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Life and Art from FT Weekend
Life and Art from FT Weekend
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Life and Art from FT Weekend is the twice-weekly culture podcast of the Financial Times. On Monday, we talk about life, and... more

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Culture Chat: the bonkbuster world of ‘Rivals’

Today we head to Rutshire, to take a crack at the frothy, riotous TV adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s 1980s romance... more

01 Nov 2024 · 31 minutes
Historian Simon Schama wants to make truth sexy again

Historian Sir Simon Schama is one of the most influential public intellectuals of our time. So when he replied to... more

28 Oct 2024 · 27 minutes
Halloween Chat: ‘Beetlejuice’ and the lost art of soft horror

Today we are pulling on our striped demon ghost suits for a special Halloween episode: a deep-dive on Tim Burton’s... more

25 Oct 2024 · 29 minutes
Chef Victoria Blamey is giving the tasting menu new life

In recent years, critics and jaded diners have deemed the multi-course tasting menu dead. It’s gotten repetitive, the argument goes,... more

21 Oct 2024 · 27 minutes
Culture Chat: The FT takes on ‘Industry’ season 3

This week, we’re talking about the HBO finance drama Industry, which follows the lives of London bankers as they navigate... more

18 Oct 2024 · 27 minutes
Fashion loves Ozempic. Should we talk about it?

Before she was the editor of our luxury magazine HTSI, Jo Ellison was features editor at British Vogue, which means... more

14 Oct 2024 · 20 minutes
Culture Chat: why is everyone so mad at Katy Perry?

Today we’re sexy, confident, intelligent, heaven-sent – and taking on Katy Perry’s disastrous new album, 143. Featuring the lead single... more

11 Oct 2024 · 29 minutes
In the age of AI, what counts as art?

The FT’s innovation editor John Thornhill writes a lot about the dangers of artificial intelligence, but when he recently saw... more

07 Oct 2024 · 20 minutes
Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis is a mess worth seeing

Today, we are stopping time to discuss Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola's controversial passion project, which took him 40 years to... more

04 Oct 2024 · 34 minutes
‘My Old Ass’ director Megan Park on advice to our younger selves

In Megan Park’s new film ‘My Old Ass,’ a teenager named Elliott (Maisy Stella) meets her 39-year-old self (Aubrey Plaza)... more

30 Sep 2024 · 22 minutes
Culture chat: ‘Intermezzo’ and the Sally Rooney phenomenon

Today, we discuss the author Sally Rooney. Her new novel Intermezzo was published this week – causing queues outside bookstores,... more

27 Sep 2024 · 28 minutes
Our arts editor is retiring after 20 years. Here’s what she learned

Today, we bring you a special conversation with Jan Dalley, who has just retired as the FT’s arts editor after... more

23 Sep 2024 · 26 minutes
Culture Chat: Is ‘Slow Horses’ losing speed?

The Apple TV+ show Slow Horses is a critical darling; it has received rave reviews since it first came out... more

20 Sep 2024 · 23 minutes
Asma Khan, the chef calling out restaurants’ bad behaviour

Asma Khan breaks a lot of fine dining’s unspoken rules. She is the chef and owner of London’s beloved Darjeeling... more

16 Sep 2024 · 24 minutes
Culture chat: the Oasis reunion explained

After 15 years of feuding, the most famous rock band of 1990s Britain recently announced that it will be reuniting... more

13 Sep 2024 · 25 minutes
Arabic pop is going mainstream, and we love it

There’s an Arabic pop music wave that’s about to hit your world. Or maybe it already has! Last year, the... more

09 Sep 2024 · 21 minutes
Culture Chat: The Greek myths are sacred. Did ‘Kaos’ desecrate them?

Put on your laurel wreath. Today we’re joining the gods and taking on Kaos, Netflix's new black comedy series that... more

06 Sep 2024 · 24 minutes
Best of: Why our fashion editor buys almost nothing new

Today, we’re bringing you one of our favourite past episodes. Last year, the FT’s fashion editor Lauren Indvik made a... more

01 Sep 2024 · 18 minutes
Culture chat: Watching ‘Emily in Paris’ despite ourselves

Today, Lilah’s back and we’re talking about Emily in Paris! The extraordinarily popular Netflix sitcom, which millions of people across... more

30 Aug 2024 · 23 minutes
How ‘The Body Next Door’ gets true crime storytelling right

A new true crime series on Sky is getting rave reviews — and that’s big news in a genre riddled... more

26 Aug 2024 · 20 minutes
Culture chat: ‘Alien: Romulus’ is all horror, no guts

This week, we discuss Alien: Romulus, the latest instalment of the space-epic franchise. The film stars Cailee Spaeny, who, along... more

23 Aug 2024 · 23 minutes
‘The menswear guy’ on why clothing matters

Derek Guy has become ubiquitous on X as ‘the menswear guy’. With more than a million followers, he is the... more

19 Aug 2024 · 21 minutes
Culture chat: 'Love is Blind: UK'

This week, we discuss the TV show 'Love is Blind: UK'. It’s one of Netflix’s most popular reality series. The... more

16 Aug 2024 · 23 minutes
Why museums should keep their mummies and shrunken heads

As a kid, FT associate editor Stephen Bush loved seeing ghoulish things: mummies, shrunken heads, supposedly magical severed hands. He... more

12 Aug 2024 · 21 minutes
Dinner SOS: What should I cook this summer?

If you like our food episodes, you may also like the Dinner SOS podcast from Bon Appétit.  Host Chris Morocco... more

09 Aug 2024 · 30 minutes
How to feel confident in your martini, shaken or stirred

What is it about the martini that makes it so intimidating? Even the FT’s food and drink editor Harriet Fitch... more

05 Aug 2024 · 23 minutes
Culture Chat: The glory and controversy of the Olympics

Today, we’re catching Olympics fever. Paris bureau chief Leila Abboud and US sports business correspondent Sara Germano join us from... more

02 Aug 2024 · 24 minutes
How to stop worrying about the ‘right’ way to travel

Author Shahnaz Habib has lived all over the world from Kerala, India to New York City, and being at home... more

29 Jul 2024 · 24 minutes
Culture chat: How ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ broke the romance lit taboo

Romance is fiction’s top-selling genre. And ‘romantasy’, where romance meets fantasy, has become a literary phenomenon. That’s thanks to the... more

26 Jul 2024 · 22 minutes
Writer Anne Lamott on how to tap into your creativity

When it comes to writing, Anne Lamott’s philosophy is to take things one step at a time, keep moving, and... more

22 Jul 2024 · 23 minutes
Culture Chat: ‘Sunny’ has its circuits crossed

‘Sunny’, a new robot-comedy series, came out on Apple TV+ last week. It stars Rashida Jones as an American expat... more

19 Jul 2024 · 26 minutes
Why men’s fashion is skimpier and more queer

You have probably noticed by their clothes: this summer, men just want to have fun. Crop tops, short shorts and... more

15 Jul 2024 · 22 minutes
Culture chat: Chappell Roan, Brat and pop girl summer

Today, we’re talking about the “femininomenon” that is pop girl summer. This season's music scene has been dominated by unfiltered... more

12 Jul 2024 · 24 minutes
Best of: Why everyone is talking about polyamory

Today, we’re bringing you an episode from our archives: Molly Roden Winter was a frustrated mom of two in Brooklyn... more

08 Jul 2024 · 18 minutes
Culture Chat: Does 'The Bear' still cook?

Season three of FX’s “The Bear” is here, and today we discuss it with our top food writers! The Financial... more

05 Jul 2024 · 26 minutes
The best books to read this summer

What should you read on the beach this summer? What about if you’re stuck indoors, or if you need a... more

01 Jul 2024 · 23 minutes
Culture Chat: ‘Kinds of Kindness’ is a movie so cruel it’s funny

This week, we talk about the very disturbing new film ‘Kinds of Kindness’. It is directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, known... more

28 Jun 2024 · 25 minutes
Books that help with election anxiety

It’s a big year for voting! There are national elections in 64 countries, affecting more than half the world. And... more

24 Jun 2024 · 17 minutes
Culture chat: Roger Federer is too nice for documentaries

Roger Federer is one of the world’s greatest tennis players – but is he dramatic enough for a full film?... more

21 Jun 2024 · 23 minutes
We need to rethink old age, with Martin Wolf

Imagine a world in which the typical life arc isn’t one of studying for 20 years, working for 40 years,... more

17 Jun 2024 · 23 minutes
Culture chat: why do we still love Shakespeare?

Shakespeare turns 460 this year, and this week we’re talking about why he’s still as important as ever. FT Weekend... more

14 Jun 2024 · 25 minutes
Building the world of ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’

What is it like to build an Oscar-winning film set on one of the most meticulously-designed action movies of all... more

10 Jun 2024 · 20 minutes
Culture chat: why writers love video games, with Naomi Alderman

Today, in a first for our Friday chat show, we take on a video game! Two avid gamers join us... more

07 Jun 2024 · 22 minutes
Why we love women’s basketball

Women’s basketball is having a big moment. Take this stat: the final game in the US women’s college NCAA playoffs... more

03 Jun 2024 · 20 minutes
Has ‘Bridgerton’ lost its bite?

The spicy Netflix series Bridgerton is currently the most-watched show globally on Netflix, after the first half of season three... more

31 May 2024 · 20 minutes
Actress Gaby Hoffmann relives 1980s New York in Netflix’s ‘Eric’

Actress Gaby Hoffmann grew up in New York in the 1980s, in the famed Chelsea Hotel, among misfits and creatives.... more

27 May 2024 · 24 minutes
Billie Eilish still doesn’t care, and it’s still working

Billie Eilish’s new album Hit Me Hard and Soft has been hailed by critics as her best album yet. She... more

24 May 2024 · 23 minutes
How to develop your taste in art, with critic Ariella Budick

After more than 25 years reviewing art, the Financial Times’ US art critic Ariella Budick is full of sage advice... more

20 May 2024 · 19 minutes
‘La chimera’: everything you’d want in an Italian film

This week, we're talking about 'La chimera', directed by Alice Rohrwacher and starring Josh O'Connor and Isabella Rossellini. The film... more

17 May 2024 · 20 minutes
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... more

15 May 2024 · 2 minutes
Viet Thanh Nguyen on adapting 'The Sympathizer' for TV

The Sympathizer, directed by Park Chan-wook and starring Robert Downey Jr and Sandra Oh, is one of the top-watched show... more

13 May 2024 · 24 minutes
Coming soon: China, the new tech superpower

In a new season of Tech Tonic, longtime FT China reporter Jame Kynge travels around the world to see how... more

11 May 2024 · 1 minute
Using AI as a tool for creativity

One of the hallmarks of humanity is our ability to pass down cultural information and knowledge over thousands of years.... more

10 May 2024 · 21 minutes
Life as a chef in the West Bank right now

Chef Fadi Kattan does something that usually isn’t done in the West Bank of Palestine: he cooks seasonal, locally sourced... more

06 May 2024 · 23 minutes
‘Challengers’: Zendaya serves up tennis and sexual tension

Is the buzzy new film Challengers about tennis, sex or just hitting middle age? This week, Lilah invites the FT’s... more

03 May 2024 · 24 minutes
Why Olivia Rodrigo might be our last pop superstar

The FT’s US media correspondent Anna Nicolaou keeps hearing this lament from music executives: that Olivia Rodrigo could be the... more

30 Apr 2024 · 17 minutes
Culture chat: Is Taylor Swift’s new album too much?

This week, we’re discussing Taylor Swift’s new album 'The Tortured Poets Department', which is already the most-streamed debut in Spotify... more

26 Apr 2024 · 22 minutes
Spring cooking tips with chef Ayesha Nurdjaja

Spring is upon us, which means a bounty of fresh, green seasonal vegetables, from asparagus to artichokes to ramps. To... more

23 Apr 2024 · 18 minutes
Culture chat: ‘Civil War’ is not the film you think it is

This week, we talk about the new film ‘Civil War’, directed by Alex Garland, which depicts a future US that’s... more

19 Apr 2024 · 22 minutes
Design series: Debbie Millman on how brands impact culture

Welcome to the final episode in our special four-part series on design. Brands are everywhere and sometimes feel so omnipresent... more

17 Apr 2024 · 16 minutes
How to process the news when it all feels bad

The FT’s foreign editor Alec Russell has been reporting on crises around the world for more than 30 years. He... more

15 Apr 2024 · 22 minutes
Design Series: The fashion of ‘The Devil Wears Prada’

For the third episode in our design series, we’re talking fashion design through the lens of the 2006 classic The... more

12 Apr 2024 · 24 minutes
Design series: Jonathan Adler on making your home your own

Designer Jonathan Adler is known for a style that is classic but eccentric. Think gold chairs shaped like hands, vases... more

10 Apr 2024 · 20 minutes
‘Love Lies Bleeding’ with director Rose Glass

What do you get when you mix female bodybuilding, guns, and a twisted romance? You get Love Lies Bleeding, the... more

08 Apr 2024 · 20 minutes
Culture chat: Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter

Park your Lexus, throw your keys up, and let’s get into Cowboy Carter, the new genre-bending, country-angled album by Beyonce.... more

05 Apr 2024 · 20 minutes
Design series: the hidden meaning in our benches and lampposts

Welcome to the first episode in our special four-part series on design! Today, Lilah speaks with the FT’s longtime architecture... more

01 Apr 2024 · 20 minutes
Travel chat: planning a trip this spring? We have tips

To celebrate the first signs of spring, we’re bringing you a special Easter weekend episode full of tips for spring... more

29 Mar 2024 · 19 minutes
Why you’re never too old for a new hobby

Today, Lilah and journalist Nadia Beard listen to two musicians play the same piece of music: one at 41 years... more

25 Mar 2024 · 16 minutes
Culture Chat: '3 Body Problem', Netflix’s next big swing

Today we take on 3 Body Problem, the new buzzy Netflix sci-fi series from the creators of Game of Thrones.... more

22 Mar 2024 · 19 minutes
The Sporkful: Anything’s Pastable 1 | Every Grain Of Salt

Today we’re sharing an episode from a food podcast that we think you might like called The Sporkful, hosted by... more

18 Mar 2024 · 45 minutes
Culture chat: The uncancelling of John Galliano

In his new documentary High and Low, Academy-award winning director Kevin Macdonald focuses on John Galliano, the one-time enfant terrible... more

15 Mar 2024 · 20 minutes
Why is fashion so into books right now?

We think of fashion and reading as almost polar opposites: one is about creating an image, the other a kind... more

11 Mar 2024 · 16 minutes
Culture chat: Dune: Part Two, directed by Denis Villeneuve

This week, we talk about the new film Dune: Part Two. A star-studded epic featuring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh,... more

08 Mar 2024 · 23 minutes
What young wine drinkers want

If you’ve been to the wine shop lately you may have noticed a trend: wines marketed specifically toward younger drinkers.... more

04 Mar 2024 · 20 minutes
Culture chat: ‘The Taste of Things’, starring Juliette Binoche

This week, we talk about ‘The Taste of Things’ with Tim Hayward, the FT’s restaurant critic, and our food and... more

01 Mar 2024 · 22 minutes
Samara Joy, 24-year-old jazz sensation

Jazz singer Samara Joy is just 24 years old. She has more than 1.3mn social media followers and three Grammys.... more

26 Feb 2024 · 18 minutes
Culture Chat: Jennifer Lopez’s baffling ‘This is Me … Now’

This Friday, we explore Jennifer Lopez’s mind-boggling new movie musical ‘This is Me … Now: A Love Story’, which was... more

23 Feb 2024 · 20 minutes
How technology is changing our bodies

Sitting too much is terrible for you. It leads to early onset heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and anxiety. To fight... more

19 Feb 2024 · 18 minutes
Culture Chat: Margaret Atwood, John Grisham and friends write a novel

In this episode we’re discussing the new novel Fourteen Days. The book is a collaboration by 36 authors including Margaret... more

16 Feb 2024 · 17 minutes
‘20 Days in Mariupol’ director Mstyslav Chernov

Today, we talk to the director of the acclaimed documentary 20 Days in Mariupol, Mstyslav Chernov. Chernov’s film is an... more

12 Feb 2024 · 18 minutes
Culture Chat: What makes the Super Bowl so super?

Let’s get ready to rumble! This week, we’re pregaming this Sunday’s Super Bowl, which could break records as the most-watched... more

09 Feb 2024 · 23 minutes
Why everyone is talking about polyamory

Molly Roden Winter was a frustrated mom of two in Brooklyn when she and her husband decided that they should... more

05 Feb 2024 · 18 minutes
Culture chat: Is ‘Poor Things’ a feminist film?

Today we take on ‘Poor Things’, the latest film from director Yorgos Lanthimos. It stars Emma Stone as a Victorian... more

02 Feb 2024 · 20 minutes
Introducing: Swamp Notes from The FT News Briefing

If you have questions about this year's US presidential election, we have answers.Swamp Notes is a new podcast from the... more

31 Jan 2024 · 1 minute
Tim Hayward’s case for gluttony

Restaurant critic Tim Hayward has been writing about food for the FT for years. He also owns a bakery in... more

30 Jan 2024 · 16 minutes
Culture chat: Sleater-Kinney and where did angry music go?

This week, we talk about the longstanding American rock band Sleater-Kinney and their 11th album, Little Rope, which came out... more

26 Jan 2024 · 20 minutes
Tim Harford’s advice for how to do less

Tim Harford is a busy guy. He’s got two podcasts, has written 10 books, and has a standing column in... more

23 Jan 2024 · 16 minutes
Culture Chat: Mean Girls, old and new

This week, we take on the remake of the 2004 teen movie classic, “Mean Girls”. The original “Mean Girls”, starring... more

19 Jan 2024 · 23 minutes
Introducing Untold: The Retreat

Introducing Untold, a new podcast from the special investigations team at the Financial Times. In its first series, The Retreat,... more

16 Jan 2024 · 1 minute
Why our fashion editor buys almost nothing new

Last year, the FT’s fashion editor Lauren Indvik made a pledge that surprised us. She vowed to buy just five... more

15 Jan 2024 · 18 minutes
Comfort watch: Something’s Gotta Give (2003)

This week, as we enter the depths of January, we return to an old comfort classic: the 2003 Nancy Meyers... more

12 Jan 2024 · 28 minutes
A travel guide for visiting all 50 US states

In the height of the coronavirus pandemic, our US banking editor Josh Franklin began a travel hobby that became an... more

08 Jan 2024 · 16 minutes
Culture Chat: ‘The Boy and the Heron’, and Miyazaki’s legacy

This Friday, for our first episode of 2024, we discuss The Boy and The Heron, the latest film from legendary... more

05 Jan 2024 · 23 minutes
Working It: why are so many people retraining as psychotherapists?

While the Life and Art team takes a break for Christmas, we’re sharing an episode of Working It, the FT’s... more

01 Jan 2024 · 14 minutes
Culture Gabfest: the Beyhive swarms the box office

Life & Art presents a special episode from Slate’s Culture Gabfest podcast, hosted by culture critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens... more

29 Dec 2023 · 51 minutes
History of Literature: a conversation with Anne Enright, winner of the Man Booker Prize

Life & Art presents an episode of History of Literature. After taking a look at Emily Dickinson's Poem #269 ("Wild... more

25 Dec 2023 · 58 minutes
Culture chat: Wonka, starring Timothée Chalamet

For our last episode of 2023, we’re bringing you a special discussion on ‘Wonka’, this year’s family Christmas film and... more

22 Dec 2023 · 22 minutes
Our 2024 cultural predictions: short movies, glitter chaos, cabbage

It’s almost the end of 2023, which means one thing: it’s time for our annual predictions episode! You sent in... more

18 Dec 2023 · 23 minutes
Culture chat: a Christmas music special

This Friday, we are bringing you a festive music extravaganza! We’re talking all things Christmas music: the classics, the duds,... more

15 Dec 2023 · 21 minutes
Books books books! You asked, we answered

Today, we talk books. The FT’s books team recently published our annual books of the year special, and they join... more

11 Dec 2023 · 18 minutes
Culture chat: ‘Napoleon’ with Simon Schama

Historian Sir Simon Schama and FT deputy arts editor and film expert Raph Abraham join Lilah to discuss the historical... more

09 Dec 2023 · 25 minutes
Tell us your cultural prediction for 2024

As we prepare for our end of year predictions episode, we want to hear from you: what is one thing... more

06 Dec 2023 · 1 minute
Designing Elvis’s world in ‘Priscilla’

Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla came out in the US recently and will be out in the UK in January. The film,... more

04 Dec 2023 · 17 minutes
Culture Chat: Netflix’s ‘The Crown’

This Friday, we talk through the final season of The Crown. Its first four episodes recently dropped on Netflix, and... more

01 Dec 2023 · 23 minutes
Tech Tonic presents: Can AI help us speak to animals? Part one

While the Life and Art team takes a break for Thanksgiving, we’re sharing an episode of Tech Tonic, the FT’s... more

27 Nov 2023 · 29 minutes
Working It presents: How to master the art of schmoozing

While the Life and Art team takes a break for Thanksgiving, we’re sharing an episode of Working It, the FT’s... more

24 Nov 2023 · 21 minutes
How to keep your plants happy as it gets cold

Robin Lane Fox is one of the foremost gardening experts in the world. He’s been the FT’s gardening columnist for... more

20 Nov 2023 · 16 minutes
Culture chat: the unknowable Dolly Parton

This Friday, we’re talking about the deification of Dolly Parton, or, as we like to call her, Saint Dolly. Her... more

17 Nov 2023 · 22 minutes
Comfort cooking with vegetables, with Hetty McKinnon

This week, as it gets colder and darker, we discuss cosy, warming winter recipes that don’t rely on a big... more

13 Nov 2023 · 17 minutes
Culture chat: Nathan Fielder and ‘The Curse’

For our first Friday culture chat, we talk about the new cringe-drama-comedy show The Curse, which dropped on Paramount Plus... more

10 Nov 2023 · 24 minutes
Athens is crowded. Where else should you go?

In our inaugural episode of Life and Art from FT Weekend, we go to Athens. The FT’s Greece and Cyprus... more

06 Nov 2023 · 16 minutes
Introducing: Life and Art, from FT Weekend

Starting Monday we will be bringing you a whole new show! It’s called Life and Art, from FT Weekend. Join... more

03 Nov 2023 · 1 minute
‘Halloween’ and what makes a good horror film

We’re entering Halloween weekend, so today we’re bringing you a special episode about why we like to be scared, and... more

27 Oct 2023 · 22 minutes
The Eras tour movie: can Taylor Swift get any bigger?

This week, we’re talking about the show, and pop star, of the century: Taylor Swift just released the film version... more

20 Oct 2023 · 22 minutes
The best food writing is personal

This week, we bring you a conversation about food memoirs from the recent FT Weekend Festival. Cooking and eating are... more

13 Oct 2023 · 24 minutes
How harpist Mary Lattimore went pop

This week, we talk to harpist Mary Lattimore. Mary is known for her earthy, experimental music and has collaborated with... more

06 Oct 2023 · 16 minutes
Author Andrew Lipstein on ‘The Vegan’ and morality

This week, we talk about morality with the author Andrew Lipstein. Andrew's novel The Vegan is a satire about a... more

29 Sep 2023 · 17 minutes
How to host the perfect dinner party

This week, Lilah is talking to the FT's food and drink editor, Harriet Fitch Little, about how to host the... more

22 Sep 2023 · 21 minutes
Shania Twain returns with ‘Queen of Me’

This week, we talk to country-pop sensation Shania Twain, one of the best-selling female artists of all time. Shania is... more

15 Sep 2023 · 20 minutes
Coming soon: Can AI help us speak to animals?

Subscribe now to the FT's Tech Tonic podcast: Some scientists believe that rapid advances in artificial intelligence may also hold... more

13 Sep 2023 · 1 minute
Best Of: Why fine dining isn’t fine

The announcement last winter that the world’s top restaurant, Noma, will close in 2024, has spawned dozens of think pieces... more

08 Sep 2023 · 25 minutes
How western eaters get Chinese food wrong, with Fuchsia Dunlop

This week, we explore Chinese cuisine with cook and food writer Fuchsia Dunlop. In the west, misconceptions and prejudices surround... more

01 Sep 2023 · 19 minutes
He spent 10 years in a museum. This is what he learned

This week, we go to one of the world’s largest museums, so a former guard can teach us new ways... more

25 Aug 2023 · 22 minutes
How pasta became political in Italy

This week, we're talking about the politics of Italian food. Earlier this year, the FT's Marianna Giusti wrote a viral... more

18 Aug 2023 · 21 minutes
Introducing: The Russian Banker

Who is Sergei Leontiev? To the US asylum system, he’s an exiled Russian banker who was persecuted by the state... more

17 Aug 2023 · 1 minute
Jenny Lewis walks us through her new album

This week, musician Jenny Lewis joins Lilah to break down how she writes a song. Lewis’s music has paved the... more

11 Aug 2023 · 24 minutes
FT Edit presents: Global sperm counts are falling. This scientist believes she knows why

Shanna Swan is a scientist who has spent decades chasing a mystery: why global sperm counts have seemingly dropped significantly... more

09 Aug 2023 · 30 minutes
David Byrne on Talking Heads and ‘Here Lies Love’

This week, musician David Byrne joins Lilah in the FT’s New York newsroom to talk about how he makes creative... more

04 Aug 2023 · 25 minutes
FT Edit presents: Disney struggles to revive the magic

For the next few weeks, we will be bringing you some of our most popular articles from the FT Edit... more

03 Aug 2023 · 7 minutes
Wildfires are getting worse. Here's how we fight them now

This week, as wildfires rage across Greece, Italy and Algeria, we talk about why fires have become so much bigger,... more

28 Jul 2023 · 19 minutes
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This week, we're talking about the politics of Italian food. Earlier this year, the FT's Marianna Giusti wrote a viral article called... more