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Life and Art from FT Weekend
Life and Art from FT Weekend
Financial Times

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

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Episodes

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