FT Culture Call
By Financial Times
Life and Art from FT Weekend is the twice-weekly culture podcast of the Financial Times. On Monday, we talk about life, and how to live a good one in one-on-one conversations. On Friday, we talk about ‘art’ – in a chat show. Three FT journalists come together to discuss a new cultural release across film, TV, music and books. Hosted by Lilah Raptopoulos, together with the FT’s award-winning writers and editors, and special guests.
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Latest episode
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‘La chimera’: everything you’d want in an Italian film
We discuss Alice Rohrwacher’s buzzy new Italian film with the FT’s Cheryl Brumley and Marianna Giusti -
Introducing Untold: Power for Sale
Introducing Power for Sale, a new season of Untold from the Financial Times. In Untold: Power for Sale, host Valentina Pop and a team of FT correspondents from all over Europe investigate what happened in the Qatargate scandal, where EU lawma… -
Viet Thanh Nguyen on adapting 'The Sympathizer' for TV
The novelist discusses working with South Korean director Park Chan-wook to reimagine his book ‘The Sympathizer’ as an HBO series -
Coming soon: China, the new tech superpower
Reports from the frontlines of China’s march to tech supremacy -
Using AI as a tool for creativity
Philosopher and Harvard professor Martin Puchner on harnessing the power of AI for creativity -
Life as a chef in the West Bank right now
Chef Fadi Kattan on his new cookbook, “Bethlehem: a Celebration of Palestinian Food” -
‘Challengers’: Zendaya serves up tennis and sexual tension
‘Challengers’, starring Zendaya and directed by Luca Guadagnino, hit cinemas last week. Sara Germano and Raphael Abraham join to discuss -
Why Olivia Rodrigo might be our last pop superstar
Unpacking the music industry’s biggest fears with US media correspondent Anna Nicolaou -
Culture chat: Is Taylor Swift’s new album too much?
We’re talking ‘The Tortured Poets Department’. Music critic Ludovic Hunter-Tilney and the FT’s Taylor Nicole Rogers join to discuss the record-breaking album -
Putting together a spring feast with chef Ayesha Nurdjaja
Executive chef Ayesha Nurdjaja, of New York’s Shukette and Shuka restaurants, gets us excited for a new season of fresh vegetables