good news: you can now find us on Twitter! It’s <a href="https://twitter.com/FTCultureCall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@FTculturecall</a>. As always, feel free to email us with the cultural trends you can’t get out of your head at <a href="mailto:culturecall@ft.com">culturecall@ft.com</a>.Relevant links:Gris’s piece on how women essayists are shifting the rules in the literary world (paywall): <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/e8126aec-b1e3-11e9-bec9-fdcab53d6959" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/e8126aec-b1e3-11e9-bec9-fdcab53d6959</a>Taffy’s GQ cover story on Tom Hiddleston and his bolognese: <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/tom-hiddleston-cover-profile" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.gq.com/story/tom-hiddleston-cover-profile</a>The Financial Times’ book review of Fleishman is in Trouble: <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/52277526-96a0-11e9-98b9-e38c177b152f" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/52277526-96a0-11e9-98b9-e38c177b152f</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Talking fame, trauma and fiction with Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Richard E Grant

The star of Withnail and I discusses his new movie Can You Ever Forgive Me?, actors, acting and why sex is key to getting into character.And we debate the startling growth of Netflix - is it remotely healthy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The star of Withnail and I discusses his new movie Can You Ever Forgive Me?, actors, acting and why sex is key to getting into character.And we debate the startling growth of Netflix - is it remotely healthy? Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Richard E Grant, Oscar nominee. Plus: is Netflix good for TV?

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